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01-07-2007, 03:32 PM | #31 | ||
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By the sounds of the latest news there is a oil leak, all that bobbing around in the water 2 nights ago and rubbing the hull on the rocks trying to drag it sideways has done some major damage?? :gren: :gren:
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01-07-2007, 06:23 PM | #32 | ||
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75 Meter Oil Slick now Pi55ing out the side , 9pms King tide is the final Try before chopping it up
$300000 a Day Rent on the Beach !
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01-07-2007, 06:43 PM | #33 | ||
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Not looking good at all.
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01-07-2007, 07:36 PM | #34 | ||
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it has moved heaps..
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01-07-2007, 07:57 PM | #35 | ||
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ship has turned 45degrees from where it was sitting might be in luck of it going yet
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01-07-2007, 08:12 PM | #36 | ||
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The Pasha Bulker has move a lot in the last 10min and it's not even high tide yet.
Looks like it will be off within the hour! Good luck! |
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01-07-2007, 08:47 PM | #37 | ||
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is it my eyes or is it leaning to the left?
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01-07-2007, 08:58 PM | #38 | ||
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Where are you watching it?
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01-07-2007, 08:59 PM | #39 | ||
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01-07-2007, 09:04 PM | #40 | ||
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wow, i think i saw a UFO pass the camera!!!!
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01-07-2007, 09:29 PM | #41 | ||
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Has the ship moved or has someone moved the camera !!!!!
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01-07-2007, 09:36 PM | #42 | ||
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The ship has moved, a load.
This may be starting to go their way!
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01-07-2007, 09:36 PM | #43 | |||
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01-07-2007, 09:36 PM | #44 | ||
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The camera is zooming out as the ship bow turns across the shot, the camera is in a fixed postion in nobbys beach house, it only pans and zooms. If you look closely you can see the reflection of the window.
By the looks of it i will be eating my hat!! : |
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01-07-2007, 09:42 PM | #45 | ||
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just on the news, it has swung around so it is nearly pointing out to sea, BUT it is leaking oil from both sides of the hull.....bummer.
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02-07-2007, 12:08 AM | #46 | ||
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This seems to be history repeating itself. the same method of 'salvage' was used on the Sygna (also a brand spankin' new ship), tow it around 180 degrees, putting as much strain and fatigue on the side of the ship, its entire length working against itself, more chance of wrecking it. You see, the longer it stays there, the more money it costs the company which owns it. The more people and equippment needed to help, the more it costs. The more problems they have, the more it costs to rectify. Everything needs to be paid for by the company which owns the boat, which makes me think that the salvage team would be trying to milk this opportunity for all it is worth. Everything that goes wrong, breaks, hampers efforts or 'poses a threat' all costs time and money. Being a new ship, the value would be enormous, And the company has no choice but to keep writing cheques. Soon enough the cost of the salvage might outweigh the cost of the ship, and that will be the end of it. If the company which owns it refuses to shell out any more money, it'll just stay there. Just like the Sygna. They towed it around sideways, snapped it, towed the front half to get scrapped, and the owners ran out of money, so the contractors towing the back half just cut it loose and ditched on the beach again.
They are only able to work at night... (overtime pay!) Hourly chopper passes... mmm fuel. We can't move it on saturday night (the football is on!) They lost a couple of tow cables... Mmm who couldn't see that one coming? $$$ They got the Pasha facing the right way, (finally) but what's this? an oil spill? how convenient...
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02-07-2007, 01:20 PM | #47 | ||
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Or was it the unions that scuppered the Sygna? read this for an alternative viewpoint:
http://www.afloat.com.au/www/79/1001...e/1199177.html
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02-07-2007, 02:11 PM | #48 | |||
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02-07-2007, 08:06 PM | #49 | ||
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Has anybody seen any pics of the tug boats out to sea taken during the day?
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02-07-2007, 09:40 PM | #50 | ||
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the ship has just left!!!
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02-07-2007, 09:44 PM | #51 | ||
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holy crap they actually did it........bit wierd not seeing it smack bang in the middle of the coastwatch cam......
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02-07-2007, 09:51 PM | #52 | ||
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Good on them !!!
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02-07-2007, 09:56 PM | #53 | ||
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Now lets hear from all the experts on this site who said it could not be done....
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02-07-2007, 09:58 PM | #55 | ||
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lol yeah.....
good on em, lest hope it hasn't dumped too much oil there yet..... though im sure they'll get it cleaned up asap if it has |
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02-07-2007, 10:05 PM | #56 | ||
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The oil that was leaking was only from its prop..
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/02/1967919.htm |
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02-07-2007, 10:07 PM | #57 | ||
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I don't think there was much at all ?? There would be some from prop shaft as it would have copped some while being twisted...The props themselves have some damage...
Bit of media sensationalism
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02-07-2007, 10:14 PM | #58 | ||
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ah right, damn the media beat things out of proportion, the way it was mentioned was that there were gaping holes in the hull that oil was leaking from lol..
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02-07-2007, 10:18 PM | #59 | ||
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Ships of this size can also change the blade pitch on the prop, this is done with hydraulics so the oil could have come from that system also.
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