Craig's hoary story reminded me of this true-life account of a sideswipe of a USCG buoy tender by a container ship: http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/1999/MAB9901.htm There is an old phrase used by folks in the US Navy for this sort of thing. Kinda escapes me at the moment. I think it starts with clutch or something ... [grin] The skip at fault got royally roasted. Don't know if he is still piloting. As a sometime paddler who relies on freighters to remain in the Columbia River navigation channel, this incident has particular pertinence to me. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Apr 20 2007 - 09:25:09 PDT
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