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08-28-07, 11:09 PM
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Commodore
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Chilean sub pop's the hatch in Acapulco Mexico
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08-29-07, 12:04 AM
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Stowaway
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Is it just me, or does that picture look a bit... fake?
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08-29-07, 12:19 AM
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Navy Seal
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It looks fake to me. Would a sub commander take his sub that close to shore? I don't think so. Then again, there may be some nice looking women on the beach that the binoculars don't do justice to!:hmm:
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08-29-07, 02:06 AM
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Engineer
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the pic does look fake. But on the other hand the Chilean Navy are a crazy bunch of life-loving maniacs.
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08-29-07, 08:06 AM
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Engineer
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it seems like somebody spent some time in photoshop.
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08-29-07, 10:17 AM
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Looking at google earth, it seems the port of Acapulco is in a river estuary, so that by going there, you surely would pass quite close to a beach.
Same situation as going into Rostock. You passed Warnemünde Beach on one side with only around 50-100 meters distance to the beach. Of course all hands and all binoculars were watching to starboard while approaching the Warnow estuary and navy ships develop a noticable list to starboard going in and port going out. I wonder what resolutions the new electro-optical scanning systems can archieve at that distances.  :rotfl:On the other hand, Acapulco, isnt exactly on a straight course for San Diego anyway, being almost in Baja California, so the visit might have been exactly for that purpose.
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08-29-07, 11:23 AM
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Commodore
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actually it ain't fake. On the mexican news there was a report on it with video n' all.
heres the report from a mexican news paper http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=319937 |
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08-29-07, 09:42 PM
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Officer
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thats what happens when you drink and sail a sub.
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08-30-07, 01:30 AM
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08-30-07, 01:45 AM
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i remember sitting off the british virgin isles in 95 on HMS valiant but not closer than a couple of miles ,some very nice yachts came out to see us with topless females made our little trip a dream
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08-30-07, 04:27 AM
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 ......................  Far too close to shore for my liking :hmm:
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