Topic: You don't want to know! (Read 19233 times)

llamalord · « **on:** July 07, 2008, 21:06:20 »

What on Earth do you think caused This:

Because I really have no idea.

The Lord of The Llamas

saltydog · « **Reply #1 on:** July 07, 2008, 22:04:43 »

Perhaps this..

TerryRussell · « **Reply #2 on:** July 07, 2008, 23:02:57 »

oooooo-ooo.

That looks expensive. It also looks like it will wash up on the beach around here soon.

Quote from: saltydog on July 07, 2008, 22:04:43

Perhaps this..

Nah. That would have sunk it completely, while leaving the yacht unscathed, surely?

trains · « **Reply #3 on:** July 07, 2008, 23:05:37 »

wonder if anyone was hurt. maybe she got a list and the weight caused the cables to break and when she was righted, the containers fell.

Mad_Fred · « **Reply #4 on:** July 08, 2008, 03:02:56 »

some more shots: http://unitedfreightglobal.com/news/?p=47

Reporst are conflicting, but they think it was caused by a combination of severe weather (typhoon) and possible bad lashing.

Fred

llamalord · « **Reply #5 on:** July 08, 2008, 13:41:31 »

good find Fred

Mad_Fred · « **Reply #6 on:** July 08, 2008, 13:50:22 »

Cheers!

Minime · « **Reply #7 on:** July 08, 2008, 14:00:45 »

ouhh that looks terrible, I hope no one was in any of the containers

The Captain · « **Reply #8 on:** July 08, 2008, 16:02:30 »

I did notice that on the ship, it said it's name was Ital Florida. I do believe that means that it travels to italy and florida. Perhaps it was in the middle of a hurricane while in the vicinity of Florida. Just a guess

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NathanC · « **Reply #9 on:** July 08, 2008, 16:06:19 »

Oh my god, that looks very expensive indeed - i thought a wave may of caused it - but it would have to be pretty damn big, and the containers are secured

EDIT Just researched the ship, she was travelling at 16kn in 10m waves

Denis · « **Reply #10 on:** July 08, 2008, 16:15:41 »

Another crazy Arie Visser rammed a vermaas during a multiplayer session ? :-)

Here are some pics of a damaged cargo, taken by the french navy during a storm, in atlantic, last winter :

And, on the same gallery, some pics of a cargo looking like the Agile Solution :

Don't hesitate to navigate beetween the different galleries of this site !

http://www.premar-atlantique.gouv.fr/galeries/Temp%EAte?page=1

NathanC · « **Reply #11 on:** July 08, 2008, 16:20:37 »

Quote from: Denis on July 08, 2008, 16:15:41

Another crazy Arie Visser rammed a vermaas during a multiplayer session ? :-)

Here are some pics of a damaged cargo, taken by the french navy during a storm, in atlantic, last winter :

And, on the same gallery, some pics of a cargo looking like the Agile Solution :

Don't hesitate to navigate beetween the different galleries of this site !

http://www.premar-atlantique.gouv.fr/galeries/Temp%EAte?page=1

Look how the crew are getting on like nothing has happened

Mad_Fred · « **Reply #12 on:** July 08, 2008, 16:24:50 »

Quote from: The Captain on July 08, 2008, 16:02:30

I did notice that on the ship, it said it's name was Ital Florida. I do believe that means that it travels to italy and florida. Perhaps it was in the middle of a hurricane while in the vicinity of Florida. Just a guess .

The ITAL FLORIDA sails between the far east (hong kong I believe) and the Adriatic sea.

Fred

Traddles · « **Reply #13 on:** July 08, 2008, 16:40:32 »

Looking at the photos, I would guess she was hit by high seas on the starboard quarter which crushed the lower tiers of containers. The rest would follow quite rapidly after that I should think. Just gravity at it's most destructive. The lashings probably would not be able to take that kind of strain if the ship was rolling heavily after the initial damage. each 20foot container would have a weight of over 20tonnes and the 40foot ones over 40tonnes.

Angus.

TerryRussell · « **Reply #14 on:** July 08, 2008, 17:40:57 »

It seems to be incredibly good luck that the entire cargo didn't end up as flotsam (or jetsam)! It looks a pretty close thing.

Chris-S1 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 08, 2008, 17:43:47 »

for ur fust pick id say miby it was a realy fat seagull :L

Ship Sim · « **Reply #16 on:** July 08, 2008, 19:39:39 »

you know I remember a picture from a realy old topic of the same ship that was being piolited by a captian who had it going full speed in a large storm.

The Captain · « **Reply #17 on:** July 08, 2008, 20:47:45 »

Quote from: Mad_Fred on July 08, 2008, 16:24:50

The ITAL FLORIDA sails between the far east (hong kong I believe) and the Adriatic sea.

Fred

Ohh. Well then shouldent they name it the hong adriatic

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Mad_Fred · « **Reply #18 on:** July 08, 2008, 20:58:17 »

Hehe... Well it is going to Italy, as the Adriatic is between Italy and the former Yugoslavian countries.

But it's just a name. The Sherpa doesn't actually go to the Nepalese highlands either...

Fred

pauljanaway1 · « **Reply #19 on:** July 08, 2008, 21:04:28 »

i think some one might be out of a job for all that damage

Ship Sim · « **Reply #20 on:** July 09, 2008, 05:29:43 »

Quote from: The Captain on July 08, 2008, 20:47:45

Ohh. Well then shouldent they name it the hong adriatic ?

Ital Flordia sounds better I guess.

RMS Gigantic · « **Reply #21 on:** July 09, 2008, 08:33:56 »

Some one should seriously make a demotivator for that

EDIT: Made a custom one

(Please remember not to take this seriously)

llamalord · « **Reply #22 on:** July 09, 2008, 08:42:48 »

After 22 posts all I can tell you is that I wouldn't want to be in one of those containers waiting to arive on my long lost brothers front doorstep just to jump out with all of my friends that I met at a small airport on Nantucket and yell "Surprise"... when that happened.

What's the matter, no one has ever seen that episode of "Wings".

The Captain · « **Reply #23 on:** July 09, 2008, 19:44:35 »

Quote from: Ship Sim on July 09, 2008, 05:29:43

Ital Flordia sounds better I guess.

Then it should be going to florida..... and Italy

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Mad_Fred · « **Reply #24 on:** July 09, 2008, 20:07:14 »

It might still be doing that, although it's far fetched. Because..

There are many more Florida's than just the State of Florida in the USA, you know..

It's a province in Bolivia, a city in Brasil, a town in Argentinia, a township in Chili, a town in Colombia, a region in Honduras, a town in Puerto Rico, a town in Uruguay aswell as a department of Uruguay, not to mention towns in the States of Massachusetts, Missouri, New York and Ohio. Also there is an island group named the Florida islands in the Salomons Islands and a lot more..

So perhaps there's a Florida near it's current destination in the Far East aswell.... Or maybe they just thought it sounded nice.

* Smartypants off *

Regards,
Fred

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