Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po9.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA15656; Tue, 18 Mar 97 19:25:49 EST Received: from striker.whoi.edu by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA03241; Tue, 18 Mar 97 19:25:34 EST Received: (from knorr@localhost) by striker.whoi.edu (8.6.12/ksf/shore/1.0) id TAA09700 for seadiary@mit.edu; Tue, 18 Mar 1997 19:25:52 -0500 Received: by knorr.whoi.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA17584; Tue, 18 Mar 97 23:24:17 GMT Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 23:24:17 +0000 (GMT) From: Jason Goodman To: seadiary@MIT.EDU Subject: Rrrgh! Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Howdy. We've been having trouble with one of the ship's thrusters (not propellers. Three ducted fans that stick out the bottom of the ship on 360-degree swivels, two aft, one retractable one in the bow. The ship can actually sail sideways; the ship's helm has both a wheel control and a joystick.) Anything that complicated will break at inopportune times; they had a water leak into the lubricant. They think it's fixed now, but we'll lose almost a whole day getting into port. Thursday evening is most likely; maybe even Friday morning. So you don't have to stop sending me e-mail until then.