MSC Opera Crash

[brian1]

Sorry Mick,I should know you better by now,lol.

[Dobby_The_Ship_Elf]

19 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

So if that is why they were going so fast, what was the reason for not staying in the canal.

 

previously undocumented short cut or avoiding a speed camera!!

[MicCanberra]

1 hour ago, brian1 said:

Sorry Mick,I should know you better by now,lol.

No worries, it is hard to tell with just text, I should have used an emoji as well.

[MicCanberra]

48 minutes ago, Dobby_The_Ship_Elf said:

 

previously undocumented short cut or avoiding a speed camera!!

May have been dodging a mermaid or a gondola.

[getting older slowly]

all said a scary sight for those on the dock........

 

and on the other boat....

 

It is always better to in or on the bigger thing when running into something..

 

Cheers Don watching with a G&T 

[Docker123]

3 hours ago, Dobby_The_Ship_Elf said:

 

previously undocumented short cut or avoiding a speed camera!!

 

[MicCanberra]

Do not go over the 8 knots.

[Esilef]

We cruised into that port in September. MSC has the prime port parking spots. They are on the left hand side as you go in. There was 4 cruise ships plus in at any given time, plus lots of little shuttle boats getting passengers into the heart of Venice. The cruise ships sail into Venice very slowly and they have a pilot on board.

 

with all the Marine traffic it is very lucky that no one was killed or injured.

 

the media keep on commenting on the size of the ships going into Venice but they are actually the older and smaller ships. They are not taking the huge oasis of the seas sized ships in.

 

it sounds like it could have been an engine or propulsion failure. I have no idea as I don’t park the ships.

 

its an incredible place to go on a cruise ship and no they are not sailing them down the small canals. They go along the large canal into what looks like an industrial port.

 

i suspect MSC will hand money over to those in power in Venice and hope that this is forgotten.