From Years of being an Engineer on TallShips. I have had many Fans on Each ship.
some strong, some did not last, some went to wereabouts unknown.
Usually in the couch surfing between jobs on land odd things seem to happen. First is the lack of movement. Landsickness? Body not adjusting
constantly to movement. Sometimes having to take a ride on a bus,trolley,
Subway for a sensation. My usual withdrawal remedy is to rattle home aboard an Amtrak Train, seems to help.
Also Taking the Train to a Tallship seems to help getting your Sea-Legs back.
One also notice the lack of noise, Tallships are full of creak's,clanks,rattles not limited to noise made
by The Ship and surrounding Waters, Also the happy banter of crewmembers returning from a night ashore.
Each Vessel is unique for the sounds it makes, And Crew.
Brings me to My particular subject. Silence of The Fans.................
Engineering aboard Tallship's you learn to dial in the noises that make up vessels particular Language or Speech. Sound of the Main Engine at different RPM's noticing if a Captain makes a hard shift while docking.
More sounds of Pumps,Refrigeration units, Generators. Oh and I am referring to
electric Fans. How do they help? I have dialed my self into my cabin/bunk fan.
How, Don't know secret ninja sailor training maybe? A fan running lets
me know by its sound what is happening for the Ships Electrical system.
A Pump,Galley stove,washer,dryer loads up the and changes the sound
of the fan weather it be a generator,inverter bank, cruddy shorepower.
( Cruddy Shorepower could and will be a blog someday)
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| Sodium Canine 2011 |
Silence of The Fans? I instantly wake up and
listen to see if it is just a switch-over to shore
power, Tanked inverter bank. Breaker or other
Electrical Problems. A fan running on land seems
to help out, they keep me in tune- Mike McV
