In 2000 I toured the Greek Islands by ferry. When we got home, we saw that one of the ferries we were on ran aground. Turns out the whole crew was watching a soccer game and not steering the boat.
The rumor around here is the B.C. Ferry coming out of Prince Rupert, that went down after hitting a rock was being steered by a couple sawing one off on the bridge.
Nope, but a French couple is claiming the captain spent the previous night drinking in a bar with an attractive woman on his arm. That, friends, is the sort of cavorting I expect, nay demand, from my drunken sea captains.
Yar.
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Nope, but a French couple is claiming the captain spent the previous night drinking in a bar with an attractive woman on his arm. That, friends, is the sort of cavorting I expect, nay demand, from my drunken sea captains.
The article quotes the captain as saying, "We should have had deep water beneath us...We shouldnt have hit anything."
What the heck does that even mean? You DID hit something so clearly you were not where you thought you were. Do you think there's a big conspiracy and someone planted that rock?
It amazes me how such stupid people get into such esteemed positions.
One of the people died by jumping ship and trying to make a swim for it, terrible idea.
The crew actually did very well for themselves in the situation, this happened an hour and a half before the first safety drills were to be instructed. Three out of 4234 passengers is a fatality rate of just 0.07%, less if you count the 1100 crew too.
reports are alot of people swam for it. A shore was only 100 metres away.
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A bit off topic and not meant to lighten the tragedy, but the way that these ships are salvaged is really cool. This is a great read for anyone interested.
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I can't believe that a half billion dollar boat is toast probably because the Captain couldn't read a nautical chart.
Then he flees the boat, probably to try to avoid taking a blood test for alcohol in his system.
I always imagined the last episode of the Love Boat where Captain Stubing who never spent any time on the bridge becausee he was too busy eating dinners, dispensing advice to crew members and hanging out with Isaac realizes that its his fault that the Pacific Princess hit an iceberg on his watch and throws himself into the freezing water to drown while muttering that "He'sthe luckiest man alive"
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Sure would make an awesome dive site if there was a good place just off the coast for it.
wonder if they're going to salvage that boat or write it off to insurance?
It sounds like the damge is significant.
Maybe after they make sure that the boat is clear of bodies they should drain the fuel bunkers, strip the hull and torpedo it to make an aftificual reef.
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