29-10-2016, 06:01 PM
No boring times in sailings ships - it was work -work -work. Four hours on, four hours off, all day and all night, as long as the ship was at sea, that could be months on end!
I have never made a ship in a bottle though, and my brass rod, nut & bolt was done using my usual methods of making it up as I went along!
Radio in a bottle - might be able to do that, as all the bits would go in easy enough and switch-tuning done via reed switches inside operated by a neodymium magnet on the outside.
Modern ships crews don't have much time for any leisure these days, as the manning levels have been cut to the bone. Again, it is work - work -work. But they often get equal amount of leave. i.e. For my last 13 years at sea, I did two months on, two months off. The off time being with full pay!
Bob
I have never made a ship in a bottle though, and my brass rod, nut & bolt was done using my usual methods of making it up as I went along!
Radio in a bottle - might be able to do that, as all the bits would go in easy enough and switch-tuning done via reed switches inside operated by a neodymium magnet on the outside.
Modern ships crews don't have much time for any leisure these days, as the manning levels have been cut to the bone. Again, it is work - work -work. But they often get equal amount of leave. i.e. For my last 13 years at sea, I did two months on, two months off. The off time being with full pay!
Bob
