Thus spake BrianK :
>On 11/23/2007 5:00 AM Tamzen Cannoy plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger
>and said:
>> http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/23/antarctica.ship/index.html
>>
>> More than 150 people have abandoned a sinking cruise liner that struck
>> an object in Antarctic waters, Britain's Coast Guard said.
>> Media reports said the ship, believed to be the MV Explorer, was going
>> down near the South Shetland Islands, south of Argentina. The area is in
>> a sector of Antarctica claimed by the United Kingdom.
>>
>> (more in the complete article)
>>
>I this on WCBS-TV 2 6:00 pm news. (New York City ) The ship was hulled
>by a submerged iceberg the size of an average man's fist. The breach
>happened below the water line. The crew is to be commended for keeping
>the ships pumps running thereby buying time for a complete evacuation of
>all crew and passengers. No lives were lost.
It's what's called a "growler". They sink a couple of ships a year.
Real bad news for the "around the world" racers. Single hander hit
one last year, three years ago (four?) two ships hit some during the
Volvo. No sinkings, no injuries, but when a $50M sailboat hits
something like that, lots of people get pissed.
They are invisible, no radar signature, usually a medium to dark blue
color. South of 55, it's a crap shoot.
--
dillon
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They don't turn the other cheek, the way they done before.
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