Thanks for the reply Norm, Captain Nadir heard a story about a US agricultural inspector who found an apple seed on deck and because it was discovered outside a living space, the ship was fined $5000. On Turkish ships just before fruit begins to get over ripe it is boiled in light syrup and served as desert, except prior to US agricultural inspectors are to board they boil all the fruit whether ripe or green. The agency could not believe that Nadir didn't have to pay any fines in Baltimore because every ship they docked earlier paid at least $1000. Nadir must have learned how to kiss up to the agricultural inspectors real well :-) Also, did you know that Suez canal is known as the Marlborough canal among merchantmen, because of the cartons of cigarettes that have to be given out to the officials as well as the bribes. Evidently things deteriorated in Panama as well as the control is transferred from US to the Panamenians. Fair winds Ahmet S/V 8827
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 11:34:04 -0400 Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Baltimore to New Orleans Ahmet, I just got back from a trip out of town so any advice I give now is probably out of date. I can second Steve's advice. "Don't hit anything" is the most important thing. Don't sink, don't catch on fire, don't run out of gas or water, don't let anyone fall overboard, and try not to spend money unnecessarily. A 20,000 ton vessel is a big boat and when things go wrong it is always big trouble. Fear is my best friend. I cultivate my fear and dream up ways to prevent all possible disasters. Since you will be going around Key West, do stop there and have fun ashore. Do not leave the next morning, use that day to recover from any hangovers the crew may have. Stay out of the Gulf Stream. We usually went inshore of it. Charts showing its position are available from the National Weather Service on line. The best way to deal with the Coast Guard is to have all requirements complied with. Be polite and helpful but do not volunteer anything. They get paid based on how many demerits they can find. I wish you great weather and try to enjoy the trip as much as you can. Norm S/V Bandersnatch ----- Original Message ----- From: ahmet erkan To: [email protected] Sent: 4/4/2011 7:58:35 AM Subject: [Liveaboard] Baltimore to New Orleans Hi All, One of my classmates is driving a midsize (20,000 Ton) vessel from Baltimore to New Orleans departing tonight. I know at least Norm was in the merchant fleet so any advice for anything to do or not to do enroute would be appreciated. Thank you and fair winds Ahmet S/V 8827 _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
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