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How to Avoid Huge Ships Paperback – March, 1993

by John W. Trimmer (Author)

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Product Details

Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: Cornell Maritime Pr/Tidewater Pub; 2 edition (March 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0870334336
ISBN-13: 978-0870334337
Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 6 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1,251 customer reviews)
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Good book--just make sure you read the title closely.

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Some would call me a note IN a bottle but, as I have been told by countless admirers, I am the complete package.

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Thanks to Trimmer, I've been able to avoid huge ships permanently!

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8,135 of 8,344 people found the following review helpful

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By Noel D. Hill on February 20, 2011

Format: Paperback

As the father of two teenagers, I found this book invaluable. I'm sure other parents here can empathize when I say I shudder at the thought of the increasing presence of huge ships in the lives my children. I certainly remember the strain I caused so long ago for my own parents when I began experimenting with huge ships. The long inter-continental voyages that kept my mom and dad up all night with worry. Don't even get me started on the international protocols when transporting perishable cargo. To think, I was even younger than my kids are now! huge ships are everywhere and it doesn't help that the tv and movies make huge ships seem glamorous and cool. This book helped me really approach the subject of huge ships with my kids in an honest and non judgmental way. Because of the insights this book provided, I can sleep a little better and cope with the reality that I can't always be there to protect my kids from huge ships, especially as they become adults. I'm confident that my teens, when confronted by a huge ship, are much better prepared to make wiser decisions than I did. At the very least my children certainly know that they can always come to me if they have any concerns, questions or just need my support when it comes to the topic of huge ships.

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6,395 of 6,627 people found the following review helpful

TOO Informative.

By Dan on December 25, 2010

Format: Paperback

Read this book before going on vacation and I couldn't find my cruise liner in the port. Vacation ruined.

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WHY NO KINDLE EDITION??????

By Jim Henley on December 26, 2013

Format: Paperback

Given that there is a huge ship bearing down on me RIGHT NOW I am extremely disappointed that I cannot get inst

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6,144 of 6,485 people found the following review helpful

Reads like a whodunnit!

By Citizenfitz on December 21, 2010

Format: Paperback

I bought How to Avoid Huge Ships as a companion to Captain Trimmer's other excellent titles: How to Avoid a Train, and How to Avoid the Empire State Building. These books are fast paced, well written and the hard won knowledge found in them is as inspirational as it is informational. After reading them I haven't been hit by anything bigger than a diesel bus. Thanks captain!

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679 of 725 people found the following review helpful

Destroying my business

By amodestconsumer on September 21, 2011

Format: Paperback

I make a living by hitting things with my Huge Ship. This book is absolutely DESTROYING my business! Please do not buy this!

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Now I know what that steering wheel thingy is for

By Cap'n Crunch on January 30, 2011

Format: Paperback

This book really is one of the best huge ship avoidance references I've come across, not just for the effective methods it teaches as to avoiding huge ships, but also for exploding some of the huge ship avoidance myths that many of us take for granted.

For example:
- Do not charge the huge ship at full speed in an attempt to scare it off. This may work with coyotes, but it is less effective with huge ships.
- Similarly, do not roll your boat over and play dead. Unless the huge ship is captained by a grizzly bear, this will not work.
- Do not attempt to go under the huge ship. This is typically not successful.
- Do not attempt to jump over the huge ship.

Captain Trimmer presents a rather novel technique for avoiding huge ships - move your boat out of the path of the huge ship. I know what you're thinking, this goes against conventional wisdom, but Trimmer presents significant empirical evidence to support his theory. Indeed, over the long run, moving out of the way will dramatically decrease the number of huge ship collisions you will have to endure in your daily life.

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5,176 of 5,582 people found the following review helpful

Caution: Check the title before purchase

By Graham Thomas on April 7, 2010

Format: Paperback

I live near a park and frequently walk around the local area. Given the amount of dog mess that is on the pavements I thought this book would be the ideal read to stop me having to scrape my shoes on the grass before going home. It was only after it arrived that I looked closely at the title and realised it said 'How to Avoid Huge SHIPS'. A simple error that means I am still treading on massive examples of canine excrement. Having said that, I read the book anyway, and I'm pleased to say I'm not even having near misses with huge ships anymore. No sir, they aint getting anywhere near me!

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3,470 of 3,744 people found the following review helpful

Good Advice For Most Readers, But Doesn't Cover All The Bases

By Jamie on January 18, 2012

Format: Paperback

There is one major oversight in this generally well-written book, and that is that it addresses animate readers exclusively. As a large rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of Giglio Island, I have recently been confronted with instances in which avoiding huge ships was of fundamental interest to my personal well-being. However, the methods presented in Capt. Trimmer's book were none too useful in my efforts to avoid huge ships, as I was recently struck by a very large ship indeed, a cruise vessel called the 'Costa Concordia'. I think the ship came off slightly worse in the exchange, but the experience was disruptive to my afternoon and rather jarring. In a situation such as this, Capt. Trimmer's advice would have been immensely beneficial to humans, fish, seabirds, and other animals, but I am none of those things. I'm a big rock. I can't zig-zag or duck and cover. Rocks don't do that. I've tried. I tried some time ago to scoot over to the left a bit to get some better sunlight, and it took me three thousand years! That's not fast enough to avoid even the slowest huge ships. It is for precisely this reason that I would advise Capt. Trimmer to augment this edition with a section intended for readers like me—perhaps "How To Avoid Huge Ships If You Are A Rock, Iceberg, Or Coral Reef". There is an audience out there for this, Capt. Trimmer, and I assure you it would be well worth your time and effort.

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