Posted on 12/20/2019 11:28:35 AM PST by BBQToadRibs
Lotsa Bondo.
Just put up some Tiki Torches and it’s an open air buffet.
Lemons... lemonaide.
That sounds really basic. Sheesh.
“In this age of radar, computers and GPS technology, why would any ships ever collide?”
1. Huge error in judgement by the man at the Helm.
2. High wind and currents. The Gulf Stream pushes a high speed current past Cozumel.
3. Thruster failure used for docking.
4. Incompetence
Most accidents are function of many errors coming together at the same time. Pick any two of the above and an accident can happen.
Fifteen days to unload a ship in Africa.
I'm not surprised.
I love cruising and have never had a bad Carnival cruise. Their crews are the best. Their ships have the smartest management and awesome (funny and talented) cruise directors. Carnival is best for first time cruisers, kids and young families and vets. Ex: I’m an early riser. At 5am, 2 hours before continental breakfast opens I go up to the Lido cafe and get coffee, a muffin, etc. and walk out to the back deck to enjoy the sunrise. It’s all “good morning sir” and stepping out of my way as they prep the buffet for the 7am opening.
My two cruises on RC on the other hand were terrible. Areas blocked off, no access to breakfast before opening, ordered around by rude crew. And their crew members worked like they were dogs -tired, bags under their eyes, and one young woman had to work the rock climbing wall with a freshly-broken arm she didn’t have the day before.
Both RCL cruises were a disaster. To such an extent that I am Banned-for-Life from all RCL and affiliated ships. Badge of honor imo. A Frickin Gestapo cruise experience. And no, alcohol was not involved in the RCL incidents.
Generally true.
A 7 day cruise is the most common. Just enough time to enjoy the cruise. Shorter cruises are too rushed and essentially “party cruises”. Longer cruises, especially repositionings, take on a different feel. You need to be content with staying on board for up to 5 days before reaching a port.
Damaged ship was aft-thrusting to starboard, look at the roiled water on the far side of it.
Captain Crunch drove it right into the other ship’s bow.
It’s so damn hard to find a good ship driver these days.
Harbor pilots are found in US and Canadian water.
Mexico?
Has the line been recruiting US destroyer captains for their ships?
As a deck officer in the merchant marine I would suggest the answer is quite simple at times: too much reliance on all that equipment and not enough reliance on one’s own eye sight.
How do you wreck two giant slow moving ships together?
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