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American crew retakes ship
On Apr 10, 7:39*am, HK wrote:
Richard Casady wrote: On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:20:19 -0700, "Pittman Pirate" wrote: If you read closely the descriptions of these crews, they are multinational and one wonders how they all even communicate. *They are probably the futigives and derelicts of various nations. *The main crew are skilled people. *The rest are just oilers and deckhands. The biggested freighter ever made has a crew of thirteen. The Emma Maersk. The standard language of shipping is English. Oilers and deckhands get scarce when the ship has a crew of fewer than 20. Modern ships are so highly automated that there is nobody on deck or in the engine room at night. This is not a new trend. *A century ago they built huge schooners in order to get by with smaller crews than necessary for a square rigged ship. The seven masted schooner Thomas Lawson had a crew of 18 plus a steam winch. Casady A steam wench, eh? I guess she never got tired. -- Palin & Bachmann in 2012 - All Stupidity All the Time- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Is that one of your "unheavels"? |
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