oh, that was a close one…
just a month ago the MSC opera crashed, remember?
its just plain madness to let these monster-ships into the lagoon.
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Bit of a reputation for showboating, that one.
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Ah, Venice.
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The advice I was given years ago still holds up:
“Approach the dock at the speed you would like to hit it.”
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Many years ago my friend was training to be a merchant officer, on a boat registered in Hoo, named the Hoo Robin. One day someone hit a wall in Rotterdam docks hard enough to shorten the boat a metre or two; nobody owned up, and the boat was forever after known as the Hoo Dunnit.
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Two friends in the merchant navy over the years; that is the ONLY story it is safe to tell publicly.
(Actual real boat - just sounds like a fake story 
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=286741 )
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I read that as “violent guests”, and thought ‘damn, why do I never get invited to those kinds of parties!’
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“Nice ship ya got there. Be a shame it anything … happened to it.”
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Oh, right. That would explain why
a) the horn was furiously being horned
ii) the maritime regulatory dude is talking about an investigation
trīs) the company is making up laughably inept excuses
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The protagonist of the book below needed a guide like that…
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Must be the new Costa Nostra mafia boat division…
Just arriving from the docks…
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