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    DIY bilge alarm

    Nov 26, 2020 2 minutes

    Being overwhelmed by a bilge full of water, with nothing to do but abandon ship, is one of my worst nightmares. This is precisely what happened to a small fishing boat, with a crew of two on board, that was being used to transfer a technician to an anchored merchant ship.

    The boat arrived at the merchant ship and it proved

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