MapisM
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Aha, that explains the route.They were heading for Nice, I agree you would have thought they would have known it was coming and acted accordingly!!
I must admit that I was being more suspicious, i.e. that the captain estimated the straight route W towards Gibraltar too risky for the conditions, and instead of staying put tried heading N and then follow a more coastal route from there.
A much longer alternative of course, but there must be a big pressure for reducing delays as much as possible, in commercial shipping... :ambivalence:
Btw, in the meantime I also had a look at the charts of the area where the ship was around 9am (not sure if local or UTC, but it doesn't make much difference), and the sea is around 500m deep.
Not that this is relevant for you of course, but it's a pity that nobody will ever be able to enjoy the boat at least as a diving spot...
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