Can we maybe not make this tired, overplayed, predictable joke when people died here?
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So not Ron Funchsβs fault, check.
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Morons. Everyone knows it was the I//umin*ti trying to conceal a new design for a Jewish space laser.
No coincidence. The soul of the Edmund Fitzgerald reincarnated as the Arvin.
Oblig xkcd:
βFun fact: The Edmund Fitzgerad, the Kursk, and the Lusitania all sank in water shallower than they were longβ
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I find the 1970 model works quite well on alcohol and denial.
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An arrest warrant has now been issued for the offending sea.
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Beware of that deck corrosion, and especially seals on those portholes. As anyone working in geriatrics can tell you, be mighty careful those portholes age well.
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I think the questions that linger really arenβt about the ship breaking up. It was known to be in bad shape, but whether or not that was known to the authorities in Turkey, Iβm not sure.
The question to me is why the crew were still on the anchored ship in rough waters two days later, and why several drowned waiting for help within sight of land.
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Iβm pretty sure that no insurer in their right mind would insure this particular ship.
Possibly, hard to tell. Given that the ship was a 45 year old rusting deathtrap, it may have been just good old fashioned metal fatigue.
Fair comment. Next time will be more selective about matching the quote to the current tone.
Is this why Iβm oddly wet in places I werenβt before???
Hoo boy, yep. There are some pretty zany ones, too.
One of the most controversial[1][2] and elaborate theories surrounding the sinking of the Titanic was forwarded by Robin Gardiner in his book, Titanic: The Ship That Never Sank? [3] Gardiner draws on several events and coincidences that occurred in the months, days, and hours leading up to the sinking of the Titanic , and concludes that the ship that sank was in fact Titanic 's sister ship Olympic , disguised as Titanic , as an insurance scam by her owners, the International Mercantile Marine Group, controlled by American financier J.P. Morgan that had acquired the White Star Line in 1902.
Ironically, the Edmund Fitzgerald was owned by the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
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Geez. Itβs only a slightly older than me.
Am I going to break in two soon? 
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If I look up Bartin on a map I donβt really see big harbour facilities, just a small loading dock in the river mouth. My guess was that the ship was too big/deep to dock over there.
Also, it doesnβt really say what kind of trouble it was. Could have been engine trouble, which is the most common kind of trouble, especially on aging ships (or rust-tubs as my sailor friend calls them ).
No really, I think. If you have engine trouble it can easily take a few weeks before the right parts/personnel can be delivered.
I donβt think anybody was expecting the front to fall off.
It looks criminally undermaintained, even from the blurry video.
My guess the fault lies squarely with the owners of the ship. they must have known it was unsafe to sail.
I donβt think you can really blame any of the nearby ships to not come to the rescue. Thatβs not easy to do in that wind/weather.
Arvin should have a functional lifeboat , at least if you see older pictures of it. Maybe the crewmembers that died were sleeping below deck? Or in the front part of the ship?
Having done some shipping work (never seagoing though) that video looks (and sounds) horrific.
A modern VHF radio with GMDSS (required by international law on a ship of this size) will have a Distress button which will automatically transmit a Mayday call, including the GPS position, when pressed.
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The real, you mean.
Iβll see myself out, but not before saying
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Possibly. If I were you Iβd avoid anchoring myself out in the ocean by Turkey in rough seas.
