With the disaster in S Korea this week surrounding the question as to wheather the load in the hold shifted causing the ferry to list I wondered if anyone had ever the experience or knowledge of how the loading proceedure was done on the Super Ferry while it was in operation. On commercial car ships I have seen pictures of tie-downs used to hold vehicles to the deck. I have never had this done on ferry boats I have been on, however. The roughest crossing I have ever experienced was on Lake Erie. All that was done on those trips was to place the transmission in park (or in gear) and set the parking brake. Maybe in the end a disaster was avoided out there given the speed the ferry was capable of traveling.
Come to think of it there were no detailed safety drills on the ferries I have been on either. And most of the life boats were rafts in those orange barrels strapped on deck...similar to those on the Korean boat from what I heard.
Mahalo
Rush
Come to think of it there were no detailed safety drills on the ferries I have been on either. And most of the life boats were rafts in those orange barrels strapped on deck...similar to those on the Korean boat from what I heard.
Mahalo
Rush
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