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To: cll

The sea is a very unforgiving mistress. Those who go out to meet her anger know what price is to be paid for poorly maintained and/or non redundant equipment.


45 posted on 10/04/2015 7:12:56 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fella

There was a story a couple of years ago about a replica tall ship that was lost at sea, near the carolinas, because they decided to sail during another hurricane. Several people lost their lives.


62 posted on 10/04/2015 7:48:11 AM PDT by rabidralph
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To: fella
The sea is a very unforgiving mistress. Those who go out to meet her anger know what price is to be paid for poorly maintained and/or non redundant equipment.

She is a beautiful but an unforgiving bitch if you make an error.

I did 17 years on offshore oil rigs. The North Sea took several of my friends.

75 posted on 10/04/2015 9:09:42 AM PDT by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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