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Nothing wrong with working on this puzzle. I haven't the engineering skills to figure out what was mechanically happened aboard this ship but I do keep track of other clues.

Evidently Capt. Schettino didn't want to be distracted by any alarms while he was doing his closest encounter with Giglio; he turned off all the automatic warning systems and was navigating by sight alone. Judging distance at night is always more challenging, especially when you're talking to your old mentor on your cell phone at the time. There ought to be a law against a captain using a cell phone while at the helm, during the night, of a major luxury liner.

Sure hate to be judgmental but even Schettino has been quoted as saying he does not expect to ever command a ship again. I wonder if the Moldovan dancer Domnica Cemortan, who shared his cabin, will still stick with him if he's shipless?

Charley Noble