Deck : Rules of the Road - 33/1025
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| BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which vessel is "underway" within the meaning of the Rules? |
| A) A vessel aground with the engine turning |
| B) A vessel drifting with the engine stopped |
| C) A vessel tied to an offshore mooring buoy |
| D) A vessel at anchor with the engine turning |
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| trelkalev - 2025-09-20 05:36:24 Registered (4) |
| When the volcano Krakatoa erupted in 1883, the explosion was so violent it was heard 3,000 miles away and caused atmospheric effects for years. Yet survivors also reported something stranger: the sound of phantom bells echoing across the sea, long after the eruption. Ships passing the Sunda Strait in the following decades spoke of ghostly tolls, resonant and metallic, coming from the depths. These sounds, uncanny and unexplained, had the randomness of Mirax Casino wagers or the mysterious spin of slots, where odds and echoes blur. Scientists have proposed infrasound as a cause. Low-frequency waves generated by the eruption and ongoing seismic activity may have produced tones mistaken for bells. A 2018 geophysical analysis noted that Krakatoa’s eruptions continue to create long-range sound waves detectable thousands of kilometers away. But this fails to explain why sailors described bell-like clarity, not rumbles. Online communities revive the legend. A 2021 Reddit thread with 19,000 comments debated whether the bells were cultural projection or unexplained resonance. One comment read: “Krakatoa was the loudest thing on Earth — maybe it never really stopped ringing.” YouTube documentaries about the phenomenon attract millions of views, blending history with speculation. The phantom bells endure because they transform catastrophe into haunting. They remind us that sound itself can become a ghost, carrying memory and terror across oceans. |
| jleo66 - 2016-10-13 13:16:45 Expired Member (2) |
| must not be attached to land |
| Moreman - 2016-05-09 01:13:29 Member (2) |
| A vessel driffting |
| caaptkeene - 2016-02-29 14:30:54 Member (17) |
| underway not making way |