A New Trip to The Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman

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 Fulk Al Salam in Khor Kumzar, Oman

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Frenchman with amputated limbs completes Channel swim

A Frenchman whose arms and legs had to be amputated following an electrical accident has successfully completed his attempt to swim the English Channel.

BBC NEWS

Philippe Croizon had set off from Folkestone in Kent at 0645 BST.
The 42-year-old, who swims using prosthetic legs, finished the 21 mile (34km) challenge by reaching Cap Gris Nez in more than 14 hours.
Sixteen years ago, Mr Croizon suffered a severe electric shock while removing a television aerial from a roof.
A current surged through him from a nearby powerline and doctors were forced to amputate his limbs.
Mr Croizon reached the French coast at 2013 BST, far ahead of the 24 hours he had set himself.
His team believe this is a record time for a disabled swimmer.
Mr Croizon told the BBC that at no point did he feel he was not going to make it, despite pains and aches all over his body.
Philippe Croizon's father said his son had had favourable wind conditions and had even had three dolphins swimming alongside him for a period- a "sign of good luck".
Mr Croizon had been preparing for the challenge for two years.
*Doctors were forced to amputate Mr Croizon's limbs following an electrical accident.

Docking On Command System

When boaters move up into large motoryachts it is only natural that they have apprehensions about docking – particularly in a strong cross wind or cross current situation when there is only 6” of clearance on either side of the boat. The solution was introduced several years ago when Volvo Penta introduced the IPS pod drive system with joystick. Later joystick systems came out for other brands of diesels and then gas engines and still later for stern drives, too. But what wasn’t talked about much was how much more the pods and the joystick technology cost, which was as much as an additional $25k in some boats. Meridian Yachts has had a solution for the last year that solved both the difficulty of docking, and the high cost problem with a system called “Docking On Command.” It is simply a bow thruster and a stern thruster built into the boat with an easy-to-visualize control mechanism at the helm.

The Secret of the Sea

The Secret of the Sea 
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

Ah! what pleasant visions haunt me
   As I gaze upon the sea!
All the old romantic legends,
   All my dreams, come back to me.
Sails of silk and ropes of sandal,
   Such as gleam in ancient lore;
And the singing of the sailors,
   And the answer from the shore!
Most of all, the Spanish ballad
   Haunts me oft, and tarries long,
Of the noble Count Arnaldos
   And the sailor's mystic song.
Like the long waves on a sea-beach,
   Where the sand as silver shines,
With a soft, monotonous cadence,
   Flow its unrhymed lyric lines:--
Telling how the Count Arnaldos,
   With his hawk upon his hand,
Saw a fair and stately galley,
   Steering onward to the land;--
How he heard the ancient helmsman
   Chant a song so wild and clear,
That the sailing sea-bird slowly
   Poised upon the mast to hear,
Till his soul was full of longing,
   And he cried, with impulse strong,--
"Helmsman! for the love of heaven,
   Teach me, too, that wondrous song!"
"Wouldst thou,"--so the helmsman answered,
   "Learn the secret of the sea?
Only those who brave its dangers
   Comprehend its mystery!"
In each sail that skims the horizon,
   In each landward-blowing breeze,
I behold that stately galley,
   Hear those mournful melodies;
Till my soul is full of longing
   For the secret of the sea,
And the heart of the great ocean
   Sends a thrilling pulse through me.

Sylvia Earle: How to protect the oceans

فن النهمه البحري

              "مُغني البحارة " النٌهامْ

لا يمكن ان يكون لأي نمط من انماط الغناء البحري وجود دون النهام فهو العنصر الرئيسي والاساسي لهذا الفن والمحور الذي يرتكز عليه غناء واداء باقي البحارة لذا فانه من البديهي ان يتسابق النواخذة إلى اجتذاب النهامين الجيدين إلى سفنهم وتقديم اكبر الاجور لهم وذلك يرجع إلى اثرهم الكبير في نفوس البحارة فالنهام في السفينة يكون بمثابة الحافز لاستمرار البحار في العمل دون الاحساس بالتعب، فمشاركته مع النهام في الغناء ينسي البحار المشقة وتساعده على الصبر، وكلما كان غناء النهام أفضل كلما زاد الحماس  في العمل، ومن هنا يكون النهام العنصر المحرك والموجه للعمل، ولذلك لم تكن السفن تذهب إلى الغوص العود بدون نهام، ولم يقم بأي عمل اضافي اذا كان من البارعين، ويتراوح النهامين على ظهر كل سفينة في الغوص العود ما بين 2 ـ 4 واحياناً يصل العدد الى 6 نهامين يتناوبون في العمل حيث يتعرض معظمهم للاصابة بالحمى أو الزكام بسبب المجهود الكبير الذي يبذلونه لمدة قد تزيد على اربع شهور يكون الغناء فيها بشكل يومي ويصنف النهامون حسب جودة ادائهم وحسن صوتهم، اما الأجور فهي الضعف مقارنة بالبحارة فاذا كان البحار مثلاً يتقاضى 300 روبية هندية فان النهام يتقاضى 600 روبية هندية تقريباً، وغالباً ما كان بعض النواخذة يحتكرون النهام الجيد بربطه بالديون المالية التي تتطلب سنوات لسداده    

       منتدى النادي العلمي الكويتي

                                                                                                                     

انواع النهمة : النهمة نوعين وهم كتالي :

1. الزهيري .

2. الموالي ويسمي إيضا "إميلي".

و لكل عمل نهمة خاصة بة كتالي:

1. المجداف " الميداف : له نوعان من النهمة خفيفة ومتوسطة .

2. اخراج الشراع : له نهمة خاصة .

3. الخطفة : وهي رفع الشراع للاعلي له نهمة خاصة مع " تصفيق" قوي الي ان يرفع لا خر "الدقل".

4. الشرت : وهو من حبال الشراع المهمة له نهمة خاصة .

5. الخراب : حبل طويل للامساك بالسفينة اثناء الغوص وفي نهايته "الباورة " وله نهمتين الاولي الدواري مع تصفيق حامي والثانية "بريخة صدرة ".

6. فلة الجيب : وهو اصغر الاشرعة في السفينة مثلث الشكل له نهمة خاصة بة .

7. لمة الجيب : وهو انزاله من "الدقل" ووضعة بالكيس الخاص به له نهمة خاصة مع التصفيق .

فن بحري دواري ... فرقة التلفزيون

Laura Dekker Youngest Person Ever To Sail Around The Globe

Quick on the heels of last week's announcement that 14-year old Laura Dekker would be allowed to make a solo circumnavigation attempt, comes word that she has set sail today, along with her father, for Portugal, where she'll complete the final preparations for her voyage and get properly underway soon.

Laura and her dad, Dick Dekker, sailed out of the Dutch harbor of Den Osse this morning aboard her 26-foot sailing yacht, the Guppy, with about a hundred well wishers on hand to witness the start of the adventure. The father-daughter pair will now spend the next few days sailing to Portugal, at which time Dick will leave the Guppy and Laura will set sail for the Canary Islands and eventually the open waters of the Atlantic.
It is estimated that it could be about four weeks before the voyage officially begins, but Laura has already loaded up her school books and most of her supplies. One of the conditions of her being allowed to make this journey is that she enter into a distance learning program which will allow her to continue her studies while abroad. The circumnavigation attempt could take upwards of two years, and if she completes it by the September of 2012, Laura will become the youngest person ever to sail around the globe.