# Fail Boat at it again.

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fail-boat-at-it-again/217401>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [October 12, 2011, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fail-boat-at-it-again/217401 "2011-10-12T09:07:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fail-boat-at-it-again/217401/1 "2011-10-12T09:07:40Z")

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> **[Stricken ship cracks as captain faces NZ court](https://news.yahoo.com/stricken-ship-cracks-captain-faces-nz-court-114754126.html)**
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> A cargo ship that has spilled hundreds of tons of oil since striking a reef off New Zealand's coast appeared to be breaking up in heavy seas, as its captain faced criminal charges in court Wednesday.

> TAURANGA, New Zealand (AP) — A cargo ship that has spilled hundreds of tons of oil since striking a reef off New Zealand’s coast appeared to be breaking up in heavy seas, as its captain faced criminal charges in court Wednesday.  
> A vertical crack was apparent from the deck to the waterline of the Liberian-flagged Rena, which ran aground Oct. 5 on Astrolabe Reef, 14 miles (22 kilometers) from Tauranga Harbour on New Zealand’s North Island. About 70 containers have fallen off the deck of the 775-foot (236-meter) vessel as it has listed increasingly in the worsening ocean conditions.

:weaksauce:

Photos can be found on this link

> **[New Zealand cargo ship disaster](https://news.yahoo.com/photos/new-zealand-oil-spill-1318344074-slideshow/)**
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> The remains of the stricken container ship Rena are stuck on a rock reef about 14 nautical miles (22 km) from Tauranga on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. Rena ran aground six months ago, in what authorities say is one of the nation's...

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fail-boat-at-it-again/217401/2 "2011-10-12T09:38:36Z")

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They better tow it out of the environment before the front falls off.

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**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fail-boat-at-it-again/217401/3 "2011-10-12T09:41:12Z")

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so they keep oil in shipping containers?

more like a skeptical box

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**Author:** ![Jskrapper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jskrapper/32/7570_2.png) [@Jskrapper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jskrapper)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fail-boat-at-it-again/217401/4 "2011-10-12T10:15:20Z")

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> [@JayS](#):
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> They better tow it out of the environment before the front falls off.

👏

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**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fail-boat-at-it-again/217401/5 "2011-10-12T10:26:22Z")

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> [@JayS](#):
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> They better tow it out of the environment before the front falls off.

lol’ing. Great reference. :tup: