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A Hammer on the Bridge?
From: James N Wilson
Date: 2011 Oct 13, 19:31 -0700
From: James N Wilson
Date: 2011 Oct 13, 19:31 -0700
On a recent trip circumnavigating the Black Sea on the Clipper
Odyssey, I did my mandatory bridge tour, and I was surprised to see a
hammer laying on the console, (Photo 1). The captain explained that it was for
fine tuning the throttles to achieve the desired RPM, (Photo 2). The throttles
were apparently a bit sticky, and this was their solution. A little tap could
achieve what they needed. Human ingenuity at work.
Other displays included a graphic forward-looking sonar, (Photo 3), and a
most comprehensive radar, (Photo 4).
I noted that they kept their course and position drawn on a chart, as is
appropriate in coastal waters. GPS is fine, but you do need to know where
land is, and how close it is. I remember piloting a charter boat in the San
Juans, where the GPS gave my accurate position, but I had to
relate that to a chart be useful.
Jim Wilson
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