The heartlands of India were rather untouched by the salt of the sea untilthe "Pirates of the Caribbean" came to be released. I ofcourse raise noclaims regarding the accuracy, or the lack thereof, ofthis classic feature presentation, but looking at Capt. Jack Sparrow, it ispossible to reach ..
Location : Gulf Of MexicoOut at sea news is days old, but bad news always travels fast so I got the information abouta collision and oil spill in the middle of the Sabine channel near PortArthur. It is very sobering news for a variety of reasons.Firstly , the area is beautiful. On either side ..
A couple of posts back, I tried to give examples regarding the indiscriminate proliferation of internet AIS feeds, as seen from a landlubbers perspective. Now I'm hoping to wade into the practical dangers of this as faced by seamen.Honestly, I have seen very less resistance from people regarding ..
Photo courtsey : gCaptain ForumWe might be scurvy-ridden-pirate-scum, but we also have ISM Checklists.
In the mid 1990's when I visited the Indian port of Karwar, Trucks full of villagers came over to visit the ship for sightseeing. The same would happen when we went to Calcutta. Yet once on Gangway duty, when I asked one visitor to put down her address and phone number on the Gangway log, she ..