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The FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform) is a research vessel that can rotate to a vertical position. It is currently owned by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. http://sio.ucsd.edu/ voyager/flip/index.h tml
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Built by AMF Boat Company in Mount Maunganui New Zealand. AMF 850 QRV RIB (Quick Response Vessel) Here she is!! Named Jet Rescue, the new vessel for the Tirua-Pauanui Coastguard - Search and Rescue. Powered by the Yanmar 400Hp diesel engine and Hamilton jet unit , a top speed of 41.7 knots was reached. www.amfboats.co.nz
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A large container vessel begin its journey from San Francisco to Hong Kong, but lost communication with others in the storm! GPS and Radar also offline! Can they get out of storm? Will the crews die? Let watch and find out.
The music of this video is from a Japanese Cartoon called: Martian Successor Nadesico
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A slideshow of some great NIN pics to a remix I made using the songs Vessel and Me, I'm Not off of Trent's new album Year Zero. Rate and comment please.
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NTSB Hearing on January 10, 2008. Crown Princess Heeling accident July 18, 2006. This is an interesting segment on all the forces on a turning ship, the center of gravity, the direct force of a rudder to make a ship lean into a turn but the much larger, later force that forces it to lean out (sideslip). And the fact that the rudder cannot turn quickly. Lots of graphs but good.