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I bet the Capt was drunk... etc..

Hey Scotty... a few years ago I spent a few months
aboard a small foreign flagged container ship that in
their monthly run had to go in and out of the Bay area
before they headed off for their South Pacific ports of
call.

Accordingly... I can almost unequivocally assure you
that the ship's Master (Captain) and his duty helmsman
and the local pilot were on the bridge doing their "thing"
particularly in that port off call... which you and I use
to refer to as the "Gay Bay" as truckers.

And yeh... such as yourself... I am kind of wondering what
condition their condition might have been at that time of the
morning... that could have adversely effected their judgement.

To the best of my knowledge based on my limited exposure on
the bridge of commercial vessels... the pilot is the one
issuing orders on the "bearings" and the duty helmsman (crew
member) makes the adjustments at the wheel. Meanwhile the
Master stands by in the background.

Maybe there was a communication problem between the pilot and
helmsman and/or the electronics where malfunctioning.

But I understand your negative response to a certain extent.

Your talking about a major carrier/charter and ship owner and
sh*t happens.

Like the Valdez incident... it makes you wonder.

Bill



According to the paper today, there was a communication problem between the
pilot and "crew." Not sure what it means yet.

Here's a decent vid of the damage...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CeYDXPeEhs

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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...

According to the paper today, there was a communication problem between
the pilot and "crew." Not sure what it means yet.

Here's a decent vid of the damage...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CeYDXPeEhs

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One can see a heck of a strong current runnng through there. Also see how
she is straining at her anchor cable afterwards.A positioning error some
distance back along the approach route would leave a big ship rather short
of options for avoiding collision.

"Edgar" wrote in message
news

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...

According to the paper today, there was a communication problem between
the pilot and "crew." Not sure what it means yet.

Here's a decent vid of the damage...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CeYDXPeEhs

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One can see a heck of a strong current runnng through there. Also see how
she is straining at her anchor cable afterwards.A positioning error some
distance back along the approach route would leave a big ship rather short
of options for avoiding collision.



This is pretty common current speed for the area... the pilot had a lot of
experience, so I doubt that's the case, but you never know.


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