tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post5503663059226578957..comments2024-03-26T17:58:22.711-07:00Comments on HAWSEPIPER: The Longest Climb: Something differentPaul, Dammit!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02264872375942355609noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-39461830575370890352017-05-16T21:30:39.170-07:002017-05-16T21:30:39.170-07:00Incredibly interesting stuff! I've never thoug...Incredibly interesting stuff! I've never thought about how important telecom cable must be in our digital age with everyone and their dog being connected to a device most times, but it makes sense why they risk such a journey. I also wouldn't have thought of the "no cell phones" rule for refueling, but I guess static discharge could be catastrophic!<br /><br /><a href="https://cmachinemarine.wordpress.com/2017/04/19/selecting-ship-repair-services-based-on-service-quality-and-skills/" rel="nofollow">Arthur Greene @ CentralMM</a>Arthur Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07377387482000160666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-83881718004856313372017-03-23T05:49:51.893-07:002017-03-23T05:49:51.893-07:00Very interesting - back in the mid 90's, I was...Very interesting - back in the mid 90's, I was on a consulting team at a dry dock facility and while I was there, they had a cable laying ship come in for some minor upgrades and I got a chance to walk about a bit underneath the ship. It was smaller than 250' in length if I recall correctly.<br /><br />The cool thing that I noticed was that there were four "props" hung underneath the ship that could basically swivel in any direction (two at the front and two at the back end). The effect of this, I was told, was that the ship could pretty much sit in one spot in any weather by adjusting the direction of the props.<br /><br />(Note that I was a business consultant, not a ship repair guy, so my nomenclature probably reveals me as a total noob regarding ships and their parts).pjkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03684606070855590599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-72967601171360020952017-03-23T05:39:40.634-07:002017-03-23T05:39:40.634-07:00I'm a bit surprised that anyone is still burni...I'm a bit surprised that anyone is still burning Grade C, operationally, it was nasty stuff. It required a lot of extra boiler maintenance (at one time I supervised four controlled superheat boilers that used it), lots of soot build up on the tubes, added corrosion problems in both the boilers and bunkers, due to the sulfur content, real pain in the neck. It was great when the Navy went to distillate fuel, though USN doesn't operate many conventional steam plants anymore, pretty much all gas turbine, nuclear or diesel. Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214573038931190861noreply@blogger.com