
Sad news indeed.
R
Posted 31 January 2010 - 04:14 PM
Posted 31 January 2010 - 04:49 PM
Posted 01 February 2010 - 04:02 AM
They seem to catch fire quite readily Ralph !
In one of the worlds I inhabit (the PCB manufacturing industry) a few year back when there was over capacity in the market lots of fabrication shops caught fire. Now they do play with a lot of dodgey chemistry and plating lines with hundreds of ampres - but it was common for a while !
Suspect there may be some over capacity in the Red Sea Livaboard market at present? not that I am suggesting anything...
Didn't the old Royal Emperor spontaniously ignite a while back ?
Hyatt looked like a nice boat though.
Paul C
Posted 01 February 2010 - 07:22 AM
Posted 01 February 2010 - 07:34 AM
Posted 02 February 2010 - 03:40 AM
It used to be a laugh a minute when I was guiding on liveaboards out there in the early '90's - in Hurghada there was one set of life jackets which magically appeared on whichever boat was going to be inspected next by the authorities. A well equipped liveaboard back then was one that hadWhile I am not a fan of 'health and safety' the Egyptians do tend to be a bit more ready to ignore the dangers than some, you only have to spend a few weeks on these boats to see hair raising stuff going on. I can only guess what a boatyard coud look like in full swing.
Posted 02 February 2010 - 03:45 AM
Ain't that the truth - and the worse the location the more they seem to set on fire! On an oil rig or gas processing plant it often seems like they just walk around flicking matches.Whenever there's welders around and welding SOMETHING always catches on fire. They spatter usually gets on a tarp or some garbage and POOF up it goes. I've seen it too many times....
Cheers
James
Posted 02 February 2010 - 05:00 AM
Posted 02 February 2010 - 09:43 AM
Edited by stewsmith, 02 February 2010 - 09:58 AM.
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Posted 02 February 2010 - 12:25 PM
Also, they take years to pay out in Egypt. Wildcat which was lost a couple of years back has still not been settled. Yes they burn quick, they are mostly wooden boats.......
Posted 04 February 2010 - 04:42 AM
Posted 15 February 2010 - 12:36 PM
They seem to catch fire quite readily Ralph !
In one of the worlds I inhabit (the PCB manufacturing industry) a few year back when there was over capacity in the market lots of fabrication shops caught fire. Now they do play with a lot of dodgey chemistry and plating lines with hundreds of ampres - but it was common for a while !
Suspect there may be some over capacity in the Red Sea Livaboard market at present? not that I am suggesting anything...
Didn't the old Royal Emperor spontaniously ignite a while back ?
Paul C
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