Chilean ferry strikes rocks and is half sunk in the Puerto Natales/Puerto Montt link

Tuesday, August 19th 2014 - 09:10 UTC

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The Chilean navy is deploying two vessels to contain possible fuel leaks, in the area where a Navimag ferry on Monday morning struck a group of rocks and is half sunk and half resting on a beach. Read full article

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ChrisR
These rocks jump out at ships, especially when the crew are not looking. :o)
Aug 19th, 2014 - 11:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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reality check
I remember the Lady Helen hitting rocks off the Gower.

Took hours to get those Mumbles RNLI boys out of the bar.

Just kidding.
Aug 19th, 2014 - 11:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Idlehands
Being a boat owner I can sympathise. All sorts of crap can happen when you least expect it. However a captain of a vessel worth 7 million quid should not be hitting rocks that have been there for thousands of years. If you see rocks yesterday you should expect them to be there tomorrow.

I assume he either lost power or was totally negligent.
Aug 19th, 2014 - 03:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
@ 3 Idlehands

Engine failure on a lee shore will do it nicely.
Aug 19th, 2014 - 05:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Frank
Paso Kirke is a very skinny bit and that is an extremely old ship... almost 40yo.... equipment failutre most likely.
Maybe cost 7 mill to build...but she only had scrap value before this accident.
Oh, and some ships are just born unlucky... she had two sisters, one rolled over and sank at Jeddah, the other sank in the Med.
Aug 19th, 2014 - 07:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Chicureo
http://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/2014/08/18/675696/continuan-operaciones-en-sector-donde-naufrago-ferry-en-zona-de-puerto-natales.html

Photograph was taken by the Chilean navy. I vacationed on that particular vessel as a youth and visited Laguna San Rafael my first time.
Aug 19th, 2014 - 08:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Frank
@6 are you sure you weren't on the previous Amadeo which was broken up in Pto Montt in 2003/4? They have only had this one about 6 years.
If Navimag bought some decent new ferries they would have a good tourist trade on that run. I'm always recvommending Via Australis/Mare Australis to people who want to cruise those waters..OK they are primarily freight ferries Navimag ferries are a bit rough.
Aug 19th, 2014 - 09:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Mastershake
Wow, incredible, I actually rode this very ship from Puerto Natales to Puerto Montt a couple of years ago. What a shame to hear.
Aug 19th, 2014 - 10:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Chicureo
#7
I stand corrected. On my trip, I thought we had been informed our vessel had been switched from the Puerto Natales route.
Years later I took the Skorpios III
Looks like a tough salvage.
Aug 19th, 2014 - 11:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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