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Top 5 Most Interesting Maritime Training Courses

By On July 7, 2010

One of the most fun and rewarding aspects to a career a sea are the classes mariners get to take. From small arms training to fast rescue boat, we get [...]

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Shiphandling Simulator

By On October 28, 2009

The Seamanship Tutor has put together a series of simple computer animations that show various shiphandling techniques. The animations include search and rescue operations, use of an anchor and docking [...]

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Manned Models – An Unusual Training Device

By On September 25, 2009

From the gCaptain archives… Our friend Peter Mello at Sea-Fever, a must read maritime blog, brings us the model building obsession of William Terra. This one stopped me cold for [...]

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Dead Water Effect – Sinking Of The Fram

By On May 1, 2009

Scientists at the Universit´e de Lyon have found new answers to a phenomenon called “Dead Water”. No this not refer to the newly released WWII movie of the same name, [...]

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International Shiphandling Championship 2009

By On November 19, 2008

gCaptain is excited to announce, in partnership with TRANSAS, Professional Mariner Magazine and Northeast Maritime Institute, the First Annual International Shiphandling Championship to be held at Northeast Maritime’s Fairhaven, Massachusetts [...]

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If Only Kudos Went Further Than Money – LL/NI Awards

By On April 3, 2008

Photo By OneEighteen Your car’s parked in the lot outside a roadside diner, well off the road, when a another vehicle pulling a trailer passes. As it passes the trailer [...]

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