Jumbo (No Longer) Floating Restaurant

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21 June 2022, 08:19 PM

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Jumbo (No Longer) Floating Restaurant

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One of Hong Kong’s most distinctive restaurants – the Jumbo Floating Restaurant – has capsized in the South China Sea, days after it was towed away from its home of 46 years in the territory’s Aberdeen harbour.

Its owners said in a statement on Monday that the restaurant had encountered adverse weather conditions when passing the Paracel Islands – also known as the Xisha Islands – on its way to an undisclosed location.

“The water depth at the scene is over 1,000 metres, making it extremely difficult to carry out salvage works,” the statement from Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises said, adding that no crew member was injured and that it was seeking more information from the towing agency. It said it was “very saddened by this accident”.

https://www.theguardian.com/wo...s-in-south-china-sea

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21 June 2022, 08:36 PM

CHAS

As smart as the Chinese can be, they still seem unable to grasp the concept of ballast.
Chinese junks are known for capsizing.
Large sailboats have heavy, deep, keels to keep the bottom side down when under sail or not.
Sometimes commercial boat captains would load the deepest parts of the hull with large stones to keep the bottom side down.
A local 24 foot racing sail boat was of a poorly ballasted design. The hull was blue. The name
of the boat was Blue Side Down.

The subject of the article had experienced heavy losses. Undesired boats sometimes get scuttled.

Scuttling
Ship
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