Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
 

Old news to some perhaps but probably not everyone.

A 210 ft coastal cruise ship, the Spirit of Nantucket, struck a
previously unknown submerged object south of the Pungo Ferry Bridge
and began taking on water. The captain ran the ship aground to
prevent sinking. Passengers have been taken off and the leakage
stabilized. A salvage plan is in progress.

The Atlantic ICW south of Great Bridge, VA is now closed to all
commercial traffic, and recreational boats drawing more than 6 ft
until further notice. For them, the only way south is around Cape
Hatteras and the Outer Banks.

http://content.hamptonroads.com/stor...6626&ran=68933

Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction BlocksTraffic
 

Wayne.B wrote:
Old news to some perhaps but probably not everyone.

A 210 ft coastal cruise ship, the Spirit of Nantucket, struck a
previously unknown submerged object south of the Pungo Ferry Bridge
and began taking on water. The captain ran the ship aground to
prevent sinking. Passengers have been taken off and the leakage
stabilized. A salvage plan is in progress.

The Atlantic ICW south of Great Bridge, VA is now closed to all
commercial traffic, and recreational boats drawing more than 6 ft
until further notice. For them, the only way south is around Cape
Hatteras and the Outer Banks.

http://content.hamptonroads.com/stor...6626&ran=68933




Did they run into the transmission you dropped?

Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
 

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:49:02 -0500, HK wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
Old news to some perhaps but probably not everyone.

A 210 ft coastal cruise ship, the Spirit of Nantucket, struck a
previously unknown submerged object south of the Pungo Ferry Bridge
and began taking on water. The captain ran the ship aground to
prevent sinking. Passengers have been taken off and the leakage
stabilized. A salvage plan is in progress.

The Atlantic ICW south of Great Bridge, VA is now closed to all
commercial traffic, and recreational boats drawing more than 6 ft
until further notice. For them, the only way south is around Cape
Hatteras and the Outer Banks.

http://content.hamptonroads.com/stor...6626&ran=68933




Did they run into the transmission you dropped?

I think I know where that one is. The real mystery is where this
obstruction came from. I guess it's possible that last week's storm
could have moved something around.

Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
 

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:37:14 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

Old news to some perhaps but probably not everyone.

A 210 ft coastal cruise ship, the Spirit of Nantucket, struck a
previously unknown submerged object south of the Pungo Ferry Bridge
and began taking on water. The captain ran the ship aground to
prevent sinking. Passengers have been taken off and the leakage
stabilized. A salvage plan is in progress.

The Atlantic ICW south of Great Bridge, VA is now closed to all
commercial traffic, and recreational boats drawing more than 6 ft
until further notice. For them, the only way south is around Cape
Hatteras and the Outer Banks.

http://content.hamptonroads.com/stor...6626&ran=68933

Yipe - that sucks.

In this recently passed "water projects" bill, did they have any money
in it for dredging the waterway?

Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
 

On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:10:50 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

In this recently passed "water projects" bill, did they have any money
in it for dredging the waterway?

That would be nice but I haven't heard anything about it. The "thing"
that bit the cruise ship does not appear to have been shoaling
related. My guess is an old wreck that got pushed out of position
somehow, or possibly the cruise ship got wide of the channel in the
dark and moved something around when they hit it.

Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction BlocksTraffic
 

Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:49:02 -0500, HK wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
Old news to some perhaps but probably not everyone.

A 210 ft coastal cruise ship, the Spirit of Nantucket, struck a
previously unknown submerged object south of the Pungo Ferry Bridge
and began taking on water. The captain ran the ship aground to
prevent sinking. Passengers have been taken off and the leakage
stabilized. A salvage plan is in progress.

The Atlantic ICW south of Great Bridge, VA is now closed to all
commercial traffic, and recreational boats drawing more than 6 ft
until further notice. For them, the only way south is around Cape
Hatteras and the Outer Banks.

http://content.hamptonroads.com/stor...6626&ran=68933



Did they run into the transmission you dropped?

I think I know where that one is. The real mystery is where this
obstruction came from. I guess it's possible that last week's storm
could have moved something around.


Something big enough to put a hole in a steel ship?

Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
 

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:24:12 -0500, HK wrote:

I think I know where that one is. The real mystery is where this
obstruction came from. I guess it's possible that last week's storm
could have moved something around.


Something big enough to put a hole in a steel ship?

According to the news article they located the obstruction but have to
send down divers to identify it. It would have to be a wreck or a
rock in my opinion. There are a fair number of tree stumps and logs
in that area but I don't think that would be enough to gash the hull.

Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
 

"HK" wrote in message
. ..

Something big enough to put a hole in a steel ship?


Caught a news clip first of the week where a guy claimed that a hugh wave,
generated by Post Tropical Storm Noel, moved a 100 ton granite boulder
some distance at Peggys Cove.

Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
 

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:10:50 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

In this recently passed "water projects" bill, did they have any money
in it for dredging the waterway?

That would be nice but I haven't heard anything about it. The "thing"
that bit the cruise ship does not appear to have been shoaling
related. My guess is an old wreck that got pushed out of position
somehow, or possibly the cruise ship got wide of the channel in the
dark and moved something around when they hit it.

Poop happens. We had a cargo ship hit the 2nd tower on the San Francisco
Bay bridge yesterday and it spilled 150K+ gallons of fuel oil. The quick
response teams did not respond and some harbors are closed by oil booms and
the coast is getting covered in oil.

Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
 

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:10:50 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

In this recently passed "water projects" bill, did they have any money
in it for dredging the waterway?

That would be nice but I haven't heard anything about it. The "thing"
that bit the cruise ship does not appear to have been shoaling
related. My guess is an old wreck that got pushed out of position
somehow, or possibly the cruise ship got wide of the channel in the
dark and moved something around when they hit it.


The initial report that I read indicated that the ship was taking on water
and the captain purposely grounded it so that it did not sink in the middle
of the ICW.

Eisboch