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Solstice: a lesson in turning toward the light
Dec 22, 2022Today we talk about the winter solstice that happened yesterday, and what it represents: a turn toward the light, and the hopeful promise of a new year, and what mariners have to teach us about resilience.
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Dead reckoning: a way to get around before GPS took over navigation
Dec 21, 2022Today we talk about an old-fashioned, hands on way to get from one place to another on the water: it’s deduced reckoning, known as “dead reckoning.” You’ll need a chart, a compass, a few drafting tools, along with an understanding of distance, speed, current, wind and a few other skills. It was the way to go before GPS equipment took over our lives, and the lives of ships at sea.
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Navigating at night
Dec 20, 2022Today a look at how ships get around at night when they can’t see where they’re going: navigation lights, buoys, sextants, stars, GPS, and a few thoughts about the loneliness of being a long distance sailor on a cargo ship, at night, far from land on the deep blue sea.
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Today’s ships and tugs, including those barges with the white powder
Dec 19, 2022Today we talk in depth about the ship schedule, and especially those commonly seen barges on the river that have heaps of white powder on them. Lots of questions in the air about these when they do by, so we’ll talk about what’s on board.
(Spoiler alert: it’s limestone.)
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ATB rigs, an indepth look
Dec 16, 2022Today we look at a type of vessel that that is a regular visitor to our waters: the ATB tug and barge rig. It’s sort of a hybrid of a ship and a tug and barge tow. More efficient in some ways, less expensive to operate than ships. Because of these quallities, we’re likely to see more of them as the years go by.
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All the other vessels on the river
Dec 15, 2022Today we talk about the other kinds of vessels we see on the river, ones that don’t necessarily get mentioned on the Ship Report often. They’re important too.
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Atlantic rescue shows amazing luck, and the need for preparedness and redundancy
Dec 14, 2022Two people and a dog on board a small sailboat missing since Sunday were rescued 200 miles off the coast of Delaware by a cargo ship. The boat had lost power and run out of fuel, and the vessel was the subject of a huge coast guard search. The search was somewhat urgent, because the boat’s path took it past infamous Cape Hatteras, the Graveyard of the Atlantic. All on board were rescued, but, per the US Coast Guard, they could have saved themselves a lot of grief with a little more knowledge and planning.
Image credit: Captain-tucker, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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A type of vessel where you are least likely to get seasick
Dec 13, 2022Today we talk about seasickness and the type of vessel where you are least likely to get it – the submarine.
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A look at today’s ship schedule, the Jones Act, and flags of convenience
Dec 12, 2022A look at today’s ship schedule, which includes an interesting mix of foreign flagged and Jones Act-US flagged ships.
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Mistakes we can’t afford to make
Dec 09, 2022Today we take a look at the USCG report on the grounding of the Ever Forward in Chesapeake Bay last spring. A situation where a life-changing mistake caused a very public incident with huge consequences.
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