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Why can some ships stop immediately?
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Sir Isaac Newton's three laws of motion. A body remains at rest, or in motion at a constant speed in a straight line, unless it is...
Oct 1, 2026
Ike
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Why do many designs fail to form products?
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Yes they can do CPR in the water but mainly the mouth to mouth. Pararescue, Survival persons and lifeguards are taught the technique to...
Sep 26, 2026
Ike
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Why do many designs fail to form products?
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Military carry personal locator beacons that transmit their coordinates to satellties. But if they are down in hostile territory they...
Sep 25, 2026
Ike
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Why do many designs fail to form products?
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Hypothermia, Drowning and Cold Water survival by RADM Steinman This is his presentation. I'll keep looking for the actual study. There...
Sep 20, 2026
Ike
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Why do many designs fail to form products?
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When I was at HQ I met the Doctor who was doing those studies. He was a guinea pig for some of the studies. They would drop him from a...
Sep 19, 2026
Ike
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Why do many designs fail to form products?
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Take the evolution of water rescues. Back in WWII and up until the 70s, amphibious aircraft were used to rescue people at sea. Plane...
Sep 15, 2026
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Vessev Raises $19M to Bring Its Electric Hydrofoil to the US
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Vessev closed a $19 million Series A this week, led by Blackbird Ventures with new backers GD1 and Rypples joining returning investors...
Aug 29, 2026
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Day dreamers Idea of a Liveaboard/ Island hopper.
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As bajan said, those hulls would not support the weight. A simple rule of thumb for pontoons is they need to have enough displacement...
Aug 21, 2026
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Welcome to the Forum StreamAir. Interesting ideas there - but I think I can confidently say that you do not have enough buoyancy in...
Aug 21, 2026
Ike
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Marine calculator
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No Thanks. in 1972 when I was between enlistments and worked at Lockheed Shipbuilding in Seattle, we got a programmable calculator. It...
Aug 19, 2026
Ike
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Marine calculator
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Funny you should mention ACCESS. I forgot about it. I built the database that the Coast Guard uses to track manufacturers, recalls...
Aug 19, 2026
Ike
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Marine calculator
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I've been doing spreadsheets starting with Word Perfect in the late 80s. moving to Excel in the 2000s, and I've used Libre Office and a...
Aug 18, 2026
Ike
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Hot Moulding in the 1950's
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Back in the 80s I bought a wood Thistle that was made in the 40s. My first thought when I saw the video was, that's my Thistle. But...
Aug 18, 2026
Ike
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Marine calculator
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You need to include some some instructions. It is not self evident how to use it.
Aug 18, 2026
Ike
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Release Flats Boat
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Yeah, That's a typical Florida style Flats Boat. The first one has been in business since 1976. Maybe they made boats like that when...
Aug 7, 2026
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