Talkin' to an old seadog

[iangrant]

Talkin\' to an old seadog

a group of us were nattering on about fog, radar, ais, etc..... when the old fella piped up "hmmm, electrics 'ave killed a lot of good sailors" and wandered off.

My mate announced "Oh, he used to drive thirty thousand tonners".

Makes you think!

Ian

 

[Guest]

Old tales - Radar Assisted Collisions

They were a reality when radars first appeared and unfortunatelky with the advent of more add-ons and sophistication etc. they are started to re-appear or at least potential of.

With reduction of crews etc. - the old fashioned bridge wing look-out has disapeared except in real tight situations ... I remember that my watchman was detailed of for painting or other deck work once getting a few mile of shore .... ok he had a walkie talkie - but he was not there keeping a lookout.

I know that many guys now glue to the radar screen and believe everything they see .... so its coming round again ....

 

[jimi]

Re: Talkin\' to an old seadog

mm .. if he means overeliance and safety margin cutting then he's probably right.

 

[Das_Boot]

Re: Talkin\' to an old seadog

There is actualy an aritcle in this months NUMAST about some Auzie cruise ship that ran aground because of the reliance on electronic charting auto pilot and GPS apparantly they were 300meters out.