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- Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:29 am
- Forum: Crew Mess
- Topic: Re-assembly
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7741
What would you hope to learn from watching a purifier self destruct? It is hard enough to keep the instruction manuals clean and readable on a ship, never mind providing a laptop to be used in the purifier room during overhauls. I dont mind the 'Hammer jockeys' working on the purifier, just so long ...
- Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:33 am
- Forum: Crew Mess
- Topic: Re-assembly
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7741
Re-assembly
Have a look at this and if anyone thinks they can do it for a main engine of even a purifier please contact me. :lol:
http://geekologist.com/blog/2008/08/06/10dvideo/
http://geekologist.com/blog/2008/08/06/10dvideo/
- Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:06 am
- Forum: General Job topics
- Topic: Skills Shortage? Age discrimination Alive in BC
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15454
Age should not be a restriction, if you can pass you medical and you want to, them you should be allowed to work at sea. We have had a 78 year old working on our vessels, (I don’t think he got on with his wife). I went onboard one day just before the ship sailed to present him with a Medal, (British...
- Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:15 am
- Forum: Crew Mess
- Topic: Slow Speed Steaming
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16628
The max speed of a hull is related to the length of the vessel, that is up to the point before it starts to plain. Max speed of ship = 1.34√LWL (water line in feet) Horsepower = displacement / ((150²/ hullspeed)² The mathematicians out there can play with these old formulas. Sorry about the imperial...
- Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:57 am
- Forum: General Job topics
- Topic: gulf of mexico forum?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14965
- Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:39 am
- Forum: Training Room
- Topic: sea to land
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11480
Supers job as JK says or Surveyor Insurance surveyor dry dock engineer Port engineer Maritime collage You have a long list of jobs you could put yourself forward for, you have proven you can train to a high standard, you have engineering qualifications, and you have managing experience. You have exp...
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After having dug to a depth of 10 meters last year, Scottish scientists Found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the Conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago. Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed, English Scien...
- Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:04 am
- Forum: The Workshop
- Topic: engine rating
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4163
- Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:00 am
- Forum: Crew Mess
- Topic: Large Plant
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4970
- Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:54 am
- Forum: Crew Mess
- Topic: ECA for Canada
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9736
Over in Europe we have been switching between normal sulpher fuel and low sulpher fuel every time we enter a SECA, ir the north sea or the Baltic. http://www.intertanko.com/pdf/technical/DNV-MARPOLAnnexVI-SECA.pdf It has caused problems, because of the switching back and forth, it is hard to get the...
- Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:41 am
- Forum: Training Room
- Topic: Engine Manuels
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4278
- Thu Jun 19, 2008 4:59 am
- Forum: Crew Mess
- Topic: Slow Speed Steaming
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16628
Slow steaming on a fixed pitch engine can be helped by a few things if you have decided it is a long term change. The injector nozzles can be changed. The turbo charger(s) also. Most engines are designed with an upper and lower power. I have never heard of anyone doing it, the ultimate 'fix' would b...
- Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:10 am
- Forum: Crew Mess
- Topic: Slow Speed Steaming
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16628
- Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:04 am
- Forum: Crew Mess
- Topic: Slow Speed Steaming
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16628