Transportation : Ships & Shipbuilding

By 2012, the reactor on the US Navy's only deep-diving research submarine will be exhausted. In this report, the authors develop a concept of operation for a possible replacement platform, analyzing which military and scientific missions should have the highest priorities. more...

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This richly interdisciplinary and in-depth work surveys the history of the interior design of ocean liners, from commissioning through to design, use and influence. more...

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Drawing from experts and top researchers from around the world, this book presents current developments in a variety of areas that impact offshore and ocean engineering. more...

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Find Your Way at Sea, No Matter What. “Inherently interesting and fun to read . . . provides the clearest understanding of general navigation principles we've seen yet.”--BoatU.S. “Thorough and authoritative.”-- Sea Kayaker. “A definitive work of instant appeal to seamen of all levels of experience.”--The Navigation Foundation. Every sailor knows that instruments can fail. Things get wet, break, fall overboard. Whether you’re safe on your boat or drifting in a life raft, let David Burch show you how to find your way no matter what navigational equipment you have. Often relying on common materials like a small stick, a plastic bottle, even a pair of sunglasses, Burch explains how to make use of all available means--from the ancient skills of Polynesian navigators to the contrails of airliners overhead--to calculate speed, direction, latitude, and longitude and to perform all aspects of piloting and dead reckoning.Learn how to: Steer by sun, stars, wind, and swells; Estimate current and leeway; Improvise your own knotmeter or plumb-bob sextant; Find the sun in a fogbank; Estimate latitude with a plate and a knotted string; And more vital information more...

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Download Free Excerpt for Microsoft Reader PerfectBound Special Feature! Read the author, Rob Mundle's summary of the coroner's report and the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia investigation into the tragedy. The Sydney to Hobart yacht race has become established as one of the world's major sporting events. The race in 1998 became one of the world's major sporting disasters with the tragic loss of six sailors, injuries to many others and damage to many boats. The search and rescue operation was more like the D-Day landing exercise. Its story leaves Saving Private Ryan in the shade. Had it not been for the superior skills in organisation and operation many more would have been lost. more...

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