Was anyone here on the Inspiration on the 17th?

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This taken from another Cozumel related board. I would be interested what the pasengers were told of the delayed departure time or if they even knew that the ship they were on nearly killed a group of divers?

 

From Travelnotes www.travelnotes.cc under cozumel discussions Original story was translated into English and posted on cozumelmycozumel.com

http://www.cozumelmycozumel.com/Pages/CozumelNews.htm

 

This is an email response from Bill at Aqua Safari. I sincerely hope this story or this incident does not bring your business a bad name. There are many of your fellow divers around the world that are merely interested in hearing the truth and we thank you for your response. We all hope they answer for this dearly.

 

 

How can you write the story before assembling the facts?

Who'd you talk to?

The basic theme is the Inspiration fell asleep

and went broadside to the wind as the front came in.

came close to broadsiding the Grand Princess at dock,

GOT INTO the national park,

and put my divers into the waring blender.

It is amazing no one was killed.

 

It also amazes me that no one else made a complaint or filed a charge.

 

There is a video that shows what happened topside;

should you care to view it as a basis for your story,

but as a dive operator - I have to think this is not good publicity

for the island, and to have Aqua Safari's name associated with a close call

does not do me any good.

 

The video has been provided to the Harbor master, the park,

and is on the way to the Director of Navigation @ Carnival,

and to the Florida Caribbean Cruise Assoc.

so they can see there is no exageration;

the ship was no more than 5 feet from running aground.

They simply fell asleep got caught flatfooted.

The video shows numerous small craft in the wind - in control,

and this huge cruise ship totally out of control in the national park.

 

Saludos,

Bill