Why wouldn't they just drop a hook and take people off in tenders? I imagine by the time the ship gets to the channel entrance, the passengers will be ready to jump overboard, especially if they're in a 400 foot channel and can see the shore on both sides.
I guess it might be difficult to handle luggage on the tenders, but you'd think Carnival could figure out a way to handle that. (Actually. Check that. Those clowns can't even drive a boat. I wouldn't trust them to take my RIB ashore.) Cheers, Colin On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Dennis C. <capt...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Guess a smelly bilge in a sailboat pales in comparison to the "poop" on > the Carnival Triumph. :) > > Tried to see if the ship was showing on marinetraffic.com but neither the > Triumph, its USCG escort or the tugs show. > > They're going to dock it after dark tonight. I don't envy them towing it > up the 33 mile long Mobile Ship Channel. It's only 400 feet wide with 9-10 > feet of water immediately outside the channel. No thrusters, no winches > for the dock lines. If they ground it, I think that would be classified a > bit more than an "Oops". > > Fortunately, wind forecast is only about 5 knots and will be pretty much > on the nose. > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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