Forum: Ship Research
4th June 2013, 21:34
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Replies: 18
Views: 970
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Forum: Ferries
4th June 2013, 12:08
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Replies: 70
Views: 3,272
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Forum: The Bridge
2nd June 2013, 22:08
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Replies: 92
Views: 3,084
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Forum: The Bridge
2nd June 2013, 20:01
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Replies: 92
Views: 3,084
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Forum: The Bridge
2nd June 2013, 19:42
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Replies: 92
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Forum: Histories
26th May 2013, 10:56
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Replies: 5
Views: 355
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Churchill, describing the Battle in "The...
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Churchill, describing the Battle in "The Second World War - Volume II - Their Finest Hour" wrote at page 530:- "As November and December [1940] drew on, the entrances and estuaries of the Mersey...
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Forum: Histories
25th May 2013, 16:09
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Replies: 5
Views: 355
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Thank you, Captain Mainwaring. Very...
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Thank you, Captain Mainwaring. Very wise.
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Thank you, CH.
Born in 1943 and knowing what my father did, I grew up wondering (and frankly scared) as to whether I might be asked to do...
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Forum: The Bridge
17th May 2013, 20:05
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,503
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Forum: News and Views from the Shipping World
15th May 2013, 07:23
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Replies: 205
Views: 10,115
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Forum: News and Views from the Shipping World
14th May 2013, 20:47
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Replies: 205
Views: 10,115
The amount of sternway suggests that at the...
The amount of sternway suggests that at the moment of impact the engines were still jammed at turning astern, rather than yet had failed to go ahead.
The wonder is that there was not also extensive...
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Forum: News and Views from the Shipping World
10th May 2013, 20:22
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Replies: 205
Views: 10,115
Times change.
Within living memory there was...
Times change.
Within living memory there was humour to be found in contemplating whether you might be able to get away with shoving a bowsprit through the dockmaster's office window.
Those days are...
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Forum: Ferries
7th April 2013, 12:21
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Replies: 70
Views: 3,272
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Forum: Ferries
7th April 2013, 11:38
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Replies: 70
Views: 3,272
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Forum: Ferries
7th April 2013, 08:41
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Replies: 70
Views: 3,272
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Forum: Ferries
6th April 2013, 21:24
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Replies: 70
Views: 3,272
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Forum: Ferries
6th April 2013, 12:24
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Replies: 70
Views: 3,272
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Forum: Ferries
6th April 2013, 12:22
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Replies: 70
Views: 3,272
Moderation in all things, advised the...
Moderation in all things, advised the Arisotle,
In either cabbages or kings or contents of the bottle;
Or politics or pleasure or the sharpening by grind:
Observe, observe the measure lightly; seek...
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Forum: Ferries
6th April 2013, 11:14
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Replies: 70
Views: 3,272
As our own economy becomes increasingly...
As our own economy becomes increasingly precarious, I wonder if we might perhaps see a reversal in UK of the H&S nonsense and some resurgence of the volenti principle?
The fact that we cannot...
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Forum: Ferries
6th April 2013, 10:05
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Replies: 70
Views: 3,272
As to the legal aspects of personal injury...
As to the legal aspects of personal injury suffered by passengers, there is an ancient Latin maxim "volenti non fit injuria" which, loosely translated, means that a person who willingly takes part in...
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Forum: Ferries
6th April 2013, 09:03
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Replies: 70
Views: 3,272
Al,
If Voltaire's observation (it is not an...
Al,
If Voltaire's observation (it is not an analogy) is beyond you, then I'm truly surprised. It is one of the most simple and inspirational thoughts which I have ever heard expressed.
As to duty...
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Forum: Ferries
5th April 2013, 20:18
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Replies: 70
Views: 3,272
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Forum: The Engine Room
5th April 2013, 17:45
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,179
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Forum: Histories
5th April 2013, 17:26
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,643
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Forum: Histories
5th April 2013, 12:00
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,643
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Forum: Ferries
5th April 2013, 11:53
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Replies: 70
Views: 3,272
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