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Re: New Volvo maybe not bonehead propulsion system

Posted By: CMP
Date: Tuesday, 11 January 2005, at 9:50 a.m.

In Response To: Re: New Volvo maybe not bonehead propulsion system (Chiles)

To those of you who laugh at the idea, I suggest you look at marge ships being built in the last 20 years-MANY use this exact same system on a larger scale. My bud is the port manager at WHOI and when their research vessel Knorr was in for a refit many years ago, I saw these drives in action. Very impressive and, as Chiles rightfully points out, there are some very distinct advantages as well as similar size profiles to traditional propulsion systems. I guess new stuff scares some people, huh? Especially those people with 25+ year old RLDT's ;-)...

CMP

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New Volvo bonehead propulsion system
Vic Roy -- Saturday, 8 January 2005, at 7:45 p.m.

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Capt. Mike Holmes -- Saturday, 8 January 2005, at 8:20 p.m.

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Jim Bailey -- Saturday, 8 January 2005, at 8:44 p.m.

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bruce -- Saturday, 8 January 2005, at 9:55 p.m.

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Rawleigh -- Monday, 10 January 2005, at 1:36 p.m.

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Capt. Dave Kosh -- Monday, 10 January 2005, at 3:48 p.m.

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Chiles -- Monday, 10 January 2005, at 6:39 p.m.

Re: New Volvo maybe not bonehead propulsion system
CMP -- Tuesday, 11 January 2005, at 9:50 a.m.

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bruce doan -- Tuesday, 11 January 2005, at 3:25 p.m.

Re: New Volvo bonehead propulsion system
Vic Roy -- Tuesday, 11 January 2005, at 6:42 p.m.

Re: New Volvo bonehead propulsion system
Capt. Mike Holmes -- Tuesday, 11 January 2005, at 9:20 p.m.