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To: GATOR NAVY

None of these make sense except the one with the big red X, which is where the ship foundered. It’s prow is pointed straight at the harbor just to the south, as is evident from news photos which show the harbor entrance lighthouse in the foreground.

The only sensible interpretation is that the ship was making for the port and ran hard aground at the spot where it lies. Consider the news reports where passengers reported the shock of the grounding as the first indication of trouble, followed by dissembling and inaction by the crew.


11 posted on 01/14/2012 10:51:49 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: dr_lew

These tracks aren’t speculation. They are screen shots of the ship’s actual track from MarineTraffic.com. as reported by the ship’s AIS (Automatic Information System). The ship went through that narrow passage (for whatever reason), hit the rocks and then made for the port when the extent of the damage was realized. This required a 180° turn to the south, the ship’s final heading when it sank.


13 posted on 01/14/2012 11:03:52 PM PST by GATOR NAVY
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