Ghost ship Lyubov Orlova re-appears

why don't we organise a salvage job, and recondition the vessel to provide luxury winter forum cruises to the sunshine ?
 
From that link:

Weeks later—on February 1—the Orlova was spotted by the Atlantic Hawk, a supply craft used to ferry materials to and from oil platforms. The Atlantic Hawk was able to intercept and secure the Orlova but cut the vessel loose on February 4, following orders of Transport Canada, the country's equivalent of the US Department of Transportation. Now she's again sailing on her own, a prisoner of the Atlantic's currents.
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Why were they "ordered" to cut her loose?

surely they could have claimed salvage if they had wanted to?
 
sarabande said:
why don't we organise a salvage job, and recondition the vessel to provide luxury winter forum cruises to the sunshine ?
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Judging by recent ' luxury cruises ' with overflowing / out of action loos, no thanks unless clued up people like forum members sort it out first !

I'm willing to give it a go re salvage but funnilly enough don't happen to have a tug handy.
 
Seajet said:
Judging by recent ' luxury cruises ' with overflowing / out of action loos, no thanks unless clued up people like forum members sort it out first !

I'm willing to give it a go re salvage but funnilly enough don't happen to have a tug handy.
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Stick a Seagull on the back.
 
ProDave said:
From that link:


Why were they "ordered" to cut her loose?

surely they could have claimed salvage if they had wanted to?
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Atlantic hawk was tasked by transport Canada to get her away from the offshore oil installations Off estern Canada... So transport canada was paying the bill.... Once she had cleared the danger area and was outside of Canadas waters tTansport Canada decided their job was done... So cut her loose.
 
bikedaft said:
no exact position?

most of the atlantic is west of ireland :-)
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I imagine the lack of a precise fix would be of great concern to the readers of a SoHo, New York-based style and gossip mag. The story does variously say, however, that the vessel is "2,400 kilometers off the west coast of Ireland" and "about 1,300 nautical miles away from Ireland". Both of these probably equate to "too far from the Staten Island ferry to worry your trendy heads about".

On the other hand the expressed goal of the owning media group is to give readers "a deeper understanding of events and the way the world works." The answer to the latter is not too well in this case, it seems. What were the Canadians playing at?
 
I am impressed with the marketing.

I read this thread on here.

Monday night I walked into a pub and there on the pumps was Adnams' Ghost Ship.

A fine pint it was too; so I had two!

It can appear as many times as it wants for me.
 
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