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TITANIC - COSTA CRUISE SHIP SINKING
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01/14/2012 10:57 AM
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I sailed this boat to St Maarten a few years ago. I could of guessed they wouldn't handle a tough situation well as well as poor food/service. I wonder if this indicates a fundamental flaw in these massive hotel boats when anything upsets them in the bathtub. I've been in heavy winds and they list quite a bit. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/cloud.gif" alt="" /> <a href="boathttp://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/newpost.php?Cat=0&Board=stmartin&page=0" target="_blank">boathttp://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/newpost.php?Cat=0&Board=stmartin&page=0</a>
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Re: TITANIC - COSTA CRUISE SHIP SINKING
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01/14/2012 11:08 AM
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Re: TITANIC - COSTA CRUISE SHIP SINKING
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01/15/2012 05:13 AM
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After watching a few of the video's that you posted (thank you!) I have some questions. If the damage is on the left side of the ship (don't know nautical terms) how did it roll on it's right side??? Can it be fixed??? If so how to lift it up-right??? OR will it become a new sea aquarium??? I should have ask this first, have they rescued everyone?? I was watching the ships cruising passed our villa {Oct/Nov}(BSV) one of many nights and COULD NOT believe the size of "Allure of the sea" ! It was no different that watching the "island" of NYC drift by! Thats how big this ship is! Ten minutes later an other large ship past by... it looked like a Tonka toy! (full size ship) To think, what could happen if that ship just toppled over or on it's side?? God Bless.
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Re: TITANIC - COSTA CRUISE SHIP SINKING
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01/19/2012 10:39 AM
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I think there will be a small blip in business, but overall, I doubt it will have much effect.
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Re: TITANIC - COSTA CRUISE SHIP SINKING
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Pilots are used to take a ship from a dock into the open water. in this particular disaster the Captain was incognito. maybe a Pilot should be deployed until a ship is miles away from shore.a ship running aground not only endangers lives, destroy an Industry, it could impact the economy of the effected area. Yrs.ago the QE 2 ran aground in St.Marten. Recently the MSC Poesia did the same in the Bahamas. The Costa Concordia ......a Pilot guiding a ship, in familiar waters, for a longer period of time may add to the checks and balance for safety. MHO.
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Re: TITANIC - COSTA CRUISE SHIP SINKING
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02/02/2012 10:46 AM
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Pilots are only for ships entering and leaving port, and the CC was not doing either, just sailing by. WAY too close. These days, with the huge number of new ships, I actually don't know whether pilots are safer or not, as they can't know the ship as well as the regular captain of the ship. In this case, it was pure captain's error, nothing more nor less.
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Re: TITANIC - COSTA CRUISE SHIP SINKING
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02/02/2012 09:45 PM
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your points are well taken.the Captains error was that he was in the restaurant, dinning.oblivious. his knowlege of the waters was lost in translation.the mates?
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Re: TITANIC - COSTA CRUISE SHIP SINKING
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02/03/2012 12:55 PM
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That could well be true, that they just serve in an advisory role. I really don't know. As I said in this case though there never would have been a pilot onboard, as they never were supposed to stop there. Pilots are only for entering and leaving port. It seems that ships these days are supposed to be computerized and maybe they hire captains that are more 'figureheads', who get along well with pax?? Not to mention causing this calamity, this particular captain seems to have had no clue about how to act in an emergency.
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Re: TITANIC - COSTA CRUISE SHIP SINKING
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02/03/2012 02:17 PM
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In the Panama Canal pilots do actually take the helm. It's the only place that I am aware that this is the rule/law.
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Re: TITANIC - COSTA CRUISE SHIP SINKING
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02/03/2012 02:22 PM
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I was thinking that was the case, in the Panama Canal.
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Re: TITANIC - COSTA CRUISE SHIP SINKING
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02/04/2012 10:46 PM
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Re: salvage effort getting a big boost
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09/13/2012 12:44 PM
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I was going to post that same link. Apparently the whole operation has been postponed until spring.
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Re: salvage effort getting a big boost
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09/13/2012 06:43 PM
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Oh, I got the impression they weren't going to do anything until spring. At this point, there seems to be very little info out there.
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