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...Mahalingam alerted his chief officer, and turned the ship to starboard. But before he could issue a distress signal, three fiberglass speedboats with powerful outboard motors had pulled alongside the Semlow, a 58-m cargo boat often chartered by the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) to ship aid to Africa's neediest. The pirates hooked a small metal ladder to the ship and scrambled aboard. "There were 15 to 20 men wearing shorts and T shirts," remembers Mahalingam. The boarders were barefoot but carrying pistols, AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades. The pirates rushed to the bridge where, in halting...
Weeks Footbridge is widely regarded as one of the most treacherous portions of the racecourse. In order to be properly positioned for the most efficient path through the bridge on their way to Anderson Bridge, crews must swing wide to starboard while approaching the footbridge, then make a tight turn through the center arch...
...turn itself is pretty tricky. Swinging too wide or going too far to starboard (toward the right-hand side) increases the length of the course, costing precious seconds. Collisions are common here, as they are at Weeks, as two or more boats often try to squeeze through the center arch at the same time...
...system, or GPS, have been installed with no apologies. Ports are cut in the ship's sides so that it can be propelled with paddles if there's no wind. The toilet, at least, can't be surpassed for authenticity: a meter-square box attached to the ship's starboard side, with a hole in the bottom and a canvas curtain across...
...Then the Italians arrived. An Alitalia jet made a terrible landing: port wheel first, followed by starboard, then both together. More smoke was produced from those tires on the tarmac than in the whole of Haight-Ashbury in 1967. Further entertainment was still to come, courtesy of a rattled Biman pilot. He made the turn early and as a result ended up out of position on the runway. I could hardly bear to watch...