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2006-04-10 Africa Horn

USS Oak Hill Aids Vessel off Coast of Somalia

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Posted by Fred 2006-04-10 10:24|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Is that Captain Sinbad's ship?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-04-10 12:47|| 2006-04-10 12:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Obviously the Somalis don't believe in scraping old paint.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-04-10 14:09|| 2006-04-10 14:09|| Front Page Top

#3 The MV Bhakti Sagar looks like it was built with half the blueprints from Noah's Ark and a magazine illustration of a Mississippi river boat's superstructure. And, Dr. Steve, that is not paint on the side. It may be from Tom Sawyer's whitewash brigade, or from gull poop when it was laying on its side during low tide.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-04-10 16:52|| 2006-04-10 16:52|| Front Page Top

#4 The big clue is the gopher bark substructure...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-04-10 16:54|| 2006-04-10 16:54|| Front Page Top

#5 The white line down the side looks to be the true waterline.
She's riding very high and unballasted, They do that for fuel economy, (fairly safe as long as there's a dead calm) but overall a good candidate for capsizing, get those ballast pumps going NOW folks.
While you can

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-04-10 20:23|| 2006-04-10 20:23|| Front Page Top

#6 think of a bobber while fishing for sharks?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-04-10 21:09|| 2006-04-10 21:09|| Front Page Top

#7 feature not a bug..

the MV Bhakti Sagar *tiptoes* over a shoal.

Posted by RD 2006-04-10 21:25|| 2006-04-10 21:25|| Front Page Top

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