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

Flat hatting with a cruise ship.

Wow.

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Originally Posted by crustychief View Post
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
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