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No Borderlines by Andrew Foote
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Andrew is a talented author who specialises in the gentle tale that would convert any newly come-out boy's mother.
If you prefer romance to romp, then his work is for you.]]>solsticeman2016-05-02T18:47:26-00:00Re: No Borderlines by Andrew Foote
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timmy2016-05-02T18:49:37-00:00Re: No Borderlines by Andrew Foote
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rontexas22016-05-29T22:25:54-00:00Re: No Borderlines by Andrew Foote
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His vessels work. The range works. The navigation works.
The rest is the story, underpinned by reality.]]>timmy2016-05-30T06:38:57-00:00Re: No Borderlines by Andrew Foote
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Nick Deverill2016-05-30T08:33:38-00:00Re: No Borderlines by Andrew Foote
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Yup, I'm a boat nerd!
I also like the way he used the MAIB report to create an incident that had validity for the vessels in the story.
Anyone who has no idea what I'm talking about, you are in the majority! But getting it right for the expert minority is important, too.
Gay blokes also skipper boats!]]>timmy2016-05-30T12:02:03-00:00Re: No Borderlines by Andrew Foote
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timmy wrote on Mon, 30 May 2016 12:02To be fair, "real" fishermen hardly bother with correct radio procedure. You shoudl hear them effing and jeffimg on the radios here! And they would probably have used boats names, not side numbers (fishing boat registration numbers) or OfCom callsigns, but, as Andy's maritime consultant, I helped him get those right, plus estimating fuel consumptions, engines and tankage. Also IALA A vs IALA B!
To be truthful, virtually no-one with a radio licence operates correctly most of the time, but again, no one in officialdom is listening. VHF doesn't get very far, hence why the HF (short-wave) radios were in the story. Made me sit up too, as that is not the sort of detail even in most stories.
I'd no idea that the fuel consumptions were a good estimate, but the thing that does come out of the story is that they are consistent. Many authors including such stuff would have had a boat go from amazingly good to bad without even a comment, so the story does well there too.
Plus, at the end of the day, it's a good read! ]]>Nick Deverill2016-05-30T12:50:30-00:00Re: No Borderlines by Andrew Foote
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Tankage was guessed in metric tonnes, whch convert easily to litres. That gave us range, albeit at different speeds. All Andy had to do then -all! - was work out whether they were in a hurry or not.
I work afloat for a harbour authority, so my own radio procedure must be 100%, and I know well how insecure most folk are on the radio, and how they get it wrong. No-one is listening, unless of channel 16, when everyone is! A radio call that is not ambiguous is one that works! And I have had to issue my own Mayday! call, something I hope to do only once.
Andy researched very carefully, hence HF. I admit I would never have considered it.
We also looked at tidal ranges later, but that is past where we are today.
A reader with more knowledge than I is wondering about Lowestoft. On the basis of his wonderings Andy has made a small alteration to the tale which relieves the concern]]>timmy2016-05-30T13:44:44-00:00