Ezdec писал(а) 14 фев 2016, 17:18: Или капитан понадеялся "на авось", или какая -то система дала сбой!
Гениально!
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Ezdec писал(а) 14 фев 2016, 17:18: Или капитан понадеялся "на авось", или какая -то система дала сбой!
Ezdec писал(а) 14 фев 2016, 17:18:ИМХО! Сейчас все современные корабли оснащены многими системами, которые предупреждают о штормах. Или капитан понадеялся "на авось", или какая -то система дала сбой! И что же это за шторм, который двигается со скоростью "света"??? Интересно, куда собрали весь адреналин?
FunCruiseGirl писал(а) 14 фев 2016, 16:59:Интересно, смогут ли на 100% починить двигатель, или он навсегда останется несколько повреждённым?
FunCruiseGirl писал(а) 14 фев 2016, 18:54:
Но у меня большие сомнения в том, что подобное решение было принято исключительно капитаном.
On Wednesday night, the Royal Caribbean cruise ship, Anthem of the Seas, made it safely back to its berth in Cape Liberty in New York harbor, a bit battered, but generally in good condition. Her roughly 4,500 passengers disembarked after a harrowing cruise to nowhere. The obvious first lesson of this unfortunate voyage is that a winter cruise from New York harbor around Cape Hatteras may not be such a good idea. The weather can get very rough. In this case, extremely rough. The captain reported wind speeds of 150-160 knots (172-184 mph), wind speeds comparable to a Category 5 hurricane. There were also reports of 30-foot waves. The Anthem of the Seas was in serious danger.
Remarkably, the ship did just fine. The propellers kept turning. The lights stayed on. At the height of the storm, passengers in their staterooms were able to watch the Super Bowl without interruption, which was good news at least to Broncos fans. The ship incurred damage but it was reported to be superficial. There were no serious injuries to passengers or crew. As uncomfortable and scary as it must have been for all aboard, the ship; all eighteen decks of balconies, glass, and railings; weathered the storm. No doubt the captain, officers, and crew deserve much credit, but so too does the ship.
This matters because there have been many who have stated, matter of factly, that modern cruise ships are unseaworthy, unstable and simply unsafe. In the NOVA program, “Why Ships Sink,” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/why-ships-sink.html Allan Graveson, Senior National Secretary, Nautilus UK, a trade union, says, “These ships now are being built in such a way that they are inherently unstable. It is a design issue.” The basis of Mr. Graveson’s assertion is unclear but it hasn’t stopped him from repeating it.
Jim Walker, a maritime lawyer who specializes in the cruise industry and writes the popular blog, Cruise Law News, also expressed his opinion. In a blog post, “Are Cruise Ships Dangerously Top Heavy?” http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2012/03/articles/sinking/are-cruise-ships-dangerously-top-heavy/ he writes:
“I do not pretend to be a naval architect. I studied English and History at Duke. It remains a mystery to me how jumbo jets can take off or huge ships can even float. But you don’t need to be an expert to have an opinion on this issue. Mr. Sheperd reminds us of the old saying in boat building, “if it looks right, it is right.”
“Well, these cruise ships don’t look right to me. They look like condominiums ripped out of Collins Avenue on Miami Beach and placed on a barge. They look eager to tip over.”
The “Mr. Shepard” that Walker refers to is another blogger who also opined: “Why Mega Cruise Ships Are Unsafe.” http://onlyinamericablogging.blogspot.com/2012/01/why-mega-cruise-ships-are-unsafe.html
The truth is that modern cruise ships do look ungainly and top-heavy. They look like layer cakes with way too many layers. Containerships stacked high with containers or the boxiest Pure Car Carriers look positively dainty next to the modern cruise ship behemoths.
Of course, opinions are not facts and appearances can be deceiving.
I am a naval architect and I know that one cannot calculate a ship’s stability simply by the ship’s appearance. Stability depends on many factors – the ship’s vertical center of gravity, the moment of inertia of the waterplane, the area under the righting arm curve, windage, free surface and so on. It is not enough to say, “Gee, that ship looks top heavy.” Likewise, to suggest that the ships are inherently unstable by design is just silly. Passenger ship design and stability are carefully controlled and regulated.
All this is easy to say, sitting in a heated office ashore. But are those of us who claim that there is nothing to worry about, that cruise ships are stable and meet all the regulations, are we also just expressing our opinions? Are our opinions supported by physics and engineering? The Prussian Field Marshall Helmuth von Moltke the Elder said that “no plan survives the first contact with the enemy.” Likewise, ship designs that work on paper don’t always survive a storm at sea.
The recent encounter between a modern cruise ship and major storm was a test, not a calculation or a simulation but a full-scale blowout trial in highly dangerous conditions. It was a test that probably could and should have been avoided, but proved interesting and revelatory, all the same.
The bottom line? The Anthem of the Seas survived. No one died or was seriously injured. The ship made it into port under its own power. This is not to say that all cruise ships under similar circumstances would necessarily have done as well, or that other things could not have gone seriously awry. But, in this case, the critics were proved wrong. A brand new cruise ship, as high sided and ungainly as any of her sisters, survived the worst winds and seas.
So, when the doubters suggest that cruise ships are unstable or unsafe, the right answer may be “they are a lot more seaworthy than they look.”
- они гораздо более мореходны, чем они выглядятcruise ships are unstable or unsafe? they are a lot more seaworthy than they look
Feb 25 (Reuters) – Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd faces at least two lawsuits by passengers accusing the company of negligently endangering their lives by letting its Anthem of the Seas cruise ship sail into a fierce Atlantic storm this month.
The lawsuits filed in the U.S. District Court in Miami claim that Royal Caribbean knew, or should have known, that a coastal storm carrying hurricane-force winds had been forecast before the ship set sail from Cape Liberty, New Jersey on Feb. 6 for a scheduled seven-night cruise to the Bahamas.
Nonetheless, Royal Caribbean chose to sail the ship into the storm, motivated by a desire to profit at the expense of the safety of roughly 4,500 passengers and 1,600 crew, the lawsuits said.
Cynthia Martinez, a Royal Caribbean spokeswoman, said the Miami-based company does not discuss pending litigation, and has taken steps to minimize the risk of another similar incident.
Royal Caribbean has said the storm was more severe than expected.
Passengers hunkered in their rooms as the Anthem of the Seas encountered high winds and 30-foot waves off the North Carolina coast, a day after its departure.
Royal Caribbean later turned the ship around, and it returned to New Jersey on Feb. 10. The company offered passengers full refunds, and discounts on a future cruise.
Both lawsuits seek class-action status for passengers, and unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
The first lawsuit was filed on Feb. 18 by Bruce Simpson, a Delaware resident who claimed to suffer a concussion and other injuries after being thrown 18 feet into a door when the ship pitched violently.
The second lawsuit was filed on Thursday by Frank DeLuca, of Cinnaminson, New Jersey, who suffered back injuries during the voyage, and whose wife has suffered from panic attacks and sleeplessness, their lawyer Michael Winkleman said.
“Royal Caribbean showed an absolute lack of respect for the lives of its passengers,” Winkleman said in a phone interview. A refund and a future cruise credit is insulting for what the passengers went through.”
Simpson’s lawyer was not immediately available for comment.
The cases are Simpson v. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, No. 16-20595; and DeLuca v. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd in the same court, No. 16-20689. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Alan Crosby)
haje писал(а) 26 фев 2016, 21:37:2 иска были поданы против Роялов пассажирами.
Kuskow писал(а) 15 фев 2016, 05:07:Я бы последнее в перефразировал в духе нашего форума: "Они гораздо более мореходны, нежели думает СР".
Passengers suffer stomach virus on damaged Royal Caribbean liner
A luxury cruise ship that was battered by a major Atlantic storm earlier this month was headed back to its home port in the US on Sunday as another squall threatened its current voyage. Royal Caribbean tweeted on Saturday that the Anthem of the Seas ship would return to the port of Bayonne, New Jersey. “The decision to return home was based on avoiding forecasted gale warning weather conditions along our original itinerary and our desire to ensure the safety and comfort of our guests and crew,'' Cynthia Martinez, a spokeswoman for the Miami-based cruise line, said in a statement on Sunday. John Turell, an executive with The Associated Press who is aboard the ship with his wife, said in an email that the ship's captain and its cruise director made announcements saying some people were suffering from norovirus. “Sanitation levels on the ship have been boosted,'' said Turell, the AP's regional television executive for the Northeast. “[Ship] workers are scurrying around like ants, scrubbing down handrails, tables and any other surfaces that can be washed.'' He noted that life aboard the ship “appears quite normal'' other than the very visible increased sanitation efforts. Martinez said “a small percentage of our guests have experienced gastrointestinal illness thought to be norovirus,'' about 9 to 10 cases per day out of more than 6,000 people aboard. “Those affected by the short-lived illness are responding well to over-the- counter medicine,'' she said. Turell said passengers were told Saturday night that the cruise was being cut two days short because of a storm developing off Cape Hatteras. As a result, planned stops in Barbados and St. Kitts were being skipped and the ship was expected to arrive at its home port on Wednesday morning. The voyage's premature end comes just weeks after the Anthem of the Seas made headlines for another stormy incident. The ship was damaged a day after it set sail on February 6 when it encountered 30-foot waves and hurricane force winds, and its 4,500 passengers hunkered down for hours. One passenger's lawsuit claims that people had to hold onto their beds to keep from falling and injuring themselves
haje писал(а) 01 мар 2016, 01:09:однако, снова судно попало в неприятность. на этот раз побоялись плохого прогноза и не пошли в шторм, приняли решение разворачиваться домой в НЙ, а тут как раз и норовирус на судне, что бы, так сказать, весомее было возвращение.
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