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Tall Ship Pilgrim Sinks in Dana Point Harbor
San Jose Mercury News ^
| March 29, 2020
| Erika I Ritchie
Posted on 03/29/2020 2:02:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Osage Orange
Actually, I was told by a Dana point local that “killer Dana” is the name of an outcropping of rocks that lie just outside the harbor. Many a ship found the wrong side of Killer Dana in the past. Hence the name.
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posted on
03/29/2020 2:35:29 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(Covfefe Happens)
To: higgmeister
THAT is the ship Dana went “’round the Horn” in? DAYAM!
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posted on
03/29/2020 2:37:19 PM PDT
by
TalBlack
To: glennaro
Cork? You said use a cork? I thought you said use a quark! No wonder I did not get a tight seal!
To: nickcarraway
Sad to see it is sinking. Beautiful ship.
“...his classic book.” Classic book, for sure. Impressive story: Richard got off the ship in Boston to visit his parents and a fellow sailor went along. The sailor asked Richard, “Where do your parents live?” Richard said enough so that the sailor lead the way and found his parents’ house by using the stars in the sky alone.
To: nascarnation
"Let me propound atheory hypothesis...
To: Bullish
"Killer Dana" was a legendary surf break off Dana Point.
The surf break was notorious because it came out of deep water and broke close to the rocks that lined the beach.
The Killer Dana wave was destroyed when the Dana Point Harbor was built in 1966
To: higgmeister
From Dana’s description I wouldn’t care to take an aircraft carrier around the Horn...not at certain times of the year at any rate.
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posted on
03/29/2020 2:40:59 PM PDT
by
TalBlack
To: nickcarraway
“It was not immediately clear Sunday morning what caused the ship to sink.”
I’m gonna guess water got inside.
L
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posted on
03/29/2020 2:41:24 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: Bullish
Maybe it was two for one thing....
I always knew it as a surf break...
To: nickcarraway
Send in the Mythbusters. They’ll re-float her with a massive intake of ping pong balls.
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posted on
03/29/2020 2:42:35 PM PDT
by
OrioleFan
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
To: Paladin2
Maybe the hull sprang a leak and there were insufficient bilge pumps?
Just a wild guess.
Were there people on board? Usually, by calling the Coast Guard on Channel 16, a pump can be expedited to the scene, by CG or commercial assistance.
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posted on
03/29/2020 2:42:53 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
( Stop the fearmongering! Post flu statistics along side COVID-19 statistics!)
To: higgmeister
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posted on
03/29/2020 2:42:54 PM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: nickcarraway
Sounds like water infiltration.
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posted on
03/29/2020 2:43:28 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
To: Paladin2
Maybe the ship was run aground.
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posted on
03/29/2020 2:43:28 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
( Stop the fearmongering! Post flu statistics along side COVID-19 statistics!)
To: yesthatjallen
Looks like the 4-8 watch fell asleep. No bilge level alarms? Or was it instantaneous sea level rise due to glow bull bull.
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posted on
03/29/2020 2:45:17 PM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: nickcarraway
We are farmers, bum ba dum bum bum bum
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posted on
03/29/2020 2:45:39 PM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
To: Osage Orange
Well, yes, the break there threw vessels into the ‘Killer Dana’ rocks there from time to time in the past. Before they had motors onboard to escape it.
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posted on
03/29/2020 2:47:27 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(Covfefe Happens)
To: Afterguard
“Keeled to starboard = Heeled to starboard? Keeled isn’t a typical nautical term for tipping over...”
Neither is ‘heel’.
The term ‘keeled over’ refers to a capsized vessel where the keel is in an. unusual. position. Now widely used in other situations.
To: Afterguard
That caught my eye as well.
A true sailor did not author this piece
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posted on
03/29/2020 2:48:54 PM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
To: higgmeister
Humm 2 masted. Thanks for posting.
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posted on
03/29/2020 2:49:11 PM PDT
by
mosesdapoet
(mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin posting here for the record hoping somebody might read and pass around)
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