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5.0 out of 5 stars At last! A book that can help me!,

By	Shalva Shine (London, England) - See all my reviews

I've been plagued by huge ships all my life. Ever since I can remember. This book tells you all you need to know about avoiding these everyday hazards.

Now I can come and go with complete freedom. Even my weekly shopping is a pleasure!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Stern Theory , 8 May 2008

By	Gordon Hawk (London) - See all my reviews

Trimmer's book is deceptively simple, take his opening passage for example:

"when walking down a local thoroughfare, or perhaps on a day out to your local dock, and suddenly, seemingly from nowhere, a 40ft metallic compound hull emerges in your line of sight, it is most likely, if not definitely, going to be - a huge ship"

It's theoretical groundwork like this which lacks from today's 'pick and choose' postmodern discourse. Trimmer unleashes this devastating examination with relative ease; most interestingly with chapters such as "Avoiding the ship itself: Moving Left or Right?" which comes up with a flurried and meticulous deconstruction of ethics and theoretical obstacles, for instance "is there anything on either side of the huge ship? - if so, and there is, it is probably, if not definitely, going to be - difficult to move round to that side of the huge ship".

A must for those with an eye for Naval pragmatism and/or a small ship.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for all your huge ship avoiding needs, 24 April 2001

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Before I bought this book I often found avoiding huge ships to be a constant problem. Not a week would go by without some sort unforseen collision occuring and ruining my day.

Then a friend bought me this book, and it has transformed my life. I won't give too many of its insightful findings away, but one thing it taught me was to keep my eyes open for any super-tonne moving objects in my path by observing tell-tale secondary effects such as eclipsing of sunlight or other local weather effects (eg. localised protection from rain). It also taught me to try to stay clear of main shipping routes and the sea generally as this is where huge ships are said to frequent.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly the most useful book I own
As I have never encountered a huge ship at all in nearly 30 years of life, some of that by the coast might I add, I can only assume that the lessons this book has taught me have... Read more

Published 3 months ago by Sick Mouthy

4.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction but lacking detail.
I too was plagued by Huge Ship issues in my home town of Glastonbury until I found this book.

The author is clearly an expert with regard to Huge Ship identification... Read more

Published 3 months ago by Audioduck

2.0 out of 5 stars Good for what it is but lacking completeness
While this book provides an excellent guide to avoidance of collisions with Huge Ships, it was completely lacking in the area of avoiding having huge ships occur. Read more

Published 4 months ago by D. A. Williams

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful poetry, helpful advice.
Instead of falling into the same trap that other authors of this subject fall in to, such as "stay on land" or "move out of the way", John Trimmer offers thought provoking, deep... Read more

Published 7 months ago by J. Courtney

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