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[HungLikeJesus]

That's the first picture I've seen from that perspective. It hardly seems like you'd need a lifeboat with the land so close.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

That's the first picture I've seen from that perspective. It hardly seems like you'd need a lifeboat with the land so close.

The perspective makes it look a bit closer closer than it is, it's a LARGE cruise ship (approx 4000 passengers and crew from what I recall). But that is the main reason that there was less than 1% fatality.

The Captain didn't crash on these rocks, he had already holed the boat and was trying to bring it into harbour. Not that I'm writing in his defence, because he holed the ship on other rocks after all.

I can swim approx 25 metres. In a pool.
I would struggle to swim in the sea. Close to rocks and a huge sinking vessel, currents would be unpredictable. In a shipwreck, I'm Shelley Winters Swimming distance depends on the swimmer.

I really feel for the families of the two old men found in their cabins with their life jackets on. Imagine their last minutes - cold and dark and knowing what would surely come...

[HungLikeJesus]

Originally Posted by Sundae

I can swim approx 25 metres. In a pool.
I would struggle to swim in the sea. Close to rocks and a huge sinking vessel, currents would be unpredictable. In a shipwreck, I'm Shelley Winters Swimming distance depends on the swimmer.
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Trivia: Shelley Winters learned to swim from Olympic champion Johnny Weissmuller.

[Pete Zicato]

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Trivia: Shelley Winters learned to swim from Olympic champion Johnny Weissmuller.

If Poseidon Adventure is how you remember Shelley Winters, it's easy to forget she once looked like this: