On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:58:43 GMT, You wrote:

In article ,
Richard Casady wrote:

On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:36:24 +0000, Larry wrote:

Seals swim in from sub at 0300 local and quietly burn 1" hole in bottom of
lifeboat then simply swim away. Panic ensues as lifeboat sinks for unknown
reasons.

Bull****. Lifeboats are unsinkable, will float when full of water. I
crossed the atlantic, bed about fifteen feet from a lifeboat, and got
a good look at it. Talked to the crew as well. Lowering gear is pretty
complicated. They make a point of telling the passengers that there
are two lifeboat seats per person. They don't tell you that if the
ship has a fair list, you maybe can only launch half of them.

Casady

Bull**** is right..... This a "LifeRaft" inflatable and is of Rubberized
Cloth Construction. Navy Seals could do a very slick job on this rescue.
I was VERY surprised that the Navy was NOT paying attention when the
skipper jumped overboard, and didn't shoot the raft you once he had left
the LifeRaft. Some really "Screwed the Pouch" for missing that.... The
Navy should bring a Seal Team to the area, and launch them from a Nuke
Sub, 50 feet blow the raft. Put a small hole in the Air Chambers of the
raft, from below, and then pull the pirates underwater,as they abandon
the raft. The pirates weapons are useless underwater, so the Seals would
be in Full Control of the situation, and then have the Sub just surface
right under the sinking raft.... This isn't Rocket Science, and IS a
practiced senerio that Seals train for....

That kind of ship has boats not rafts. Something called SOLAS. Little
things like a sailing rig or an engine and 300 miles worth of fuel.
You are the first to say it is a raft. Wonder why. Standard equipment
is two boats on davits, or one freefall boat in a launching rack at
the stern. They make a special model for tankers, so they say at the
lifeboat company website. You can see for yourself at the Panama Canal
webcams. www.pancanal.com

A quick copy and paste from a quick Google:

Washington - The lifeboat that Somali pirates are using to hold a US
cargo ship captain abducted from his vessel has apparently run out of
fuel, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday.

Clinton is a lying sack of ****, but I will take her word over yours
this time.

Casady