[div class="articleCopy"]NANAIMO (NEWS1130) - B.C. Ferries has confirmed one of its shiny new ships has sustained some damage after a rough landing at Departure Bay in Nanaimo.[/p] Deborah Marshall with B.C. Ferries says the Coastal Renaissance now has what she calls a 'minor scrape' along one side.[/p] "The ship did come into contact with the overhead foot passenger walkway."[/p] There weren't any passengers on the walkway at the time.[/p] Sailings are not being cancelled, and Marshall says they have alternate ways to load passengers.[/p] It's not clear how long the walkway in Nanaimo will be unusable.[/p] Marshall says there was no mechanical failures that would explain the incident, and says they need to investigate whether human error was involved.[/p] She wouldn't put a price tag on the extent of the damage.
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Marshall says there was no mechanical failures that would explain the incident, and says they need to investigate whether human error was involved.
If it wasn't mechanical failure, what does that leave? Are they hiring chimps to pilot the boats now?
Didn't you hear? Ross Rebagliati's new career is a boat captain for BC Ferries...
I heard urine tests are not manditory for running a multi ton vessel. No prob. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/c008.gif" border=0]
Well how do you expect a Captain to know German?...
Gee.... I feel safe already knowing what 'experts' they are.
They probably couldn't understand the Ampelmännchen err I mean signals that say to stop and go etc.
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I heard urine tests are not manditory for running a multi ton vessel. No prob. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/c008.gif" border=0][/DIV]
Civil liberties at its finest. Its a joke.
That being said.. if they did implement this alot of vessels on the coast would be without crew.
Russ, I just read a book you would like.
High Crimes by William Deverell (B.C. author). Novel about a couple of Newfie marine engineers who run drugs from Columbia to Newfoundland in rustbucket tubs. I sped-read thru the technical bits, but you would enjoy...