On 7/14/2015 10:46 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jul 2015 10:36:04 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Tue, 14 Jul 2015 07:35:00 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:


Previously uncharted reef in Artic Ocean may be to blame.

http://gcaptain.com/shell-icebreaker-msv-fennica-damaged-in-alaska-report/#.VaTydPkuPOo


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We now return you to the Harry Krause political crap programming.

When I think of a shoal, I think of sand or gravel. Not something that would put a
gash in an icebreaker's hull.

Weird. Wonder if it might have scraped a metal protrusion on a pier.

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The original news article said "uncharted reef." A reef can be coral,
rock, oyster shells or whatever. In Maine they call them ledges and
are usually rock. In Florida they are usually sand, mud or oysters
and are usually called bars or banks.

The guys who originally explored Florida Bay north of the Keys had an
interesting sense of humor. There is one shoal called First National
Bank. It is fairly close to a small island called Dildo Key. :-)



Thankfully the ones encountered on the ICW from the Carolinas' downward
are nice soft sand. Don't ask how I know. There's one place though
.... called "the Rock Pile" ... where you have to be very careful. When
we went through heading south there was a beautiful 50 something foot
Sportsfish up on the bank with a huge hole in it's hull.