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Re: Titanic flashback
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: xigaM</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WitchyOoman</div><div class="ubbcode-body">HTH could the captain of ship with a draft of 80 or 90 feet (or more) possibly let his ship get as close as about 200 feet from shore?! OMG!!
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My grandfather was a merchant marine captain and you would be surprised how little time they spend on 'the bridge'. They are there in the critical moments (docking, storm, busy channels) but they're not there 24/7. They delegate people to handle most tasks. Of course they are still ultimately responsible if anything happens. </div></div>
Yes, magix, all true. BUT... this captain had just left port a few measly hours before! He couldn't spend <span style="font-style: italic">three hours</span> on the Bridge at the outset of his voyage, for heaven's sake?! It was really asking too much for the ship's captain to spend the first three hours aboard on his Bridge???
Besides, I though I'd read in the news that the captain actually stated (in custody) that he <span style="font-style: italic">WAS</span> on the Bridge at the time of the accident... that he had been looking at the charts of those waters... and that the charts showed nothing but water - no hazards. This last a thing already disproven - apparently charts of that area, as well as local knowledge,reflect dangerous rocky sea floor and shoals.
I repeat: <span style="font-size: 11pt">HTH could the captain of ship with a draft of 80 or 90 feet (or more) possibly let his ship get as close as about 200 feet from shore?! He didn't need instruments to see the shoreline 200 feet away! Mr Magoo could have seen it!!</span>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: xigaM</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: WitchyOoman</div><div class="ubbcode-body">HTH could the captain of ship with a draft of 80 or 90 feet (or more) possibly let his ship get as close as about 200 feet from shore?! OMG!!
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My grandfather was a merchant marine captain and you would be surprised how little time they spend on 'the bridge'. They are there in the critical moments (docking, storm, busy channels) but they're not there 24/7. They delegate people to handle most tasks. Of course they are still ultimately responsible if anything happens. </div></div>
Yes, magix, all true. BUT... this captain had just left port a few measly hours before! He couldn't spend <span style="font-style: italic">three hours</span> on the Bridge at the outset of his voyage, for heaven's sake?! It was really asking too much for the ship's captain to spend the first three hours aboard on his Bridge???
Besides, I though I'd read in the news that the captain actually stated (in custody) that he <span style="font-style: italic">WAS</span> on the Bridge at the time of the accident... that he had been looking at the charts of those waters... and that the charts showed nothing but water - no hazards. This last a thing already disproven - apparently charts of that area, as well as local knowledge,reflect dangerous rocky sea floor and shoals.
I repeat: <span style="font-size: 11pt">HTH could the captain of ship with a draft of 80 or 90 feet (or more) possibly let his ship get as close as about 200 feet from shore?! He didn't need instruments to see the shoreline 200 feet away! Mr Magoo could have seen it!!</span>
seh mi nuh waan go pan nuh cruise as one was being discussed fi dis year....dis confirmeth it 
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It safe man
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