Maritime Musings > November 2009
Bulbous bow
Sometimes efficiency takes a long time to catch on

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 11/6/2009 7:00:00 AM | with 5 comments


We always get our van
Customs seizes Volkswagen Bus stolen in 1974

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 11/13/2009 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Loss of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald
Tragic casualty not forgotten after 34 years

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 11/9/2009 3:32:43 PM | with 0 comments


Sargasso Sea
Active ecosystem and growing garbage dump

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 11/17/2009 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Magnetic poles
Slow continual movement, coupled with occasional reversal

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 11/20/2009 7:00:00 AM | with 2 comments


Fresnel lens
The lighthouse illuminating standard for over a century.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 11/24/2009 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Prime meridian
The Greenwich meridian was designated as such by the Convention of 1884.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 11/27/2009 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Vessel protection detachments
The new standard in anti-piracy protocols or a one-off practice?

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 12/1/2009 7:00:00 AM | with 1 comments


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