Professional Mariner

[Michael H. Standart]

>>So Bisset has identified at least 4, possibly 5 icebergs that could have been the culprit.<<

That's a *lot* of potential targets to connect with in the dark. It's not beyond the realm of possibility that in trying to sort things out, that it would be easy to overlook one just long enough to make for a really bad night.

>>"We treated the standard compass with extreme respect.<<

That's reasonable. When that's the one instrument by which everything is checked and compared, one strives to take the greatest of care with it in order to avoid messing it up.

>>During a 5-decade career at sea he had to abandon ship twice in lifeboats. His opinion of them is even lower than that of Captain Erik.<<

Ouch!!!!!

 

[Robert Hauser]

Boys,

What is the purpose of all this useless speculation? We all KNOW damn well why the Titanic hit the iceberg: THE LOOKOUTS AND MURDOCK WERE ALL SIMULTANEOUSLY WATCHING JACK AND ROSE!!!
Didn't you guys see that three hour movie? JEEZ!
(Loss of situational awareness due to heavy petting.)
Rob H.

 

[Samuel Halpern]

What other sources Paul? 45 is the only number I've seen. If it were 25 sec he would have to cover over 9 ft/sec. That's what I call running.