[lemura]

Your comment was a sincere response to try and direct the original poster to some factual information. My point was that the motives of anyone refering to a novel as a basis for debate should be suspect.

[Boot Hill]

Thanks for explaining that, I was unaware of the controversy you mention. I was prompted to post when I noticed that no else had posted a map to the location of the grounding. My primary interest in this thread is nautical and technical.

--Boot Hill

[IonImplantGuru]

Your comment was a sincere response to try and direct the original poster to some factual information. My point was that the motives of anyone refering to a novel as a basis for debate should be suspect.

Jeez guys, give mud a break! His only real mistake so far was to include the name 'Clancy' the post he made way back in the thread.

1. I'm a sub-qualified ex-nuke.

2. Clancy's Submarine is not a novel - it's non-fiction and a not too bad overview of modern submarines and their operation. I thought it was well done, and ought to be required reading before non-submariners spout off on threads like this saying "Off with the captain's head!"

3. By my count it's now 'Couch Potatoes 4 - Know-it-alls 0' for Mudblood