Ship sinking!!

Reece · 06-16-13, 09:51 PM

Just received this on a HYDROPAC message:

VESSEL HORIZON SINKING IN 16-47.702S 171-34.685W.
THREE PERSONS ABANDONED TO LIFERAFT

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK130...nking-ship.htm

Jimbuna · 06-17-13, 04:36 PM

Good outcome

Red October1984 · 06-17-13, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Good outcome

A ship was lost and this is good?

Yes people were saved...thats great...but a ship was also sunk! That's not awesome.

Sailor Steve · 06-17-13, 05:25 PM

Where did he say it was awesome? The crew could have died. They were saved. Ships can be replaced. Lives can't.

Grow up.

Red October1984 · 06-17-13, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Where did he say it was awesome? The crew could have died. They were saved. Ships can be replaced. Lives can't.

I was meaning that it shouldn't happen in the first place!

Ships sinking is never good.

I know that ships can be replaced and that it's really really good that they saved these people...but I'm saying that it would be better if it didn't even happen.

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Grow up.

Reece · 06-17-13, 06:51 PM

Don't get upset, was just a bad hair day for Steve!!

WernherVonTrapp · 06-17-13, 07:01 PM

Glad to hear that all hands were rescued.

Sailor Steve · 06-17-13, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Reece

Don't get upset, was just a bad hair day for Steve!!

Not at all. What he said was totally uncalled for, attacking someone for saying the crew surviving was a good outcome? Just went down several notches in my book.

Not, as he constantly brags, that he cares one way or the other.

I'm done.

Cybermat47 · 06-17-13, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Reece

Just received this on a HYDROPAC message:

VESSEL HORIZON SINKING IN 16-47.702S 171-34.685W.
THREE PERSONS ABANDONED TO LIFERAFT

Forgive me for my ignorance, but how did you receive this message?

[SOCIALSUICIDE]And what's HYDROPAC?[/SOCIALSUICIDE]

Red October1984 · 06-17-13, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Forgive me for my ignorance, but how did you receive this message?

I was wondering the same....

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Not at all. What he said was totally uncalled for, attacking someone for saying the crew surviving was a good outcome? Just went down several notches in my book.

Not, as he constantly brags, that he cares one way or the other.

I'm done.

Okay...what I said was not worded correctly...also once again I have shoved my size 15 foot in my mouth and down my throat.

I constantly brag that I care about things?

If there's something that I'm doing that you don't like...tell me please. If I'm doing something and I'm not aware of it I can't change it. I didn't mean to attack Jimbuna. I was trying to say that this entire ordeal is bad and shouldn't have happened. Yes, it's great that the crew was recovered alive...but it would've been much better if a boat didn't sink and people's lives weren't put in danger.

I can't change your opinion of me. What you think of me is your opinion and everybody is entitled to their own. I know I've apologized many times before and I probably will apologize many more times throughout my lifetime. This is yet another example of how I didn't think before I posted. If I had elaborated a bit and thought about the post it would've come out different.

06-17-13, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47

[SOCIALSUICIDE]And what's HYDROPAC?[/SOCIALSUICIDE]

Finally someone asks, since I didn't want to

TarJak · 06-17-13, 09:32 PM

http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.por...portal_page_63

Red October1984 · 06-17-13, 09:47 PM

When I open that link, it freezes this forum page.

EDIT: That's pretty cool. I didn't know they did that.

Plus there's a nice archive of nautical calculators that are fun to play with even though I have no idea how to actually use them.

BrucePartington · 06-17-13, 09:51 PM

FWIW, you're ok in my book, I understood your comment correctly.
It seems G.S.Patton also suffered from this "ailment": "your own mouth is your worst enemy!"
And I'm also a member of this particular club

Back on OT, it's great news the crew was saved. Many fishermen are not so lucky.

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Originally Posted by Red October1984

(snip)
Okay...what I said was not worded correctly...also once again I have shoved my size 15 foot in my mouth and down my throat.

(snip)
I was trying to say that this entire ordeal is bad and shouldn't have happened. Yes, it's great that the crew was recovered alive...but it would've been much better if a boat didn't sink and people's lives weren't put in danger.

I can't change your opinion of me. What you think of me is your opinion and everybody is entitled to their own. I know I've apologized many times before and I probably will apologize many more times throughout my lifetime. This is yet another example of how I didn't think before I posted. If I had elaborated a bit and thought about the post it would've come out different.

CaptainMattJ. · 06-17-13, 11:22 PM

The fact that the boat sank and that people's lives were put in danger is obviously not good.

Your comment, however, were a bit unnecessary because you misunderstood Jim's comment. He said that it was a good outcome. Outcome, implying that he was talking about the response that happened AFTER the boat's sinking was inevitable, and not the event as a whole.

You of course know that now and everything, but don't jump at something without understanding it thoroughly first. That's how arguments that shouldn't happen in the first place start.

06-16-13, 09:51 PM	#1
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,688 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Ship sinking!! Just received this on a HYDROPAC message: VESSEL HORIZON SINKING IN 16-47.702S 171-34.685W. THREE PERSONS ABANDONED TO LIFERAFT http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK130...nking-ship.htm __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!* Last edited by Reece; 06-17-13 at 04:01 AM.

06-17-13, 04:36 PM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Good outcome __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Where did he say it was awesome? The crew could have died. They were saved. Ships can be replaced. Lives can't. Grow up. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,688 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Don't get upset, was just a bad hair day for Steve!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

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WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Glad to hear that all hands were rescued. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

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Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	When I open that link, it freezes this forum page. EDIT: That's pretty cool. I didn't know they did that. Plus there's a nice archive of nautical calculators that are fun to play with even though I have no idea how to actually use them. __________________

06-17-13, 11:22 PM	#15
CaptainMattJ. The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sin City Posts: 1,364 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	The fact that the boat sank and that people's lives were put in danger is obviously not good. Your comment, however, were a bit unnecessary because you misunderstood Jim's comment. He said that it was a good outcome. Outcome, implying that he was talking about the response that happened AFTER the boat's sinking was inevitable, and not the event as a whole. You of course know that now and everything, but don't jump at something without understanding it thoroughly first. That's how arguments that shouldn't happen in the first place start. __________________ A popular Government without popular information nor the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives - James Madison