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Topic Started: Nov 30 2010, 10:54 AM (285 Views)
Aqua Letifer
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ZOOOOOM!
Drunk guy drops cruise ship anchor

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(CNN) -- A Holland America cruise ship was disrupted early Saturday morning by an intoxicated passenger who released the ship's anchor, according to an affidavit obtained by The Smoking Gun website.

California resident Rick Ehlert, 44, released the anchor and a life buoy between 5:25 a.m. and 5:55 a.m., according to the affidavit.

The MS Ryndam was unharmed, but the release of the anchor could have caused "significant damage to the ship's rudder or propeller, which could disable the ship's ability to maneuver, or puncturing of the ship, which could result in sinking or severe flooding," according to the affidavit.

The ship was traveling from Costa Maya, Mexico, to Tampa, Florida.

A surveillance video shows Ehlert taking multiple steps to deploy the anchor while the ship was in motion. The MS Ryndam's maximum speed is 22 knots, which is approximately 25 mph, according to Holland America's website.

Ehlert confessed to dropping the ship's anchor when questioned by special agents from the FBI. He admitted to being intoxicated at the time and detailed the multiple steps he took in deploying the anchor.

"There is probable cause to believe on November 27 that Rick Ehlert did attempt to damage, destroy, disable, or wreck a vessel," FBI agent John Manning stated in the affidavit.

Ehlert was arrested Sunday on a felony charge and taken into custody. He has not yet hired an attorney, according to the office of the magistrate who is handling the case.


I really wanna see the surveillance video.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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VPG
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Cruise ships usually go their fastest thru the night while passangers sleep. If that anchor would have hit bottom and instantly stopped the ship that could have been
catastrophic. As some one that cruises lots, I hope they Keel Haul the S O B!
I'M NOT YELLING.........I'M ITALIAN...........THAT'S HOW WE TALK!


"People say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look."
Ronald Reagan, Inaugural, 1971

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sue
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HOLY CARP!!!
Man, I bet he's wishing there was rewind button for that night.
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brenda
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..............
1. There's drunk.
2. There's stupid.
3. There's drunk and stupid.

Looks like he's a number 3.
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Mikhailoh
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Like so many things in life, I'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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The 89th Key
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Ugh - I hate not being able to find the video! I have failed you all! :weeping:
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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
VPG
Nov 30 2010, 11:03 AM
Cruise ships usually go their fastest thru the night while passangers sleep. If that anchor would have hit bottom and instantly stopped the ship that could have been
catastrophic. As some one that cruises lots, I hope they Keel Haul the S O B!
That must be about the most ghastly punishment ever devised.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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Frank_W
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Couldn't they just dunk his head in the toilet about fifty times, and then let him go? Seems much ado about (what turned out to be) nothing.
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sue
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HOLY CARP!!!
Frank_W
Nov 30 2010, 11:51 AM
Couldn't they just dunk his head in the toilet about fifty times, and then let him go? Seems much ado about (what turned out to be) nothing.
yeah, and have him write some lines. I will never drink tequila again I will never drink tequila again etc etc, couple hundred times. something like that. although he may have already done that, on his own. :biggrin:

And then do something about the security of the releasing of the anchor mechanism.
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Frank_W
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Right? A simple padlock would do wonders, wouldn't it? Hrmph.... :rolleyes:
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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VPG
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Frank_W
Nov 30 2010, 11:51 AM
Couldn't they just dunk his head in the toilet about fifty times, and then let him go? Seems much ado about (what turned out to be) nothing.
Sorry Frank, that would be like letting the the ass that was going to set off a bomb
at the Xmas tree lighing go because it didn't work. No harm done.
Keel Haul him, say's I!
I'M NOT YELLING.........I'M ITALIAN...........THAT'S HOW WE TALK!


"People say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look."
Ronald Reagan, Inaugural, 1971

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Frank_W
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:D Okay, but he still should be waterboarded in the toilet, first. :D



You know: For the kids! After all, Christmas is on the way!
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