T&T: Boating Accidents in the News

[Trawler336@aol.com]

Ahoy Mike,
 
What has me worried recently is how many of the professions been involved  in 
these collisions.  Namely, A cruise ship 17 NM off course to Boston from  
Bermuda; An ore vessel collides with a 92 ft S/V, killing the a crew  member;  A 
Coast Guard patrol hits a tour boat, twice, near Miami;  lastly, Ship capsizes 
in Albany, NY, while loading heavy cargo.  Can  anyone answer, "Why so many 
recently"?   Can the training procedures  slacking off"  
 
Collision avoidance can only be accomplished if & only when the entire  crew 
of all of us out there knows the rules and can, "see" & interpret  all those 
subtle signs to put themselves in a safe position so as to prevent the  
"emergency" to exist in the first place.  
 
IMHO.
 
Ciao, Capt Joe Guarino,
Instructor,
Commercial Diving Academy    



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