Plum
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Re: Position of the Tricolor for you to plot
51 21.9N 002 12.6E
51 21.9N 002 12.6E
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pugwash
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Re: I am a lighthouse
You'd think the US Navy would have known that colours are different over here but aren't the light sequences the same?
As far as I recall, the Panamian freighter which hit the Texaco Caribbean was called Nicola. Last night I saw on the news that another Nicola had hit the Tricolour. Is this a coincidence or what? Do you happen to know if my memory is right?
You'd think the US Navy would have known that colours are different over here but aren't the light sequences the same?
As far as I recall, the Panamian freighter which hit the Texaco Caribbean was called Nicola. Last night I saw on the news that another Nicola had hit the Tricolour. Is this a coincidence or what? Do you happen to know if my memory is right?
Cornishman
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Re: I am a lighthouse
Nearly right - it was the Nikki. There was a third ship involved but can't recall her name. In 1972 there were hundreds of different buoyage systems around the world, many using the same shape and colour buoys for quite different purposes, hence the confusion. Nothing to do with the USN.
BTW I hear this morning that the old man of the Nicola claims the French gave him the wrong coordinates for the wreck, and he was in thick fog when he went 'aground' on it. Another ship was warned off just in time during last night, too.
Nearly right - it was the Nikki. There was a third ship involved but can't recall her name. In 1972 there were hundreds of different buoyage systems around the world, many using the same shape and colour buoys for quite different purposes, hence the confusion. Nothing to do with the USN.
BTW I hear this morning that the old man of the Nicola claims the French gave him the wrong coordinates for the wreck, and he was in thick fog when he went 'aground' on it. Another ship was warned off just in time during last night, too.
pugwash
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Re: I am a lighthouse
Well it was a USN carrier and several escorts that went through the middle of the buoyed wrecks (without hitting anything) and if I were the admiral I'd certainly want to know why my captain and navigators weren't aware they might encoujnter different buoyage systems; and what about nav warnings etc? I was doing my old BoT Yachtmaster at the time and our isntructor was a Trinity House pilot who fulminated fulsomely as you can imagine.
Well it was a USN carrier and several escorts that went through the middle of the buoyed wrecks (without hitting anything) and if I were the admiral I'd certainly want to know why my captain and navigators weren't aware they might encoujnter different buoyage systems; and what about nav warnings etc? I was doing my old BoT Yachtmaster at the time and our isntructor was a Trinity House pilot who fulminated fulsomely as you can imagine.
Aja
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See?! Rubber-necking happens at sea too.
Donald
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Twister_Ken
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It gets better (worse)
According to the Lloyds List website
(http://www.lloydslist.com)
the Nicola's owners claimed the location given by the French authorities was incorrect by three miles. French are also blaming pollution monitoring duties in the bay of Biscay for their lack of assets to mark and monitor the wreck. Meanwhile, the Provider, a Cypriot ro-ro of 21,000 tons came within 100 metres of running into the Tricolor and was only warned off by being buzzed by a UK pollution patrol aircraft. Back in dreamland, Provider's operators claim their vessel never came within 15 miles of the site of the wreck.
According to the Lloyds List website
(http://www.lloydslist.com)
the Nicola's owners claimed the location given by the French authorities was incorrect by three miles. French are also blaming pollution monitoring duties in the bay of Biscay for their lack of assets to mark and monitor the wreck. Meanwhile, the Provider, a Cypriot ro-ro of 21,000 tons came within 100 metres of running into the Tricolor and was only warned off by being buzzed by a UK pollution patrol aircraft. Back in dreamland, Provider's operators claim their vessel never came within 15 miles of the site of the wreck.