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Yooperman

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3. Not the brightest thing to do ...however....

Wed Mar 7, 2012, 01:20 PM

Mar 2012

How could a civilian or passenger have access to dropping an anchor? The system for dropping an anchor should be a locked system where only someone with the proper key or code would be able to drop it.

It makes no sense to have a potentially damaging event of a drunk dropping an anchor to be able to succeed in the first place.

Not only damaging to the ship but people could be seriously hurt also.

I blame the cruise company for not taking better precautions to prevent this from happening in the first place.

MHO

YM

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4 months prison sentence, 3 years probation for prank - dropping cruise ship anchor [View all] Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 OP

Corporate Prison system gets more money Great. Really maybe I'm not getting the whole story Justice wanted Mar 2012 #1

4 months in jail is not a draconian sentence for endangering so many people. Webster Green Mar 2012 #5

I agree...this had the potential to be really, really bad...nt joeybee12 Mar 2012 #8

I agree too - that prank was dangerous, stupid and could have killed or seriously injured people. Initech Mar 2012 #33

Yeah, pranks that could kill people should be punished. Yo_Mama Mar 2012 #11

he's a business owner, recreational vehicle dealership. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #12

He got off lucky. Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #2

Not the brightest thing to do ...however.... Yooperman Mar 2012 #3

That's for sure. Webster Green Mar 2012 #7

Well, these ships are not registered in the US...usually somewhere joeybee12 Mar 2012 #16

Ship's crew i_was_there Mar 2012 #21

Hey, you were there! Webster Green Mar 2012 #23

Did the cruise ship lurch or otherwise do anything noticeable flamingdem Mar 2012 #36

This is how regulations are created. Turbineguy Mar 2012 #13

That's right. Blame the victim longship Mar 2012 #14

longship? Are you here for ship's rights? snooper2 Mar 2012 #15

Heh heh heh longship Mar 2012 #31

Yeah, the ship (i.e. the crew, passengers, owners) is the victim. n/t Flash Bazbo Mar 2012 #35

Officer, I wouldn't have robbed the house, if the door had been locked! It's not my fault! Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #24

I wondered that, too! obamanut2012 Mar 2012 #34

You have to balance security with the need for emergency access. Flash Bazbo Mar 2012 #39

Dropping an anchor when travelling 18 knots in a 26,000 NT ship is generally a bad idea...nt SidDithers Mar 2012 #4

I'm curious Nolimit Mar 2012 #18

It's not pretty slackmaster Mar 2012 #19

I have been on the water all of my life... Lochloosa Mar 2012 #5

It should not be possible for an unauthorized person to MineralMan Mar 2012 #9

"as well as throwing a life bouy overboard" Recursion Mar 2012 #10

Four months in jail, not prison alcibiades_mystery Mar 2012 #17

I was there ... i_was_there Mar 2012 #20

He's lucky there were no serious injuries. He could have gotten a much more cbayer Mar 2012 #22

Ehlert was insanely intoxicated csziggy Mar 2012 #25

late starter WolverineDG Mar 2012 #26

How was he still breathing? That much alcohol alone would have been more than 1monster Mar 2012 #27

The only thing I can think of are alcoholics that develop a tolerance csziggy Mar 2012 #30

Good thing he did not press the "Sink Ship" button instead Generic Brad Mar 2012 #28

Like the "Wings fall off" button? JBoy Mar 2012 #29

LOL flamingdem Mar 2012 #37

He got off easy... hunter Mar 2012 #32

I wonder how his fiance feels about this flamingdem Mar 2012 #38

she's marrying a drunk. Maybe prison will sober him. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #40

Good point flamingdem Mar 2012 #41