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Post by fish on Jan 28, 2023 17:45:35 GMT 12
Greater Wellington Regional Council harbourmaster Grant Nalder confirmed the ferry had lost power“just to the left of Sinclair head” about one nautical mile offshore and had declared mayday. “All efforts are being made to keep everyone on board safe. We are looking to see what vessels may be able to assist,” Nalder said. He understood they had dropped one anchor to help stay in place and hadn’t moved in the last half hour since dropping anchor which was “very positive”. This would give the engineers more time to try and restore power. “It’s not a very nice day out there,” he said, adding there were 3-metre swells with wind speeds of about 40 knots. www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/131090968/passenger-says-interislander-ferry-has-limited-power-back-on-tug-boats-on-the-way |
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Post by eri on Jan 29, 2023 8:07:24 GMT 12
friend was on board and said the first anchor was dropped as the ship was being blown towards sinclair head, it didn't hold, the 2nd did, but for a deep draft vessel, they were very, very close to the rocky coast by then blowing 30-40kn? "I happened to be tracking our progress when we lost power and it shows the drift we made in about 30 minutes. If the anchors hadn't held I believe we were about 10 minutes from hitting the beach!
I dropped the pin(pink.black dot) when the Captain made his first announcement that we'd lost power."
I reckon we anchored in 40 metres. Maybe that's why we were so close in so that they could actually anchor Attachments:
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Post by GO30 on Jan 29, 2023 9:16:50 GMT 12
friend was on board and said the first anchor was dropped as the ship was being blown towards sinclair head, it didn't hold, Ok, I'll give them a call  
So pleased I wasn't the Captain. Having to drop an anchor like that is not good for underwear longevity.
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Post by fish on Jan 29, 2023 12:18:06 GMT 12
This is a good article, written by a journo on board. Doesn't give any technical details, but is a good account of what the passengers went through. The captain warned there was an emergency drill and passengers needed to do nothing. Soon though, as the Kaitaki made its way past the rocky and isolated shores west of Ōwhiro Bay, the lights went out and, with it, the background rumbling of engines. The lights came on shortly after. The engines’ rumbling didn’t. The emergency, just practised for, had become a reality but, for now, nobody acknowledged it. We drifted silently, lurched in the waves frighteningly, then came a passenger announcement. Surely, they were going to announce the massive elephant in the room? It was, seriously, the announcement of the winner of the kids’ colouring competition. My son and I were sitting in a windowless room but if we had been by a window we would have seen the south coast and its craggy rocks appear from the mist. A marine tracking website shows the ship – of which I was one of about 800 passengers – was at this point drifting a nautical mile towards the coast. That distance again and we would have been on the coast. www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/131092700/how-a-lateholiday-cook-strait-crossing-turned-perilous |
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Post by fish on Jan 31, 2023 11:06:37 GMT 12
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Post by muzled on Jan 31, 2023 16:01:22 GMT 12
That was a practice run for the engineers on board, without that they may well have ended up on the rocks this time... |
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Post by fish on Feb 1, 2023 10:24:09 GMT 12
Leak in the cooling system. Automatic shut down of all 4 engines and the generators if an over-temperature alarm is reached. Doesn't sound like the best system, save the engines but wreck the ship... They should have paid for the upgraded 'deluxe' control panel that has a temp gauge as well. You can see if the cooling system is getting hot before it triggers an alarm and shut-down. Even my Beta 35 has one! Transport Minister says the ships are 30 yrs old, so you have to expect some reliability issues. But don't worry, we have a Building Consent for a new terminal(?!?) so they can get new EV ships in a few years (?!?) Meanwhile, Bluebridge just gets a new Stena Line North Sea ferry and gets on with it. www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483418/cook-strait-ferry-breakdown-caused-by-leak-in-cooling-system-interislander |
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Post by ComfortZone on Feb 1, 2023 13:10:11 GMT 12
looked up here specs, confirmed 4 engines - Sulzer Type 8 ZAL 40 S5,760 kW each at 510 rpm driving 2 props. A leak in the cooling system causing all 4 engines to shut down? I don't think so, against all basic principles of redundancy to have one system common to all engines. Has to be more to the story.... |
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Post by fish on Feb 1, 2023 14:02:59 GMT 12
looked up here specs, confirmed 4 engines - Sulzer Type 8 ZAL 40 S5,760 kW each at 510 rpm driving 2 props. A leak in the cooling system causing all 4 engines to shut down? I don't think so, against all basic principles of redundancy to have one system common to all engines. Has to be more to the story.... Exactly. I don't buy it. What they are saying is one automated alarm shut down all 4 propulsion engines plus all of the generators, putting the ship in grave and imminent danger. It is simply implausible on several levels. |
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Post by GO30 on Feb 1, 2023 14:11:56 GMT 12
Bluebridges new 'The Connemara'.
It even has cabins for pets, that's smart.
I tend to use Bluebridge these days, book a sleeper which is cheap as. Leave Akl at 3pm, arrive in Welly at 10 and those with sleepers can board at 10:30, have a shower and get some ZZZs in, those without don't board until midnight. Departure at 1am. Get woken up by the PA saying 15 minutes to docking.
I think the Toll ships are held together by their primary sponsor, Band Aid.
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Post by sloopjohnb on Feb 1, 2023 14:27:30 GMT 12
Whot 7 hours to Wellington with all those potholes, red cones and roadworks........might be alright on your 30kph motorbike.  Bluebridge is definitely the way to travel, I use them to get the moho across the straight5. |
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Post by GO30 on Feb 1, 2023 14:39:58 GMT 12
Whot 7 hours to Wellington with all those potholes, red cones and roadworks........might be alright on your 30kph motorbike. Bluebridge is definitely the way to travel, I use them to get the moho across the straight5. My timing maybe a little out due to not wanting to leave evidence that can be used against me 
As I have been driving, you as well probably, thru the same road works for 5 odd years we know some of the road cones personally. It's been nice to watch them grow and have families of their own. We now know each other so well we're getting invite to the Road Cones grand kids birthdays and school shows. So road cones are the norm, so much so we don't really see them any more and the Wa even commented last week we'd driven nearly 5km without seeing even one, I did tell her to get an eye check as I though that was stretching the truth a little to much. 1 or 2km maybe by 5km with not one cone, come on lets get real.
Roadworks are just signs these days. I think they are now only used for shelter so all the self propelled fluro Cones can lean on them or use them as shade while they cruz porn sites on the interweb. Maybe they should rename them all to just 'Road'.
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Post by Fogg on Feb 13, 2023 18:34:24 GMT 12
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Post by fish on Feb 13, 2023 20:18:44 GMT 12
I just say the same story on Stuffed. They are spinning it to focus on how late the boats are getting in. For fucks sake. The stuffed story highlighted that the Kaitaki got in 3 hours late, after almost smashing onto rocks and sparking the biggest mass rescue in NZ since the Merkhail Lermentov sank... Picture this, gale warning, cyclone coming down, states of emergency all over the place, about to enter a narrow tidal race with a hard port bend in it, and your engine stops. How tight would your sphincter be? There is some fundamental, systemic and deep routed safety and culture issues at Interislander. If the govt wasn't the majority shareholder they would be shut down before lunchtime. Imagine if there was a board of directors with personal liability, instead of a minister of the crown? |
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