Jack Dale wrote:
On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:40:35 GMT, Gary wrote:


You wrote:

In article ,
Wayne.B wrote:



Submarine collisions are extremely rare.


Tell that to the Japaneese Research Vessel off the big Island.....

Like I said, rare. Two ever that I know of.



Is this one of them?

http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/mari...8/m94w0078.asp


Jack

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Yeah, that is it. Note that it is pretty clearly a case of the
yachtsman not conducting himself properly. The sub appears to have been
doing everything correctly.

I remember when it happened it was quite a fuss. I am in the Navy, and
lived in Victoria at the time. There was a lot of discussion about
yachts, traffic lanes and use of radar by folks with limited or no training.

In any event, going the wrong way in the outbound traffic lanes, poor
radar watch, on the wrong VTMS channel etc all adds up to a huge risk in
fog.

Gaz