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Billionaire Paul Allen's yacht damaged Caribbean protected coral
Reuters ^ | 1-29-2016 | ERIC M. JOHNSON

Posted on 01/28/2016 10:52:46 PM PST by Citizen Zed

A massive luxury yacht owned by Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen destroyed most of a protected coral reef during a visit to the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean earlier this month, media reported.

An anchor chain from the vessel damaged nearly 14,000 square feet (1,300 square meters), or about 80 percent, of reef near two scuba diving sites in the West Bay, the islands' environment department said, according to the Cayman News Service.

Allen's Seattle-based Vulcan Inc organization, which manages his fortune, said on Wednesday that the M/V Tatoosh was moored on Jan. 14 in a "position explicitly directed" by the local port authority and that his team was cooperating with the investigation.

"When its crew was alerted by a diver that her anchor chain may have impacted coral in the area, the crew promptly, and on their own accord, relocated their position to ensure the reef was protected," Vulcan said.

The damage to the coral, which is vital for marine life, comes five months after the billionaire philanthropist announced support for research to stabilise and restore coral reefs.

(Excerpt) Read more at in.reuters.com ...


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KEYWORDS: allen; caribbean; caymanislands; coral; microsoft; paulallen
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To: exnavy

If you figure they could have swung around in a full circle (one cycle of tides in/out)... That only requires a circular contact patch of approximately 67 ft radius to make 14,000 sq ft in area.


41 posted on 01/29/2016 5:30:53 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: BeauBo
I think that the blue one is Octopus, and the little white one is Tatoosh.

Personally I think they're both ugly. Every now and then I go to the websites featuring luxury yachts and boy, there's some really beautiful boats out there.........

42 posted on 01/29/2016 5:32:44 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Dear Santa: Please find a home for every homeless and unwanted cat and dog that is suffering)
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To: lefty-lie-spy
I can start to imagine how one could milk this to 14,000 square feet.

It really doesn't matter, the coral will grow back.......

43 posted on 01/29/2016 5:37:05 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Dear Santa: Please find a home for every homeless and unwanted cat and dog that is suffering)
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To: Citizen Zed
Oh f'cryin' out loud! It will grow back!
44 posted on 01/29/2016 5:45:05 AM PST by Savage Beast (The Trump Phenomenon is a Revolution. Actually a Counter-Revolution.)
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To: Citizen Zed

I think I could live on that year-around. Great ship.


45 posted on 01/29/2016 5:58:29 AM PST by octex
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To: Travis McGee

With Dicarprio looking at all that stuff on his boat, I’m sure he devotes plenty time to eyeball the gas gauge and closely monitor how to conserve fuel to help out the greenie cause.


46 posted on 01/29/2016 6:16:56 AM PST by Mr Apple (GO TRUMP GO !)
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To: lefty-lie-spy
67 feet of anchor chain swung in a circle would cover 14,000+ square feet.


47 posted on 01/29/2016 6:29:03 AM PST by BwanaNdege
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To: BwanaNdege

Yeah, I’ve got it. And you FReepers are awesome for helping me visualize this in a real world example of a ship at anchorvand razing 14,000 square feet of ocean floor.


48 posted on 01/29/2016 6:35:31 AM PST by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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To: BeauBo

I like this one. I could live on it. ;)


49 posted on 01/29/2016 7:00:01 AM PST by sheana
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To: Tallguy
"No. The Blue one is Tatoosh."


50 posted on 01/29/2016 8:22:33 AM PST by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

I live on a 36 ft sailboat (1987 Tashing Tashiba). It would be a dinghy for those boats!

Hard to visualize.


51 posted on 01/29/2016 10:14:00 AM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: BeauBo

My apologies. Went back into my cell phone pics. MV Tatoosh is indeed all white.


52 posted on 01/29/2016 11:20:13 AM PST by Tallguy
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To: Daaave

Nice! I saw one owned by Ron Perelman last year when we were in St. Maarten. But you couldn’t get within 100 yards of the mooring site because of intense security.


53 posted on 01/29/2016 11:22:43 AM PST by nascarnation
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54 posted on 01/29/2016 11:31:57 AM PST by Rebelbase (A new batch of harpies has hatched in time for the 2016 election.)
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