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Re: 42057 Buoy Adrift!
      Thu Jun 23 2005 08:19 PM

Probably got a near miss from a ship. I know from personal experience that the ships are sometimes piloted by other personnel. After the captain or first mate goes to sleep.
We had a near miss on our offshore drilling rig back in 1995, off of Corpus Christi. In the middle of the night a freighter came close enough to us that we could have used the crane (150ft boom) to offload him.
Now this rig was 234ft x 234ft square and 80ft out of the water, not including a 150 tower on top. You can't see with your eyes closed!

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* 42057 Buoy Adrift! danielwAdministrator Thu Jun 23 2005 08:19 PM
. * * Re: 42057 Buoy Adrift! Clark   Thu Jun 23 2005 03:25 PM
. * * Re: 42057 Buoy Adrift! danielwAdministrator   Thu Jun 23 2005 08:19 PM
. * * Loggerheads B.C.Francis   Mon Jun 27 2005 09:32 AM
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