Posted on Mar 25, 2019 By John Fulweiler
No paper charts. I was on a bridge the other day and was told: "Nope, no paper" in the rounded accent of a Romance language. "But why?" I asked. "Redundancy!" was the ...
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Posted on Nov 22, 2017 By John Fulweiler
Today, the U.S. Coast Guard published an amalgamated version of the U.S. Inland Navigation Rules and the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions as Sea, 1972. Prudent skippers know the ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2017 By John Fulweiler
Each year, the U.S. Coast Guard publishes a notice reporting on the results of random drug testing for the previous calendar year's MIS data and the minimum annual percentage rate for random drug ...
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Posted on Nov 1, 2013 By John Fulweiler
What? What's wrong with you, why 'd you want to sue them guys? And that's the kind of question you ask when you're sipping an IPA on the living room sofa blessed with a belly full of ...
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Posted on Aug 18, 2013 By John Fulweiler
Ever been confused by the codes used to refer to different types of personal flotation devices ("PFD")? You know, the Type I, II and III PFD language that's thrown around in various ...
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