June 2008, MV Ice raced across second half of South China Sea crossing, to make shelter in Bolinao, northern Luzon, ahead of Fengshen’s arrival. We squeaked in by the skin of our teeth and rode it out at anchor. (View Post…)
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Back in London
Cheers,
Whew it was a quick trip home! Sort of like, “now you see them, now you don’t.” We only saw some of you this trip, but maybe one of these days we’ll be back to stay. Our flight was on time, comfortab…
Schematics for heat exchanger changes
Interesting how the schematic for the proposed system is analogous to a DC electrical system — where the distribution manifold and valves would be the circuit breaker panel on the positive side out to the power users and the return manifold being the …
…the sailor's life for me, Ho!
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1900 hour report
Position: N45 degrees 47 minutes W 124 degrees 06 minutes . 28 miles south of Columbia River, 5 miles offshore (Continued…)
Underway Again!
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London of Dickens
Cheers,
We’re mostly packed up and ready to go; our flight home tomorrow. We’ll set out tomorrow at noon; our flight is 4ish, the tube trip about an hour. Our pals Sue and Ed scouted out the best route to Tower Hill Tube st…
The south side of Tower Bridge along the wharves
Cheers,
Some of my favorite walking places are along the river passing the old wharves. http://www.whalingmuseum.org/ is a link to the New Bedford Whaling Museum. It describes the difference between a dock and a wharf and amazingly r…
The tangents of Toynbee Hall
Cheers,
Today Sue Ed and I walked to the Artizan Public Library to get library cards. My Canary Wharf card is good for Tower Hamlets libraries but not for city libraries or something like that. Artizan is much closer so w…
