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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Peter HillPeter Hill Date: Jul 3, 2008 13:31
On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:06:56 +0100, "Brimstone"
yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>Conor wrote:
>>> I agree, a supertanker under control of a pisshead is not a good
>>> thought. I suspect it happens more often than we hear about though.
>>> I'm not sure if there is a set limit for them not having ever needed
>>> to know..
>>>
>> There is and it applies in international waters too. There was a
>> supertanker Captain who got done for being pissed a year or so ago
>> when he ran his tanker aground.
>
>If he was in international waters it must have been a very tall rock.
There are a lot of tall rocks out there. some are actually tall enough
to poke out the water even at high tide.
Rockall being quite well known. Though as that rock is an island and
annexed by the UK it's not in international waters.
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Peter Hill
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