Not an East Caost sailor....

[Tomahawk]

Looks like he T boned it..

Large Bulk Carrier Runs Aground in Mauritius

 

[Gargleblaster]

I thought East Coast saiors regularly run aground. I don't think it is just me.

I couldn't work out from the report if it was the East Coast of Mauritius.

 

[tillergirl]

The south-east. Not far from the Airport.

 

[LittleSister]

I thought East Coast saiors regularly run aground. I don't think it is just me.

I couldn't work out from the report if it was the East Coast of Mauritius.

It's not just you!

South-East coast of Mauritius, according to the G Captain article.

If only the sea were that blue on the English East Coast!

 

[Tomahawk]

I thought East Coast saiors regularly run aground. I don't think it is just me.

I couldn't work out from the report if it was the East Coast of Mauritius.

There is bump and go .. but that was full on ramming speed with no chance of getting off..

 

[ex-Gladys]

Without pre-empting the investigation, I bet a pound to a pinch of snuff that it's bridge crew asleep with alarm turned off...

 

[westhinder]

Without pre-empting the investigation, I bet a pound to a pinch of snuff that it's bridge crew asleep with alarm turned off...

Not zooming in on the chart, like the Vestas Wind case?

 

[johnalison]

Definitely not East Coast. If it were, the crew would be out on the sands scrubbing and pretending that they meant it.

 

[LittleSister]

Apparently there's a risk of serious environmental (and economic) damage as a result of this accident:
Mauritius facing environmental crisis as shipwreck leaks oil