The Carnival Splendor on dry dock

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Taking advantage of a gorgeous day in San Francisco, I decided to go out and take a look at the cruise ship Carnival Splendor that is on dry dock for repairs. As you remember this ship became famous sometime ago when, on a cruise to Mexico, the engine caught fire and thousands of passengers had to stay on board for several days without food, in the dark and with no facilities. It is amazing to me how the underwater section is so small compared to the top structure.

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Great day on the Bay

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The bay has been so calm the last few days. Wish I could be out there.
Great shot of the ship. I heard they were supposed to be done with repairs this month.
 
How is it that these things do not roll over all the time?
 
Center of gravity. It's not hard to find regular pleasureboats that don't look like they could stay upright either, but they're not as extreme. I was on a cruise last year when the Capt. thrusted sideways to the dock faster than he should have. I was on the top floor of the 2nd largest cruise ship in the world, and I couldn't believe how she leaned over! It felt like I was drunk (er).
 
All the machinery (and I would also guess the ballast and fuel oil) is down low and it is H E A V Y.
 
+1... also cabins are mostly empty space, and NOT heavy.

And then there are the stabilizers; sadly they're not effective when docking.
 
Cool pix - thanks.
Wonder where they send their props to be tuned> :)
 
Must be one heckuva shorepower cable plugged into that thing.
 
i would have imagined a deeper hull too. sure most pleasure vessels will look like that but they dont' go out in the middle of the ocean!

why do i have visions of Poseidon Adventure when i see one of those floating hotels....
 
Between ballast tanks & stabilizers it is a wonder they stay upright. Ever watched one making a sharp turn in a channel or even watch them heel with all the passengers on one side while docking?
 
The Carnival Splendor is classed by Lloyd's Registry of Shipping for Unlimited, Ocean, Passenger Service. The vessel would never earn that classification unless it had sufficient intact stability (without the stabilizers engaged) that has been proven in theory and demonstrated by sea trials and inclining test. The props are Controllable Pitch (CP) and when work is needed, each blade can be removed and serviced. They are also replacing an engine while on dock. You can bet Carnival is not happy to be carrying out this work at a US yard, paying Union Labor Rates and dealing with California environmental requirements.
 
any details on what happened im guessing it tossed a rod or broke a high pressure fuel line to cause the engine fire?
 
From SFGATE

'One of the ship's diesel-electric engines and a generator will be replaced, and work will be done to repair additional damage to the ship's engines caused by the fire in November. The affected engines are below the water line and repairs can only be made by cutting a hole in the Carnival Splendor's hull, taking out the damaged equipment and replacing it, Roybal said. That requires the ship to be in a dry dock.

The new engine weighs 220,000 pounds and was flown from Italy to San Francisco last week aboard an Antonov 21, one of the largest cargo planes in the world.'
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/02/BAC41HGNSU.DTL#ixzz1DAynQOdX
 
I watched the video of Royal Carribeans Freedom of the Seas being built while on a recent cruise. They discussed the stability in dealing with a ship that has 17 decks. As mentioned above the water tanks, machinery etc are located in the bottom of the ship but they also use a lot of aluminum in the top decks to reduce weight.
 
Just heard on the news that the Carnival will be leaving SF this Friday for its next cruise.
It was in dry dock for only 3 weeks. 1000 workers. Replaced one engine and 2 generators. That's one fast repair
 
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