"Cruise ship sinking of Italy" Topic
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| Chouan | 07 Feb 2012 2:53 a.m. PST |
Half a mile? Even with thrusters and twin screws….. |
| GeoffQRF | 07 Feb 2012 6:41 a.m. PST |
Not about 150 metres then? :-) |
| Chouan | 07 Feb 2012 9:14 a.m. PST |
Ermm, no. The thrusters help with manoevring at slow speed, coming alongside a jetty for example, but at 15knots, they wouldn't help. Perhaps I'm being conservative, perhaps between 1/4 to 1/2 mile……… |
| Lion in the Stars | 07 Feb 2012 5:38 p.m. PST |
So, our brilliant captain gets his ship within half a tactical diameter and half his stopping distance of rocks… Words fail me. |
| Chouan | 08 Feb 2012 4:48 a.m. PST |
Less than that. Stopping distance from 15knots, about 1/2 a mile to a mile. Nautical miles being 1852m. So, in metres, between 900-1852m to stop. Tactical diameter, again about 450-900m. So within a third of his tactical diameter and a sixth of his stopping distance……minimum. |
| GeoffQRF | 09 Feb 2012 9:03 a.m. PST |
He was avoiding Somalia pirates? |
| Lion in the Stars | 10 Feb 2012 3:11 a.m. PST |
Less than that. Stopping distance from 15knots, about 1/2 a mile to a mile. Nautical miles being 1852m. So, in metres, between 900-1852m to stop. Tactical diameter, again about 450-900m. So within a third of his tactical diameter and a sixth of his stopping distance……minimum. Frack… Yeah, that's gone well beyond stupid, and has entered the realm of malignorance [combination of malignant and ignorance, for when plain stupid just doesn't even begin to cover it]! |
| evilmike | 26 Feb 2012 4:18 a.m. PST |
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| Chouan | 28 Feb 2012 2:48 a.m. PST |
And now Costa have one drifting near the Seychelles. Not a good year for them….. |
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