On Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:33:15 -0400, DownTime
wrote:

HK wrote:
DownTime wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
I saw a documentary on that facility - it's pretty amazing.

They have these scale model boats that are used to simulate the
handling characteriistics of full scale ships.

Pretty cool.

Anyone up to a "r.b NGer" road trip? I can only imagine the chance to
meet those who have helped me and thank them personally.

Make sure you stop in Derby, Kansas, home of the sudden onset tostitos.

I was thinking maybe along the lines of a group cruise to Scandinavia
for that pilot training facility. We could all learn to be better
boaters. And maybe take turns as "Captain Of The Day" on the trip over
there.

Been there - done that.

A good friend of mine was a Captain of a refurbished Onasis tanker and
Mrs. Wave and I took a trip with him from Baltimore to Venezesula with
a stop in Houston and back.

It was a ton of fun - I got to pilot the ship for a watch (under
supervision of course) - pretty cool deal.

What was really fun was seconding the First Mate with position fixes
and stuff like that, then plotting it out on charts - getting the
latest updates - I had a blast.

Mrs. Wave, not so much until we got to port when Christmas shopping
took over. :)