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To: MindBender26

Hmmmmm....I'm no Capt. Jack Sparrow but I can't imagine that a cruise ship would even be able to turn fast enough to list without some sort of outside help.


5 posted on 07/19/2006 7:53:02 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: Texas Eagle

It happened a few years ago, I think it was the NCL Dawn. They had a bow and stern thruster problem that caused the ship to tip 20 or 30 degrees to one side, then it snapped back. A bunch of folks were injured.


23 posted on 07/19/2006 8:01:10 PM PDT by rivercat (Welcome to California. Now go home.)
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To: Texas Eagle
Hmmmmm....I'm no Capt. Jack Sparrow but I can't imagine that a cruise ship would even be able to turn fast enough to list without some sort of outside help.

I think the folks who insure these ships would agree with you... Also, almost the same thing happened a few months ago when a family member and friends went on a cruise out of the same port. The ship engines stopped and the ship listed wildly to one side. Up until that time, no one in that group had ever heard of such a thing...

79 posted on 07/19/2006 8:36:45 PM PDT by GOPJ ("...we're in the third world war, which side do you think should win?" -- Newt Gingrich)
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To: Texas Eagle
Hmmmmm....I'm no Capt. Jack Sparrow but I can't imagine that a cruise ship would even be able to turn fast enough to list without some sort of outside help.

I think the folks who insure these ships would agree with you... Also, almost the same thing happened a few months ago when a family member and friends went on a cruise out of the same port. The ship engines stopped and the ship listed wildly to one side. Up until that time, no one in that group had ever heard of such a thing...

80 posted on 07/19/2006 8:36:52 PM PDT by GOPJ ("...we're in the third world war, which side do you think should win?" -- Newt Gingrich)
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