> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:06:56 +0100, "Brimstone"
> yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>

>> Conor wrote:

>>> In article <6d3pglFn35oU1@mid.individual.net>, Mike P says...
>>>

>>>> 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.