| Title: | SAILING |
| Notice: | Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference |
| Moderator: | UNIFIX::BERENS |
| Created: | Wed Jul 01 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2299 |
| Total number of notes: | 20724 |
Was anyone in Newport or Narragansett Bay over the weekend to witness
the oil spill? The papers said it was quite odorous but the actual
damage to the marine life may be minimized if they can keep it out
of the salt marshes. Lets keep out fingers crossed. My question is
what effect does this have on pleasure boats in the area? Will boats
require hauling to clean? Is there any danger of messing up ones
engine if oily water goes through the raw water intake systems? What
about the head and holding tanks? Will there be problems pumping
out later if oil laden water is in the holiding tanks? I haven't
spoken with my partner yet so I do not know how bad the smell/slick
was in Jamestown.
Brian
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| 1262.1 | It could have been worst | MPGS::KTISTAKIS | Mike K. | Mon Jun 26 1989 11:44 | 15 |
I have a mooring at Conanicut marina in Jamestown and on Saturday when
we went there we could see the oil on the water.Nothing heavy,thank God
it wasn't crude oil.We sailed towards the guilty tanker but couldn't go
close because it was encircled with CG cutters and other type of craft.
Anyway,going up throu the West passage (13:00 Hrs) we didn't see any
oil north of the Dutch Harbor.On Sunday I didn't see any oil on the
water where I moore and have seen plenty the day before,but on the
shore we still could see pockets of concentrated oil.Also there you
could see plenty of oil absorbant towels in the water.Going there
Saturday we believe that we smell the oil way before the Kingstown
bridge.I say we believe because what we smelled may have been the tar
odor from the rt.4 constraction.I also believe that a little yellowish
color was added to my white hull near the waterline.
Thank God for the bay,.It could be much worst!
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| 1262.2 | Where? where? | VLNVAX::FRENIERE | Mon Jun 26 1989 12:12 | 10 | |
Where did it ground?
The darn news casts TV view showed Brenton light but was not high
enough shot to get perspective. The picture suggested that it was
north, only east of Brenton light.
Can someone give an idea of it's course and what it struck?
Don
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| 1262.3 | There's no excuse for this | MOOV01::KEENAN | PAUL KEENAN DTN 297-7332 | Mon Jun 26 1989 13:09 | 18 |
The tanker struck the reef northeast of Brenton tower and about 1/2
mile southeast of Castle Hill.
Under R.I. law all large ships must take on a R.I. pilot at what's called
the pilot station. This is somewhere south of the tower. Since large
ships can't stop, they must radio in an E.T.A. so the pilot
can be waiting on station. The tanker passed through the station 1/2
hour early and proceeded to head straight for land. The weather was
perfect with unlimited visibility. They just drove that sucker right up
the rocks.
The tanker nearly ran down a lobsterman who was working his pots near
the reef!
-Paul
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| 1262.4 | Buzzard Bay | NAC::R_MCGARRY | Mon Jun 26 1989 15:11 | 7 | |
The wind was from the North and East so Buzzard Bay was
saved from oil. The coast guard Lear Jet flew over
Cutty Hunk a few times.
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