A Whale stuck to the Breakaway?

[champagne123]

Well, just saw on the news that the reason the Breakaway had problems this past Sunday, was because a WHALE was stuck in the rudders. They found the remains of the poor thing. Weird, huh?

[kylenyc]

Too bad the whale's dead but glad it wasn't a mechanical failure due to an engineering or maintenance issue.

 

Incredible!

Dead whale impaled on luxury liner

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CC0QqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dnainfo.com%2Fnew-york%2F20140505%2Fbrooklyn-heights%2Fdead-whale-beached-brooklyn-officials-say&ei=JKdoU6K3D_O0sATaq4C4Dg&usg=AFQjCNEFOXe3TR0VRK_fKlOYRlaEGllyvg&sig2=rgyXxEP88TskilVouYFy6Q&bvm=bv.66111022,d.cWc

Edited May 6, 2014 by kylenyc

[LrgPizza]

That's so cool!

[Turtles06]

That's so cool!

 

A dead whale is cool? :mad:

[LrgPizza]

A dead whale is cool? :mad:

 

 

No. Dead whales are common. Duh.

 

What's cool is how that caused the issue with the ship docking. Sorry, but I find it interesting. Didn't mean to interrupt your mourning of the whale.

Edited May 6, 2014 by LrgPizza

[fishin' musician]

The sailaway barbeque featured fresh whale burgers! :D :rolleyes: :eek:

[BOS_CruiseGuy]

Didn't mean to interrupt your mourning of the whale.

 

 

:)

 

 

I like NCL, but I think it is a bit of a stretch to call them a luxury liner.

[shelly11]

Poor whale. Good it's not an NCL problem. I wonder how often a whale gets stuck to a boat?

[NJ Johnny]

Is this a joke? I guess not. I just read the article. Incredible!

Edited May 6, 2014 by NJ Johnny

[Aquahound]

Well, just saw on the news that the reason the Breakaway had problems this past Sunday, was because a WHALE was stuck in the rudders. They found the remains of the poor thing. Weird, huh?

 

The whale was stuck on the bulbous bow. I wouldn't say its common, but I've seen it before.

 

Here's an article with a picture from a few years ago.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/30/dead-humpback-whale-alaska-cruise

Edited May 6, 2014 by Aquahound

[kroozin']

Wow!!.. VERY interesting! Glad it wasn't a Breakaway engineering or maintenance caused mechanical failure on her 1 year anniversary. :)

[kylenyc]

The sailaway barbeque featured fresh whale burgers! :D :rolleyes: :eek:

Sushi now included in the Ultimate Dining Package on Breakaway. :eek:

Edited May 6, 2014 by kylenyc

[punkincc]

Very interesting. But I saw nothing in the article to indicate that Breakaway's problem on Sunday was in any way related to this.

[triptolemus]

Very interesting. But I saw nothing in the article to indicate that Breakaway's problem on Sunday was in any way related to this.

 

I gotta agree. It's like that children's game "telephone."

 

The linked article in post #2 above says the whale was "stuck to the front of a large cruise [sic] Sunday". It makes no mention of "rudders" and seems to indicate the mechanical issue was unrelated to the whale.

 

No one notices when a cargo container ship hauling all their Chinese imports strikes a whale, but hit one with a cruise ship and everyone loses their minds.

 

Edited May 6, 2014 by triptolemus

[kroozin']

Very interesting. But I saw nothing in the article to indicate that Breakaway's problem on Sunday was in any way related to this.

hmmm.... good point.

[Aquahound]

It makes no mention of "rudders" and seems to indicate the mechanical issue was unrelated to the whale.

 

I'd be surprised if it did mention rudders, considering Breakaway doesn't have rudders.

[Cubechick]

Actually the article never states that the Breakaway had anything to do with the whale.

[punkincc]

I'd be surprised if it did mention rudders, considering Breakaway doesn't have rudders.

 

Yes, but somehow the OP "saw" a reference to the "rudders" in the article.:)

Edited May 6, 2014 by punkincc

[cheraz]

I recently sailed on the Breakaway and hoped to see a whale while at sea. This news is so upsetting.:mad::mad::mad:

btw, this is not a common event. The ship's sonar should have picked up biologicals in the area long before the accident occurred.

[Barb Nahoumi]

Injuries to whales caused by collisions with ships and boats are common.

[Aquahound]

I recently sailed on the Breakaway and hoped to see a whale while at sea. This news is so upsetting.:mad::mad::mad:

btw, this is not a common event. The ship's sonar should have picked up biologicals in the area long before the accident occurred.

 

I think you have a misunderstanding about cruise ship sonar.

[LrgPizza]

Well, maybe it didn't happen after all, but I still hope we catch a whale on my Getaway cruise.

[ilovetexas]

I recently sailed on the Breakaway and hoped to see a whale while at sea. This news is so upsetting.:mad::mad::mad:

btw, this is not a common event. The ship's sonar should have picked up biologicals in the area long before the accident occurred.

 

Of course it's common, don't be ridiculous. If you'd read the article, you'd have seen "It's more common than not to see this in New York Harbor," the center's founding director Robert Schoelkopf said. The shipping channels intersect with the migration paths of larger whales, who are chasing herring and mackerel moving up the Eastern seaboard."

 

Plus, here's research that states approx 33% of whale deaths involve getting struck by a vessel: http://uk.whales.org/sites/default/files/whales-and-ship-strikes.pdf

 

If you're angry that your vacation of choice has a potentially negative impact on the environment, perhaps you should do more research next time.

[sebas030]

I gotta agree. It's like that children's game "telephone."

 

The linked article in post #2 above says the whale was "stuck to the front of a large cruise [sic] Sunday". It makes no mention of "rudders" and seems to indicate the mechanical issue was unrelated to the whale.

 

No one notices when a cargo container ship hauling all their Chinese imports strikes a whale, but hit one with a cruise ship and everyone loses their minds.

 

 

I can only imagine a whale weighing a few thousand pounds stuck to the bow can have an impact on the steering of the ship in strong current...

 

and I can't even imagine the captain going into pier 88 with a whale stuck on the bow :eek: ...imagine the "crime scene" at the pier...

 

or taking the intercom on the ship and telling 4000 passengers: it seems we have a whale stuck on the bow and we have to "shake it off" before we can dock... or saying : we hit something on our way in and we have to take a look before we can go on.. PANIC :eek:

 

I think the only thing the captain could say was the steering problem...

 

It seems the whale was not on the bow at the moment it was stationary in the Hudson...no one saw any tugboats try to remove something right ? but maybe the captain got a call from an other ship, tanker or whatever, that saw something stuck on the BA and he had to stop ( per pilot instruction ? ) and wait for instructions...

 

Then tugboats assess the "damage" and escort the ship to the pier...for what they knew, the whale got off the bow but could have been stuck on an azipod or something.

[champagne123]

Yes, but somehow the OP "saw" a reference to the "rudders" in the article.:)

 

This is what ABC news said this morning... I could be wrong. That is the word I thought they used. Was half asleep....maybe it was something else...propulsion, maybe? If not, I apologize....they did show a partial picture of the whales carcass.