Ship on irish sea in disress

[Nooks]

Has she had her bottom scraped?

[Porty]

Well done all in a days work they say but i take my hat off to them.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/8154033.stm

[Mab y Mynydd]

Aye, me too.

[Nooks]

Thirded!

I assume there was a third crewman operating the winch. Shame he doesn't get a mention.

[Porty]

Investigation Report

Riverdance


http://www.maib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Riverdance_Report.pdf

[ben 10]

oh dear me i don't think theres enough life in any of combined to read it

[Nooks]

Started reading it last night, consequently fell asleep on the keyboard!

I think it basically says they didn't get the ballast right for a variety of reasons!

[TreFFS]

One surprising thing caught my land-lubber eye:

The true weights and the disposition of the vessel’s cargo were not known. 

And why do they say this?:

...the absence of contemporaneous evidence made the investigation a difficult one.

None of the crew or passengers were lost and the 'Riverdance' grounded and could therefore be inspected close to.

Strange.

[Porty]

I've looked at this report but i had time as i was working a long night shift  .

One surprising thing caught my land-lubber eye:

The true weights and the disposition of the vessel’s cargo were not known. 


Strange.

Yes this one is strange as i know most or nearly all ferries give the weights of the cargo on the deck forward,midship and aft this is then put into the on board computer system to ballast the ship before she sails, also all radio communications are recorded onto the black box also all voice conversations are recorded to.

[Porty]

Ferry captain says thanks

Published Date: 04 March 2010

The captain of a ferry which ran aground off the Lancashire coast plans
to run a half marathon to thank his rescuers.

Captain Jim Smith was master onboard Riverdance in 2008 and had to be
winched to safety with his crew in 70mph winds when a freak 23ft wave
smashed into the cargo vessel.

It was knocked off course and ended up 200 yards off the coast of
Cleveleys, near Blackpool.

Now a team will run in Sunday's Bath Half Marathon to raise funds for
the RNLI. Jim, from Cumbernauld, near Glasgow, said: "We're all looking
forward to it and to hopefully raising lots of money for the RNLI as a
way of saying thank-you for their marvellous efforts on that awful
night."

Fleetwood and Lytham St Annes RNLI lifeboats joined rescue helicopters
from RAF Valley, HMS Gannet and the Irish Coastguard in the rescue
operation after the Riverdance grounded five miles from Blackpool with
23 people onboard.