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Divemaster's guide to New Zealand Scuba Diving Sites
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Featured Site: Mikhail Lermontov
Background
The following information has kindly been provided by Nine at Nine Dives and Go Dive Marlborough
"How can a pilot run a ship onto the rocks, in his own water, in clear weather?" Captain Vladislaw Verobyov, after the event speaking on the bridge of the Wellington ferry.
On 16 February 1986, the Russian ( USSR ) cruise ship the Mikhail Lermontov ($ 25.000.000, 20.000 tons, 155 mtr long, 8 mtr draught, 25 mtr across the beam, 408 passengers, 330 crew) sets off from Picton Harbour at 15.00 hours.
The pilot Don Jamison was on board at 14.50, he was working 80/90 hrs a week at that time, as acting Manager of Marlborough Harbour Authority, Harbour master and as Pilot. more
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