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Mama Mia, That's A Big Ship! The Oasis Of The Sea.

The Oasis of the Sea is the world's largest cruise ship.
Doesn't she look appealing? Cough, cough, cough!



The Oasis of the Sea is five times larger than the Titanic, the $1.5 billion ship has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a small golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater. It has 2,700 cabins and can accommodate 6,300 passengers and 2,100 crew members.
Gee whiz, that's not my idea of an oasis!

Read all about her at The Age.

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Wednesday Wipeout. Marko Polo Discovers Croatia.

This past Saturday, the crew of the ferry "Marko Polo", decided that they were thirsty and needed some shore leave. So they beached their ship on an island off the coast Croatia between Zadar and Sibenik.

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The View From The Bridge Part II. [Heavy Seas Videos]

 

The USS Kitty "The Shitty Kitty" Hawk takes on big waves.

 

The Ocean Prima experiencing heavy weather and rough seas en route to Norway from the Orkney Islands. Wave height=10-20m and 70 knot winds. 

Via Mr. Boat.

The View From The Bridge.

Thank you Andre for the pictures.

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Let's Go Surfing Now. Everybody's Learning How.

Come on and safari with me.
The sea ain't for wimps. She'll come up from behind and wack you before you know it.

By the way, I'm back.....if you give a.....
It will be raining fish later today.

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I Told You, Balance The Boat!

The Ice Prince listing to her side.

The Ice Prince was a 328ft Greek-registered cargo ship which sank in the English channel on January 15, 2008, spilling 2,516 tonnes of timber, around 423 tonnes of intermediate fuel oil and 123 tonnes of marine diesel oil. Twenty crew members were rescued by helicopter and lifeboat. (See the video here.)

Timber from the cargo washed ashore along the south coast of England. Beaches along the south coast of England were closed to prevent looters taking away washed-up timber.

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Friday Fishwrap.

Sailworld: Ericsson 4 takes Volvo lead - Puma on a charge into second.
I'm confused, Ericsson is a phone, Volvo is a car, Puma is a shoe and a Cougar, which is also a car and an older woman who dates younger men. Can I have a drink now?

Russell Coutts is on Twitter....1 post from March...."No wind today again. Better luck next time." He actually sails, while I'm here typing. Grrrrrr!

Frank thinks about humility. Puffy found some wind, in fact he sailed, sailed and sailed. In the morning, "it hurt to pick up the orange juice carton." Amen brother, you had a good day!

Peter, "Spurt mot Boston." Whatever dude, don't you know you're supposed to write in English!
Awesome pics of the Cell Phone boat.

Michael (not Puffy, but my former protege) gives us a reading assignment. I'm not in school damn it!

Jake gives us a couple of videos. Craig gives us a video that Jake should enjoy.

Bonnie's notice of a ..... no! .....No! ...... NO! .......OH MY GOD, NO! A Laser Regatta sponsored by the Sebago Canoe Club. I wonder if the Tillerman will be there? Speaking of the Tillerman, I could point to one post but can't. They're all freaking good. Gee whiz, the guy can write.

Speaking of writers, Edward has been writing up a storm over at the Examiner. I wonder if he knows Michael Barone?

What? David actually has a post without a mermaid involved!

Joe want's to know. Adam, "Will there be more posts? Who is next, John Franklin?  gCaptain, "What is it?" Tugster asks, "What are they fishing?" "Who would imagine commercial fishing happens right between Manhattan and Hoboken?"

Have you jumped on the Alaia bandwagon yet? Surfer Magazine catches up with Tom Wegener. Olosurfer gives you step by step instructions on making an Alaia.

If this is the Fish Wrap, where's the fish? Buster serves us a video. There is no way to say it other than, Catch Magazine is out-and-out fish porn!

Moldy Chum asks, "What do you do with 100 million carp?" Tom thinks that trout season is almost here. He could be right.
Where's that drink?

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Speaking Of Circumnavigators.

On this day in 1895, Captain Joshua Slocum departed Boston on board his sloop Spray. He sailed 46,000 miles around the world single-handed, returning to Newport on June 27, 1898. Captain Slocum was the first person to sail around the world alone.



That's a lot of boat for one guy to handle considering that this was undertaken in the late 19th century.



No computers, GPS, radio, hydraulics, plumbing, refrigeration.....wow!

Links: Joshua Slocum Society | Sailing Around The World Alone

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Maritime Monday.

Port of Oakland.



Bound for Hawaii.



The Empire Strikes Back .... or should I say out?
There is a lot less product arriving from the Middle Kingdom.

FotoJoe

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Dry Dock.

Carnival Cruise ship in dry dock.
San Francisco, CA

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