"Poop" refers to the aftermost deck of a ship, taken from "puppis" the Latin word for "stern". "Pooped" refers to a wave breaking over the stern and filling the cockpit with water. "In the doldrums" referred to being becalmed, windless, especially in the narrow band of hot windless ...
Ship's Library(2 Viewing) "Must have" cruising/sailing/technical books to have on board. Also, book suggestions for whiling away the leisure time (good reads). Threads: 17, Posts: 127 Diesel Maintenance byBrent Swain 08-28-201712:17 AM ...
I have always been fascinated by ship evolution and development over time. This is a subject that is both incredibly and meticulously researched in certain time periods and practically ignored in others. Take the last quarter of the 18th century into the first quarter of the 19th – an era wh...
There may even be too many sails on the bowsprithere becausethere are two jibs and two more straight sails under the bowsprit. The shape of the hull rather hints at the fact that this ship belongs to the beginning of the 18th century because it has a gap in the upper deck, that is, ...
Driving sprays over the main deck of the ‘Parma’. Alan Villiers, 1932-33. View original image Towards the future, another possibility to further decrease a sailings ship’s emissions per tonne-km is to build it even larger. While theEcoClipper500has much more cargo capacity than the cargo...
“There is a ship behind you. Continue your course and leave the channel.” “Yes sir.” I move to the extreme side of the marked channel but will not go further and hit some reef. I speed up a bit. The ship lets out a giant horn that reverberates through us. Ella yells, “what...
In Marseille, Tall Ship Belem is rehearsing bringing in the flame for the 2024 Paris Olympics That night, we watched France qualify for the Rugby quarter final. Epic! We spent the next day in Île sur la Sorgue, lunch in a quaint restaurant and stroll through the Antiques stores. ...
The only job I ever had worse than that was the few weeks I worked as an ordinary seaman in the Great Lakes aboard the self-unloading ship “Consumer’s Power” where I shoveled coal and rock salt for 12 hours a day and roomed with Abdul from Yemen. The worst job of my life was ...
Day 8:Saw another ship for the first time (a cargo vessel); Boat is running out of power and fresh water rapidly-- moratorium on showers; Naomi's parent's called on satellite phone; Caught huge fish but it snapped the line, which wound up in the wind generator; Crossed the 1000 miles...
there are no channels leading into a harbor. Â Just a certain spot on the west side of the island used as a designated anchorage. Â All we had to do was sail or motor up and drop anchor. Â We also rationalized that 1. Â As a cruise ship port, it would probably be much...