Cruise liner aground in Oban Bay

[webcraft]

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It appears the MV Serenissima has run aground in Oban Bay after a fairly apalling bit of navigation.

The motor ship Serenissima, entered service in 2003 after a multi-million dollar renovation by Swedish craftsmen, in 2012 she underwent another refurbishment. With her strengthened hull for ice service, her small size and relatively shallow draft she can dock in the heart of Europe’s historic centers and is able to navigate into smaller, remote ports inaccessible to the big cruise vessels.

Noble Caledonia Serenissima web page: http://www.noble-caledonia.co.uk/information/detail.asp?section=vesselspecificinfo&id=2&spid=49

- W

 

[psp]

There's a bit on bbc news pages about it.

 

[Seatrout]

IIRC thats a west cardinal mark she's sitting to the east of?

 

[tobermoryphil]

My friend Anne was supposed to be joining her for a cruise tomorrow (Tuesday)- could be a possible delay.

 

[akyaka]

IIRC thats a west cardinal mark she's sitting to the east of?

The buoyage comes up Kerrera Sound as I remember

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22603212

 

[onesea]

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It appears the MV Serenissima has run aground in Oban Bay after a fairly apalling bit of navigation.

Or Equipment Failure? Time will tell....

 

[Capt Popeye]

Yep what an error!

Passengers can enjoy a very good view though?

Fantastic scenery up there!

 

[John.edwards]

cant see any day shapes....maybe my image is too pixelated

 

[claymore]

Well - seems the hull strengthening for ice-breaking will come in handy.

 

[Sgeir]

.... run aground in Oban Bay after a fairly apalling bit of navigation.

Hun! Anyone can run aground....

 

[webcraft]

Hun! Anyone can run aground....

Indeed. But most of us understand the significance of cardinal marks . . . And can read a chart plotter!

Maybe there is more to this than meets the eye.

She's being inspected by divers this morning.

- W

 

[Wandering Star]

Probably just trying to dodge the midges and bitey thing - aerosol sprays would have been cheaper.

Cheers, Brian.

 

[Lakesailor]

is able to navigate into smaller, remote ports inaccessible to the big cruise vessels.

Pretty successful, I would say.

 

[Sandy]

Glad to read she is afloat.

With the Concordia and now this I wonder if ships masters are having a game of chicken?

 

[Tmacd]

IIRC thats a west cardinal mark she's sitting to the east of?

It is indeed a west cardinal mark. It marks the Corran ledge.

BBC news page says she was refloated at 0110 at the second attempt!

 

[A1Sailor]

cant see any day shapes....maybe my image is too pixelated

The Captain ran out of Balls...
He was incorrectly displaying one ball at the bow, vessel at anchor, which is more visible on the picture at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22603212
He should be displaying three - vessel aground: http://cgate.co.il/eng/rules/yom.htm
To be fair, how many of us have a ball, let alone three to display when required?

 

[Sgeir]

To be fair, how many of us have a ball, let alone three to display when required?

 

[A1Sailor]

Did Colonel Bogey have three balls then?

 

[stuarta]

That really is astounding if it is purely a navigation error and not as a result of technical failure. There are far tricker areas to navigate on the West Coast than Oban harbour via the North Entrance!

 

[Tmacd]

The Captain ran out of Balls...
He was incorrectly displaying one ball at the bow, vessel at anchor, which is more visible on the picture at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22603212

Actually, he displayed some initiative there! If you look closely at the BBC pic (which carefully avoided including the cardinal buoy), you'll see that on discovering he was short of balls, he quickly dropped anchor, so was able to display the correct signal!