 Check out the bookstore at IRBS.com |
|
|
|
|||||
|
||||||
From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Thu Sep 04 2003 - 02:39:51 EDT
"ahmet erkan" writes:
>No joke Mr. SV
>A boat may need to weigh anchor and get underway in a hurry. In an
>emergency, the Captain or "some meathead" as you refer to him, should
>always
>have the option to override any protection circuit and demand maximum
>
>available performance from his equipment and/or crew to save the ship.
<snip>
The only thing of that comes even close to the condition you are
attempting to describe is a fire pump controller for a building.
It is purposely wired ahead of the main facility circuit protective
device.
That pump is designed to keep pumping for as long as possible.
As far as a vessel needing to clear an anchor and get under way, the most
effective tool to accomplish this task is the knife attached to your belt
via a lanyard.
If you have time, attach a bouy, then cut the nylon 3-strand rode if it
is an all 3-strand nylon rode and retrieve it later.
Oh, it's an all chain rode except for the last 10-20 ft of 3-strand nylon
used to attach the bitter end of the chain to the hull.
Knife still gets the job done.
Lew
S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat (Under Construction in the
Southland)
Visit <http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett> for pictures
There are no problems, only varying degrees of challenging opportunity.
________________________________________________________________
The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand!
Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER!
Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
___________________________________________________________________________
|| The Live-Aboard List : send a "subscribe" or "unsubscribe" request ||
|| in body of message to: ||
|