Radar love: so you think the ship coming your way is keeping a proper lookout? Dream on...

Article Abstract:

Sailors should never assume that large ships are maintaining a proper watch at all times. Oftentimes these large ships are undermanned, or manned at nighttime by sleep-deprived sailors. Article includes a harrowing tale of a close-call with a steamer operating seemingly without anyone on watch.

Safety and security measures, Sailing

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Passing it on: One good turn deserves another

Article Abstract:

A wooden-boat sailor can live with a few quiet leaks, but going below to find the galley floorboards floating around the saloon can undermine confidence. A sailor was not unknown to this and it greeted him once when bound south to the Caribbean after a hot summer with the boat laid up afloat.

Wood Boats, Maintenance and repair, Wooden boats

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Waterlines: The sieve and the log

Article Abstract:

The primary purpose of the logbook is to store data that will be needed for a dead-reckoning plot should the sun or the GPS fail to deliver. The modern ship's log include hourly position entries which consists of course steered, distance run, weather, barometer, engine hours and so on.

Radio & TV communications equipment, Boat Building & Repair, Hardware, not elsewhere classified, Usage, Company systems management, Information management, Boating industry, Log-books, Logbooks

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