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09-13-2012, 12:05 AM | #31 |
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Re: Frying Pan Shoals (pics)
The standard Texas Tower light design had two largish diesel generator sets for the hotel load, either one of which could carry most of it although on Chesapeake if one went down it was a choice between lights and AC if you needed to fix dinner too. The large ones were sized about like the engines in a 82' "Point Class" cutter. Once the light was automated these were only operated when there was a crew in residence.
There was a small diesel generator that put out enough to run just the radio beacon and light, and our weather station. Our packages used considerably less than 20 watts average. The small one was sized about like the engine in small Toyota pickup. The radio direction finder beacon put out enough energy to warm the filings in your teeth if you were standing on the roof next to it working on the sensor mast when it was turned on. Refueling the light was a significant operation with the cutter pumping fuel into the main tanks for about an hour, followed by a couple hours transferring potable fresh water if the light was to be inhabited for any time period. The fuel and water tanks built into the service deck below the habitation deck were not small. My credit card wouldn't fuel it anyway. BTW the light structures perturb magnetic compasses to varying degrees. Chesapeake was off by over 90°. All of them have a set of center-punch marks on opposite sides of the helicopter deck edge or handrails marking a long true north lubber line across the top of the light confirmed by both gyro compass and star shots. That line was then transferred to the base of the anemometer mast for use in aligning the anemometers and directional wave instruments.
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09-13-2012, 08:08 AM | #32 |
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Re: Frying Pan Shoals (pics)
Friggin badass dudes, thats a slab of a hog... Next time your goin out lemme know!!! Been stationed here almost 2 years and still have yet to do any legit slaying.
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09-24-2012, 01:15 PM | #33 |
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09-24-2012, 04:33 PM | #34 |
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Re: Frying Pan Shoals (pics)
Awesome, truly awesome!!!! Nice fish too!!!
How do yall manage the boat overnight with changing winds, tides, etc? We have a couple of towers here Ive thought about overnighting on but to leave the boat down there unattended would freak me out.......
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09-24-2012, 08:10 PM | #35 | |
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I would be interested to know too. Gotta put some boat lifts on that thing! I'm sure it's in the future works, but would be real nice to start converting power to wind and solar, add rainwater collection system, rooftop green house (to keep the salt off the garden) etc. Make it relatively self-sustainable. Zombie apocalypse hide-out. Would of course have to had some serious weapons for defense. |
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09-24-2012, 08:59 PM | #36 |
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Bro that's a big ass hog nice
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09-25-2012, 03:25 AM | #37 | |
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09-25-2012, 07:54 AM | #38 | |
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09-25-2012, 12:40 PM | #39 | |
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09-25-2012, 12:57 PM | #40 |
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We put out two anchors. We were able to dive and make sure they were in good spots. We keep the boat far enough away from the tower that it wouldn't swing into it with changing winds and tides. We had to swim over to the tower to be hoisted up. It was nerve racking leaving the boat. He plans on putting in some mooring buoys.
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09-25-2012, 01:11 PM | #41 | |
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Up till now I was thinkin one anchor and a chase line to the tower leg to pull it over but I guess two anchors is a little bit more "insurance". Thanks bro, yall killed it! Nice work!!
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09-26-2012, 06:08 AM | #42 |
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Thats all LOWVIZZ! He is the video master!
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10-11-2012, 02:06 PM | #43 | |
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Hell I need to get on Spearboard more....
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Todd and I did some combined bug hunting/ mooring anchor scouting on scuba and found a perfect natural location to wrap a chain or cable next time we are out there. That one will be a little further away so boats can swing 360 degrees without getting jammed up in the tower structure. I think the best advice I could offer anyone trying to do something similar is to run a tag line or something to the tower leg in case the current has picked up and/or shifted to a different direction. I was a little worried about the swim back to the boat the next day - if you get blown off the tower in a nasty current, you're gone and the boat won't do you any good at that point. I've never seen it rip at Frying Pan, but I've been to Diamond Shoals when the current is too damn fast to swim against. Something to think about before you decide to all get off the boat! It truly was a major highlight in my diving 'career'. Major thanks to Richard Neal for the opportunity and I look forward to going back to dive and help get the place fixed up any way I can. You can learn more about the tower itself or reach Richard at http://fptower.com/ or find him on Facebook under FryingPan Tower. |
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10-14-2012, 08:09 AM | #44 |
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Flippin' awesome.
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