List???

jdries@ (jimbo) wrote:

>What does it mean when a ship experiences a "list"?
>
>I hve NEVER heard of that word/phrase.
>

It means: An inclination to one side, as of a ship; a tilt.

intr. & tr.v. list·ed, list·ing, lists

To lean or cause to lean to the side:

The damaged ship listed badly to starboard.
Erosion first listed, then toppled the spruce tree.

Thank you.

Jim

X-No-archive: yes
G wrote:

>
> When we went to the suite passengers dinner we learned that while Statendam
> was never in danger, another ship had created a situation where evasive
> action had to be taken.
>
> Stuff happens


.. . . and it probably happens faster on the new ships than
on the older ones. On the older "modern" ships, steering
was done by wheel and it took a certain amount of time for
the wheel to be put hard over, even with hydraulic
acutators. Nowadays, it's all done electronically and a
"hard over" simply happens faster. It's obviously not bad,
since it's better to have passengers fall or slide around
than for a ship to hit something, assuming you must choose
between the two bad things.


Nonnymus---
For those of you who might
not have guessed it, this
Is not my real name.

In article <FpCdnY0KppbvqVzZnZ2dnUVZ_qqdnZ2d@>, G
<dickdotgoldhaber@gmaildotcom> wrote:

> All of a sudden, with no warning, the ship made a violent right turn. Danni
> managed to hold on, Heidi ended up under my bed, and I ended up on my a$$ on
> the floor against the door.

Had a similar incident on Century a few years ago. It was three am and
I almost rolled off the bed. A bunch of drawers in the cabin came out.
I took a walk to the public areas and the grand piano was lying on the
floor. All kinds of glass and broken display cases in the stores area.
Broken liquor bottles in the ships store. Went back to bed. In the
morning it had all been cleaned up. Rumored they had to turn to avoid a
fishing boat.

--
Charles