otnmbrd wrote in message link.net...
Joe wrote:
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.s...7769157140.xml

Seems most of the crew of the sunken boat are locals. RIP.

We read the report differently.
Ok but most of the crew is from Galveston about 30 miles from here.


And something is fishy about the pilot saying he hasent seen many
small boats in Southwest pass, thats BS. And I wonder why they decided
on 2 whistles to pass.

Not the pilot, a pilot. He seems to be saying that he doesn't know the
particular boat, which coupled with the fact that the majority of the
crew are from Texas, may mean that they were not regulars.

It may, but most oilfield service boats run back and forth to the same
dock/ rigs. Im from Texas and spent 50% of the time working LA.


As for the
stbd to stbd passage, that's understandable if the ZIM was running deep
and wanting the deepest part of the channel

Usually the middle of the channel the deepest. But if they agreeded
on 2 whistle then so be it.

Bet it's going to prove to be a Stbd side T-bone, and they will blame
the smaller vessel.

If it does, then the Zim will have some s'plainin to do, considering the
stbd to stbd agreement.

Not if the smaller boat realized he wasent over far enough and made a
sharp port turn in front of him.


And I agree that annoying lights from the terminal could be a very
confusing factor in fog. That confusion could of been avoided by
focusing on radar alone.

Might be confusing to someone new to the area, but sole concentration to
the radar is not necessarily going to solve that problem, so, I'd
disagree with your second sentence.

If the fog is so thick you can not see anything but glare then the
smartest thing to do is keep your head buried in the radar. Or get out
of the channel and drop the hook.


At any rate, condolences to all.

Yeah, its gotta suck to be run down. The mississippi is cold and fast
and muddy this time of year and a bobulous(sp?) bow lifting you and
dumping you over has to be very violent. The Lee III looks like a slow
steel nondisplacement boat, one of the things I liked about the
aluminum crew boats is some times you can run fast enough to save your
ass.

Joe


otn