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All fishing boats are out.
Merchant ships curse the fog.
Freedom ship fully booked.
Badly stressed large bulk carriers collapse in port.
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Pleasure yachts go out to take advantage of the wind.
Freedom ship applying 2 degrees drift to keep course.
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Catamarans start shaking.
Pleasure yachts start heeling.
Freedom ship applying 5 degrees drift to keep course.
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Some yachts head back to marina.
Surfers go out.
Freedom ship applying 10 degrees drift to keep course.
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Many yachts head back to marina.
Catamarans start bumping.
Freedom ship applying 15 degrees drift to keep course.
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Only a few yachts remain at sea.
Catamarans start to slow down.
Merchant ships finally get rid of the fog.
Lower windows of Freedom ship washed by sprays.
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The coast guard is on alert to recover a few yachts still at
sea.
Surfers have fun.
First lower windows of Freedom ship smashed.
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Catamarans consider a critical situation.
On coasters it is no longer possible to eat soup.
Freedom ship drifting in the direction of the wind, rush of
passengers to the flight deck.
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Catamarans remain in port or are smashed by the waves.
Bulk carriers start shaking like diving planks.
Surfers consider rejoining the beach.
Freedom ship now taking water through smashed windows,
passengers advised to wear life jackets.
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All ferry services are delayed.
Fishing boats consider picking up gear.
All ships in the vicinity required to assist in the saving of
the 70.000 passengers and crew of the Freedom ship.
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Catamarans still at sea have their bow plate smashed.
Empty and underpowered bulkers go astern with the wind.
Freedom ship heeling 20 degrees due to free surface.
Old tankers break in two.
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Bulk carriers have cracks in frames and outer shell.
Catamarans falling apart.
Freedom ship founders taking 60.000 lives.
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Bulk carriers loaded with iron ore in alternate holds founder.
Roll on Roll off ferries capsize.
Coasters consider heaving to.
Fishing boats stop fishing.
Courtesy of the
Bow
Wave (issue #70, 3-26-01)
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