[StriperSniper]

Even in heavy fog ships shouldn't collide in the first place if they have a radar watch.

The way the wreck is laying, radar would not "see" it. It's like running at night out of NY Harbor, radar picks up boats, bouys, bridges, but not telephone poles or railroad ties floating in the water (just one of them at over 10 knots could ruin your whole night ;-). Even fish and lobster pot bouys have little radar reflectors on them to keep them from getting hit and ripped up.

[tm22721]

It's like running at night out of NY Harbor, radar picks up boats, bouys, bridges, but not telephone poles or railroad ties floating in the water (just one of them at over 10 knots could ruin your whole night

Tell me about it. In Oct '97 I ran into something at night near the Verrazano bridge at 15 knots. I had to limp into a nearby marina for $1500 worth of repairs.

BUMP

[harpseal]

First I believe the poster was reffering to the original collision that resulted in the sinking of the Tricolor. There is still no excuse for professional sailors to run hit a wreck of known location. There are always local notices to mariners out there and and running into a know obstacle if one has power to avoid it is a big no no. Now if the heavy traffic in the area resulted in no other course of action for the Vicky then I would suggest thatsuch should be logged and the radio traffic seeking to avoid the collisions should also be logged and recorded.

Now a warship perhaps operating under radio silence has some excuses but the USN looks very much askance at skippers who dent their ships in collisions with other vessels or know obstacles.

Naval inquiry needed on these captains.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown