[Rhodes22-list] Dozens Injured After Cruise Ship Tilts

[Bill Effros]

Sail Flat! Sail Flat! -- Nobody listens.

(It's amazing those things float--One look at them and you wonder why 
this hasn't happened before.)

Bill Effros

Brad Haslett wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Looks like Marth Stewart should stick to cooking and stock trading. I'm
> wondering if they were using her as a bow figurehead and that caused the
> stability problems.
> Brad
>
>
> On 7/19/06, TN Rhodey <tnrhodey at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> That ship just looks top heavy.....maybe they forgot to add water 
>> ballast.
>>
>> Wally
>>
>>
>> >From: Bill Effros <bill at effros.com>
>> >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> >To: R22 List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Dozens Injured After Cruise Ship Tilts
>> >Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:35:48 -0400
>> >
>> >Rummy!
>> >
>> >*Dozens Injured After Cruise Ship Tilts*
>> >
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>> >Jul 18, 10:33 PM (ET)
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>> >By TRAVIS REED
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>> >(AP) The Crown Princess cruise ship is escorted by the U.S. Coast Guard
>> as
>> >it returns to the port at...
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>> >PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A steering problem caused a new cruise ship
>> to
>> >roll abruptly Tuesday, throwing passengers and crew to the deck and
>> >injuring dozens, including two critically, officials said.
>> >
>> >One passenger said seawater flooded several upper decks of the Crown
>> >Princess, forcing water from a swimming pool "like a mini-tsunami," and
>> >breaking windows and furniture.
>> >
>> >The vessel, with about 3,100 passengers and 1,200 crew, had just 
>> departed
>> >Port Canaveral on Florida's east coast en route to New York when it
>> listed
>> >badly to its left side, said Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer James
>> >Judge.
>> >
>> >The ship then righted itself before returning to port, where the Coast
>> >Guard said all passengers and crew had been accounted for.
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>> >Besides an adult and a child who were critically hurt, 12 people were
>> >seriously hurt and about 70 had lesser injuries, said Cape Canaveral 
>> Fire
>> >Rescue Capt. Jim Watson.
>> >
>> >Thirty-three people were taken to hospitals, he said. Most had bruises
>> and
>> >minor back and neck injures.
>> >
>> >Tom Daus, 32, was sunbathing on the ship's upper deck when the ship 
>> began
>> >to list.
>> >
>> >"It became very disastrous because ... tables, glasses, lounge chairs
>> went
>> >flying," he told The Associated Press in a cell phone interview. "I was
>> >just holding on for dear life onto the bannister of the ship."
>> >
>> >Daus, of New York City, said several of the upper decks were flooded 
>> and
>> >the elevators were inoperable. Gym equipment flipped over, TVs fell off
>> >their shelves and shattered glass was strewn across the deck, he said.
>> >
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>> >(AP) After an incident aboard the cruise ship Crown Princess, injured
>> >passengers are treated and some...
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>> >"The water came gushing out of the pool like a mini-tsunami," he said.
>> "It
>> >was really scary. People who were in the pool were shoved out."
>> >
>> >Daus said most of the injured he saw were senior citizens being 
>> taken out
>> >on wheelchairs or stretchers. The remaining passengers were mostly 
>> calm,
>> >despite the chaos, he said.
>> >
>> >Bonnie Storie, 50, of Rochester, N.Y., was traveling with her 
>> husband and
>> >teenage son. "It felt like (the ship) was going to fall over," she 
>> said.
>> >"It was shocking."
>> >
>> >Chris Broadbent, a 33-year-old honeymooner from New York City, said
>> Tuesday
>> >night's movie on the ship was supposed to be "Titanic."
>> >
>> >Stan Payne, CEO of the Canaveral Port Authority, said the cruise line
>> >wanted passengers to wait until other lodging could be arranged, but 
>> were
>> >free to leave the vessel if they wanted. He said the ship would 
>> remain in
>> >port for several days.
>> >
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>> >(AP) The Crown Princess cruise ship is escorted by the U.S. Coast Guard
>> as
>> >it returns to the port at...
>> >Full Image
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>> http://apnews.excite.com/image/20060718/CRUISE_SHIP.sff_FLJR113_20060718211841.html?date=20060719&docid=D8IUPK985 
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>> >Princess Cruises, one of 12 brands operated by Miami-based Carnival 
>> Corp.
>> >(CCL 
>> <http://money.excite.com/jsp/qt/short.jsp?symbol_search_text=CCL>),
>> >said it was investigating the cause of the incident.
>> >
>> >Before leaving Port Canaveral, the ship has just completed a nine-day
>> >Western Caribbean cruise, she said. The 113,000-ton ship began 
>> sailing a
>> >month ago and was making its fourth voyage.
>> >
>> >"We deeply regret this incident, and are doing everything we can to 
>> make
>> >our passengers as comfortable as possible under these difficult
>> >circumstances," company spokeswoman Julie Benson said.
>> >
>> >Martha Stewart christened the Crown Princess last month before it
>> embarked
>> >on its maiden voyage to the Caribbean from its home terminal in the New
>> >York borough of Brooklyn.
>> >
>> >
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