Safety
ref. # 047 safety -Richard van Pham
62-year-old Pham set out from Long Beach, California on his 26-foot sail boat Sea Breeze (a Columbia 26 Mark I) heading for Catalina Island in late May 2002 - which should have taken about three hours. He lived on the boat in between fishing trips.
During the journey he claimed a sudden storm wrecked his mast and ruined his outboard motor. It later transpired he did not have a working VHF radio on board his boat. As he had no family, and had not filed a float plan, he was not reported missing.
Pham said he had survived on fish and birds and drinking rain water caught in a five-gallon bucket. He had caught turtles and used meat to trap sea birds such as cormorants. Using evaporated sea water he was able to preserve the meat he caught.
Pham's boat did have solar power installed which allowed him to watch videos on a small television.©: Wikipedia, SF Gate
tags: #Richard van Pham
ref. # 047a safety -Thalassophobia
"Fear of the Ocean Phobia - Thalassophobia There are many phobias associated with water bodies and Thalassophobia is one of them. It refers to an intense and often unwarranted fear of the ocean. The word Thalassophobia comes from Greek thalassa meaning 'sea or ocean' and phobos meaning fear or dread.Thalassophobia is often related to fear of salty water, fear of large waves, fear of distance from the land as well as fear of the vast emptiness. Some Thalassophobes might not be afraid of the sea per se; they are simply afraid of encountering sea creatures. Oceans are vast and relatively unexplored and people already suffering from anxiety disorders fear it due to its 'mysteries'."
© text:Thalassophobia, photo: www.houzz.com
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ref. # 047d safety -the 'Minnehaha'
The Gibsons of Scilly 'The Minnehaha' (1874), , , "The Minnehaha was shipwrecked in 1874 as it travelled from Peru to Dublin. It was carrying guano to be used as fertiliser and struck Peninnis Head rocks when the captain lost his way. The ship sank so quickly that some men were drowned in their berths, ten died in total including the captain.
On 18 January 1874, while travelling from Callao, Peru to Dublin, the 845-ton four-masted barque Minnehaha carrying guano was wrecked off Peninnis Head, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly.
Her pilot mistook the St Agnes light for the Wolf Rock and thought they were passing between the Isles of Scilly and the Wolf. Shortly after she struck a rock off Peninnis Head and the vessel sunk at once with some of the crew being drowned in their berths. Those on deck climbed into the rigging, and as the tide rose the ship was driven closer to land, and some managed to climb onto the shore over the jib boom. The master, pilot and eight crew drowned."
©: text: artblart.com
tags: #minnehaha #artblart.com #shipwreck #Gibsons of Scilly
047e safety -Maritime Accidents and Injuries
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©:www.maritimeinjurycenter.com
tags: #Maritime #Accidents #Injuries
047f safety -Owen Coffin
" .. a first-time whaleship crewman named Owen Coffin was , ecuted by a , mrade to, eed three starving mates.Coffin was the second-to-last victim of an event which shocked the whaling community and inspired the novel Moby Dick. Owen Coffin was a 17-year-old aboard a doomed whaling vessel called the Essex (Essex departed Nantucket 12 August 1819; rammed and sunk by a sperm whale 20 November 1820). He was cousin to George Pollard, Jr., who was making his first trek to the Pacific whaling grounds as a ship's captain"
©: read more: www.executedtoday.com, en.wikipedia.org
tags: #executed today #cannibalism, #whaling, #Essex
ref. # 048 safety -'the Rescue'
A scene at sea featuring five sculptural figures -four shipwre, ed sailors , d someone who appears to be a gentleman passenger -signaling a ship in the far distance in hope of being rescued.Accession Number: 00.47.2 'the Rescue', William Allen Wall (1801-1885)
Date: circa 1850 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 26 x 36 inches (66 x 91.4 cm)
©: the New Bedford Whaling Museum Photo Archives at: photoresearch@whalingmuseum.org
tags: #William allen Wall #the Rescue #New Bedford Whaling Museum
ref. # 048a safety -Desalinator
This model uses a hand pump to force sea water at extremely high press through the reverse-osmosis membrane within the watermaker. The Survivor 35 can produce 1.2 Gallons of fresh water per hour, which is the highest output for manual-powered desalinators. According to the Katadyn website, with proper care, there is no expiration date for the membrane, which filters up to 98.4% of salt in sea water©: from: theteakrail.com
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