FP Series #880 - Joseph Hazelwood Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 3/24/2016
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Terrain:
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Eight Hundred Eightieth in the Famous People (FP) Series - Joseph Hazelwood
Joseph Jeffrey Hazelwood (born September 24, 1946) is an American sailor. He was the captain of the Exxon Valdez during its 1989 oil spill. He was accused of being drunk at the time of the accident, though at trial he was cleared of this charge. Hazelwood was convicted of a misdemeanor charge of negligent discharge of oil, fined $50,000, and sentenced to 1,000 hours of community service.

Exxon Valdez departed the port of Valdez, Alaska at 9:12 p.m. March 23, 1989 with 53 million gallons of crude oil bound for California. A harbor pilot guided the ship through the Valdez Narrows before departing the ship and returning control to Hazelwood, the ship's master. The ship maneuvered out of the outbound traffic lane in the traffic separation scheme (TSS) to avoid icebergs.

Following the maneuver and sometime after 11 p.m., Hazelwood departed the navigation bridge and was in his stateroom at the time of the accident. He left Third Mate Gregory Cousins in charge of the navigation bridge and Able Seaman Robert Kagan at the helm with instructions from the third mate to return to the southbound traffic lane in the TSS at a prearranged point. Exxon Valdez failed to return to the shipping lanes and struck Bligh Reef at around 12:04 a.m. March 24, 1989. The accident resulted in the discharge of around 11 million gallons of oil.

According to one of David Letterman's Top Ten lists one of his excuses was, "I was just trying to scrape some ice off the reef for my margarita."

So here's the deal. We're going to try hosting this cache again. But this time, there can be no excuses for not signing the log or for not replacing the old one with at least a small piece of paper if it needs one. For heaven's sake, you are parked at a convenience store. They sell pens and they give out paper receipts. So ZERO tolerance for not following the only rule Groundspeak places on this game.

 GPSr Accuracy 7.1'
Avoid the use of acronym only logs and cut 'n paste logs. You must sign the log to claim the find. No exceptions, no excuses. Blank logs may be deleted without notice.

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