# Cpt Stubing: "Full Steam Ahead" partially destroys Marina **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpt-stubing-full-steam-ahead-partially-destroys-marina/765376 "2016-09-08T23:21:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpt-stubing-full-steam-ahead-partially-destroys-marina/765376/1 "2016-09-08T23:21:38Z")
Another cruise-ship captain behaving badly… and AGAIN its in Italy!!! WTH, Cap? Was that “3MPH, No Wake Zone” sign a little small for you to read? Did you think when you yelled, “Full Speed Ahead! Make It So, Number One…!” that your 134,000 ton oil tanker was going to just zip forward and leave Sicily with a bright flash of blue light? [Here is the article.](http://www.grindtv.com/random/departing-cruise-ship-creates-tsunami-destroys-docks-boats-video/#4zmsLFHuV71bSg7O.97) [Here is the CCTV footage](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z_L-lGm3KU) “Captain…! Several small vessels seem to be approaching us from a-stern. I believe that they are exhibiting hostile intent…!” “Send out on all hailing frequencies… We are the USS Carnival Vista! Our peaceful six-day seven-night mission… is to feed and bake tourists… to encourage drinking and dancing to excess… and to Boldly Blow Through Shallow Water Like No Ship Has Done Before…!” “They don’t seem to be stopping captain… although cameras are picking up an odd elbow-based salute.” “Wave back, Number One. I’m sure that its a sign of greeting in this culture. And notify Costa Command about our interactions with this ports indigenous life forms.” “Shall we observe them with cocktails on the aft deck? Our science section says the corona from the setting sun is quite aesthetic.” “Agreed. I’ll just put us on auto pilot at full speed and meet you there…” ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpt-stubing-full-steam-ahead-partially-destroys-marina/765376/2 "2016-09-08T23:56:57Z")
That was hilarious in the same way that _Jackass_ was hilarious, except that the guys in _Jackass_ knew they were doing stupid shit that was prolly gonna get somebody hurt. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpt-stubing-full-steam-ahead-partially-destroys-marina/765376/3 "2016-09-09T00:08:50Z")
As a former marina denizen, I cringed. I anticipate a few lawsuits there. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpt-stubing-full-steam-ahead-partially-destroys-marina/765376/4 "2016-09-09T01:46:18Z")
As a current marina denizen, I am happy my boat is behind a huge breakwater :), but yeah, lawsuits, by the individual slip owners and the marina itself. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpt-stubing-full-steam-ahead-partially-destroys-marina/765376/5 "2016-09-09T02:35:32Z")
What if somebody had been on one of those boats? That could have been disastrous. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpt-stubing-full-steam-ahead-partially-destroys-marina/765376/6 "2016-09-09T05:23:02Z")
I anticipate criminal charges. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpt-stubing-full-steam-ahead-partially-destroys-marina/765376/7 "2016-09-09T06:16:40Z")
Maybe he wanted to step on the reverse pedal and accidentally hit the gas? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpt-stubing-full-steam-ahead-partially-destroys-marina/765376/8 "2016-09-09T13:47:35Z")
May be the ship was manufactured by Toyota? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpt-stubing-full-steam-ahead-partially-destroys-marina/765376/9 "2016-09-09T23:04:16Z")
This is a cruise ship oil tanker? Never heard of those. Neato.