Re: Did you follow the Explorer saga?

Dave Gittins wrote:
> Double hulled passenger ****ps exist only in certain vivid
> imaginations.  All the rules require is a double bottom and extra
> protection at the turn of the bilge.

I didn't know that.

> The ****p was old and tired.  She was using open boats, under the
> grandfather clause in the rules.  QE2 does the same.

I suspected as much.

> The sinking raises questions about the ****p's subdivision.  For some
> reason, water pooled on one side, something that should not happen.

It struck me as very odd.

> The Argentinean navy has suggested that there was more damage than a
>  fist-sized hole, but it's not clear what that is based on.

Interesting. I'd like to hear more about what they base that supposition
on.
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