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| aljo Member Since: 13 Jun 2006 Location: West Sussex Posts: 3243   
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its got no oars tim ? what happens if the engine konks out |
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Sun Jun 17 2007 7:38pm |
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| Brian Mason Member Since: 31 Aug 2006 Location: Lurking with intent!!! Posts: 5326 
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Sun Jun 17 2007 7:38pm |
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| Nutty Nige Member Since: 21 Feb 2007 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 355 
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Sun Jun 17 2007 9:00pm |
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| Brian Mason Member Since: 31 Aug 2006 Location: Lurking with intent!!! Posts: 5326
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Sun Jun 17 2007 9:50pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 30 May 2005 Location: Driving along in my automobile Posts: 17476
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 that happened to the first ship in the class on it's maiden voyage......................... the ship has a new type of engine where the lubrication and fuel systems are all electronic instead of mechanical, and there is (I'm not joking here!) and a Vee belt about the size of a large elastic band in the system and on the passage from Japan back to Europe they used up the entire stock of spare elastic bands and ran out half way across the Bay of Bengal just before Christmas 3 years ago (whenever the Tsunami was). So here is $90million of ship drifting in the ocean for the sake of an elastic band, 600miles from the nearest land. So the company airfreights a case of belts out to Galle in the south of Sri Lanka and hires a tug to carry this cardboard box out 600 miles into the ocean. The guys on the tug were very, very lucky because not long after they sailed from Galle the tsunami struck............................. they never felt a thing out in the deep ocean.
As for the other sort of oars (the two legged painted lady variety  ) .......................... well port security is now so strict that we just don't see then on board these days and port stays are so short that nobody gets the time to get ashore even for that sort of recreation........................................ 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced 2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW |
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Sun Jun 17 2007 11:43pm |
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| Brian Mason Member Since: 31 Aug 2006 Location: Lurking with intent!!! Posts: 5326
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Stick to sheep Tim!!! |
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Sun Jun 17 2007 11:44pm |
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| ENVOY Member Since: 09 Nov 2006 Location: In the shit as usual Posts: 5823 
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you mean no nooky, not even for the gaffer |
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Sun Jun 17 2007 11:50pm |
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| Brian Mason Member Since: 31 Aug 2006 Location: Lurking with intent!!! Posts: 5326
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They all take turns in the barrel!!! |
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Sun Jun 17 2007 11:51pm |
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| ENVOY Member Since: 09 Nov 2006 Location: In the shit as usual Posts: 5823
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Oh now i understand why aljo is always full of seamen  some of my Previous cars
-------------------------------- P38 Range Rover Autobiography RRS 2.7 HSE Silver RRS TDV8 HSE silver FFRR Vogue black Disco3 HSE silver RRS 2.7 HSE silver RRS 3.0 HSE BALTI BLUE ______________________________ current vehicles RRS 3.0 L494 Autobiography Audi R8 V10 Spyder AC Cobra Landrover Defender 90 Landrover Defender 110 Suzuki Jimney |
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Sun Jun 17 2007 11:57pm |
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| Brian Mason Member Since: 31 Aug 2006 Location: Lurking with intent!!! Posts: 5326
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Sun Jun 17 2007 11:58pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 30 May 2005 Location: Driving along in my automobile Posts: 17476
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Wives of senior officers have always been allowed to accompany their husbands on voyages, unrestricted. Junior officers' wives are allowed to do one voyage a year. Since the company I work for merged with a Dutch company the ruling on wives was changed due to the Ducth being less prudish and also being fully signed up to the European Social chapter, to partners = so that female officers can bring their husbands and gay officers can take their partner away as well. To take a partner (as opposed to spouses) there are certain requirements the company demands are met - you have to prove that you have lived together in the same house for 5 years, had a joint bank account in that time. This is to prevent people from taking somebody they met in a bar/club or off the street away with them (it has happended!) Also in the case of female partners they have to submit to a medical to prove they are not pregnant (and they are also not allowed to become pregnant whilst on board) before joining the vessel. This because we don't carry a doctor on board and although there are 3 or even 4 fully trained paramedics onboard (I'm one and usually the other 3 deck officers are as well) our facilities and medical locker could not cope with any problem that might develope during a pregnancy. As the Master, I also have the power to refuse to have a wife or partner on board - before any wife/partner is permitted to travel I am asked by the company if I have any objections to them joining for the voyage - I have to have a very good reason to refuse, but I have sailed with a Captain who did and with very good reason - the partner wishing to travel was his ex-wife who had had an affair on board with another officer and subscequently divorsed her Captain husband and married the other officer............................. there are partners who I have sailed with who I would refuse to have on board due to their bad influence or behaviour that I have previously experienced when sailing with them. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it 2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced 2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW Last edited by Tim in Scotland on Mon Jun 18 2007 12:38am. Edited 1 time in total |
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Mon Jun 18 2007 12:31am |
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| Brian Mason Member Since: 31 Aug 2006 Location: Lurking with intent!!! Posts: 5326
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What about the "barrel" then Tim? |
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Mon Jun 18 2007 12:37am |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 30 May 2005 Location: Driving along in my automobile Posts: 17476
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Brian these days I think the term is 5 fingered widow.................................... We don't get too many barrels on ship's these days - 400litre oil drums yes, not barrels though! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Mon Jun 18 2007 12:42am |
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| Brian Mason Member Since: 31 Aug 2006 Location: Lurking with intent!!! Posts: 5326
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What.., no barrels??? |
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Mon Jun 18 2007 3:16am |
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