And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Some of the Norwegian built offshore vessels have been using the Ulstein 'X' bow for quite a few years. There's considerable evidence that it rides the seas much more stably and gently, and the captains I've talked to really liked it, although it takes getting used to, according to them.
Here's a couple of x-bow ocean going tugs on a drilling rig tow, in a storm:
Sort of a nautical Dick Tracy…..
ReplyDeleteA Wally yacht?
ReplyDeleteCalled the Utopia IV.
ReplyDeleteCustom build.
Anyone else a lot of the modern boats are mega-ugly?
ReplyDeleteSome of the Norwegian built offshore vessels have been using the Ulstein 'X' bow for quite a few years. There's considerable evidence that it rides the seas much more stably and gently, and the captains I've talked to really liked it, although it takes getting used to, according to them.
ReplyDeleteHere's a couple of x-bow ocean going tugs on a drilling rig tow, in a storm:
https://youtu.be/TMh7Y6XEVsQ
ug. clicked the link and had to endure a kamalalalalala commercial first.
DeleteHeading to a climate meeting no doubt!!
ReplyDeleteCaptain Nemo maybe?
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