High Crimes by William Deverell (B.C. author). Novel about a couple of Newfie marine engineers who run drugs from Columbia to Newfoundland in rustbucket tubs. I sped-read thru the technical bits, but you would enjoy...
P.C. wrote: I heard urine tests are not manditory for running a multi ton vessel. No prob. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/c008.gif" border=0][/DIV] Civil liberties at its finest. Its a joke.
That being said.. if they did implement this alot of vessels on the coast would be without crew.
I heard urine tests are not manditory for running a multi ton vessel. No prob. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/c008.gif" border=0]
[div class="articleCopy"]NANAIMO (NEWS1130) - B.C. Ferries has confirmed one of its shiny new ships has sustained some damage after a rough landing at Departure Bay in Nanaimo.[/p] Deborah Marshall with B.C. Ferries says the Coastal Renaissance now has what she calls a 'minor scrape' along one side.[/p] "The ship did come into contact with the overhead foot passenger walkway."[/p] There weren't any passengers on the walkway at the time.[/p] Sailings are not being cancelled, and Marshall says they have alternate ways to load passengers.[/p] It's not clear how long the walkway in Nanaimo will be unusable.[/p] Marshall says there was no mechanical failures that would explain the incident, and says they need to investigate whether human error was involved.[/p] She wouldn't put a price tag on the extent of the damage. [/p] Full Story: [a href="http://www.news1130.com/news/topstory/article.jsp?content=20080503_184602_10280"]http://www.news1130.com/news/topstory/article.jsp?content=20080503_184602_10280[/a] [/p] [/div]