Terrified passengers tell of 'cruise from hell' as entire family is removed from ship

gadgiemagoo

I'm not a cruiser at all but fcuk me this reminded me of heading to France from Dub by ferry which takes 19 hours. By going in Apr/Oct/Nov cheap fares for car & cabins. Take back lotsa cheap vino all legal

Last time out on deck I sez to OH "wud be soo easy for a mad one to take this boat over & we are abso skewered & where da fcuk do we hide". Wondered (as you do) if the Captain had a gun? Where's the nearest helicopter/spitfire coming to save us? If we jump into the lifeboats are we just sittin ducks?

Does anyone know if Capt is armed? I hope ta fcuk he is - at least he didn't have to brave the Bruce Basturd in Dublin Airport so he can sneak most on board.

But I am serious in my question .... can ferry Captains fight back?

If Mods want to move this to Maritime, fine. Not interested in tides really, just living!

giveitholly

Think you took the wrong colour pills today

RobbieTheRobber

giveitholly wrote: »

Think you took the wrong colour pills today

I'm guessing this
https://www.google.ie/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/16/entire-family-kicked-cruise-australia-mass-brawl/amp/

gadgiemagoo

Yes Rob!!

gadgiemagoo

giveitholly wrote: »

Think you took the wrong colour pills today

No pills pal. Just read the news today

Ursummupet

Is an extended family one with a hitch? Or fully mobile?

gadgiemagoo

Can drive on to ferry with a boot full - no checks. Could be a weapon anywhere.

Ursummupet

gadgiemagoo wrote: »

Can drive on to ferry with a boot full - no checks. Could be a weapon anywhere.

Try the drivers seat.

kneemos

They have security and a cell if needed.

shamrock55

I've often wondered why security on Ferrys is so lax

Jack Kanoff

Is there an Irish connection here do we know ?

gadgiemagoo

Hey!

ur sum Muppet. If the polis/customs don't check the driver's seat & the boot then any other MUPPET can take anythin on board.

buried

gadgiemagoo wrote: »

But I am serious in my question .... can ferry Captains fight back?

Majority of the time these guys are too drunk to even stand up, no mind fight their own shoes

gadgiemagoo

shamrock55 wrote: »

I've often wondered why security on Ferrys is so lax

Yes me too. We travel from Dublin to Cherbourg often & while it's great to pile all the sh1te into the boot I wonder what else has come on board

dexter_morgan

Surely this cruise can't get any worse
Excuse me Peter!
Sorry Judith

gadgiemagoo

kneemos wrote: »

They have security and a cell if needed.

Where are the security? Please I'd be interested to know.

biko

Better ferry fight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz2_L7--Gcc

riffmongous

kneemos wrote: »

They have security and a cell if needed.

You mean.. the brig?

gadgiemagoo

biko wrote: »

Better ferry fight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz2_L7--Gcc

That was the biggest bas that took me booze

kneemos

gadgiemagoo wrote: »

Where are the security? Please I'd be interested to know.

It's a long time back but on a school trip to France we were given the low down. Apparently a least one or two were locked up on most trips.

Don't think they wear uniforms,but they're definitely there.

endacl

gadgiemagoo wrote: »

Just read the news today

Oh boy...

gadgiemagoo

Thanks. You're right - although now they may double up as bartenders. Wear any uniform - just have the piece.

gadgiemagoo

endacl wrote: »

Oh boy...

I heard the news. Oh Boy

Cee-Jay-Cee

Jack Kanoff wrote: »

Is there an Irish connection here do we know ?

Wouldn’t surprise me if this was a bunch of our esteemed ethnic community on their ‘travels’

gadgiemagoo

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Wouldn’t surprise me if this was a bunch of our esteemed ethnic community on their ‘travels’

I'm a settled person. Does that surprise you ????

Ralf and Florian

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

I'm guessing this
https://www.google.ie/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/16/entire-family-kicked-cruise-australia-mass-brawl/amp/

An ass brawl?

Purple Mountain

kneemos wrote: »

gadgiemagoo wrote: »

Where are the security? Please I'd be interested to know.

It's a long time back but on a school trip to France we were given the low down. Apparently a least one or two were locked up on most trips.

Don't think they wear uniforms,but they're definitely there.

They just told you that to scare the sh*te out of young lads from smuggling rocket fuel cans in your school trousers!

bur

could have been worse.

Duckworth_Luas

gadgiemagoo wrote: »

Thanks. You're right - although now they may double up as bartenders. Wear any uniform - just have the piece.

Pew, pew!

K.Flyer

gadgiemagoo wrote: »

Just read the news today

endacl wrote: »

Oh boy...

gadgiemagoo wrote: »

I heard the news. Oh Boy

Nope, it's Read the news today..

pleas advice

gadgiemagoo wrote: »

I'm a settled person. Does that surprise you ????

These lads seemed very unsettled

Carry

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Wouldn’t surprise me if this was a bunch of our esteemed ethnic community on their ‘travels’

Be surprised and hear that the troublemakers were Italians.

endacl

gadgiemagoo wrote: »

I heard the news. Oh Boy

Hey, I can only work with the material I'm given.

Dr Brown

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Wouldn’t surprise me if this was a bunch of our esteemed ethnic community on their ‘travels’

It's their "culture".

Franz Von Peppercorn

Dr Brown wrote: »

It's their "culture".

Italians like fighting? Didn’t know about that.

Sure Australians like a brawl but they are blaming the Italians here. Probably that’s just Australian racism.

muppetshow1451

gadgiemagoo wrote: »

I'm not a cruiser at all but fcuk me this reminded me of heading to France from Dub by ferry which takes 19 hours. By going in Apr/Oct/Nov cheap fares for car & cabins. Take back lotsa cheap vino all legal

Last time out on deck I sez to OH "wud be soo easy for a mad one to take this boat over & we are abso skewered & where da fcuk do we hide". Wondered (as you do) if the Captain had a gun? Where's the nearest helicopter/spitfire coming to save us? If we jump into the lifeboats are we just sittin ducks?

Does anyone know if Capt is armed? I hope ta fcuk he is - at least he didn't have to brave the Bruce Basturd in Dublin Airport so he can sneak most on board.

But I am serious in my question .... can ferry Captains fight back?

If Mods want to move this to Maritime, fine. Not interested in tides really, just living!

No captains are not allowed to have firarms onboard,not even if terrorists or pirates attack.
So all he can do is bend over.
Some idiots in IMO have decided that sailors are not worth defending,unless you are a pirate or Russian.

Del2005

muppetshow1451 wrote: »

No captains are not allowed to have firarms onboard,not even if terrorists or pirates attack.
So all he can do is bend over.
Some idiots in IMO have decided that sailors are not worth defending,unless you are a pirate or Russian.

Have there been many attacks on sailors outside the known piracy areas, where they have protocols to protect themselves?

muppetshow1451

Del2005 wrote: »

Have there been many attacks on sailors outside the known piracy areas, where they have protocols to protect themselves?

And what protocols you refer to?call for help?use firehoses,barbed wire around main deck?Hide in the engine room?Mutiny?

Del2005

muppetshow1451 wrote: »

And what protocols you refer to?call for help?use firehoses,barbed wire around main deck?Hide in the engine room?Mutiny?

Along with the private military contractors and multiple navies.

muppetshow1451

Del2005 wrote: »

Along with the private military contractors and multiple navies.

They are not on the west coast of Africa,Malacca strait and Singapore strait.
Only east coast of Africa.

Richard Hillman

Why did it take 9 days to Remove them? Would make you worry about ever booking a Cruise holiday. You'd like to think that if you were on a cruise and a troublesome group were on board, they would be dealt with post-haste

whiterebel

No wonder they were trying to stop videos being taken, Security seemed to be doing most of the kicking. Retaliation I presume.

RiderOnTheStorm

I do d a marine vhf course a few years back. Can't comment on security, but if there is a riot or mutiny, it only takes a second to send off a Mayday. VHF radios now have a single button to push that sends a pre programmed Mayday, along with gps coordinates and ship name. It really does only take a second to fire off. If you have a few more seconds, you can select the nature of the emergency from a list. And being overtake by pirates is one! When the Mayday is received then either Coast Guard (or Coastguard if its in UK), or navy or air force is sent out. On the Irish Sea, it wont take long to get help, esp with gps position as part of the message.

muppetshow1451

RiderOnTheStorm wrote: »

I do d a marine vhf course a few years back. Can't comment on security, but if there is a riot or mutiny, it only takes a second to send off a Mayday. VHF radios now have a single button to push that sends a pre programmed Mayday, along with gps coordinates and ship name. It really does only take a second to fire off. If you have a few more seconds, you can select the nature of the emergency from a list. And being overtake by pirates is one! When the Mayday is received then either Coast Guard (or Coastguard if its in UK), or navy or air force is sent out. On the Irish Sea, it wont take long to get help, esp with gps position as part of the message.

If you where a pirat and got onboard,what would be the first thing you go for?Communications and AIS.
And yes DSC radios have a button that sends position,but its not preprogrammed,you need to put that in manually before you send and it doesnt take a second.More like a few minutes.
However the SSAS do send a signal immidiately via satellite to alert the company security officer and flagstate authorities.