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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(115,646 posts) Mon Aug 21, 2023, 06:48 PM Aug 2023

Ferry Chelan out of service after running aground while leaving Orcas Island

The ferry Chelan ran aground Sunday night during a trip between islands in the San Juans.

Washington State Ferries said the incident happened at 9:35 p.m., shortly after the boat left Orcas Island for Friday Harbor.

Ferry officials called it a “soft grounding” and said the boat likely struck the shoreline, according to a preliminary investigation.

There were only four passengers on board. They were given life preservers as a precaution while crew members checked the boat for possible damage.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ferry-chelan-runs-aground-san-132028441.html

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Ferry Chelan out of service after running aground while leaving Orcas Island (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2023 OP

Grounding your vessel is not a career enhancing event. cloudbase Aug 2023 #1

Just ask Joe Hazelwood... marble falls Aug 2023 #2

Greg Cousins had the watch when the ship ran aground. cloudbase Aug 2023 #3

As well he should have, as master of the ship. Maybe all that 5:00pm vodka before clearing Valdez .. marble falls Aug 2023 #4

cloudbase

(5,764 posts)

1. Grounding your vessel is not a career enhancing event.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Aug 21, 2023, 06:59 PM

Aug 2023

marble falls

(62,296 posts)

2. Just ask Joe Hazelwood...

Reply to cloudbase (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 21, 2023, 07:06 PM

Aug 2023

Hazelwood never had his master's license revoked and it remained valid, but he was unable to find long-term work as a captain after the spill. His alma mater, SUNY Maritime College, hired him in a show of solidarity as a teacher aboard the T/S Empire State V the year after the incident with the Valdez. In 1997, he was working as a para-legal and maritime consultant with New York City's Chalos & Brown, the firm that represented him in his legal cases. He was residing in his native Long Island as of 1997.[11]

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cloudbase

(5,764 posts)

3. Greg Cousins had the watch when the ship ran aground.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 21, 2023, 07:10 PM

Aug 2023

Hazelwood paid the price.

marble falls

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4. As well he should have, as master of the ship. Maybe all that 5:00pm vodka before clearing Valdez ..

Reply to cloudbase (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 22, 2023, 07:57 AM

Aug 2023

... had something to do with it. If the industry knows "what really happened", why didn't he get another command?

When the helmsman in the USN screws up, why are the Captains relieved of command?

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