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Feb 7, 20112 min read
Third Time’s The Charm?
The F/V Damariscotta sank within yards of the dock in Galilee, RI on January 3, 2011, after a 7-mile escort into Point Judith Harbor by...
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Nov 16, 20102 min read
Be Careful Out There
Putting to sea, in any craft and at any time, is inherently dangerous to some degree: we’re bipeds that can’t extract oxygen from the...
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Jun 26, 20105 min read
Knives For Mariners: A Clarification
On June 5th I posted about the trouble that survivors from the Deepwater Horizon disaster had during their evacuation of the doomed rig....
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Jun 5, 20103 min read
Knives!? We Don’t Need No Stinking Knives!
This is one of those “stop the madness” moments that comes along periodically, so I have to take advantage of it. Starting last fall I...
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May 4, 20103 min read
Watertight Doors: Close Them & Dog Them!
The U.S. Coast Guard has issued yet another safety alert regarding the risks and consequences of running around with your doors wide...
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Nov 20, 20091 min read
Towboating: Do Not Try This At Home!
Blue skies, the sun shining down, birds singin’, just another lazy afternoon on the banks of the Tombigbee River. Or maybe not, as the...
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Nov 13, 20094 min read
Snap Back Kills Again: Review Your Procedures & Equipment And Maybe Save A Life.
Here’s an accident report from the U.K.’s MAIB that deserves to be read and disseminated widely. On the evening of August 7, 2007 the...
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Oct 25, 20094 min read
GPS Down For The Count? Bust Out The Charts And The Eyeballs, Navigator! And, While You’re At
GPS brownout? Holy deteriorating critical infrastructure, Batman! News flash, fellow mariners, perhaps those amazin’ satellites in the...
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Sep 24, 20093 min read
More On 26-Foot Long Towing Vessels & Assistance Towing: Standards, Anyone?
A recent post about the 26-foot break point for towing vessel licenses and the legal definition of assistance towing drew some interest...
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Sep 15, 20093 min read
Synthetic Snap-Back: It Really Does Happen
Humans often display are strong tendency to not believe that something bad can or will happen unless presented with what they consider to...
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Aug 9, 20093 min read
Getting Tripped: Roll The Video…
Live from British Columbia’s Skookumchuck Narrows: here’s a great example of what can quickly and unexpectedly happen to you when you get...
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Apr 23, 20095 min read
Moron Alert!
With the “pleasure” boating season fast approaching in the Northeast, and already underway further south, I thought I’d take advantage...
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Apr 14, 20093 min read
Towing: He Gets It
Some people get it and some people don’t. Most don’t. And that’s one of the perennial problems for tug drivers: we are governed largely...
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Feb 12, 20092 min read
The Guardians
Criticizing some of the actions of the Coast Guard, more specifically those of the Marine Safety Directorate and/or the National Maritime...
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Jan 11, 20096 min read
Your Stability Letter: Read It & Heed It.
The ongoing analysis of the sinking of the tug Valour brings us to the stability letter, and how the master and all of his licensed...
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Dec 19, 20084 min read
Lack Of ECDIS Training Leads To Grounding.
Here we go again…..from a North Sea sand bar off England’s east coast: the U.K.’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch has released its...
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Nov 21, 20082 min read
Do You Live In A Barn? Close Your Doors & Stay Afloat!
The Coast Guard has issued another marine safety alert, #12-08, concerning Watertight Doors. Please read it along with the two companion...
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Oct 14, 20084 min read
More Thoughts On The River Clyde Tragedy…
Having read through the MAIB report on the T/V Flying Phantom a second time, some more things come into focus. This provides both answers...
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Oct 4, 20083 min read
Death on the River Clyde: a tug is tripped and three men are lost in Scotland.
Here’s another accident report that all hands should read and heed. Svitzer Marine’s tug Flying Phantom was assisting the M/V Red...
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Sep 24, 20083 min read
Is Mariner Health Just A Pipe Dream?
In light of the potential for unforeseen consequences because of the new Coast Guard medical NVIC, a little background is in order. The...
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