Breaking News: Ferry Capsized off Koh Rong Samloem
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I hope everyone onboard has survived regardless of the circumstances. Personally (touch wood) I have never been in a sinking/overboard situation as yet...However there is a big misconception that life jackets or personal flotation devices (PFDs) will save your arse. It all depends on the rating of the PFD. Some are for smooth or partially smooth waters and some are for the open ocean. If the PFD is a cheap, shitty one like those typically used throughout most of the third world...you are in trouble. The issue is, it won't hold your head out of the water in wind chop or any kind of sea. And you will quickly be overcome by salt water aspiration and drown, regardless of whether you can swim or not.
Even the best PFDs available don't always work. I was thrown off a vessel whilst working on a dredging project in Australia a few years back. I landed between a tug boat and a Dutch dredging vessel (Almahar...Google it) at night wearing a self-inflating PFD. Fortunately for me it didn't deploy because I had nowhere to surface (I would've been crushed) and so was able to swim/keel-haul myself about 20 meters on a grabbed breath to the other side of the dredge. If the PFD had done what it was designed to do Lara Apsara would now be a free agent...
Even the best PFDs available don't always work. I was thrown off a vessel whilst working on a dredging project in Australia a few years back. I landed between a tug boat and a Dutch dredging vessel (Almahar...Google it) at night wearing a self-inflating PFD. Fortunately for me it didn't deploy because I had nowhere to surface (I would've been crushed) and so was able to swim/keel-haul myself about 20 meters on a grabbed breath to the other side of the dredge. If the PFD had done what it was designed to do Lara Apsara would now be a free agent...
Don't mention the Giant Panda in the room.
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Don't know what this about: http://www.freshnewsasia.com/index.php/ ... 50-48.html , does't look good though...
Edit: it just shows the passport of some of the passengers, all are safe apparently...
Edit: it just shows the passport of some of the passengers, all are safe apparently...
Last edited by boomer on Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Oh dear, the waters there are much more dangerous than people expect. I am surprised that there hasn't been a disaster already. I have seen overloaded boats going out for years and always expected a disaster. I believe that it is called Koh Rong Saloeum.
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English article on this: http://en.freshnewsasia.com/index.php/5 ... -port.html
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Was just thinking that yesterday, wondering when the ferries would start catching up with the buses.ken svay wrote:Oh dear, the waters there are much more dangerous than people expect. I am surprised that there hasn't been a disaster already.
According to the Cambodian government Department of Geography, it is Sanloem.ken svay wrote:I have seen overloaded boats going out for years and always expected a disaster. I believe that it is called Koh Rong Saloeum.
I see in boomer's article that it was TBC company, which runs some of the older speed ferry boats.
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Sorry to hear about the cacophony situation, but ....
Marvin ... exactly what did you mean by Lara Apsara would now be a free agent? What are you implying? Are you tryin to sell her?
Just what were you saying? Exactly?
Marvin ... exactly what did you mean by Lara Apsara would now be a free agent? What are you implying? Are you tryin to sell her?
Just what were you saying? Exactly?
Frikking idiots
There was an announcement yesterday that no boats/ferries were to sail. But there's always one...
There was an announcement yesterday that no boats/ferries were to sail. But there's always one...
“The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.”
"Sihanouk Province - Sihanouk police announced to the boat fishermen and boats carrying tourists all squirrels to go in the waters as temporarily at noon on February 7, due to weather conditions, good fall winds and tsunami big streak can cause dangerous boat sank."
I think this translates into all the boats everywhere are cancelled. Not sure where the squirrels fit into the story though...
I think this translates into all the boats everywhere are cancelled. Not sure where the squirrels fit into the story though...
“The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.”
They''ve been packing them on longtails like sardines all day. A lot of optimism out there.
According to the ncdd gazetteer, កោះរ៉ុងសន្លឹម Kaoh Rung SanloemLTO wrote:According to the Cambodian government Department of Geography, it is Sanloem.ken svay wrote:I have seen overloaded boats going out for years and always expected a disaster. I believe that it is called Koh Rong Saloeum.
The koh/kaoh spelling difference annoys me. Why are there so many examples of different spelling for official names using the same Khmer word?
Eg. ខេត្ត កោះ កុង / ស្រុក កោះ កុង Koh Kong Province / Kaoh Kong District
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Nice to see you focusing on the important details of a reported tragedy.epidemiks wrote:
The koh/kaoh spelling difference annoys me. Why are there so many examples of different spelling for official names using the same Khmer word?
Eg. ខេត្ត កោះ កុង / ស្រុក កោះ កុង Koh Kong Province / Kaoh Kong District
Note to self: Must be nice to morons.
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