Cruise ships and depth finders
 

So am I the only one who can't believe that modern ships still run aground? Don;t they have any forward looking sonar?

Look man, they already had to shell out $570 million for the ship. You can't expect them to spring for every gadget and gizmo.

They've got a little guy named Alfredo with a long pole that's supposed to be checking on that sort of thing, but he was taking a leak.

The auto plotter would have had the (known)depth shown on a moving chart in the wheelhouse.

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Les

Gismo does not matter when you are facing the Italian Cowardice Chain of Command...

When the "captain" got on the bridge, he already had a bottle of wine in him. Normally in any other Navy (Mil or civilian) he would have been convince to leave at once or relieve of his function.

But the Italians with their "laisser faire" approach hoped that it would be lke last time and everybody would be fine :rolleyes:

Wouldn't that be Marco.... Twain?

What did Captain Hazlewood yell when the Exxon Valdez ran aground?

"I said Tanqueray on the rocks!"

The Italians do display a certain "je ne sais quoi" :D

Riding to work in the cockpit of an Italian Air. Both pilots were served wine with their lunch. And, both were served at the same time. Thank God for auto-pilots.

John

And the guys that build Porsches drink beer during lunch. Thank God we don't drive those cars. :rolleyes:

A fathometer would not have helped any ship that size doing 16 knots towards those rocks. Plus the wind was blowing them as well. Too late on the turn. Every bridge I have stood watch on starts to panic when 2 NM from another object ( except when UNREP ).
gCaptain’s John Konrad Narrates the Final Maneuvers of the Costa Concordia [VIDEO] | gCaptain - Maritime & Offshore

The narrator in the link can make you cry, but the data is fascinating.

Flat hatting with a cruise ship.

Wow.

That video was fascinating. Obviously the captain made an initial fatal error but afterwards showed some prowess in handling his vessel.