Gas rig collision.

[bumblefish]

Gas rig collision. What will happen when all the wind farms are up and running?

 

[landaftaf]

in theory the gas rigs wont be there /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[ccscott49]

So what? If a decent sized ship trys to hit a wind farm, he will probaly be aground long before he hits it, they tend to to be on sandbanks, in about 15' of water! If a capyain is stupid enough to hit a windfarm, with all the modern equipment they now have, thats his own fault, unless of course the vessel is disabled. However what would happen if he did hit a windfarm, be a bit of damage to the windgenerator, but, so what?
This is not the first time a ship has hit a platform, quite a common occurance, supply boats often nudge them and drilling rigs, ours gave us a nudge last week!

 

[ShipsWoofy]

Yeeah, So what!

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[ccscott49]

Oy! You lookin' fer a black eye or what? Mush! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif me and the boys will be down later to av' a word!

 

[rhumlady]

I think there is something of a different situation between a suppy/standby vessel nudging a rig and a ship on passage doing it. As far as electronics meaning that it wont happen, I personaly think it makes it worse as there becomes to much reliance upon them.

 

[2Tizwoz]

Remember the Tricolor ?

Initially sunk following a collision with

the Kariba and then run into by
the Nicola

Windmill collisions seem inevitable.

 

[CPD]

/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif Great to see the most basic of basic colregs (looking where you are going) being ignored yet again. Or am I just feeling grumpy ?

 

[lyc]

Polish Captain in court this morning charged with being drunk and disorderly according to BBC News.