| DID YOU KNOW Just how tremendous the kinetic energy of a wave is? A 4-foot, 10-second wave striking a coast expends more than 35,000 horsepower per mile of beach. For each 56-mile stretch of coast, the energy is equal to the power generated at Hoover Dam. -from Bowditch, 1995 edition, page 447Any NPYOA members who are thinking about chartering might want to know about the Excepted Perils Clause as noted in the 1948 edition of the International Marine Dictionary. This is a clause contained in charter parties and bills of lading which states that ship and carrier are exempted from responsibility for any loss, damage or delay in loading or discharging arising or resulting from acts of God, public enemies, restraint of princes, rulers and people, fires, pirates, strikes, perils of the sea and generally speaking, all accidents beyond control. Also called "exception clause" or "exceptional clause." . . . I guess this covers just about everything! If a prince was also a pirate, would that double the risk factor? |
