I wouldn't want to spend the next few months on the space station for what the Cosmonauts make but then again I am not qualified or certificated...
I would have had a few well chosen words for that twit. The MCA will issue (sell) a CEC based on a USCG license up to unlimited chief and that...
Maybe the stylist thought it would move the CG forward and make up for the weight of the tender.
Well, not too sad anyway and maybe even fun for some. I think the lady on the treadmill is probably composing haikus while she works. Climbing...
It doesn't take much of a review of the literature to show that the lowest energy desalination technique available today is reverse osmosis. If...
Reaching the "lofty status" requires a great deal of time, study, labor, and demonstrated competence. That time is revenue generating time, not...
Not much new under the Sun or underwater. Fleet submarines in WW2 and through the 1960s used a Badger vapor compression still to produce potable...
No, you are no longer an up and coming engineer, you are just an experienced engineer with years in the business. Only a captain can give...
With that information I would ask how much running the engine(s) have had recently. Have they been sitting for an extended period or have they...
If the question is academic, contact a MAN service shop. If you are concerned about the report of a compression test, the operative question might...
Not nearly as much ... ;)
Anxiously awaiting details.
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Empress II. Lady B started out as Ineke. They are sisterships ... twins really.
Diesels emit lots of soot and other particulates even if you can't see any smoke.
Which really means nothing for troubleshooting or diagnostic purposes.
It's kind of hard to "overheat" the turbo on a diesel. To get enough heat to do that you would melt a few pistons and valves along the way and...
One of which is loss of coolant circulation in that unit. Who knows why ... air lock maybe, the vent line has been very hot as well but the...
Quadruple Gardners. The gensets are 4 cylinder Gardners. Yachting is a small world, the engine in my avatar is the starboard main on that boat.
Looks like the link in post #10 is incorrect, try this one to reach: Dockwalk Magazine April 2009 "Part of the Solution" Dockwalk - April 2009
