zoidberg
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I came across this:
Anyone care to comment?
Anyone care to comment?
Kipling and seamanship
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Tomahawk
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You could ask Alex if he holds to the advice.
zoidberg
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I note that NASA are trialling an Astra IIB Pro sextant for use on their planned Mars exped.....
Maybe GPS has its limitations.
Maybe GPS has its limitations.
zoidberg
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I note that NASA are trialling an Astra IIB Pro sextant for use on their planned Mars exped.....
Maybe GPS has its limitations.
As for 'Alex', I'm reminded of .....
'In order to finish first, you've first got to finish'
'Lead, log and lookout'....
Stemar
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But sleep thou lightly. It has not yet been told to me that the Sea has ceased to be the Sea.”
That's the important bit.
Plus, people have not ceased to be people, sometimes forgetful, negligent and downright stupid. And I include me in people
That's the important bit.
Plus, people have not ceased to be people, sometimes forgetful, negligent and downright stupid. And I include me in people
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I wonder what they might beI note that NASA are trialling an Astra IIB Pro sextant for use on their planned Mars exped.....
Maybe GPS has its limitations.
capnsensible
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Old, hard earned lessons will prevail. From submarining and I hazard a guess aviating, always have a backup to your backups backup.......
Newboy6458
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Plan A then plan B.
No plan B?
No plan B?
zoidberg
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Yup.
I'm guessing there are no old, bold submariner skippers either.....
Aside: I'm going to a short talk in Bath booksellers Toppings, in a few days, by one Richard Humphries, author of 'Under Pressure'. He will apparently take the lid off life in a detergent sub. I've always considered submariners as the most 'closed' of mil types.... they won't even talk to each other, never mind anyone else.
Any good questions I should ask him?
RupertW
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Yes, is Omo or Bold the best grease cutter?
Stemar
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I always reckon that If you've only got a plan B you're already in trouble.
LittleSister
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DJE
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They seem to put a lot of faith in their nuclear detergent.
capnsensible
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Well there is the ancient submariners joke.
Ask him if he has any photos of his wife in the nude.
When he says 'No', offer to sell him some.
:encouragement:
zoidberg
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capnsensible;6938262 When he says 'No' said:
AndrewB
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Pardon me for asking, but does anyone have the slightest idea what this thread is about? Other than a bit of ancient wisdom that 'the sea is the sea'? 
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Ohlin Karcher
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Pardon me for asking, but does anyone have the slightest idea what this thread is about? Other than a bit of ancient wisdom that 'the sea is the sea'?
'Never mind the quality, feel the width' :encouragement:
zoidberg
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A lot of Airmanship was derived from Seamanship, surprisingly. And much of that was learned by the Maritime Reconnaissance types - especially those who sailed in the Shackletons. ( a snide aside about their speed - or rather, their lack of it )
'The Shacklebomber - the only aircraft not fitted with an Airspeed Indicator. Instead, they had a calendar.....'
'The Shacklebomber used to trail a long wire out the back. No, not for HF comms, but 'spinning for mackerel.'
'Twenty-thousand rivets in close formation'
'When they've been down in the Azores, sunbathing and sub hunting, they don't File a Flightplan to announce their intended return; they send a postcard. Second class....'
And the old one....
"I say, pilot, what are those twin machine guns for, protruding from the nose?' 'Well sir, it's for shooting down enemy submarines, sir.'
'How do you do that, my man?' Well, we drops a large lot of green paint where we think a sub might be, and when he pops 'is periscope up to see what's going on, it gets all covered in yon green paint. He thinks he's still too far down in the sea, so he keeps on coming up.... and coming up..... and when he gets to 300 feet, we shoots him down.'
'The Shacklebomber - the only aircraft not fitted with an Airspeed Indicator. Instead, they had a calendar.....'
'The Shacklebomber used to trail a long wire out the back. No, not for HF comms, but 'spinning for mackerel.'
'Twenty-thousand rivets in close formation'
'When they've been down in the Azores, sunbathing and sub hunting, they don't File a Flightplan to announce their intended return; they send a postcard. Second class....'
And the old one....
"I say, pilot, what are those twin machine guns for, protruding from the nose?' 'Well sir, it's for shooting down enemy submarines, sir.'
'How do you do that, my man?' Well, we drops a large lot of green paint where we think a sub might be, and when he pops 'is periscope up to see what's going on, it gets all covered in yon green paint. He thinks he's still too far down in the sea, so he keeps on coming up.... and coming up..... and when he gets to 300 feet, we shoots him down.'
oldmanofthehills
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Pardon me for asking, but does anyone have the slightest idea what this thread is about? Other than a bit of ancient wisdom that 'the sea is the sea'?
Its always a pleasure to quote brother Kipling, and though he is famous for his stories about an orphaned indian boy and an orphaned boy raised by indians, he had an interest in boats and the rigour of sailing them as evidenced by the Puck stories etc