javafish Posted June 20, 2015 #1 Share Posted June 20, 2015 (edited) Looks like Breeze stopped just outside miami Edited June 20, 2015 by javafish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkcor Posted June 20, 2015 #2 Share Posted June 20, 2015 maybe they forgot something :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poison7fl Posted June 20, 2015 #3 Share Posted June 20, 2015 And? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javafish Posted June 20, 2015 Author #4 Share Posted June 20, 2015 they are moving now maybe they picked up someone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfb4cruzing Posted June 21, 2015 #5 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Maybe the Warp Drive Brake was still engaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted June 21, 2015 #6 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I can't tell too much from the thumbnail, but it looks like they may have been "boxing the compass". This is a procedure that has to be done every couple years, and requires swinging the ship a full circle and recording the magnetic compass reading to the gyro compass reading. Often there will be a compass adjuster onboard to move the "navigator's balls" (no not those balls), the large metal spheres on each side of the compass to try to minimize the compass error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The4Cruisers Posted June 21, 2015 #7 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Often there will be a compass adjuster onboard to move the "navigator's balls" (no not those balls), the large metal spheres on each side of the compass to try to minimize the compass error. Have to admit... I giggled a little! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boozebabe Posted June 21, 2015 #8 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I can't tell too much from the thumbnail, but it looks like they may have been "boxing the compass". This is a procedure that has to be done every couple years, and requires swinging the ship a full circle and recording the magnetic compass reading to the gyro compass reading. Often there will be a compass adjuster onboard to move the "navigator's balls" (no not those balls), the large metal spheres on each side of the compass to try to minimize the compass error. Oh. Clear as mud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdGuyMG Posted June 21, 2015 #9 Share Posted June 21, 2015 We had a similar maneuver last year after leaving the POM on the Getaway. The ship circled back and stopped outside the last channel marker to offload a medical emergency and we waited for a Miami-Dade fire rescue boat to pick up the passenger and take them back to shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HB Cruiser Posted June 21, 2015 #10 Share Posted June 21, 2015 We were watching and listening on the Miami webcam and heard a radio transmission between the ship and the coast guard concerning a medical evac. Once they contacted the CG, they stopped and waited on the CG ship to get to them from Miami. We were surprised it only took 5-7 minutes eta for them to get to the Breeze. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizinisthebest Posted June 21, 2015 #11 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I can't tell too much from the thumbnail, but it looks like they may have been "boxing the compass". This is a procedure that has to be done every couple years, and requires swinging the ship a full circle and recording the magnetic compass reading to the gyro compass reading. Often there will be a compass adjuster onboard to move the "navigator's balls" (no not those balls), the large metal spheres on each side of the compass to try to minimize the compass error. Alright then. Got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscoe13 Posted June 21, 2015 #12 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Nothing to worry about, they just blew a flux capacitor. Luckily, someone was able to pull one of a 1985 Delorean and get it to them ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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