Topic starter
09/02/2011 3:49 am
Greetings From Covington , La. !
MPI ( Maritime Pilot Institute ) located outside of Covington , La. will soon be launching its newest scaled man model training ship ! This newest addition to the Fleet of two other man model ships will replicate a 100 deadweight ton tanker that will ply the inland waters of a five acre pond . What is unique to this fine vessel is that not only will it be equipped with a bow thruster but also with a stern thruster as well .
MPI also has two scaled remote controlled harbor tugs as well and are used with the docking , undocking and turning exercises that the MPI pilot instructors use in their training programs .
The scaled man model ship project works in conjunction with the world class and state of the art , ship bridge simulator that is located in down town Covington .
MPI has also continued to grow in other ways as well . MPI is now training the Columbia Bar Pilots , the Houston Ship Pilots , the Tampa Bay Pilots , the Louisiana Bar Pilots as well as the New Orleans Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots !
Smooth Sailing !
Ted Davisson
10/02/2011 2:39 am
Bar Pilot, is that like a designated driver when a group goes from bar to bar?
Topic starter
10/02/2011 2:57 pm
Fred , Right Again But !!!!
Greetings From New Orleans ,
Fred , Right Again But , in some circles you are putting it so very polite and of course giving them so much more credit than what they so richly do not deserve ! There are those among us in the marine industry whom do have first hand knowledge of what the Bar Pilots abilities or lack of abilities are !
Enclosed are a few more MPI , scaled maned model pictures !
Smooth Sailing !
Ted Davisson
Fred Carmichael;24605 wrote: Bar Pilot, is that like a designated driver when a group goes from bar to bar?
