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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Fri Jun 02 2006 - 20:27:02 EDT
On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 07:55:37 +1000, you wrote:
>I've never actually seen a container at sea, or washed up on a beach.
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>Has anyone else?
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>I've certainly seen lots of whales and floating logs.
Well I've never seen a whale. So should I conclude that they don't
exist? I've not seen many floating logs either, although I assume
that's what's hitting the hull when we go through the Dismal Swamp
Canal. They sound more solid than dead bodies.
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>http://www.psyberspace.com.au/photos/whitsundays/whales1.html
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>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
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>> 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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