From: davideml@bellsouth.net   
      
   "Cleanthes"  wrote in message   
   news:1184811869.703280.232730@j4g2000prf.googlegroups.com...   
   > "Kind of wondered where the light came from. It should have been pitch   
   > black inside the ship. That   
   > would have driven me totally insane!!"   
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   >   As it happens, there's a kind of algae (dinoflagellates) which   
   > grows in the Mediterranean Sea with bioluminescence.  Lucky for X & G   
   > & A et al that these microorganism grow best in geothermally active   
   > areas, like where this capsizing occurred.   
      
           Lucky indeed!   
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   >   Since the ship is IN the current and has no way on, as the nautical   
   > types put it, moving the rudder would not steer the boat - rudders   
   > only work for ships moving by their own power.  It might set up a bit   
   > of yaw that would increase the chance of lucky motion into a calm   
   > spot, maybe.   
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           Xena's luck is phenomenal!   
      
   > Cleanthes   
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