Ships come untied at port just ahead of union showdown

[Tristan]

Hi Tristan

I know nothing about how the lines work, but are you saying it's physically impossible for people to intentionally cause this?

With no explanations beyond your own, how can you be so sure?

Hi pepper,

I don't believe I ever said it was physically impossible for people to intentionally cause this. Of course, it is possible, but that is not what happened.

I can be so sure it wasn't labor. If you'd like to know more, pm me.

[pepper]

Hi pepper,

I don't believe I ever said it was physically impossible for people to intentionally cause this. Of course, it is possible, but that is not what happened.

I can be so sure it wasn't labor. If you'd like to know more, pm me.

Just lay it out here. If you have some definitive proof that labor was not involved, everyone on this thread should hear it.

[Tristan]

Just lay it out here. If you have some definitive proof that labor was not involved, everyone on this thread should hear it.

Fine.

The line(s) parted around the chocks (fairleads) on the ship due to chafe and pressure from the wind. (as told to me by the Master and chief mate when I undocked the ship, but I suspect that still will not be enough for the conspiracy theorists) The only thing that kept both ships from coming away from their berths completely was the huge stern ramps.

Meaning, the line did not break (or according to some conspiracy theorists, cut) down near the eye splice accessible from the dock.

So, in order for the conspiracy theorists to be correct, an evildoer would have had to climb up the line from the dock some 40 or 50 feet (over the near freezing water in 50 knots of wind) to cut it just outside the bulwarks of the ship.

In other words, a suicide mission. It never happened.

[SteamChief]

Fine.

The line(s) parted around the chocks (fairleads) on the ship due to chafe and pressure from the wind. (as told to me by the Master and chief mate when I undocked the ship, but I suspect that still will not be enough for the conspiracy theorists) The only thing that kept both ships from coming away from their berths completely was the huge stern ramps.

Meaning, the line did not break (or according to some conspiracy theorists, cut) down near the eye splice accessible from the dock.

So, in order for the conspiracy theorists to be correct, an evildoer would have had to climb up the line from the dock some 40 or 50 feet (over the near freezing water in 50 knots of wind) to cut it just outside the bulwarks of the ship.

In other words, a suicide mission. It never happened.

Don't be fools, this man knows what he is talking about.

[Sprightly]

Yep, I would go with Tristan on this one.