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6th January 2018, 17:20
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 For those of you with a more nervous disposition the increase in metacentric height has been off set by the addition of the bolt on hull sponsons together with the appropriate deviation to the bending moment as indicated by the righting leavers..........so there no need for panic or getting your feet wet....yet  By the way thank you for the compliment but is the word not nincompoop..(as in wonderfully qualified injuneer)
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6th January 2018, 17:22
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6th January 2018, 18:53
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Ah, Tmac, if an engineer can't keep us upright we are, basically, stuffed.
Tom, don't worry too much, we can always go out on the trapeze with wet jumpers on, though going about across our deck at least two railings and that damn mainboom vang to duck under. Sorry, my mind is flying across the water in a GP14 in a touchy breeze on a lake in the Lake District. I have to add, the weather is not our current Winter cold. Or we could go for a drink in some low bar and see if we can see any young ladies (If we do, I am running for it).
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6th January 2018, 20:21
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Alas Farmer John keeping the vessel in an upright condition is "wee buns" however maintaining the same equilibrium on a personal condition proves rather more complex.... directly correlated to the ratio of Black Bush consumed.
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7th January 2018, 00:58
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 Just asking. 
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7th January 2018, 05:36
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Perhaps try him on some medical terms and see how he goes?
(You know the 'spirit of reciprocity' and all that waffle plus the fact that 'offence is always the best defence' .....)
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7th January 2018, 07:56
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Noncomepoop was the correct word chosen -- as in poop not come, signifying a serious case of anal retention. I flatly reuse to do panic, but when someone in the pit goes mucking about with the addition of hull sponsons, the chances are there will be deviation --- to our magnetic compasses which will have to be swung and corrected.
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7th January 2018, 08:29
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmlTk_3NN_g This is explained(more or less in layman's terms in: http://www.marineengineering.org.uk/page82.html Tmac - meet me in the pax lounge -- I think you owe me a double Cuba Libre for that.
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7th January 2018, 08:39
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The drink in the low bar seems like a far more civilised method of getting wet.
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7th January 2018, 11:08
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 I am just wondering though why Tmac has left it to others to correct me.
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7th January 2018, 13:55
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The bending moment should not be confused with the "Righting moment." This is something entirely different, and has different connotations when applied to the engineering and seamanship departments.
In Tmac's realm, there are many highly precision engineered bits that operate on extremely close tolerances, (just like our Chief Injuneer, who is very tolerant provided you don't get too close to him when things go wrong.) When something starts doing what it isn't supposed to, Tmac makes a delicate adjustment with whatever he can find on the bench, and puts it right immediately. This is what we call his "Righting Moment. On the bridge, the righting moment can mean something else. On a British vessel, the Master will say, "Hard a' Starboard, helmsman." On an American vessel, the command is more like ,"Shove the wheel hard right g*ddammit," This is also a "Righting Moment." There are other definitions which can be found in various text books, including "Know Your Own Ship," by T.Walton. (The copy I inherited was published in 1920, so obviously won't apply to the Golden Dreamer II which was only built last year.)
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7th January 2018, 17:17
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Anyhoo don't get me started on flume tanks and cross flooding otherwise we will be here all day. 
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7th January 2018, 17:19
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7th January 2018, 17:21
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8th January 2018, 08:08
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Thank you Tmac, grab yourself a Black Bush and here's to a continuing life of friendly banter and repartee. Cheers !!
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9th January 2018, 06:59
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9th January 2018, 08:32
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OK - bus is organised and will come to the gangway ASAP when called.
First stop Nyhaven where we can partake of a few wets and a stroll across Kongens Nytov to the Magasin du Nord department store for those that are interested! If Sir William's card is up for it, we can try a meal I'm Nomu later (seriously voted the best restaurant in world!). McC
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