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They might give it a short back and sides and send her on the way again. It will be a flash back to the old Mardi Gras days !!!

Yes, British Rail found this out when they were testing the new Class 91 electric engines using Mk3 carriages. The Mk3 needed a different power supply system as provided by the Class 43 engine so they kept 1 attached for hotel power, but soon found out they started having exhause fires, so they had to run them at load as well during testing. There is a video showing this bad arse hybrid with a poorly maintained 43 in the front. https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/class-91-43-late-1980s-formations.141904/ - technical discussion here.

You can see that Freedom still has power so some engines are running, at least the ones to the starboard side. I am thinking they might be able to cut the exposed pipes off short and remove the damaged fiberglass and send her back to work. Maybe remove the other side too to make it look uniform. Talks of scrapping it are wildly ridiculous. @chengkp75 Does the angle of the exhausts in the whale tail stop rain entering the engines or is there some kind of drain ? Most other ships have upright pipes. Something I had always wondered about, seems like a good time to find out.

Did not realize they were made out of fiberglass. Pepboys will have a new muffler !!!

I guess Vista has one genset down but can run full speed on the others until one of those needs regular maintenance, then they have to reduce speed to keep the lights on !!!!

Their database has cross linked cells, it is a hot mess behind the scenes.

We had a rough return to PC too in February but Divina handled it very well. We were hauling arse at 22 knots but she does not pitch and roll, more of a determined shudder. Divina is a beautiful and powerful ship.

Divina docked at Ocean Cay has to be one of the most beautiful shipping sights in the world.