Hi JK
Having a late night?
Maybe I'm wrong, a good dose of cynicism is always healthy.
I haven't checked Google.
BP
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- Fri Nov 20, 2009 4:14 am
- Forum: Crew Mess
- Topic: A Good read
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4966
- Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:55 am
- Forum: Crew Mess
- Topic: A Good read
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4966
Re: A Good read
Without Google:- The Devil is the longest seam on a wooden decked ship, parrallel to the Bulwark and one planks width from it. Between the Devil and the Deep blue Sea means balanced on the edge in an uncomfortable & precarious position. For those unfamiliar with wooden decks, the planks used to ...
- Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:57 am
- Forum: Crew Mess
- Topic: A Good read
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4966
A Good read
A while ago someone posted a couple of favourite books on here and I would like to post a favourite short story. "The devil and the deep sea" by Rudyard Kipling, for someone who was not an Engineer it shows an excellent grasp of marine engineering as well as being an amusing story of Pirac...
- Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:17 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Speed - Power - RPM - Pitch Question
- Replies: 20
- Views: 17137
Re: Speed - Power - RPM - Pitch Question
Hi Ian, Great picture. Looks like you will have to fit a new prop!!!! I suspect the boat was laid up for a while and the coral grew all over the prop, then was worn off when the engine was run, (highest velocity relative to the water at the blade tips). As you have a spare prop the obvious thing is ...
- Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:10 am
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Disaster
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9594
Re: Disaster
The Load bank is a good idea, maybe Class or Port State should be asking for Test Records that it has been done?
B.P.
B.P.
- Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:58 am
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Speed - Power - RPM - Pitch Question
- Replies: 20
- Views: 17137
Re: Speed - Power - RPM - Pitch Question
Hi Ian M,
Can we have some feedback on what you found?
We are all in suspense.
BP
Can we have some feedback on what you found?
We are all in suspense.
BP
- Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:04 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Speed - Power - RPM - Pitch Question
- Replies: 20
- Views: 17137
Re: Speed - Power - RPM - Pitch Question
I have been on Holiday, so I came into this late. Was the Hull clean a sucess? The only thing I would add is that if you have the Engine makers Handbook or can look up the information for your Make and model on line, I would try to see if you can reach the full rated RPM of the engine and check what...
- Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:05 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Crankshaft Deflection
- Replies: 22
- Views: 27798
Re: Crankshaft Deflection
Sorry but I completely disagree with Wartsila Road Warrior. This is a widely held misconception. I don't want to get into a p....... match, but if anyone can show me an entry in a Modern Makers manual or Text Book that says worn bearings can cause excessive deflections I will eat my proverbial hat a...
- Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:22 am
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Disaster
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9594
Re: Disaster
What the guys on board did was very brutal, but you have to give them 10/10 and a Gold Star because they saved the ship. They used the gas axe to cut through the compressor engine shaft flush with the flywheeel then junked the engine. They used the gas axe to cut through the fire pump shaft flush wi...
- Sat Oct 03, 2009 2:13 am
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Disaster
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9594
Re: Disaster
WARNING SEVERE DANGER!!! Under no circumstances can you ever use Oxygen to start an engine. The engine is likely to explode and kill anyone in the vicinity. Think again. One of the points of this story is to reinforce the importance of testing emergency equipment realistically. Take the lifeboats f...
- Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:21 am
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Disaster
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9594
Disaster
An historical tale of a near shipwreck from the early 80's. I was not on board, but I sailed on a Sister ship where I read a copy of the company's report on the incident and met someone who had sailed on the ship in Question. A small feeder conrainership, designed in Japan, built in Singapore, Akasa...
- Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:34 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: CAT Problem
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15269
Re: CAT Problem
Another problem that I have had on two different ships has been that there was an overheating problem on an auxiliary engine and previous "engineers" ( I use the term loosely) had decided that the cure was to remove the mechanical thermostatic element!!! If you think how they work: - The w...
- Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:26 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: Water and oil
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8611
Re: Water and oil
Ashore in the UK domestic water regs require non return check valves to be fitted in supplies going to garden hoses and anything else where contaminated water could conceivable go back into the system if mains pressure was lost. e.g. central heating boilers with a presurised expansion vessel rather ...
- Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:16 pm
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: The last Rivet!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8723
Re: The last Rivet!
Maybe there should be an Engineering Jokes forum?
Reminds me of some toilet graffitti in South Shields Marine College in the early 70's.
Thre was a drawing of a rampant bolt chasing a beautifully drawn nut, that was saying "NO, NO, NOT without a washer!"
BP
Reminds me of some toilet graffitti in South Shields Marine College in the early 70's.
Thre was a drawing of a rampant bolt chasing a beautifully drawn nut, that was saying "NO, NO, NOT without a washer!"
BP
- Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:10 am
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: The last Rivet!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8723
Re: The last Rivet!
GROAN, GROAN!!!!
BP
BP