[Newsbot]

Title: Arctic cruise company sues over stranded ship
Category: Misc CDN
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2011-07-13 20:32:58
Canadian

[martin14]

yeah yeah, its always someone else's fault.

Nothing like turning on your own ranging equipment.

[Bacardi4206]

It's the Northwest passage for christ sakes. That's all I am going to say. I hope the judge shoves it up there ass.

[Praxius]

I posted this below on that article and figured I'd just repeat what I said:

It's the Northwest Passage for the love of Pete..... did they actually expect to have a 100% pleasant little trip through there?

The Northwest Passage is well known by many sailors for a very good reason and that's because so many ships either ran aground or got lost up there. Enter at your own risk.

These people are no different then those who decide to ski in areas not patrolled & prone to avalanche, or swimmers who swim on beaches that have no guards. Should they be able to sue the government when something goes wrong?

The Northwest Passage isn't a flippin' cake walk down a river and I'm sure this ship went through there a number of times before and apparently never had this problem until now. My guess is that they went off their usual course and while not using common sense, they hit the dirt and now it's the government's fault due to a technicality? They argue that the DFO didn't inform mariners of that area which they knew of since 2007. Is the DFO expected to inform each and every single person who goes out on the water of all these changes? Maybe they should have ordered in updated charts themselves before they went out on their little adventure.

Sorry, no sympathy from me. When it comes to the Northwest Passage, travel at your own risk"

[herbie]

I should've sued when I lost a prop on the lake here back in '94. They were still selling charts in feet. I thought I had 2 metres of water.
Missed my million dollar opportunity.

[Arctic_Menace]

Idiots. The Northwest Passage isn't the calm open ocean or the sandy shoals of the Caribbean. On the plus side, this is a roundabout way of recognizing the NWP as Canadian since they're suing us.

[CDN_PATRIOT]

Bacardi4206 Bacardi4206:

It's the Northwest passage for christ sakes. That's all I am going to say. I hope the judge shoves it up there ass.

-J.