[GATOR NAVY]

Interesting link. I can see some it, but I can't see where they discover the error so late that the only option is transit through that narrow passage. Maybe it's the Navy navigational training in me but a 180 back out to safe water while you figure out what the hell is going on is always an option.

He went for it ..... and learned it was not well charted, because no significant vessels sail thru it!!!!!

I have personal experience with this one (not my ship but one I was working with), absolutely believable.

[PA Engineer]

I have personal experience with this one (not my ship but one I was working with), absolutely believable.

I have a personal interest in this incident. First, I have come to enjoy cruising (Next cruise with Holland America, Antarctica 1/2013). Second, I have spent over 20 years professionally following up on failures. My experience (conclusions) have always shown multiple steps where a disaster could have been avoided. I believe we will see this in the final incident report.

regards.

[Obama Exposer]

That ship should have side thrusters on each side of the bow and stern where it can do 180s and 360’s in ports. The Captain could have stopped engines, whipped the ship around with the thrusters and reversed course or he could have just reversed engines full astern and backed up on the same path he had been on in order to be on the safe side until he got a true fix on his position instead of risking a unknown path.