{"id":2071,"date":"2013-12-28T01:00:52","date_gmt":"2013-12-28T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nordicquest.com\/wordpress\/?p=2071"},"modified":"2013-12-26T18:30:38","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T02:30:38","slug":"how-to-avoid-huge-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nordicquest.com\/wordpress\/?p=2071","title":{"rendered":"How to Avoid huge Ships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_2072\" style=\"width: 109px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nordicquest.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=2072\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2072\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2072\" data-attachment-id=\"2072\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/nordicquest.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=2072\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/nordicquest.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HowToAvoidHugeShips.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"229,346\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"How To Avoid Huge Ships\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;How to Avoid Huge Ships by Captain John W. Trimmer&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/nordicquest.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HowToAvoidHugeShips.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/nordicquest.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HowToAvoidHugeShips.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nordicquest.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HowToAvoidHugeShips-99x150.jpg\" alt=\"How To Avoid Huge Ships\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2072\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nordicquest.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HowToAvoidHugeShips-99x150.jpg 99w, http:\/\/nordicquest.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HowToAvoidHugeShips.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to Avoid Huge Ships by Captain John W. Trimmer<\/p><\/div>I understand this book is meant to be serious, written by a merchant captain who has probably had too many close calls with small pleasure craft.  No surprise here, aboard the NQ we have had plenty of experience in getting out of the way of floating cites with names like Princess X or something-dam.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the title could have been better chosen.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Avoid-Huge-Ships-John-Trimmer\/dp\/0870334336\">Read the Amazon reviews<\/a>, they are hilarious, along the lines of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hutzler-571-Banana-Slicer\/dp\/B0047E0EII\" target=\"_blank\">infamous Hutzler 571 banana slicer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Avoid-Huge-Ships-John-Trimmer\/dp\/0870334336\">read the reviews<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I understand this book is meant to be serious, written by a merchant captain who has probably had too many close calls with small pleasure craft. 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