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Re: T&T: 2 anchors down ( was Anchoring and anchors)

From: Arild Jensen (no email)
Date: Sun Apr 22 2007 - 11:39:18 EDT

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Rob Zanussi

    > Tell that to the freighter that ran into the bridge on the Welland Canal
    > back in about 73, took the entire stucture down. Quite a mess I
    > can tell you.

    REPLY
    Yes it was. But most of these involve "salties" that are not rigged like
    the lakers are.
    CSL, Algoma, Upper Lakes shipping etc. have true laker designs. Not so with
    the ocean going foreign ships designed for use in open oceans.

    There have been several such allisions with ships striking bridges and even
    one case of a bridge striking a ship but human error played a major role in
    every case. You never hear the number of times a ship had to use their sten
    anchor and avoided an incident. Non incidents are not reported. I think
    its only in aviation that close calls get reported.

    Arild
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