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From: Norm of Bandersnatch (no email)
Date: Fri Nov 17 2006 - 12:20:40 EST
I well remember that channel.
While we were arriving I, as Radio Officer, copied a long list of lat/lon
numbers sent to us designed to guide us around that silted-in channel. We
made it ok, but the deck officers were all on the bridge and were very
concerned because recently another ship had hit that shallow place and it
took days to get them off. Downtime of a ship is very expensive.
I rather think the bosses of the country simply did not want to spend the
required money to keep the channel properly dredged so the burden was
shifted to the mariners.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying 30 07.715N 081 38.394W
Julington Creek Estuary FL
> [Original Message]
> From: Walter Knopf <>
> To: <>
> Cc: A LiveAboardList <>
> Date: 11/15/2006 12:16:23 AM
> Subject: Re: lv-ab: RE: Exxon Valdez
>
> Reports are written up later to please everyone involved.
> I was on the helm of a 60,000 ton freighter when we ran aground
> leaving the Orinoco river. The other people on the bridge were
> the second mate and a Venezuelan pilot. The ship was registered
> in Monrovia, owned by a German company (registered in Panama)
> with a German crew. The investigation was held in the US where
> we had to go into a dry dock to inspect for damage.
> At that time my English was probably better than the mate's or
> the pilot's, but during the investigation I was not asked many questions,
> since the captain did not want to point fingers and embarrass or cause
> bad feelings with the pilots association.
> You can guess what the real problem was.....
>
> Walter Knopf
>
>
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