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by Wyatt
Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:03 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: GOM Oiled
Replies: 37
Views: 30323

Re: GOM Oiled

Nothing as yet about Haliburton, but Obama is going to have to turn up the heat soon. Strange how little about the situation and why it happened is in the news. All I hear and read about are those little tar balls on the beach. Where and when are they going to address the root causes of this catastr...
by Wyatt
Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:06 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: enclosed space?
Replies: 7
Views: 5966

Re: enclosed space?

I had to try and refresh the link a few times before it went to the correct site, Government link sites are sometimes screwy.
by Wyatt
Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:21 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: GOM Oiled
Replies: 37
Views: 30323

Re: GOM Oiled

Here are the links to the 60 Minutes show of this disaster; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0onXmlFgF8I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N58oCgl9j2c&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfzPod_jSh8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNkuWuicFJE&feature=related What is ...
by Wyatt
Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:01 pm
Forum: General Job topics
Topic: NTCL
Replies: 43
Views: 90143

Re: NTCL

Thanks Skyhawk, 1 million is not that much, especially when the poor old girl was sunk to the dock a couple of times in the last few years. I understand that 2 of the mains and gearboxes were filled with water. Not a good thing to say the least. I knew the Chief Engineer quite well, Arthur Nelmes, w...
by Wyatt
Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:05 pm
Forum: General Job topics
Topic: NTCL
Replies: 43
Views: 90143

Re: NTCL

Hi Skyhawk, would you know where the Keewatin is located? I have been told it is nothing like it used to be. In pretty sad shape. When I worked on her back in '96, '98, it was in fine shape, always painted up and everything working great. Old Fred Yetman would be turning in his grave if he saw has b...
by Wyatt
Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:55 pm
Forum: General Job topics
Topic: NTCL
Replies: 43
Views: 90143

Re: NTCL

Hi Seahawk, you are correct about the Amos name. The new President as far as I can tell is Carmen Loberg, who was the President of Canadian North, then got the CEO of Norterra job, and now is the interim President of NTCL. He has been around for quite some time. What I am really curious about is if ...
by Wyatt
Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:23 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: The Russian Navy's "Irreversible Collapse."
Replies: 2
Views: 3218

Re: The Russian Navy's "Irreversible Collapse."

Wow Jk. I had no idea it was that bad in Russia. Very interesting stuff indeed. I have no doubt as to how they will dispose of thier nuclear waste, simply the cheapest and easiest way possible, I will let everyone figure that one out. So who does this leave as a power to build ships? China! Scary ye...
by Wyatt
Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:41 pm
Forum: General Job topics
Topic: NTCL
Replies: 43
Views: 90143

Re: NTCL

Hi Skyhawk, just a quick note. The Eastern Operations have only been around for 5 or 6 years, while the Western Operations have been around for over 70 years. The Eastern Office started out non-union and it certainly looked to us in the West that there may be some union busting happening, so we had ...
by Wyatt
Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:11 am
Forum: General Job topics
Topic: NTCL
Replies: 43
Views: 90143

Re: NTCL

I have just retired from 30 years with NTCL. What Stokes says is pretty on the money as far as schedule and pay. The incentives he is talking about when dealing with taking a Mid Season Break (MSB), was inserted into the contract at the last set of negotiations, and works out to close to 14,000 doll...
by Wyatt
Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:51 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Nuclear Ice Breaker
Replies: 7
Views: 7901

Oh Dieselduck, you are SO right in what you said. And so are you JK. The government is far too fickle a commodity to entrust in such a project, for we all know we need this Ship, even to you Global Warming believers. I have worked in the arctic for 30 years, and if you ask me, everything is cyclic. ...
by Wyatt
Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:41 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: Slow Speed Steaming
Replies: 17
Views: 16627

Hey now everyone correct me if I am wrong, but is there not a formulea for calculating speed of a displacement hull and fuel /power consumed. I seem to recall a figure of somewhere of 3 squared over the calculated maximun hull speed of a displacement hull. Just a rough figure of course, but if the t...
by Wyatt
Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:04 am
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: ECA for Canada
Replies: 10
Views: 9736

That is very interesting Madzng, and that is a very interesting handle. I would be very interested in the acids produced after combustion with the addition of that much H2O. And how these would affect the quality of sealing. The piston rings and such. I believe they may be on the verge of something ...
by Wyatt
Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:46 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: New LNG Problems
Replies: 1
Views: 3452

Hey, if there is a problem, keep everyone informed. I agree with you, all the periodicals show endless stories and pictures of LNG carriers, and it makes you feel secure that things must be safe. I have always wondered what it is actually like on board these mammoth bombs. What precautions are in pl...
by Wyatt
Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:34 pm
Forum: F.W.E
Topic: Tow boat crewmember killed in accident
Replies: 3
Views: 7998

Thanks Martin, By informing all of us how swiftly life can be taken away, this terrible tragedy might be turned into a wake up call to the ship mates on my vessel. I have printed the story off and will include it in my next safety meeting. I feel so incredibly sorry to "Nick" and his famil...
by Wyatt
Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:18 pm
Forum: Crew Mess
Topic: comms
Replies: 4
Views: 5223

A drunk in a bar pukes all over his own shirt, which was brand new before he came in. “Damn,” he says. “I puked on my shirt. If the wife finds out I've been drinking again, she’s gonna kill me.” “Not to worry,” says the bartender as he sticks a $20 bill in the drunk’s pocket. “Just tell her someone ...