It was 27' long with twin turbo-diesel jet drives. I could do 360 spins in place.
I could also get it to balance on its nose.
It did 40 knots at top speed. Holy cow were those things fun!
Looks like these:
Posted on 07/19/2006 7:49:50 PM PDT by MindBender26
>So why don't they hire Americans or Hispanics?
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>Great Harbor Cay
Wordl's greatest combination airport, beech bar and lagoon wrapped up into one!
I thought it was a rather well written, well reported dirty, paranoid vanity.
In war, paranoia keeps you alive.
lol.. I'll never forget a return leg from San Juan back to Miami, the Captain said he had to make up time (which we later found out he didn't) , so he pulled the stabilizers in and went for it in fairly rough seas, at least for land lubbers like me. Oh man, I have never been so sick .. That was my worst experience in the Bermuda Triangle and cruising in general. :-)
"Many experienced seamen think they are an accident waiting to happen with their huge sail-like sides ready to catch a freak wind or wave and little natural stability."
There's a lot of cruise ships out there and has been for a while. I haven't heard of any capsizing due to sharp turns or instability.
Didn't we hear something like that with bin Laden and Sadam? When there's a common enemy you have to wonder. They're both varying degrees of evil.
Thanks for the info.
It was 27' long with twin turbo-diesel jet drives. I could do 360 spins in place.
I could also get it to balance on its nose.
It did 40 knots at top speed. Holy cow were those things fun!
Looks like these:
I concur with MB26.
I love well-reported, dirty paranoid vanities...
especially if they are well written.
;o)
Not surprising at all when we find ourselves in a nation full of people that wonder whether or not Halloween Trick-or-Treaters might be terrorists and that willingly disrobe at airports in order to be gawked at and ordered about by government employees.
Turn Wheel Hard to the starboard (right for those in rio linda) full steam ahead starboard engine depress cluch, shift in reverse port engine, full throttle and drop the clutch. turns on a dime every time. (in the cartoons)
Nice theory, but I highly doubt there was a conspiracy! This was only the third voyage for this ship. Although you mentioned a build date of 2003, I believe the ship is newer than that. There are a multitude of reasons why this was most likely a mechanical malfunction.
As to the Indonesian crew -- I recently went on an Alaskan cruise (Holland America .. one of the finer cruise lines. Not cruddy old Princess or Carnival) that was almost entirely staffed with an Indonesian crew. These were the hardest working, kindest, most gentle crew I have ever seen. It is easy to say "Indonesia .. don't they have a lot of Muslims?," but you can't say that because many Indonesians are Muslims, the ship crews must be therefore be militants.
While I am not naive and think everyone should remain vigilant, I also know that the majority of these Indonesian crews are made up of wonderful, hard working people.
Do some folks think that Cynthia McKinney designs today's cruise ships?
Leni
LOL bump!
Cruise ships are skinny at the top,
and heavy on the bottom.
Kinda like some wimmen...;o)
LOL
Leni
Do you mean....
cankles?
ROTFLOL!
Don't even get me started on her butt. ;o)
Could have been a sulfuring gas bubble rushing up from a crevice in the earth's crust under the sea.
bin Laden and Saddam are both Sunnis.
Amen. It was a steering gear problem. Probably faulty maintenance. The first thing that popped into my mind when I heard this was there was at least one engineer who would soon be looking for work.
I'm not sure I understand the propensity of some to see terrorism where an accident is the probable cause. If terrorists were to attack a cruise ship, it would be with something spectacular like a bomb or a rocket, not something as tepid as faulty steering.
22 knots? Man I can ski behind this bus.
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