| Author |
Message |
    
Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 12432
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 5:25 pm: | 
|
From The Shipping Times:
10th April. The anniversary of the WAHINE disaster
quote:As we look back on a week of tragic events at sea, a reminder of one of the worst disasters in New Zealand's maritime history, on this day 10th April, 1968
After a week where we have seen a wave of incidents on the sea, notably the sinking of SEA DIAMOND with what appears to be the loss of two of its passengers in the Aegean, but also sinkings of cargo vessels with the loss of crew, it is sobering indeed to think that for all our ingenuity and modern equipment, the sea is very much our master at all times.
Thankfully such incidents are rare nowadays compared to the early days of sail or indeed steam, when sinkings and loss of life were almost a daily occurrence. Without satellite systems, with little regards to safety aids, sailors and passengers alike were at the mercy of currents, winds, tides and the standards of navigational knowledge.
For the rest of this story, go to http://www.shippingtimes.co.uk/item408_wahine.htm
Comment: Humans being the control freaks that we are like to think that we are in control of everything. The Wahine is graphic proof that we're not.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
|
