Uniall Posted July 25, 2012 #1501 Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) If I sailed Cunard, I suppose I could bring my white tie and tails. I only wear that once or twice a year. Trouble is they might think you are the Pianist ... :D They wouldn't mistake me for the pianist if I wore my red sash and white cape with its red Cross of Lorraine. Edited July 25, 2012 by Uniall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted July 26, 2012 #1502 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Tonka ... Can you hold a Masters liscence in more than one country ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka's Skipper Posted July 26, 2012 #1503 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Tonka ... Can you hold a Masters license in more than one country ? Gee.......that is one I never heard of.........but why not.....pass the testing/requirements...........no reason you can't that I can think of! I know some Officers that have both Deck and Engine licenses! AKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka's Skipper Posted July 26, 2012 #1504 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Nautical test. No looking it up! What ship sinking occurred on July 25/26, 1956? AKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted July 26, 2012 #1505 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Before i was born! ... well a little bit anyway .... :D Tonka ... just checked my Facebook and found this link .... http://www.princess.com/news/press_releases/2012/07/Senior_Officers_Announced_Royal.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uniall Posted July 26, 2012 #1506 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Nautical test. No looking it up! What ship sinking occurred on July 25/26' date=' 1956? AKK[/quote'] Just a shot in the dark but was it the Andria Doria? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka's Skipper Posted July 26, 2012 #1507 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Just a shot in the dark but was it the Andria Doria? Indeed it was my friend. The Stockholm is now the oldest ocean cruise ship still in service. AKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uniall Posted July 26, 2012 #1508 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Indeed it was my friend. The Stockholm is now the oldest ocean cruise ship still in service. AKK Well I'm delighted to know (at least for today) I've warded off senility. :eek: Is the ship now named "Stockholm"? Where does it sail and which cruise line? My second and third cruises, ever, were on the then Regal Cruise Line's Empress. I've been told that it was one of the first ships designed and built as a cruise ship (as opposed to an ocean liner) and it kept being reborn under different names and owners but has finally been put to rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka's Skipper Posted July 26, 2012 #1509 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Well I'm delighted to know (at least for today) I've warded off senility. :eek: Is the ship now named "Stockholm"? Where does it sail and which cruise line? My second and third cruises, ever, were on the then Regal Cruise Line's Empress. I've been told that it was one of the first ships designed and built as a cruise ship (as opposed to an ocean liner) and it kept being reborn under different names and owners but has finally been put to rest. Here your go......http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Athena She is sailing in the med and middle east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocF Posted July 26, 2012 #1510 Share Posted July 26, 2012 (edited) The Andrea Doria and Stockholm collision certainly lends credence to my position regarding third mate watchkeeping. This was one of the very first major news events that television covered pretty much live. NBC had camera planes flying overhead and developed the footage at the airport. They literally ran the film through the film chain while it was still wet from the developer. Of course, NBC was owned by RCA at that long ago time. RCA was headed by David Sarnoff, who was the operator on duty in the New York station when he received the Titanic's SOS. Doc Edited July 26, 2012 by DocF Old brain keeps forgetting interesting tidbits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampire Parrot Posted July 26, 2012 #1511 Share Posted July 26, 2012 The Andrea Doria and Stockholm collision certainly lends credence to my position regarding third mate watchkeeping. DocF, what is your position regarding third mate watchkeeping? VP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted July 26, 2012 #1512 Share Posted July 26, 2012 (edited) An interesting story of a shipwreck off the East coast of England, built by Harland and Wollf and carried Mary Roberts who had survived the Titanic 2 years earlier and like Violet Jessop who worked on Olympic which was holed by HMS Hawke, survived the Titanic and Brittanic these two people it seems had lucky lives. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Rohilla Edited July 26, 2012 by sidari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka's Skipper Posted July 26, 2012 #1513 Share Posted July 26, 2012 The Andrea Doria and Stockholm collision certainly lends credence to my position regarding third mate watchkeeping. This was one of the very first major news events that television covered pretty much live. NBC had camera planes flying overhead and developed the footage at the airport. They literally ran the film through the film chain while it was still wet from the developer. Of course, NBC was owned by RCA at that long ago time. RCA was headed by David Sarnoff, who was the operator on duty in the New York station when he received the Titanic's SOS. Doc Its not the license level Doc.its the mans(or womans) ability to use the lessons and skills he was taught. But remember with the Stockholm and Andre....both Masters were on their bridges and in command in plenty of time to do wherever maneuvering was required.....it this case both turned the wrong way in heavy fog. Basically to much trust in Fog, put into a new navigation tool,RADAR! AKK I have a question.......I thought the Titanic was only in contact with the Nova Scotia station, and the messages were relayed from there down the coast...........Ships, including the Titanic had only 4300 to 400 miles range AKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka's Skipper Posted July 26, 2012 #1514 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Before i was born! ... well a little bit anyway .... :D Tonka ... just checked my Facebook and found this link .... http://www.princess.com/news/press_releases/2012/07/Senior_Officers_Announced_Royal.html Hi Sideri,...........seems a good , experienced group of Officers. I like DCL because of the classic look to there vessels....but Princess does build beautiful middle sized ships! AKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted July 27, 2012 #1515 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Tonka .... I believe Titanic was sending messages via Cape Race, is that the same one you are thinking of ? I noticed in the Bio for the officers of the new Royal Princess that the last person in the list has masters certificates for two countries! spooky eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uniall Posted July 27, 2012 #1516 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Here's an interesting related article on Cruise Lines dealing with Sick Passengers. Are Cruise Lines Dumping Their Sick Passengers? Read more: http://www.frommers.com/articles/7749.html#ixzz21oQKj11x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka's Skipper Posted July 27, 2012 #1517 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Tonka .... I believe Titanic was sending messages via Cape Race, is that the same one you are thinking of ? I noticed in the Bio for the officers of the new Royal Princess that the last person in the list has masters certificates for two countries! spooky eh. Yes that was it.......Cape Race is off the southern coast of Nova Scotia. I am sorry to didn't read the very last para.that is a bit spooky...... AKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocF Posted July 27, 2012 #1518 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Its not the license level Doc.its the mans(or womans) ability to use the lessons and skills he was taught. But remember with the Stockholm and Andre....both Masters were on their bridges and in command in plenty of time to do wherever maneuvering was required.....it this case both turned the wrong way in heavy fog. Basically to much trust in Fog' date=' put into a new navigation tool,RADAR! AKK I have a question.......I thought the Titanic was only in contact with the Nova Scotia station, and the messages were relayed from there down the coast...........Ships, including the Titanic had only 4300 to 400 miles range AKK[/quote'] And today in fog, mariners tend to rely too much on radar and other electronic navigation tools. I have never read a clarification of whether Sarnoff was getting relays from Cape Race or picking up skip. Spark gap transmitters are notorious for interference all over the bands and for generating skip signals. I do know that Sarnoff contacted the New York papers that subscribed to Radiomarine's service with the news. Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeBeach Posted July 27, 2012 #1519 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Here's an interesting related article on Cruise Lines dealing with Sick Passengers. Are Cruise Lines Dumping Their Sick Passengers? Read more: Interesting article. Also hard to comment on. Ship "hospitals" can only go so far in their treatment and I'd suggest that the pax could not have received the treatment he needed had he remained on the ship either. That said, I also think cruise lines could check out the facilities available at the various islands to determine which islands may be able to provide better care. I don't think many of them would hold up to the standards we see here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiserfanfromct Posted July 27, 2012 #1520 Share Posted July 27, 2012 A Very Sad Room With A View Room 37 of the Hotel Saraceno...it doesn’t go away. Who could have imagined this scenario? What was once a gorgeous Tuscan seascape has morphed into an eyesore and a showcase of utter command stupidity. http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/giglio-beyond-the-tragedy-in-tuscany-7979728.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uniall Posted July 27, 2012 #1521 Share Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) A Very Sad Room With A View Room 37 of the Hotel Saraceno...it doesn’t go away. Who could have imagined this scenario? What was once a gorgeous Tuscan seascape has morphed into an eyesore and a showcase of utter command stupidity. http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/giglio-beyond-the-tragedy-in-tuscany-7979728.html Rather that releasing Schitino from house arrest, they should have transfered him to this room and shackled him to the iron balcony fence to watch the continuing results of his arrogance and incompetence. The iron balcony fence would also be a constant reminder of the coming iron bars in his jail cell..............;) Edited July 27, 2012 by Uniall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka's Skipper Posted July 27, 2012 #1522 Share Posted July 27, 2012 And today in fog, mariners tend to rely too much on radar and other electronic navigation tools. I have never read a clarification of whether Sarnoff was getting relays from Cape Race or picking up skip. Spark gap transmitters are notorious for interference all over the bands and for generating skip signals. I do know that Sarnoff contacted the New York papers that subscribed to Radiomarine's service with the news. Doc Doc........I hate to say it, but I totally agree! AKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CtheW0rld Posted July 27, 2012 #1523 Share Posted July 27, 2012 A Very Sad Room With A View Room 37 of the Hotel Saraceno...it doesn’t go away. Who could have imagined this scenario? What was once a gorgeous Tuscan seascape has morphed into an eyesore and a showcase of utter command stupidity. http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/giglio-beyond-the-tragedy-in-tuscany-7979728.html quite a photo (and article). thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiserfanfromct Posted July 27, 2012 #1524 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Rather that releasing Schitino from house arrest, they should have transfered him to this room and shackled him to the iron balcony fence to watch the continuing results of his arrogance and incompetence. The iron balcony fence would also be a constant reminder of the coming iron bars in his jail cell..............;) Brilliant idea!!! Let's make sure he can't trip and fall directly into an inner tube this time. Don't believe this man will ever be captain of anything larger than -------->>>>>>>> (see below -- water rat image on tube for illustrative purposes): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka's Skipper Posted July 27, 2012 #1525 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Brilliant idea!!! Let's make sure he can't trip and fall directly into an inner tube this time. Don't believe this man will ever be captain of anything larger than -------->>>>>>>> (see below -- water rat image on tube for illustrative purposes): hey now....that could be considered a insult to water rats! *G* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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