nothing more clearly says "DONE ON PURPOSE" than that.
nice find im pretty confused

Sounds to me like the head navigator needs to fired...


Anchoring can be a complicated process, but failing to take into account tidal shifts/swings is a gross negligence on the part of the captain and navigator. This should be elementary to any navigator, and as for the captain for not noticing the navigators oversight.

/sarcasm on
I refuse to believe that the captain and navigator overlooked the above details, and choose to believe the failing was due to an overlooked log reading by a stationed watch stander that was supposed to be taking GPS readings every 15 minutes...
/sarcasm off

As soon as I heard about this ship I immediately smelled a fishy substance.

How does a giant high tech cargo ship hit a reef in this day and age with all that GPS and sonar!?

And then this info came along and I don't know what to think now, I'm thinking insurance

mabye since they were passing the area mabye they were loaded near by and had some local wine loaded at some port by the reef

An astrolabe was an ancient navigational instrument and the name of the ship sailed by French explorer Dumont D'Urville.

And the ancient navigation instrument is an Astrolabe! Maybe they should have been using one to chart their way!

Originally posted by mileysubet
Sounds to me like the head navigator needs to fired...


Anchoring can be a complicated process, but failing to take into account tidal shifts/swings is a gross negligence on the part of the captain and navigator.

people always blame the captains or navigators, and partly it can be there fault
but even if its 100% their fault the fact remains were still shipping this disgusting stuff world wide and its bound to happen again and again! (read my signature)
its like arresting the prostitue when you should be arresting the cartel

Oh holy crap I can see it now... A late night drunken pilot, looking at the charts, sees the reef says to himself, huh, I got that wine in me, and more on board, wouldnt it be funny if I wrecked this, because... I shoulda used an Astrolabe.. badumbumptshhh thank you thank you its funny to me... here all week

Oh I know what happened

Navigator to Captain ... "look out for Astrolabe!"

Captain to Navigator..... "what are you talking about son.... you know I don't drink that stuff"........... oooops!

if this was an insurance job
wouldnt the most obvious thing to do be blaming it on a drunken sailor

Was it captain morgan or sailor jerry, that is the question