Maritime Musings
Buoys
A brief overview of US Coast Guard navigation buoys

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 7/30/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Q-ships
A wolf in sheep’s clothing, but largely ineffectual

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 7/27/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594)
Inventor of the modern navigational chart

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 7/23/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


The Whaleship Essex
A common-place ship whose unusual demise resulted in a classic American novel

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 7/20/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 1 comments


Juan Sebastian Elcano (1486-1526)
The first person to circumnavigate the Earth

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 7/16/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Coriolis effect
 Curving movement to right in the northern hemisphere

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 7/13/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 2 comments


North American ECA
An international approach to improve air quality in most North American waters

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 7/9/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Limitation of Liability Act of 1851
Not so fast on that repeal bill

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 7/6/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 2 comments


Boatswain
An important member of the crew, with a long tradition

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 7/2/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Politics of response
Why has scoring partisan political points become more important than fixing the problem?

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 6/29/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 1 comments


Live oak
The tree that saved a nation

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 6/25/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Clipperton Island
An isolated French atoll in the Pacific with a colorful history

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 6/22/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Water bridges
Artificial constructs allowing one waterway to flow above another

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 6/18/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Sidney Smith (1764-1840)
The most intrepid naval officer that you probably have never heard of

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 6/15/2010 12:00:00 AM | with 1 comments


Dutch West India Company
The short-lived maritime trading company with a lasting influence

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 6/11/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 2 comments


Thames Barrier
Protecting central London from devastating floods

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 6/8/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Navassa Island
A unique island in a vital waterway

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 6/4/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Phoenicia
An ancient maritime trading civilization

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 6/1/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Rogue waves
Non-linear waves of extreme height capable of sinking large vessels

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 5/28/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 4 comments


Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)
German naturalist and explorer

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 5/25/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Portolan charts
Portolan charts were the primary navigational charts used by European mariners in the years prior to development of the Mercator projection charts.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 5/21/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Admiral Zheng He (1371-1433)
The eunuch mariner who explored the Indian Ocean for the Chinese Emperor

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 5/18/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


St. Lawrence Seaway
The gateway between the Great Lakes of North America and the world’s seaports

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 5/14/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Dhow
Traditional Arab vessel, sometimes utilized by Somali pirates

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 5/11/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)
A submerged robot finding increasing use in a variety of maritime applications

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 5/7/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Suez Canal
The vital waterway between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 5/4/2010 12:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Quasi-War with France (1796-1800)
The United States’ first undeclared war caused establishment of the US Navy

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/30/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Red Sea Lights
A now-expired international funding agreement for ATON

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/27/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Hugo Grotius (1583-1645)
Originator of the concept of freedom of the seas

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/23/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Turkish Straits
A narrow and busy waterway with a complex legal status

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/20/2010 7:00:00 AM | with 2 comments


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