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As it says, the guy perched on the edge is the "spotter", he relays the info to the skipper, he can't see a thing. :confused: Luckily, he has sailed and raced the boat all over the world, broken several records, I guess he knows it well. :thumbup:

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Now we know what the Captian was looking at...

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Blonde Concordia rep's underwear discovered in suitcase recovered from Captain Coward's room
'I was in love,' 24-year-old Moldovan tells prosecutors as she is quizzed for five hours
She admits she was on the bridge as married Schettino's guest at time of crash


By Nick Pisa

Last updated at 8:21 PM on 2nd February 2012

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A cruise ship rep who was on the bridge of the doomed liner Concordia has told prosecutors she was 'in love' with the ship's captain and found him 'charming and fascinating'.
Blonde Domnica Cemortan, 24, was spotted dining with cowardly skipper Francesco Schettino, 52, just minutes before the Costa Concordia slammed into rocks after he changed course so he could impress crew with a 'sail by salute'.
And tonight it emerged that a case containing her underwear had been recovered from the room of the captain, whose wife has insisted she will stand by the most unpopular man in Italy.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1lJeCLMOc

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[QUOTE=tommy.irene;9881801]Blonde Concordia rep's underwear discovered in suitcase recovered from Captain Coward's room
'I was in love,' 24-year-old Moldovan tells prosecutors as she is quizzed for five hours
She admits she was on the bridge as married Schettino's guest at time of crash


By Nick Pisa

Last updated at 8:21 PM on 2nd February 2012

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A cruise ship rep who was on the bridge of the doomed liner Concordia has told prosecutors she was 'in love' with the ship's captain and found him 'charming and fascinating'.

She was only on the bridge inspecting the Captains log!
Sounds perfectly innocent to me.

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[QUOTE=shirley and anthony hide;9882232]:rofl::rofl:

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According to the Telegraph the Captain could recieve 2500 years in prison:blink:

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then either the Telegraph or the law is an ass

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml

Eat yer heart out Schettino.

Park yer boat right and take proper care of your punters.

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Brilliant. So one captain does everything properly in regard to the evacuation of passengers but no mention is made of WHY that evacuation was even necessary. What the hell was another ship doing so close to shore?

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Err,good point.

Another blonde on the bridge perhaps ? :rofl:

On second thoughts, weren't Barca on TV that night ?
I believe something similar was the cause of a Greek ferry disaster.

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I had a lovely conversation with a little old lady who has booked to go on her first cruise.

She told me that she is very worried about having to abandon ship, and with the disaser of the Corcordia still in the news, it makes her nervous.

After telling her that the chances of getting a captain who is not up to the job is very unlikely.

She said that was not the problem, she needs to know if you have to take dentures out before abandoning ship like you do on a plane, she does not want to be rescued without her gnashers.:D and would rather drown, is what she told me.

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It's a very narrow channel full of rocks. I have sailed through it a number of times.

All the fast motorboats coming out of Ibiza zoom through there at 30kts or more.

I'm not condoning the skippers action in hitting a rock but it's a very different scenario to the one in Italy which was completely avoidable.

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Ah ok. Luckily there were not many passengers on board.

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Dramatic new footage of the tragedy,just starting again on 4 plus 1 now.
Definitely worth a look.

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Yes I watched it & what a shambles. :frown: