the2006Junket Posted October 14, 2016 #1 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Hi from the South Shore of Massachusetts, A friend of mine who lives along the Cape Cod canal shot this video of the Viking Star passing through on Weds night. You can see that the antenna scraps the canal's railroad bridge! Apparently the height of the vessel at high tide was not more carefully considered. Hope that the folks at Viking work carefully with local officials to better plan the next passage! http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20161012/cruise-ship-clips-railroad-bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitemare Posted October 14, 2016 #2 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Yeah. Thanks for making the upcoming weekends' travels to the Cape more difficult, Viking. Don't you know how tall your boats are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted October 14, 2016 #3 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Air draft is clearly indicated on the Pilot Information card, so the pilot should have known whether the ship would fit or not, so he/she is just as liable as Viking for the incident. USCG incident investigation report should be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roothy123 Posted October 14, 2016 #4 Share Posted October 14, 2016 We went through late evening Oct. 10th on another ship without incident. Maybe we had a better pilot onboard, or perhaps a lower water level despite somewhat weird weather due to Hurricane Matthew. The Captain lowered part of the mast. He had been through the Canal at least once before. It was an interesting passage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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