Evanston: pieces
Evanston: pieces
The Avenger class minesweeper, the USS GUARDIAN, which ran aground on a Philippine reef has been declared a total loss and is to be cut into pieces for removal.
I find it interesting that her hull is wood.
To quote Wikipedia:
The hulls of the Avenger-class ships are constructed of wood with an external coat of glass-reinforced plastic. The wood used is oak, Douglas fir, and Nootka Cypress because of their flexibility, strength and low weight. This construction allows the hull to withstand a nearby blast from a mine and also gives the ship a low magnetic signature.
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A jigsaw puzzle in the iPad edition of the National Geographic resulted in my downloading PuzzleHD+, an app that in addition to providing puzzles, enables you to turn your own photographs into jigsaw puzzles of varying complexity. I paid $1.99 to dispose of the ads and now often work a puzzle while listening to music in the late afternoon or evening. A 154 piece puzzle usually takes me an hour or two.
You may recognize the refracted image above of two tuna that accompanied THE HAWKE OF TUONELA for several days and hundreds of miles in the South Atlantic during my fifth circumnavigation.
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Although it has only been three months since I was on GANNET, it seems longer. I feel as though I am losing the plot. Hopefully my life will not be in pieces much longer.
Because I won’t be able to use the standard Moore 24 outboard bracket after I install the Norvane, I have been considering getting rid of the Torqeedo and using oars for the minimal maneuvering necessary in harbors. The marina where I kept GANNET on Lake Michigan would not permit sailing, rowing or sculling inside the breakwater, but that is not the case in San Diego.
My memory is that the oars on CHIDIOCK TICHBORNE were 10’ long and I wondered how long oars should be for GANNET.
Online I found a formula:
distance between the oar locks in inches divided by 2; add 2” and divide by 7; multiply by 25.
GANNET’s maximum beam is 86”, but I think I would more likely be rowing at a location where the beam is 78” or less. For 78”, the formula provides a result of 146.42”, or just over 12’.
Another traditional method is simply to double the beam, which comes out with the same result: 12’ or 13’ oars.
I could stow oars that long on the port quarterberth, though getting them in and out of the cabin would be awkward.
I’m not sure I’m going to do that, but I’ll give it some thought when I’m next aboard.
Sunday, February 3, 2013