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	Sailing ship accidents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sailing ships were (and are) frequently put in the way of difficult conditions, whether by storm or combat, and the crew frequently called upon to cope with accidents, ranging from the parting of a single line to whole destruction of the rigging, and from running aground to fire.
		By the end of the age of sail, most stays had preventers, and warships equipped themselves with "rigging stoppers" or "fighting stoppers", small lengths of rope arranged so they be attached to shrouds quickly and tightened.
		However sailing ships are particularly vulnerable because the ship naturally heels over in reaction to the force of the wind on the sails.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sailing_ship_accidents (689 words)

	Sailing ship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sailing ships were also used for military purposes, particularly in the age of sail.
		The sailing ship was generally replaced by the steamship during the 19th century.
		Sailing ships can only carry a certain quantity of supplies in their hold, so they have to plan long voyages carefully to include many stops to take on provisions and, in the days before watermakers, fresh water.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sailing_ship (583 words)

	Sailing Ship Armament
		In ships of war, the cannon of the lower-decks are usually drawn into the ship during the course of an expedition at sea, unless when they are used in battle.
		Aboard ship, where recoil space was limited, the "kick" of the gun was checked by a heavy rope called a breeching, shackled to the side of the vessel.
		Ship carriages of the two- or four-wheel type, were used through the Civil War, and there was no great change until the advent of automatic recoil mechanisms made a stationary mount possible.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/sail-armament.htm (4918 words)

	Accident - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		An accident at work is defined as an external, sudden, unexpected, unintended, and violent event, during the execution of work or arising out of it, which causes damage to the health of or loss of the life of the employee (the insured).
		For qualification as an accident at work to apply, there must be a causal relationship (direct or indirect relationship of cause and effect) between the violent event and the work.
		A bicycle accident, an incident in which a bicycle ride goes wrong, can result in injury to the rider or another person in their path, and damage to the bicycle or nearby objects.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Accident (757 words)

	Accidents
		Accidents can be as minor as small spills or releases to major incidents that require evacuation, personal injury or death.
		The accident occurred on southbound I-35W at the Highway 287 northbound ramp.
		The accident "was clearly a possibility Foskor was aware of, and had to take into account in their decision to go ahead with the opening".
	www.sulphuric-acid.com /TechManual/Plant_Safety/safety_accidents.htm (13761 words)

	Wikinfo \| Jury rig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		On sailing ships, the jury rig is a replacement mast and yards improvised in case of loss of the original mast.
		Ships always carried a variety of spare sails, so rigging the jury mast once erected was mostly a matter of selecting appropriately sized spares.
		Although ships were observed to perform reasonably well under jury rig, the rig was quite a bit weaker than the original, and the ship's first priority was normally to steer for the nearest friendly port and acquire replacement masts.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Jury_rig (271 words)

	Ship Modeling FAQ, Question 003 --- Revised: October 22, 2003
		The sail plan is simplified because it is a paddle steamer, but there is enough to be fun.
		If a real sailing ship had a mast where it is on the model, that mast would have very little support below the decks.
		I have a modest library of ship model books from the 1970s, but none of them is likely to be of a lot of help in completing a particular model, so I won't recommend any.
	home.att.net /~ShipModelFAQ/smf-q003.html (1418 words)

	Project Liberty Ship
		Among the 25 major accidents he investigated was the 1986 sinking of the PRIDE OF BALTIMORE in an Atlantic storm.
		Captain Esbensen became involved with Project Liberty Ship in 1988 and was part of the original crew that brought the BROWN to Baltimore from the James River Reserve Fleet.
		In the words of one Project Liberty Ship volunteer, Captain Esbensen's greatest legacy to Project Liberty Ship is the way in which he upheld that responsibility and his constant efforts to improve the crew, the ship, and the Project.
	www.liberty-ship.com /html/people/esbensen.html (307 words)

	Sailing Expertise Is Ebbing Among Young Naval Officers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Kris Von Kreuger, (right),a 19-year-old midshipman from Baton Rouge, La., grinds a winch to tighten a sail on a U.S. Naval Academy 44-foot racing sailboat on the Chesapeake Bay off Annapolis, Md. Veteran naval officers say sailing skills are critical in handling big ships, especially in an age of high technology.
		Sun and wind and a lifetime of squinting and grinning are recorded in the creases of his face, and his wild, deep-set eyes attest to his passion for the sea.
		What that experiences misses, and what sailing does teach, is "relative motion," a concept many officers say is critical to their ability to handle large ships.
	www.usna.com /whatsnew/2000/sailingexpertise/sailingexpertise.htm (1687 words)

	Sailing Source (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Glenn Bourke is widely respected within the sailing community and, following his success as CEO of illbruck Challenge, the winner of The Volvo Ocean Race 2001-2002, he has accepted the position as Chief Executive of The Volvo Ocean Race, following the retirement of Helge Alten who will remain as a board member.
		More recently Bourke was Competition and Venue Manager for sailing for the Sydney Olympic Organising Committee, after which he became CEO of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, the largest and most highly respected yacht-racing club in Australia, before heading up the successful illbruck Challenge campaign.
		Sailing schools, talent agents, sports medicine and the legal eagles all have a farm team where the world marine and racing have a future worth looking into.
	www.sailingsource.com /scuttlebutt/1166.php (3116 words)

	Miami Admiralty Maritime Lawyer Statute Limitations Accidents Cruise Ship Negligence Attorney
		Cruise ship lines often designate Miami, Florida, as the venue for an injured plaintiff to bring a claim against them for injuries that occur aboard their vessels.
		Cruise ship companies choose Miami as the place to bring the claim-and put it as a condition of travel in the fine print of their ocean liners' tickets-to take advantage of the short time provided under the statute of limitations (!!!) in Florida law regarding accidents at sea.
		In addition, accidents involving boats and people in the water--such as swimmers, scuba divers, or water skiers--are an altogether too common occurrence because of the careless or reckless operation of an ocean-going vessel by a boat captain.
	www.markdavidpress.com /Cruise.shtml (535 words)

	ASA School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Sailing skills on the water: Hoisting the sails, set appropriate luff tensions, coiling and hanging halyards and other lines.
		My wife had been especially hesitant about taking the course initially since she had no sailing experience whatsoever and was worried about learning to sail large boats (24' to 27').
		ASA membership represents about 85% of the viable, commercial sailing schools in the U. ASA is the standard for sailing education in the US and increasingly elsewhere in the world.
	www.sebagosailing.com /school.htm (2082 words)

	Railroads Shipped by Sea
		In the end, eighteen locomotives were shipped across Panama.[50] By comparison, thirteen other CP locomotives were shipped from New York on sailing ships via Cape Horn during the same period, and they all reached San Francisco by mid-March.
		Due to accidents, at least one load of rail ended up in the bay, and another load was lost into the Sacramento River.[55] The sloop Willie capsized in the Carquinez Strait in February 1869 with a load of parts for CP Nos.
		The activity of shipping nearly entire railroads one piece at a time in sailing vessels all the way around South America was a relatively short-lived endeavor beset with frustrating problems and fraught with danger and expense.
	www.cprr.org /Museum/RR_Shipped_by_Sea.html (5585 words)

	Ship Arrivals Canada 1857 pt 3
		Sailed, April 24; took on board pilot, May 31; reached Quebec, June 1; Montreal, June 2; Kingston, June 12; Welland Canal, June 15; Detroit, June 27; Chicago, July 15; where she was received by a salute of 100 guns.
		The ship came in during the midst of the prevailing south-east gale of wind and rain.
		The ship's head was then gradually hauled up to S.E., and she had only proceeded on that course a few minutes when she struck heavily on a rock and reeled over on the port side.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/Arrivals/Canada1857b.htm (12690 words)

	Sailing Charters, Newport, Rhode Island
		Replacements: The charterer agrees to be responsible for, and to replace or make good any injury to the boat, her equipment or furnishings, caused personally by himself or any of his party, but not if caused by any of the owners crew.
		The charterer further agrees to leave all furnishings listed in the ship's inventory log, fair wear and tear accepted, upon expiration of the charter term or reimburse the owner for the cost thereof.
		Bareboat Charters: It is agreed that if this charter is "bareboat", that the charterer may take a qualification sail with the owner or his agent to determine the skill level of the designated captain, and to familiarize the captain and crew of the boat and equipment on board.
	www.sailing-charter-newport-rhode-island.com /BoatContract2.html (959 words)

	New York Ship Arrivals 1897
		Transpacific mails are forwarded to port of sailing daily, and the schedule of closing is arranged on the presumption of their uninterrupted overland transit.
		London, June 14.-The British steamer Michigan, Capt. Stubbs, which sailed from Liverpool yesterday, for Boston, signaled as she passed Tuskar Lighthouse, to-day, that her port boilers were leaking and the crew was trying to repair them.
		The Shipping Commissioner and Matron Boyle are still in their old quarters.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/Arrivals/ellisisland1897.html (8591 words)

	English Sports Idioms: Sailing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Sailing as a sport derives (developed) from the time when boats were a means of transportation, one of the most efficient ways of carrying people and goods from one place to another, and sailing a ship was work instead of play.
		It is difficult to know whether the idioms developed from earlier nautical terms or from the sport of sailing.
		DERIVATION: The boom is a heavy piece of wood or metal attached to the mast of a ship to which the sail is attached.
	sportsidioms.com /page/9.htm (888 words)

	USS Portland (LSD 37)
		USS PORTLAND was the second ANCHORAGE - class Dock Landing Ship and the second ship in the Navy named after the seaport city in Cumberland County, southern Maine, and largest city in the state of Oregon.
		The ship was last homeported in Little Creek, Va. After decommissioning, the PORTLAND spent the following months at the Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility, Portsmouth, Va., before she was sunk as a target off the US east coast on April 26, 2004.
		The flooded well deck represents the ship's capability to launch, receive, and repair small cratt; the flight deck represents the ship's capability to launch and receive helicopters carrying cargo or Marines; the cranes symbolize the ship's ability to load and unload cargo rapidly.
	navysite.de /ships/lsd37.htm (848 words)

	SAILING
		Sail aboard 50' sailing ship for a relaxing six-day trip.
		Sailing Ship Models : We have listed a selection of UK advertisers based on your...
		However a large sailing ship will typically loose all stability at a smaller angle of heel, and will be vulnerable...
	www.sailinghome.4t.com /resources/sailing-ship.html (104 words)

	City of New York / New York
		She was the first ship (except Great Eastern) ever to exceed 10,000 tons.
		And, on a sadder note, she was one of the last ships of the Inman Line, one of the Leading transatlantic operations of the 1800's.
		The American flag was raised on the ship in the middle of a snowstorm in New York Bay, on 22 February 1893, with President Benjamin Harrison in attendance.
	www.greatships.net /newyork.html (639 words)

	Ocean Planet Archives
		The ships look like small cities (I guess they are) and are hard to miss by eye but the radar lets you see exactly which way they are going.
		Although the wind is light and the sailing isn't super thrilling, it is very satisfying to be able to slide along at 8+ knots in 6 kts of wind.
		I am a bit apprehensive about subjecting her to the rigors of ocean sailing (my dad is the sailor), but she has been contributing to the cause and really wanted to go.
	www.sailinganarchy.com /fringe/2002/OP_archives.htm (13132 words)

	Scuttlebutt Europe: Sailing News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		By now they should have turned to the north to sail a direct course for the island of Mauritius, a required turning mark of the course, however a developing tropical disturbance right over the tiny sun drenched island has the crew worried.
		In these conditions dropping the massive sails on the yacht became quite a feat as the boat was traveling at 15-18 knots at the time.
		One of the goals of parliament is to halve the number of sea accidents in Sweden by the year 2007.
	www.sailingsource.com /scuttlebutteurope/693.php (2390 words)

	Lady Elgin
		As she shot through the water, her deckload had shifted and she was nearly sailing on her side.
		She was named for the wife of Lord Elgin, the Governor General of Canada, and measured 252 ft. long by 33.7 ft. wide and 14.3 ft. deep.
		The ship was built of white oak with frames with iron reinforcements to carry 200 cabin passengers, 100 deck passengers, 43 crew and 800 tons of freight and subsequently would have been somewhat overloaded the night of her loss.
	www.ship-wrecks.net /shipwreck/projects/elgin (4258 words)

	Ship Accidents
		Subsequent explosions and fires engulfed both ships and the attending tugs MV "Latin America" and MV "Esso Vermont"; 33 people died (19 from the Alva Cape, 8 from the tug Esso Vermont, 3 from the Texaco Massacusetts, and 3 from the tug Latin America), and more than 20 were injured.
		Spain, Rostro beach near Cape Finisterre: freight ship "Carson" ran aground, releasing fumes from its toxic cargo; 23 sailors died and the towns of Fisterra, Corcubion, and Cee had to be evacuated.
		The vessel with 991 passengers and crew aboard was diverted to Freeport in the Bahamas.
	www.disaster-management.net /ship_acc.htm (3999 words)

	Coexistence of Commercial Navigation and Recreational Boating
		Despite the industry's outstanding Safety record, experienced Great Lakes mariners have a proper regard for the dangers of sailing these "Inland Seas." Superior's "Gales of November" are legendary.
		A ship 635 feet long loaded to a draft of 25 feet can only navigate in those waters dredged to accommodate such size and displacement.
		The Captain of a ship with the pilothouse aft does not always have direct visual contact with pleasure boats in his path, and the look-out on the bow may not be able to report a fast moving boat in time for the Master to take any evasive action.
	www.lcaships.com /coexist.html (1061 words)

	Deutschland (III) / Victoria Luise / Hansa II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In the long-term, however, the ship's performance proved to be less than satisfactory, as she was plagued by vibrations, mechanical problems and accidents, all of which required frequent repair and refitting.
		She emerged in late 1911 as Victoria Luise, and was placed in service on cruises to the Mediterranean and Caribbean, as well as occasional North Atlantic crossings.
		By 1919 Victoria Luise was in such poor shape that she was the only ocean-going German ship that the Allies did not claim as a war reparation.
	web.greatships.net:81 /deutschland3.html (384 words)

	US Lawyer Locator - Find or locate a Attorney or Lawyer - Accident Laws - Accidents
		Physical examples include an unintended collision (including a person or object unintendedly falling, and including a gun going off unintendedly or pointing in the wrong direction or while unintendedly containing a bullet), getting injured by touching something sharp or getting injured by not properly landing when jumping.
		Non-physical examples are unintendedly revealing a secret or otherwise saying something stupid, forgetting an appointment, and similar events.
		An accident at work is defined as an external, sudden and violent event, during the execution of work or arising out of it, which causes damage to the health of or loss of the life of the employee (the insured).
	www.uslawyerlocator.com /printer_accidentsresource.shtml (391 words)

	The Flagship
		By Aug. 21, 1859, the ship was dispatched to Greytown (now San Juan del Norte), Nicaragua, to relieve another sloop-of-war, Jamestown.
		But it was at this time, John Burgess was accidentally and instantly killed Sept. 23, 1859, when he fell off the ship’s mizzen-top.
		He was “immediately lowered but ceased to breathe.” Oct. 5, a large procession including a large number of the crew and the band, laid Smith into his final resting place.
	flagshipnews.com /archives_2003/oct302003_13.shtml?... (724 words)

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