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    Tug dreaming

    That would be a troller. George Buehler designed most of his vessels on the troller concept. The problem is they need to have the stabilizers.
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    Tug dreaming

    FCKW verboten wurden https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2020/08/21/Ozone-levels-across-Northern-Hemisphere-have-been-rising-for-20-years/5151598035255/ Muss von panda Kohlekraftwerke dies ist, nachdem
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    Travel to Canada right now

    The primary reason for all those cases in New England is overcrowding. Homes built on zero lot lines, rowhouses, apartment building etc. You get the idea..... GA had a high number of cases primarly in Atlanta (3,669 p/sqmi) and Albany . Only a couple of counties did not have any cases - there...
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    Tug dreaming

    These are harbour tugs. We operate tows on open ocean. Still an interesting video
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    Tug dreaming

    Vancouver BC got their new tugs from Sanmar at 2:19
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    Travel to Canada right now

    Before the SAR's epidemic, there were about 50 mfgrs of N95 masks. Now there are 3500 mfgrs - again all made in China that you can buy for $0.99 to $1.59 each. Let's just suppose that five employees of just one of the mfgrs is ill. They sneeze into the packaging and it's shipped to America...
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    Travel to Canada right now

    Commercial trucks and vessels are essential. Apparently if you own a newspaper in Skagway - you aren't https://www.ktoo.org/2020/08/17/a-skagway-newspaper-owner-was-turned-back-at-the-canadian-border-agents-deemed-her-return-home-non-essential/
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    Tug dreaming

    Nice ride, do you own it? Can't compete with non owners
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    Tug dreaming

    These are two photos
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    Tug dreaming

    Well we are talking about real tugs - that was one example. Granted 1300hp is a bit on the high side, but it's not exactly out of the ordinary. Most harbour tugs are single 500-750 hp engines. MS river pusher boats have two or three engines 1100hp each (but they are not real tugs). Mine is...
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    Tug dreaming

    But this one is a true tug - with 2 x Caterpillar D-379, 1300 hp total https://www.pacificboatbrokers.com/used-boats-for-sale/WS5065/tugboat-for-sale.asp
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    Tug dreaming

    Well, no matter the size of your ride - Herzlich willkommen, Velkominn, Bienvenue
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    Travel to Canada right now

    How dare you - rabble rouser! We were in Gander when the jets started landing. We organised the town to allow people into their homes. We opened our hangars that had food, blankets and emergency supplies stored inside. Only one flight crew - from Lufthansa - said thanks. No one else.
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    Where boats die

    The problem is, there is no incentive to recycle plastic bottles. When I lived in the states, the blue recycling bins - for which we pulled the labels off the steel and aluminum cans, glass bottles, plastic bottles - they were just put all together into a truck - which then took the stuff right...
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    Top 5 reasons to dock bow in (for us)

    Two one gallon buckets, one on the bridge and second down in engineering.
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    Where boats die

    Well they stopped recycling glass bottles - no one wants them anymore. Cheaper to make the bottles in plastic - which creates a huge problem, since China isn't taking anymore of US trash for recycling. So, what are the chances anyone is going to recycle fiberglas? If I can't have a steel...
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    How low to run fuel tanks?

    I burn Bunker C. We got a bad load in Houston two years ago on cheap fuel. Cost us $50,000 to remove it and clean the tanks (80,000ltr) and then buy new clean fuel in New Orleans. We now also burn LNG which is far cheaper than "C" and it's environmentally cleaner. It's also why so many...
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    Decommissioning A Cargo Ship

    As far as I am aware only one Carnival ship is there now.
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    Fuel Pricing

    A Ford V10 doesn't require anything more than 88 octane. Even the newer 6.4L Dodge hemis use only 89.
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    Decommissioning A Cargo Ship

    About $250,000. I towed a fishing vessel from Sea of Japan to Bangladesh ship breakers. It had been contaminated from Fukushima incident. From the time the ship arrived until it was done took about a month.
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    How low to run fuel tanks?

    I bought five cases of filter before we left Lisbon. I've already used one half case by the time we got to Iqaluit.
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    How low to run fuel tanks?

    Wherever it is I wouldn't buy it - probably more water than fuel.
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    How low to run fuel tanks?

    Well you don't want to suck air:banghead: I refilled at 25%
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    window tinting

    All my windows are tinted. Had them put up 35% residential bronze. Reflects the sun's rays and keeps the bridge and cabins cooler. Don't use black - it absorbs heat like crazy. The day they installed it on my pickup, the temp was 100F and afterwards it was 80F - that convinced me, because...
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    Mainship 34 - single screw docking?

    :banghead::eek: Either he stays on land or gets a twin of some kind. Seamanship course would be a waste of time for him
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