Sletten Kenneth W wrote:

> <snip>....  although in the past a few 3000's have gone to sea on
> at least a temporary basis, I believe;  in fact, I seem to recall
> that some
> other readers of this list were involved in those efforts....

The only HP 3000's at sea that I know of are used on deep sea
drilling platforms - selected because they don't go down in rough
weather and choppy waves!