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FW: Slip
From: Doug Royer
Date: 2003 Apr 24, 18:02 -0700
From: Doug Royer
Date: 2003 Apr 24, 18:02 -0700
Rino,thanks for the humor.It was just what I needed.Thay's what I like about seaman and boat people,no matter how bad or hairy it can get out there,they always find the humor in the situation.You're a proffesional mariner,why don't you post and share some of your experiances with the list?You most certainly can bring some good ideas to light. -----Original Message----- From: Rino [mailto:jobbox@bellsouth.net] Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 17:44 To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM Subject: Re: Slip <> In my (fairly recent) experience, walker logs were carried, but only as a backup. As an apprentice, I sailed on a ship with a pitottube log, but all ships after that had doppler logs. BTW, to check the pitot log, Mates used the 'beer bottle' method: 1. Make Mate's apprentice drink at least half a case of beer 2. Take apprentice and case of beer to bow 3. Make apprentice throw empty bottles in water (one by one!) 4. Measure time each bottle takes to get from bow to stern 5. Make apprentice calculate average speed 6. Have a good laugh at half-drunk apprentice's expense, while drinking other half of case Those were the days... :-) Rino