Comments on: Coral Princess sinking and boat safety in Egypt http://dillonworld.com/2009/11/22/coral-princess-sinking-and-boat-safety-in-egypt/ Opinion and comment Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:00:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Hank http://dillonworld.com/2009/11/22/coral-princess-sinking-and-boat-safety-in-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Hank Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:52:08 +0000 http://dillonworld.com/?p=102#comment-119 Apologies for the delay in responding to some of these comments. @P.Ojamo: I recall the boat had a modified bow too. I think they'd added more cabin space to the front. This probably affected how she handled strong waves too. Apologies for the delay in responding to some of these comments.

@P.Ojamo: I recall the boat had a modified bow too. I think they’d added more cabin space to the front. This probably affected how she handled strong waves too.

]]> By: P.Ojamo http://dillonworld.com/2009/11/22/coral-princess-sinking-and-boat-safety-in-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-116 P.Ojamo Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:04:25 +0000 http://dillonworld.com/?p=102#comment-116 Our group from Finland were on M/Y Coral Princess in the beginning of October (2009). We took a leg from Hurghada to Brothers Islands and on the next morning we noticed that she was sailing quite deep and rolling quite a lot from side to side. We noticed that pumps were not working properly and also that she had some extra water load in engine room level and cabin isle. Our dive operator ordered new boat from Hurghada via satellite phone. We abandoned vessel to two other boats nearby. On next day another boat arrived and we could start our diving week. Coral Princess stayed nearby until we were on other boat and after that started to sail towards El Quseir. So this was not first time she had problems and on the other hand owner/captain had enough time to fix problems and repair vessel but perhaps that is not the culture down there... Unfortenately. P.Ojamo, Finland PADI MSDT #72555 Our group from Finland were on M/Y Coral Princess in the beginning of October (2009). We took a leg from Hurghada to Brothers Islands and on the next morning we noticed that she was sailing quite deep and rolling quite a lot from side to side. We noticed that pumps were not working properly and also that she had some extra water load in engine room level and cabin isle. Our dive operator ordered new boat from Hurghada via satellite phone. We abandoned vessel to two other boats nearby. On next day another boat arrived and we could start our diving week. Coral Princess stayed nearby until we were on other boat and after that started to sail towards El Quseir. So this was not first time she had problems and on the other hand owner/captain had enough time to fix problems and repair vessel but perhaps that is not the culture down there… Unfortenately.

P.Ojamo, Finland
PADI MSDT #72555

]]> By: emilio amade http://dillonworld.com/2009/11/22/coral-princess-sinking-and-boat-safety-in-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-114 emilio amade Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:58:04 +0000 http://dillonworld.com/?p=102#comment-114 Hello, i find very interesting your points. Since I'm an infographic artist/journalist working al El Mundo newspaper in Madrid, and i'm currently trying to put things together about the accident... You won't happen to have a single picture of the Coral Princess? I'm trying to draw it and explain the inside and what went wrong, I talked to one of the survivors but the pictures on internet are very poor... could you help me? Thanks Hello,
i find very interesting your points. Since I’m an infographic artist/journalist working al El Mundo newspaper in Madrid, and i’m currently trying to put things together about the accident… You won’t happen to have a single picture of the Coral Princess?
I’m trying to draw it and explain the inside and what went wrong, I talked to one of the survivors but the pictures on internet are very poor…
could you help me?

Thanks

]]> By: Mario http://dillonworld.com/2009/11/22/coral-princess-sinking-and-boat-safety-in-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Mario Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:53:12 +0000 http://dillonworld.com/?p=102#comment-113 Excellent report, Hank can you please contact me, I would like to ask you other things thanks mario Excellent report,

Hank can you please contact me, I would like to ask you other things

thanks

mario

]]> By: Ortiz http://dillonworld.com/2009/11/22/coral-princess-sinking-and-boat-safety-in-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Ortiz Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:32:53 +0000 http://dillonworld.com/?p=102#comment-112 Hank, you might want to contact the Spanish Embassy in that regard. Your info is very useful concerning the investigation. Hank, you might want to contact the Spanish Embassy in that regard. Your info is very useful concerning the investigation.

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