Do you mean your quotes in post #115? Maybe that is because the link to the NTSB source was provided in post #106 so #115 added nothing new. Your...
My highly knowledgeable insight and experience with the subject of discussion is the reason I even bother to post in this thread. My knowledgeable...
Sometime in August. The ship departed on its final voyage late on 29 September, it sank at the end of September, 7 or 8 hours into October ......
Speculation seems to be fun ... what is this? [ATTACH]
Really? When did they join the ship? Where was that date published?
With regard to the plans TOTE had for the ship, the run from Puget Sound to Anchorage is not exactly putting an old horse out to pasture. Some of...
What "report" is that? If you can cite that "report" then we might have something to talk about, otherwise it is nothing more than your personal...
What purpose is served by repeating rumors and unfounded gossip, and to whom is such rumor and gossip useful? What connection is there between...
Not quite so obvious ... no one with direct knowledge or connection to the event has claimed to know why propulsion was lost and no recordings or...
Which "reports" from what source? Unless you can quote sources who have access to recordings or official transcripts that post is just a huge...
Well stated. Thank you.
Which, based on its title alone, is misleading in the first place Because they don't need any amateur investigators. We all know what they say...
Wow, if it was 500 feet longer and had another 30 or 40 feet of freeboard and wasn't almost as old as El Faro they might have been there earlier. ;)
Allow me to repeat my earlier post: "A 1600 ton master is very much a 'limited' lower level license. The tonnage notation, 1600 GRT, is the...
The point of my example is that there are factors involved which may not be apparent to the operators of small recreational boats. It is one...
A competent captain knows that if he has 1 foot of under keel clearance at cruise speed and rolling is not an issue, he needs only to slow down...
Section 27 of the of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (46 U.S.C. 883; 19 CFR 4.80 and 4.80b): "No merchandise shall be transported by water, or...
It will only hurt a little bit, besides, it's good for you. ;) Let it keep going. That way readers can see for themselves the true value of...
The thread title seems to be sensationalist as it implies that a critical piece of information has just been uncovered. "On September 11,...
MTU specs are max 50mb (20 inches of water) with a max power figure of 30mb (12 inches water) which is not much. A few new aux generators allow...
