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Topic: Ferry crashes into marina!

Joe99
First Class Passenger
Member # 3931

posted 06-30-2005 03:21 PM

Queen of Oak BayFerry (7,000 ton) crashes into marina. Crushes docked boats.

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[ 06-30-2005: Message edited by: Malcolm @ cruisepage ]

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philcheese2001
First Class Passenger
Member # 2426

posted 06-30-2005 03:41 PM

At least the bridge had the prescence of mind to make enough noise to warn people & thankfully no casualties.

Phil.

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Jonathan
First Class Passenger
Member # 5201

posted 06-30-2005 10:13 PM

Atleast someone had a head on their sholders durring this incident. Bet it will cost them some money to replace the damaged boats most of them were expensive yachts it looked like.

Jonathan

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Tom Burke
First Class Passenger
Member # 5238

posted 07-01-2005 09:42 AM

Listening & watching the TV reports, it sounds as if this was about as well-managed a passenger ship grounding as could be imagined. The captain seems to have been able to pick his spot, the passengers were warned, signals were given to people in the harbour, and there's even a suggeston that the harbour authorities knew about it long enough in advance to clear the 'at risk' area. It would have been better if it hadn't happened, of course, but my reaction is 'well done everybody'.

It'll be interesting to find out why the ferry lost engine power.

Posts: 1469 | From: Sheffield, UK | Registered: Dec 2004 | IP: Logged

sealeg claude
First Class Passenger
Member # 5565

posted 07-01-2005 05:58 PM

Hi,
You're all very accurate in your comments.
The ship lost power just minutes before the usual
'' reverse '' manoeuvres to enter the terminal.
The bridge crew was superb under the circumstances, electing to head towards a marina and damage some boats with minimal human impacts, as opposed to slam in the terminal with considerable more ''crash''damage. The ground personel also acted brilliantly.
Not a soul was injured; half of the marina vessels were not affected; the damage claims are an insurance item for B.C.Ferry Corp.
Even the passengers reaction was great; what's more, EVEN THE MEDIA WAS SYMPATHETIC.....
unbeleivable.
All in all, a tragic mishap that could have been 1000 % worst.
Now, if they can only figure out why the ship lost all power at the last minute.......and this is a ship just
17 days out of a ''mid-life'' drydock !!!!
....and the mechanical failure happens on the 1st
day of our National holiday week-end....!!!
Yes, well done under the circumstances.
Cheers
CG

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GregD
First Class Passenger
Member # 4176

posted 07-01-2005 06:58 PM

This reminds me of the SIlja Opera accident in St. Petersburg. Speaking of that, does anyone still have the video of that.
-Greg

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jeffrossatsea
First Class Passenger
Member # 2962

posted 07-04-2005 02:47 PM

can you believe that a boat owner is complaining that the captain deliberatly(sp.) headed for his boat...which is now a wright-off......typical.....jeff

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Brian_O
First Class Passenger
Member # 3910

posted 07-04-2005 05:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by jeffrossatsea:
can you believe that a boat owner is complaining that the captain deliberatly(sp.) headed for his boat...which is now a wright-off......typical.....jeff

Better to kill or maim a few hundred people than to damage his precious boat? What a moron! A perfect example of the "me, me, me" generation at its very worst. Perhaps the boat owner was just to cheap to insure his boat and is looking for a scapegoat to blame for his predicament other than himself.

Brian

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