Huge waves kills 2 on cruise ship in Mediterranean
Mar 3 12:54 PM US/Eastern

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greek and Cypriot officials say 26-foot waves have
crashed into a cruise ship with nearly 2,000 people on board off France,
smashing glass windshields and killing two passengers.

Another six people suffered light injuries, a Greek coast guard
statement says.

It says the accident occurred near the French Mediterranean port of
Marseilles on Wednesday as the Cypriot-owned Louis Majesty was sailing
from Barcelona to Genoa in Italy with 1,350 passengers and 580 crew.

The victims were only identified as a German and an Italian man.

Louis Cruise Lines spokesman Michael Maratheftis said the ship was hit
by three "abnormally high" waves up to 26 feet (8 meters) high that
broke glass windshields in the forward section. It is heading back to
Barcelona.

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26-foot high waves? Didn't Captain Skipper overcome waves that tall
during the famous "sudden onset tostito" in the Gulf of California?

Imagine a ship like this...

http://cruiseind.files.wordpress.com...is_majesty.jpg

....not being as seaworthy as a 22-foot Bilgeliner, er, Bayliner!