South Africa Travel

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Did anyone here ever cruise on the Oceanos? NGC has been repeating the hour long program on her alot recently. It would be interesting to hear from anyone who sailed her before her sinking. For those who are not already aware, The Oceanos sank in 1991 off the coast of South Africa. Her master and most of her crew abandoned the ship in severe sea conditions and left the passengers (who were eventually all rescued) after a rouge wave caused fatal weld openings of a through-hull known as a sea chest which supplied the raw water cooling for the generators. On the accident cruise, the crew had been trying to effect repairs to the black water holding tank vent that terminates at the funnel. By removing a small section of the vent plumbing from a bulkhead between the holding tank area and the machine room (where the gensets are located), they left a large enough opening to flood the vessel to the point of foundering when the sea chest under the machine room let go. -Heather Remove CanOspam to email http://members.aol.com/nookeybear/index1.htm

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>Did anyone here ever cruise on the Oceanos? -Snip-

I find it amazing that not a single person here (at least nobody will come forward) sailed the Oceanos…. I was really looking forward to asking some questions about this ship. I hate to RE to myself….but I am so amazed that I just cannot believe this. -Heather Remove CanOspam to email http://members.aol.com/nookeybear/index1.htm

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> I find it amazing that not a single person here (at least nobody will come > forward) sailed the Oceanos…. I was really looking forward to asking some > questions about this ship. I hate to RE to myself….but I am so amazed that I > just cannot believe this.

Shit happens. Deal with it. Or try Google.

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> I did a quick Google search and couldn’t come up with any >kind of a review

Me neither >Why is it so hard to believe?

Guess it’s not…I was just being wishful. -Heather Remove CanOspam to email http://members.aol.com/nookeybear/index1.htm

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>Or try Google.

I did….no pax reviews as Lee said. > Deal with it.

Always. Just to let you know that I was so interested in this ship because of the way the master and crew acted. -Heather Remove CanOspam to email http://members.aol.com/nookeybear/index1.htm

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>Search the forums at Cruisetalk

Very cool and good thanks cap. -Heather Remove CanOspam to email http://members.aol.com/nookeybear/index1.htm

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Did anyone here ever cruise on the Oceanos? NGC has been repeating the hour long program on her alot recently. It would be interesting to hear from anyone who sailed her before her sinking. For those who are not already aware, The Oceanos sank in 1991 off the coast of South Africa. Her master and most of her crew abandoned the ship in severe sea conditions and left the passengers (who were eventually all rescued) after a rouge wave caused fatal weld openings of a through-hull known as a sea chest which supplied the raw water cooling for the generators. On the accident cruise, the crew had been trying to effect repairs to the black water holding tank vent that terminates at the funnel. By removing a small section of the vent plumbing from a bulkhead between the holding tank area and the machine room (where the gensets are located), they left a large enough opening to flood the vessel to the point of foundering when the sea chest under the machine room let go. -Heather Remove CanOspam to email http://members.aol.com/nookeybear/index1.htm

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>Did anyone here ever cruise on the Oceanos? -Snip-

I find it amazing that not a single person here (at least nobody will come forward) sailed the Oceanos…. I was really looking forward to asking some questions about this ship. I hate to RE to myself….but I am so amazed that I just cannot believe this. -Heather Remove CanOspam to email http://members.aol.com/nookeybear/index1.htm

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> I find it amazing that not a single person here (at least nobody will come > forward) sailed the Oceanos…. I was really looking forward to asking some > questions about this ship. I hate to RE to myself….but I am so amazed that I > just cannot believe this.

Shit happens. Deal with it. Or try Google.

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> I did a quick Google search and couldn’t come up with any >kind of a review

Me neither >Why is it so hard to believe?

Guess it’s not…I was just being wishful. -Heather Remove CanOspam to email http://members.aol.com/nookeybear/index1.htm

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>Or try Google.

I did….no pax reviews as Lee said. > Deal with it.

Always. Just to let you know that I was so interested in this ship because of the way the master and crew acted. -Heather Remove CanOspam to email http://members.aol.com/nookeybear/index1.htm

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>Search the forums at Cruisetalk

Very cool and good thanks cap. -Heather Remove CanOspam to email http://members.aol.com/nookeybear/index1.htm

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