What yachts 130' or under?

Hi,

I have also pulled a few cars (stuck on incoming tide)and a motorcycle ( out of gas 20 km up beach) off our West Coast beaches for various reasons.

I have never accepted any reward other than thanks and receiving an assurance that if they ever saw me in the same predicament to stop and help me.

I hope I never need that help personally but am quite prepared to give it if I see someone that needs it.

This attitude is the heart and soul of humanity, and what structures a true civilized community.

Two nights before 2001 New year's eve, I was with a friend at a ski resort in Lebanon, heading back to our cottage at 3AM after a new year party 'rehearsal'!, Snow was 3 feet thick in most uncleared places, roads were cleared but iced up, driving 60KmH was the maximum we could do at very few stretches without feeling like soiling our pants, we were in a beemer talking about cars, performance and stability, which to drive in such conditions and which to avoid, we mentioned Opel and how stiff and stable it is, suddenly.... an Opel sedan comes FLYING by us! 1300+ meters above sea level, curves and turns, very limited illumination on the road and nearby villages as usual were out of power, my friend said: "See!, I told you Opel is a beast", JINX! The other car was lucky to have a pine tree sticking out the side of that hill by the corner, he flew right into it then it kicked the car back into a pile of snow burying the whole rear half of the car, needles to say, we stopped to assist those saved souls, 1 drunk driver and two girls, his sister and girlfriend (who apparently was out without her parents consent and fearing the consequences of her obvious bruses!), we offered to drive them home after diving to our knees in snow and red mud to get them out and make sure the car is turned off, levered the trunk open to disconnect the battery to avoid any electrical hazard, the guy was fighting us not to do so, insisting on helping him push or pull the car out of snow!!!!!!!!! The girls were sane enough, sober and wanting to go home, drove them there, got back to him and he was still requesting help pushing his trashed car out!!!! We called the army which is the emergency authority in such conditions, they came and he asked them the same!!!! They booked him with no doubt. Some people just don't appreciate the gift of life and therefore hard to recieve help!

Safety to all, is my wish.

Since this thread is already derailed, here is the latest on the Global Warming Activist fiasco... U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star to assist vessels in Antarctica

Sorry AMG, we got carried away again !!

IMHO, the Russian-flagged Akademik Shokalskiy should not have been in the thick ice of the antarctic in the first place. Also this finnish built vessel might be ice classed and strengthened to withstand the pressure of the ice, it is totally underpowered to break thicker ice. When everybody is back safe at home and all ships are out oft the ice, somebody should be presented with a bill for all those rescue operations. This is not the first time a Russian ship with passengers on board is under distress in artic ice.

I have had the chance to go aboard the polar star as a guest and was very impressed with her I will be standing by to see what happens

travler

Trash to treasures, get it while it's hot.

uscgc polar star | eBay

USCGS Polar Star

To classify this ship as a cutter, is a nice understatement. This 122 meter piece of iron is a veritable POLAR ICEBREAKER par excellence.

Class & type: Polar-class icebreaker
Displacement: 10,863 long tons (11,037 t) (standard)
13,623 long tons (13,842 t) (full)
Length: 399 ft (122 m)
Beam: 83 ft 6 in (25.45 m)
Draft: 31 ft (9.4 m)
Installed power: Six Alco 16V-251F diesel engines (6 × 3,000 hp)
Three Pratt & Whitney FT-4A12 gas turbines (3 × 25,000 hp)
Propulsion: Combined diesel-electric or gas (CODLOG)
Three shafts; controllable pitch propellers
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) in 6-foot (1.8 m) ice
Range: 16,000 nautical miles (30,000 km; 18,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
28,275 nautical miles (52,365 km; 32,538 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement: 15 officers
127 enlisted
33 scientists
12-person helicopter detachment
Aircraft carried: 2 HH-65A Dolphin helicopters

Is not it just the start of summer in the Antarctic...

Maybe they should wait for the "warming to start" and leave it alone... or towards the end of summer before they start getting worried about people who condescend to God's will...

I have been involved in a peripheral way with the people that started this global warming theory... and give little hope to them creating much more than a muddle... or what the French would call a "gros bordel putain de merde" now don't go asking me why there is not a de between the bordel and putain but I can't hear it.

Now off to mass and probably confession if the love of my life finds out... about this post !

Yeah, these people don't have the right attitude towards the issue. However, it might just be a few bad examples that we see. For all we know the vast majority of the scientists are more than willing to pull their weight in the collaborative effort to not have anyone die or be injured.

Also, FYI, science happens at benches, not desks. Scientists are bench jockeys, not desk jockeys.

You cannot blame the scientists or passengers for those happenings. It is the fault of the ships operator and the skipper of this survey vessel only. They should not have taken this ship for that route and into the ice in the first place.

That is exactly what I am saying. The ships operator (the owner) and the skipper.

On survey ships, when on expedition, there is an expedition leader. He is the leader of all scientists and their staff on board, during the whole expedition. But the skipper is still responsible for the safety of the journey, the ship and all lifes on board, period. The owner (operator) has set up an SOP under which the skipper is operating. But taking an inadequate vessel for profit reasons and force a skipper to pass the common rules of safety is very bad and not the first time with ships flying this flag. And if this unsafe operation was asked for by the expedition leader, the skipper is still responsible, when accepting this request.

A little reading is in order.

U.S. Icebreaker Polar Star: Explaining the Ship in Antarctic Rescue

P.S.- Remember, it's not the size of the fighter in the fight; but the size of the fight in the fighter.

POLAR STAR - Icebreaker: current position and details | IMO 7367471, MMSI 367255000, Callsign NBTM | Registered in USA - AIS Marine Traffic