"Roger Long" wrote in
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NE Sailboat wrote:
Roger, The sinking of the Titanic is compelling once or maybe twice
but on and on. How much more is there to know?

That's the thing about knowing. Just about everything you
(retorically and not individually) "know" about the Titanic turns out
to be wrong. It's going to be a great show.


I only wish we would even just START to research and find out the TRUTH as
to what happened to the first steel reinforced buildings to ever collapse
from a fire, WTC 1, 2 and 7.

I hope, someday before I die which is short time, as much research is done
on 9-11 as has been done on Titanic......



Larry
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Extremely intelligent life exists that is so smart they never called Earth.

I clicked on the link, and watched the video.. wild.

Then to the right all these other video's come up. Did you watch the one
that they found on the boat but no person on boat I guess.
It is some guy in a hurricane or something.


"Gordon" wrote in message
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxvP3DWi7_k

This is a good one!
Gordon

Larry wrote:

The fuel tank needs more than just a vent hose, too. It needs some kind
of floating ball water trap that will seal if water tries to come into
the fuel vent in an event like this. Got one? Ever seen one? As the
air must go INTO the tank, we can't just put a flapper valve in it. It
has to be a floating ball that's normally open but closes the hole when
liquid floods the trap. Wish we had one on Lionheart. Let me know if
you've seen something like this. My coffee pot is a Cuisinart with a
vacuum bottle carafe, not a heater/glass pot. The most ingenious coffee
pot engineers design Cuisinarts. The screw-on cap on this pot has a
series of little gravity and floating balls that ingeniously prevent heat
from escaping the pot, while automatically opening the holes at the
appropriate time to let new coffee pour into the top and coffee pour out
the spout ONLY when the pot is tilted towards the spout. The rest of the
time it's sealed. This kind of technology needs to be in everyone's fuel
vent. It's not...it's a hose that assumes the boat never tilts over 20
degrees...dammit.

Pretty common on commercial ships:

http://www.wagerusa.com/pages/marine/1500vertical.html

http://www.wagerusa.com/pages/marine/1700series.html

Evan Gatehouse

It appears in the video that his headstay parted and the narration implies
that he is in the breakers because of lack of propulsion from either wind or
engine. I suspect the power loss had something to do with a line or sail
wrapped around the prop.

--
Roger Long

"Roger Long" wrote in news:45a772ac$0$5283
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I suspect the power loss had something to do with a line or sail
wrapped around the prop.



Hmm...excellent point I hadn't considered.

Larry
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Extremely intelligent life exists that is so smart they never called Earth.

Unusually uninformed post from you, Larry. A well-found sailing cat is no
more prone to requiring a rescue (check insurance and towing rates), unless
you mean the fact that in extreme conditions people survive to be rescued
instead of sinking with their keelboat.

In fact, a cat with boards up will slide down a wave where a keelboat will
trip. Secondly, if as seems likely from available info, a line wrapped
around the prop prevented use of the engine, having a second engine would
come in handy.

Cheers
"Larry" wrote in message
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Gordon wrote in
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxvP3DWi7_k

Luckily for Malcolm's daughter, Daddy DIDN'T buy the catamaran!

The little sloop popped right back up...UPRIGHT...just like she should,
saving the little girl...and her Daddy...(c;

Cats at sea....no thanks. Ask the rescue boys.

Larry
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Extremely intelligent life exists that is so smart they never called
Earth.

In article ,
"Roger Long" wrote:

It appears in the video that his headstay parted and the narration implies
that he is in the breakers because of lack of propulsion from either wind or
engine. I suspect the power loss had something to do with a line or sail
wrapped around the prop.


I was going to mention that when I saw the jib --and sheet-- in the
water. Looked like he might have had some way from the mainsail, which
seemed to be pulling.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: (temporarily out of order -- redesigning)
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

In article .com,
"Frogwatch" wrote:

In this video:

Why was his companionway open?

With no power and no way to sail out of the situation, wouldnt he have
been better to simply anchor? The anchor would have brought the bow to
the waves making him much less likely to roll over. Even then, the
breaking waves appear to be few so this would have given the rescuers
time to reach him.

Good points, though he had some way on under the main and probably
thought he could claw off the shore. (question, though: how did he later
drift into *calmer* water?)

Still, once he put out a distress call, which happened well before the
video started (or no one would have been there), he had time to toss out
all sorts of anchor, put the companionway to rights, perhaps get the
sail out of the water, drop and furl the main... that sort of thing.

Once you put out that call, they're rightfully expecting you to be where
you said you were.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: (temporarily out of order -- redesigning)
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/