Surveyor’s Notebook

Beware the Curve Fit; A 12M Design Story

  This story is about 12M design, but it starts with a simple recent strength discussion.  We were looking into the strength of a bollard and lifted some bollard moment strength versus bollard diameter data from the US Navy Towing manual. To help the discussion, one of our engineers prepared a little spreadsheet and added… Read more »

The Iceboat Paradox: How to Predict Failed Forecasts

  Of all the recreational thrills one can seek, iceboating is No. 1 with me. It is an elusive thrill, since I only iceboat locally and global warming is not helping. I am a member of our local iceboat club, but I will admit that I am not tightly dialed in with the real experts… Read more »

Explorations Without Reservations

  While airline travel is nowhere near as efficient as it used to be, I still often manage to travel to a Westcoast assignment pretty much in one day. This works particularly well for jobs in San Francisco or Oakland. I grab the earliest flight from Newark and by mid morning I am in the… Read more »

Maritime Marijuana is Just Different

  I was called out on a survey. Waiting for the vessel to come alongside some snow started to fall and it provided an interesting atmosphere for some nice moody maritime pictures. Some people like 9 to 5 and others cannot deal with the same schedule every day. I like the mix of the two… Read more »

The Big Maritime Things in 2024

Well, here we go again. Another end of year list of things that manage to raise my passion or ire. Strangely the list looks more like a 2025 “to do” list than a review of 2024.   1.  The Crisis in Maritime Personnel. There is a real shortage of personnel in maritime. In some countries… Read more »

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