Kendall-

Thanks! That video link narrated by John Konrad, CEO gCaptain.com and USCG Licensed Master Mariner Unlimited, certainly is the best reconstruction of the path the Costa Concordia took before and after striking the rocky point: click here for video!

Evidently the main engines were not operational after the initial collision. However, the bow trusters were still operational which permitted the ship to later turn around clockwise and make its way to its final grounding. The sharp turn itself helps explain why the list shifted from the damaged port side to the starboard side, slosh, slosh!

I still can't make out the time-line between the initial collision and the final grounding. The initial collision was at 20:45:18 GMT. Anyone else have sharper yeyes?

Charley Noble