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From: David Straton (no email)
Date: Fri Jun 02 2006 - 17:55:37 EDT
I've never actually seen a container at sea, or washed up on a beach.
Has anyone else?
I've certainly seen lots of whales and floating logs.
http://www.psyberspace.com.au/photos/whitsundays/whales1.html
Dave
> Bryan Genez <> wrote:
> On 6/2/06, Ken James <> wrote:
> >
> > In fact this is a real and signifigent risk, the risk is not just
> inflated
> > sea stories. There are two main reasons for that, first there are
> hundreds
> > if not thousands of them at any one time and many are in areas where
> > sailboats travel, second there is no adequate way to spot them.
> > I personally have met two crusisers who had collosions with them.-Ken
>
>
> I'm not saying it can't happen or has never happened, only that the threat
> is not nearly as large as some suggest. Personally, I've never met anyone
> who has had a collision with a container, nor have I seen an email
> from such
> a person. I have, however, met many sailors who delight in fabricating
> stories of the dangers "out thar".
>
> The physics of containers will result in nearly every one sinking shortly
> after they're lost overboard. Containers are steel. They are not air- or
> watertight. Typically, containers are filled to capacity, because the
> shippers charge just as much to ship an empty container as a full
> one. So,
> for a container to remain "semi-submerged" - i.e., partially afloat - it
> must be filled with cargo that will displace the weight of the container
> plus any water it ships. That can happen; it just won't happen often.
>
> So, when you hear about ten gazillion containers that are lost overboard
> every year, understand that almost every one ends up on the sea bottom
> very
> quickly. They're not out to get you.
>
> --
> Best,
> Bryan Genez
> "Capella" V40-158
> New Bern, NC
> /1/2006
>
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