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Tag Archives: safety
Tall Ships Fly the Black Flag – Elf & Safety strikes again
UK newspapers have been publishing a steady stream of reports of the nonsensical consequences of Health & Safety regulations and the way they are interpreted, but this is just one facet of a worldwide trend towards regulation and micro-management. Mainland … Continue reading
Fighting Galley Fires
Jim Murrant, author of The Boating Bible Manual of Seamanship, includes an excellent video of what happens when you use various different means to fight an oil or fat fire in a pan on a galley stove. Just about everybody … Continue reading
Inmarsat C Alert Helps Repel Pirate Attack
Source: Inmarsat Newsroom On 11 Feb 2009, Inmarsat C helped to repel pirates who tried to attack a bulk carrier in the Indian Ocean. The 53,500 DWT vessel was approximately 100 miles south east of Socotra Island when the attack … Continue reading
The Ocean 60 Rig – pushing the limits of technology
CS Forrester, Patrick O’Brian, Dudley Pope… These and other authors have all written about young officers in Nelson’s Navy squirming under the intimidating pressure of oral examinations. Their young heroes usually had a tough time with the mathematics of navigation, … Continue reading
Introducing a New Category – the good old days
I’m getting a bit like my grandfather. I’ve been around long enough now to notice that some things have changed. I want to talk about the differences between then and now, and perhaps comment on where things seem to be … Continue reading