Have A Better New Year Than Theses Guys.

POSITION:
lat 05 43.39N, long 82 27.28E

Ship: M/V Hanjin Pennsylvania
Cause: Fire and fireworks.

Technorati Tags: disasters at sea, maritime mishaps

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Blub, Blub. Blub.

Mommy!
I hope you're having a better weekend than this poor swabbie.
The folks at Sailing Anarchy are handing out swag to the first person
who can answer the who, what and where about this photo.

Photo via Sailing Anarchy.

Tags: sailing, oops, sailing mishaps

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La Dolce Vita.

Try sailing out of a harbor in rough seas! I don't think so.
Barca a vela tenta di uscire dal porto di Cecina con mare
agitato ma deve rinunciare!

Cecina Harbor, Tuscany, Italy

Tags: sailing, sailing mishaps, dinghy sailing, oops, sailing video

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How Was Your Weekend?

I hope it was a better one than this captain had.
A graduate of the Captain Hazelwood School of Navigation?
Oh steward, are the cocktails being served yet?

Tags: oops, maritime mishap

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Dude, I Thought I Could Surf It Onto The Beach Like My Hobie.

The Pasha Bulker aground at Nobbys Beach, Newcastle Australia.
Someone is going to loose his papers.

Tags: oops, beach landing, maritime mishap

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So This Is It I'm Going To Die.

Lower photo via Craig,

Tags: oops, boating mishaps

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It Ain't All Rock And Roll.

Sometimes the sea can be a very scary place.

A very, very scary place.

Before you undertake a voyage to adventure, make sure you are well trained,
have some real sailing experience, and know how to survive if things go
wrong. Believe me things can go wrong. Thank God I have my Navy training.

Don't assume that the guy sitting in his flight suit on the ready alert is
going to come and rescue you. You might be out of range.

For God's sake, learn how to read the weather!
For home work, I made my sailing students keep a notebook chronicling
the daily weather. It had to have the forecast from the newspaper with
their own observations.

Tags: sailing, ocean sailing, heavy weather, heavy seas

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Ouch!

"Not flat enough and too much outhaul!"
That's what the Laser sailor said to the skipper before they ran aground.
Photo of the wreck of the Piranha, which ended her life north of Cabo.

Tags: sailing, sailing mishap, wreck

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Ouch!

"Not flat enough and too much outhaul!"
That's what the Laser sailor said to the skipper before they ran aground.
Photo of the wreck of the Piranha, which ended her life north of Cabo.

Tags: sailing, sailing mishap, wreck

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Ouch!

The ABN Amro ran into problems during the Sydney to Hobart race.
Do you think she has some diesels running or is that jury rigged sail powering the boat?

Speaking of the Sydney to Hobart race; Goggle Earth has a live feed of the race.
Thanks to Eli Boat for the link.

Photo: Daniel Forster

Tags: sailing, sydney to hobart race, offshore sailing

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What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor?....Don't Let Him Steer The Ship! Video.

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UPDATE: I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy. According to Team Seacats, it was the bridge keeper who did the ugly deed by lowering the bridge before the ship passed. I apologize to all the fury animals in the audience for jumping to conclusions. Thank you and good night. Make that a triple barkeep!

Hat tip Mr. Boat Blog.

Tags: ship mishap, ship versus bridge, oops, drunk again

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Have A Better Weekend Than These Guys.

Broken.
Glug, glug, glug, three men in a tub.

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How Dry I Am!

This proves that bourbon and navigation go hand in hand.

Tags: oops, maritme mishap, aground, beached

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Ah oh

Someone is going to loose his papers.

A Bolivian ship ran aground off the coast of Kaohsiung, in southern Taiwan. (Afp)

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What Happens When A Sailor Has A Wee Bit Of The Grog?

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Captain, I think We Are Taking On Some Water.

This freighter had a collision with floating cargo in the English Channel.