Greenheart
Well-Known Member
A dim question, which I'll drop immediately if asked.
So, the replica Bounty seems to have sunk because her machinery stopped when it was most required; she lost motive power and pumps.
Not by any means the first such vessel to founder in such circumstances.
Are non-standard vessels with creaky timbers/fatigued steel, not under the same insurance-assessors' scrutiny as yachts? If they were, wouldn't the antiquity/maintenance of their machinery be condemned, wouldn't replacements be required before taking kids offshore?
If there's any chance of pumps being overwhelmed/inadequate, or of the vessel's design (I mean, some singular traditional characteristic) being especially vulnerable to catastrophic breaching in terrible conditions (thinking of the deck hatch aboard the Marques)...
...would there be value in CO2 tanks, triggered automatically or manually, to fill chambers with tonnes of buoyancy below decks? Needn't be obstructive to the ship's running when not deployed, but would be certain to delay sinking, or even save the vessel in extremis.
Surely if taking dozens of students, particularly clueless teenagers, into genuinely dangerous situations, every possible measure should be included to prevent a vessel's loss?
Otherwise it's like loading a 1920s charabanc with kiddies, then rolling away in heavy traffic - wouldn't be encouraged, would it?
(I tried to incorporate the phrase "Ncap-sulate" there, but couldn't...
)
So, the replica Bounty seems to have sunk because her machinery stopped when it was most required; she lost motive power and pumps.
Not by any means the first such vessel to founder in such circumstances.
Are non-standard vessels with creaky timbers/fatigued steel, not under the same insurance-assessors' scrutiny as yachts? If they were, wouldn't the antiquity/maintenance of their machinery be condemned, wouldn't replacements be required before taking kids offshore?
If there's any chance of pumps being overwhelmed/inadequate, or of the vessel's design (I mean, some singular traditional characteristic) being especially vulnerable to catastrophic breaching in terrible conditions (thinking of the deck hatch aboard the Marques)...
...would there be value in CO2 tanks, triggered automatically or manually, to fill chambers with tonnes of buoyancy below decks? Needn't be obstructive to the ship's running when not deployed, but would be certain to delay sinking, or even save the vessel in extremis.
Surely if taking dozens of students, particularly clueless teenagers, into genuinely dangerous situations, every possible measure should be included to prevent a vessel's loss?
Otherwise it's like loading a 1920s charabanc with kiddies, then rolling away in heavy traffic - wouldn't be encouraged, would it?
(I tried to incorporate the phrase "Ncap-sulate" there, but couldn't...
)
