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Sunday, 1 September 2024

Buoys

 

Buoys

Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons

We watched a video about the collision of the Maersk Shekou and the Sail Training Ship Leeuwin in Fremantle on 30th August. It was most informative. Maersk Shekou damaged one of the berths and the roof of the Maritime Museum. It also damaged itself, with a hole in the side. It dismasted the tall ship Leeuwin and two crew members were taken to hospital with injuries, which were not life-threatening, fortunately.

It’s something of a mystery at present. There were two pilots on board and four attendant tugs, so I’m sure many people will have reached their own conclusions.

Shekou has been in and out of Fremantle on other occasions without incident. There is a link to the YouTube video about the accident. It’s just over sixteen minutes long.

The thing that intrigued me almost as much as the analysis was the pronunciation of buoys. I had always assumed that everyone pronounced it the same way – ‘BOYS,’ but the presenter said, ‘BOO-EES’ and it amused me. How many other ways is it pronounced, I wonder?