Forum: The Chart Table Maritime Academy ( including Meteorology & Oceanography )

Starting this new thread about ship and boat handling, since that is a separate subject from anything else on CVF, and MAY be a subject for some...

Watch out: you might get hit by a falling satellite. Well, the chances are pretty slim, but it makes a good headline.... (giggle) NASA can't...

Our life giving sun Take a look at this spectacular solar explosion which happened a few days ago: thankfully, AWAY from the earth! ...

GOC-GMDSS Radio Operators License I note that this section of CV haven't been used for a while, so hear is a new topic which is burning real for...

The planet EUROPA has a MASSIVE amount of water If this is actually true, it's very big news indeed.... under the layers of ice on the planet...

Now that all the excitement of pakarang’s exam success has calmed down, I came back to remembering that this section is one that is under threat due...

When Betelguese explodes.... ...Earth will experience day light for many weeks, and we will have two suns in the sky. ...

A sign.... could anyone kindly explain to me what this sign means, located on the breakwater in Bodo....

I did some photo work today at Bodin Maritime College, taking some pictures for an invitation. You got everything you need here, thrusters,...

Some ships have no bulb, but most have. Now there are even drawings/artist impressions out showing a bulb on an X-BOW design. Not pretty at all,...

... maybe this is the disillusional idea? lXGDRrkaRgU

I thought i`d share with you the latest in commercial navigation technology. I`ve just finished installing a new continous wave radar that works in...

Voith Schneider propulsion One of our dear family members shared this cool interactive link to the controls of VS propulsion... I found it...

HSC in Bodø week number 19. During week number 19, I will be attending a HSC course in Bodø and hopefully, by the end of that week, I'll be...

SOLAS and the requirement of lifeboats on passenger vessels. Earlier on the Oasis of the Seas-thread, we discussed the SOLAS requirements for...

Celestial star signs... On the evening sky, do you know all these stars signs?

The Panama Canal Expansion I thought we already had a trhead covering the Panama Canal expansion, but after searching, I could not find it....

The Blue Ribbon CVF supporter Steinar Aronsen has very kindly shared this old newspaper article listing the Blue Ribbon records across the...

Alan sent me this article from The Economist magazine dated 17 September 2009. He thought we might be interested... Monsters of the Deep ...

Up to 364,000 seafarer shortfall by 2050, says Tokyo think tank The gloomiest forecast yet of the widening scarcity in skilled and trained...

A bolt in the ground... Are there any members who have a simple, and short, explanation to what this is what it's used for?

Gross and Net tonnage is a measure of Volume, not weight at all. Lots of rules and regulations, incl. manning, are based on Gross Tonnage, as is Port...

IMO Council makes 2010 the “Year of the seafarer” ...

all you master mariners-- I have always been told by people masquerading as sailors (ie-dilettante weekend sailboat owners, etc) that it was...

See more here: Nasa ducks dive under Greenland ice NASA Uses 90 Rubber Ducks to Study Global Warming Anyone seen NASA's rubber duckies?