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A video on building the World’s Largest Suspension Bridge…. in an earthquake zone.

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SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The aircrews of Air Station Los Angeles spent the day training for cliff operations May 17 at Point Vicente Lighthouse. The air station trains for these types of operations twice a year in preparation for any rescues that may occur in the Southern California area.

Pilots boarding the M/V Berge Stahl, the world’s largest bulk carrier.

This video show the 1975 construction of the tanker M/V Batillus in St. Nazaire, France. she has since been scrapped.

The following happen so close to gCaptain Headquarters here in Morro Bay California that our CEO called from his ship to make sure the building was secure and relatives were safe. The future gCaptain was a little close for comfort but all ended well.

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Morro Bay isn’t a friendly inlet so our hats off to the guardsmen on duty that day. Give us a call (805-456-8644) and we’ll walk down some free gCaptain t-shirts for you guys.

More video from Station Morro Bay can be found HERE.

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As a young cadet cadet excited about an approaching storm the C/M told me something Ifind myself repeating; “You can tell the green hands from the old salts by their reaction to an approaching storm. The newbie will say ‘This is going to be fun’ while the old salt is thinking ‘Shit, not another’.

IMC has a very complete post on alternative energy ideas for harnessing power from our oceans. They tell us;

Wave power refers to the energy of ocean surface waves and the capture of that energy to do useful work - including electricity generation, desalination, and the pumping of water (into reservoirs). Wave power is a form of renewable energy. Though often co-mingled, wave power is distinct from the diurnal flux of tidal power and the steady gyre of ocean currents. Wave power generation is not a widely employed technology, and no commercial wave farm has yet been established (although development for the first commercial wind farm in the Orkneys are well under way).

Read the full story:

Renewable Energy at Sea: Harnessing Wave Energy

Here is a short video overview on todays shipping industry.

In the vein of Abbot and Costello’s “Who’s On First,” only related to ships.

Thanks to BitterEnd reader Robert S, of Seattle and gCaptain forum user CMA_decky for this great find.

Here is some video of the cruise ship Voyager battling the 2005 cyclone Valentina off the coast of Majorca. The full story: LINK