Ean Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Heh beat you Puca. I reckon he's made the princely sum of £1.90 just emailing a picture of his rabbit to people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
púca Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Good work if you can get it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theodolite Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 It would be ironic if the mass carrier was registered in the Isle of Man ! There has been at least one disaster with a Manx registered boat in the 1990s when a big boat ran aground off the coast of Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 finally...here's the pic from the outside deck approx 2 seconds after impact A now famous piccy _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian rush Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 It probably would of gone down if it did this. The Lady of mann was back in service a few days after this head on bump with a concrete pier. I doubt it unless there are such obvious similarities that I'm missing between a steel hulled sideloader hitting a pier head on and suffering a bit of crumple damage above the water line and a twin hulled cataman being holed by a big freighter below the waterline and having an engine room inundated. If the Seacat had crashed head on into a pier the damage would have been similar, except its fins would have* borne the impact. *not of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholmondley-Warner Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Pretty annoyed over the fact it's still floating... would of been a ball if it were to of gone down haha.. shit does indeed happen. It probably would of gone down if it did this. The Lady of mann was back in service a few days after this head on bump with a concrete pier. Now then, I was on that one when it hit the Battery Pier, TT practice week, about 1994? I was up on the open deck as the Lady swung majestically into Douglas Harbour at a fair old rate of knots. Being a seasoned traveller I noticed that we weren't slowing down as usual and were heading directly at the pier. I gripped the railings and yelled to everyone "Hold on, we're going to crash into the pier!!!" "Ja, Ja," said the stout German stood beside me "immer, everytime crashing" Seconds later we came to a dead stop, me stood there surrounded by fallen Krauts! The carnage on the car deck was unbelievable, bikes fallen over and petrol swilling all over the deck, now that could have been a real disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 ... me stood there surrounded by fallen Krauts! You just had to mention the war again, didn't ya?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholmondley-Warner Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 ... me stood there surrounded by fallen Krauts! You just had to mention the war again, didn't ya?... Well you did bomb our chippy during the war! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 ... me stood there surrounded by fallen Krauts! You just had to mention the war again, didn't ya?... Well you did bomb our chippy during the war! As I mentioned in an earlier thread, we tried to save you from a nationwide obesity problem by doing that - well, we all know how things turned out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 53 cars are now off and she's been moved for repairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfc84 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpo...-name_page.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issues99 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 53 cars are now off and she's been moved for repairs. i wonder what state the cars are in ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 IOM examiner front page story by Paul Doom Speller and Stephen Doom Parry says "Passengers on board Saturdays's ill fated Sea Express..." reminds me of: Frazer - he had wild staring eyes too and was known for issuing regular pronouncements of doom "Doomed, doomed we're all doomed!". er... it sort of was ill fated, wasn't it? WTF do you want them to write? 'Minor scrape in Mersey, Nothing to worry about'? The paper's coverage was about as accurate as anyone elses. If you must whinge and whine about something, find something constructive to say, otherwise shut up and save yourself the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Ayres Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I've read only 5 pages and I can't read any further. Time for my two penny worth. I was looking through the bridge when we entered the fog, the master, Mr O'Toole was diligent to the extreme. He checked and double checked the bouys and charts because the visibility was not much more than 50 yds. The first sight was the tug veering in front of us, then it became pretty obvious something big was behind it, and blue. the first contact was to the stern on the starboard side, quite heavy and a lot of shuddering. All lights failed and people started to run about and their was some panic, it was then that a woman fell and hurt her wrist and another lady got a clout to the face somehow. The staff reacted reasonably calmly, understandably anxious and visibly frightened. Passengers were refusing to sit and behave themselves, I myself was sat upon by a woman in the panic and couldnot get a life belt on even if I were trying. The boat swung quite violently into the larger ship after a matter of seconds, the panic really kicked off then among the passengers. The staff behaved well in the circumstances and followed their drill. Some folk were having trouble getting lifebelts on with a number of adults trying to put on child belts. I didn't hear anyone near me complain the belts were tied in knots and there were plenty to go round, the main problem was that whilst sitting in the seats there is not enough room to manoeuvere the belts on and you can't stand between the seat because they are so close together. After calm was restored staff prepared the liferafts and these were ready to deploy in a matter of seconds. Once clear of the larger vessel the tugs were there straight away, very quickly getting a line to fore and aft. Another pushed us to the dock where everybody got off safely thanks to the staff controlling the situation well. I witnessed and heard no shouting at passengers and no pushing or shoving from staff. It is true that no names were taken but i did see a clipboard and pencil working hard, I assume a count was being kept. Once in the departure lounge we were given refreshments and staff were checking for injuries. The luggage was taken off the boat after a couple of hours, once the boat was stabilised and secured. We car drivers were spoken to and the general manager got hire cars for all those needing them. I know he melted at least 4 credit cards in the exercise, no questions asked. Where people needed specialist vehicles, ie; 4x4s they got them. after about 3 o'clock there were no cars left and some folk, myself among them, were taken to hotels. I got a room in the Adelphi with dinner and breakfast provided. Some people were taken to the airport for flights, which were cancelled due to the fog. The next day I was found a hire car and they managed to get my bags off the boat as well. I was kept informed of developments for the next 2 days with the news my car was off and waiting at Liverpool for me to collect on my way back up today. I travelled back on the Ben this afternoon on a lovely smooth sea with incredible visibility, which was good as I had a panic attack an hour out of Liverpool and had to go on deck, what a relief to be able to see the island and check nothing was in our way. As to who is to blame, that will come out in the wash. I am a very lucky man alongside the rest of the passengers. If we had been a bit further out if could have been a very different ending, had we been hit 30 ft more to the pointy bit, ditto. I can't fault the staff for their actions and the company for their response. As for the dickhead that was more worried about getting to a poxy football match than helping or supporting his fellow survivors of a horrific accident, I know what we could have plugged the hole with. I did keep my head and even took some pictures, but during the night I did wake up sweating a bit but that could have been the bottle of wine I bought before settling down. I really needed a drink. Whether I can go on the cat again is another matter, I know some will say that the odds against it happening again are vast, not so! If the circumstances are right lightening often does strike in the same place many times. From what I saw and spoke to people involved, the boat has been handed over to a salvage company and is unlikely to see service on this route again, if ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Ayres Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 All fine, one had a minor shunt, bloody lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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