Archive for July, 2009
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Rainbow Coalition
There's a rainbow of moustaches onboard.
Take a look at this red one sported by Cadet Darnell.
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
"Don’t Know Why There’s No Sun Up in the Sky…."
No, there's no stormy weather; it's just a persistent cloud deck for the past three days. It's been playing havoc with the senior marine transportation majors who were counting on these past days to progress in their celestial projects.
The ship's progress toward Hawaii, however, has been right on schedule. At noon today, we were 1,680 miles east of Honolulu. I made some great progress and finished a project (unrelated… Continue reading this post...
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Vessel Operations: Fri., July 31
BALBOA, PANAMA TO HONOLULU
WATER DEPTH4100METERS
SPEED12.0KTS
DISTANCE RUN (24HRS)285NM
DISTANCE TO GO1685NM
ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL (ETA)0800 08-06-2009
AVERAGE SHAFT RPM69.62
PROPELLER MILES287.36NM
SLIP0.82%
FUEL ABOARD644211GAL 15338BBL 2045.1TON
DAILY FUEL CONSUMPTION5499GAL 131BBL 17.5TON
DISTILLED WATER (FOR ENGINE ROOM USE)8999GAL 34TON
FRESH WATER (FOR SHIP USE)26603GAL 101TON
WATER CONSUMED8999GAL 34TON
*KTS=KNOTS (1NM PER HOUR)
**NM=NAUTICAL MILE (1.15 STATUTE MILES)
***BBL=BARREL (42 US GALLONS)
****FATHOM (6 FEET)…
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Weather Report: Fri., July 31
BALBOA, PANAMA TO HONOLULU
DATE07-31-2009
WIND SPEED12KTS
WIND DIRECTION039DEG
VISIBILITY97/100
AIR TEMPERATURE73DEG
WATER TEMPERATURE76DEG
CLOUDS8/8 OF THE SKY COVERED WITH STRATOCUMULUS
PRECIPITATIONNONE
ICENONE
HUMIDITY95%
WAVE HEIGHT3-4FT
WAVE DIRECTIONNE
SUN RISE0535
SUN SET1916
TIME ZONE+8
LATITUDE21-45.0N
LONGITUDE127-51.0W…
