No Sail Order

[rikitikitavii]

Per WPTV, the ship was put on no sail after its annual inspection. Conditions found need to be rectified before sailing.

[ALWAYS CRUZIN]

Passengers on the Margaritaville at Sea cruise ship are stuck at port after the ship was placed under a no sail order. 

The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed the ship received the no sail order after a recent examination of the ship came back with concerns regarding the conditions of the ship. 

Federal law in the U.S. requires cruise ships operating in the country to pass a Certificate of Compliance exam every six months. 

According to Petty Officer Nicole Groll, the order was given out of concern from the safety of the crew and passengers.

There was no word on how long it would take for the ship to clear inspection.  

 

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[vipteam]

So strange. Seems weird that there would be safety issues significant enough to cause a no sail order when it literally just came out of dry dock/refurb.

[Fla Mike]

 Folks coming off the ship last night and today are talking...

Anything from COVID for the captain to cracks in the hull.

 

Only thing known for sure is the USCG shut them down.

 

Supposedly, Passengers are being offered full credit, a FCC, and onboard expenses were comped, ( I doubt the last one).

 

Pax are also saying they were allowed to stay onboard until 4 PM today, with all ship activities as normal except the casino.

[Rothko1]

Time to walk over to Rafiki Tiki for a very large rum drink.

[Fla Mike]

Ship has been cleared to sail today 7/15/2022, no one is saying why she got grounded.

 

I just want to go out on a limb here and speculate, let me know your thoughts...

 

My guess is based on the mickey mouse safety drill they are doing in the terminal and not even making anyone check in afterwards, the USCG got wind of it and decided to run an inspection on the crew to see how they would handle an emergency.

Guests were reporting that lifeboats were in the water and crew was scrambling.

 

Thinking they failed badly.

 

I haven't been on board in a few years but the drill they did was beyond lame, the pax and crew could have cared less.

 

I wonder what Jimmy has to say about this?

It is his name on the ship.

 

 

[F27TW]

 How embarrassing.    Poor Jimmy.  😲

[toad455]

Really bad look for them.

 

 

Edited July 15, 2022 by toad455

[F27TW]

Just watching on the webcam ... seems like hardly anyone on board out on the decks ... 

 

https://www.palmbeachinletwebcam.com/

Edited July 15, 2022 by F27TW

[Fla Mike]

Sounds like a PR spin from the cruise line, but here is the "official response"

 

 

[Tapi]

8 hours ago, Fla Mike said:

My guess is based on the mickey mouse safety drill they are doing in the terminal and not even making anyone check in afterwards, the USCG got wind of it and decided to run an inspection on the crew to see how they would handle an emergency.

That’s the first thing that crossed my mind. I haven’t sailed on this ship yet, but I’ve watched several YouTube videos from passengers commenting on the non existent life boat drill. 
 

The fact that it got cleared to sail so quickly makes me think that it wasn’t anything concerning the condition of the ship, but protocols or procedures that had to be rectified. 

[Tapi]

7 minutes ago, Fla Mike said:

Sounds like a PR spin from the cruise line, but here is the "official response"

 

 

Automatic doors? Interesting. 

[ALWAYS CRUZIN]

17 hours ago, Tapi said:

Automatic doors? Interesting. 

From what I have read. Most all cruise ships do not check for the proper closing of the automatic water tight fire doors. That does bother me for sure. You would think that would at the very least be a weekly check.

[donaldsc]

On 7/15/2022 at 9:44 AM, Fla Mike said:

Ship has been cleared to sail today 7/15/2022, no one is saying why she got grounded.

 

I just want to go out on a limb here and speculate, let me know your thoughts...

 

My guess is based on the mickey mouse safety drill they are doing in the terminal and not even making anyone check in afterwards, the USCG got wind of it and decided to run an inspection on the crew to see how they would handle an emergency.

Guests were reporting that lifeboats were in the water and crew was scrambling.

 

Thinking they failed badly.

 

I haven't been on board in a few years but the drill they did was beyond lame, the pax and crew could have cared less.

 

I wonder what Jimmy has to say about this?

It is his name on the ship.

 

 

 

The problem was apparently inoperative automatic doors.  Mickey mouse???  Tell that to the people who died on the Titanic.

 

DON

[Fla Mike]

19 minutes ago, donaldsc said:

 

The problem was apparently inoperative automatic doors.  Mickey mouse???  Tell that to the people who died on the Titanic.

 

DON

 

Perhaps you should re-read my post that you so nicely put in red...

 

Yes, the safety drill that this ship is "performing" is being handled in a "mickey mouse" fashion.

If there is a real emergency at sea on this ship, you may regret your Titanic reference.

[Rothko1]

Watched her come in through the Palm Beach inlet this morning, so she is back on her trips to the Bahamas.

[chengkp75]

On 7/15/2022 at 8:12 PM, Tapi said:

Automatic doors? Interesting. 

Lat to this party, but:

 

Below the passenger decks, below the waterline, the ship is divided into watertight compartments.  The ship is designed to be able to survive flooding of two adjacent watertight compartments and stay afloat.  These watertight compartments (probably 10-15 on a ship this size), have doors at all the decks (most likely 3 decks) to allow traffic to pass through them while in port.  The doors are closed the entire time the ship is at sea, unless the bridge gives an okay for a short term opening (the engineers pass through them all the time, opening and closing each time, or the provisions staff needs something from one of the walk in coolers).  These doors are closed by hydraulics, and the hydraulics jam the door into a wedge shaped jam, which provides a watertight seal of the door.  The automatic feature of these doors is that one switch on the bridge will close all the doors on the ship, and they cannot be overridden.

On 7/16/2022 at 1:49 PM, ALWAYS CRUZIN said:

From what I have read. Most all cruise ships do not check for the proper closing of the automatic water tight fire doors. That does bother me for sure. You would think that would at the very least be a weekly check.

You are conflating the "automatic fire doors" with the "automatic watertight doors".  The fire doors in the passenger areas are "fire tight", but not "watertight".  And, I don't know where you read this about ships not checking the operation of the doors, but they are tested every crew fire drill, which is weekly.

 

So much for the vaunted Kevin Sheehan management.

[ALWAYS CRUZIN]

8 hours ago, chengkp75 said:

Lat to this party, but:

 

Below the passenger decks, below the waterline, the ship is divided into watertight compartments.  The ship is designed to be able to survive flooding of two adjacent watertight compartments and stay afloat.  These watertight compartments (probably 10-15 on a ship this size), have doors at all the decks (most likely 3 decks) to allow traffic to pass through them while in port.  The doors are closed the entire time the ship is at sea, unless the bridge gives an okay for a short term opening (the engineers pass through them all the time, opening and closing each time, or the provisions staff needs something from one of the walk in coolers).  These doors are closed by hydraulics, and the hydraulics jam the door into a wedge shaped jam, which provides a watertight seal of the door.  The automatic feature of these doors is that one switch on the bridge will close all the doors on the ship, and they cannot be overridden.

You are conflating the "automatic fire doors" with the "automatic watertight doors".  The fire doors in the passenger areas are "fire tight", but not "watertight".  And, I don't know where you read this about ships not checking the operation of the doors, but they are tested every crew fire drill, which is weekly.

 

So much for the vaunted Kevin Sheehan management.

My mistake. I read the doors not being tested on CC. It might have been the Mardigras.