Kinda' gross, but to go along with all the complaints about sanitation, if only half of 'em gotta' poo each day - that's still a literal "truck load" of poop that's gotta' get flushed and stowed. No wonder they're strugglin' to keep up.
I just heard a news story on the radio (local station here in town) about a lady who talked to her dad who's on board the ship. She indicated that he said that the passengers are mostly dealing with it well. She said he was actually laughing some and saying that some elements of it were kinda' fun (sleeping in a tent on deck, I guess). Like Don said, a bummer but not the end of the world.
Imagine being the one of the guys that has to work on one of these;
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If the picture I found is correct, the Triumph has 4 of them, plus 2 additional 8 Cylinder versions (can't find a picture) of that engine.
| Estimate Electric Load | Reference: DDS 310-1 | ||||
| Maximum Functional Load for Winter Cruise Condition | |||||
| Propulsion Loads | kWP | 158.4 | kW | ||
| Steering Loads | kWS | 209.9 | kW | ||
| Lighting Loads | kWL | 1596.4 | kW | ||
| Miscellaneous Loads | kWM | 46.1 | kW | ||
| Heating Loads | kWH | 7020.0 | kW | ||
| Ventilation Loads | kWCPS | 25.3 | kW | ||
| kWV | 1399.5 | kW | |||
| Air Conditioning Loads | kWAC | 2942.4 | kW | ||
| Auxiliary Boiler and Fresh Water | kWB | 3948.0 | kW | ||
| Firemain | kWF | 777.6 | kW | ||
| UNREP and Handling | kWRH | 0.0 | kW | ||
| Fin Stabilizers | kWFINS | 0.0 | kW | ||
| Auxiliary Machinery | kWA | 974.0 | kW | ||
| Services and Work Spaces | kWSERV | 1470.0 | kW | ||
| Non Payload Functional Load | kWNP | 20567.6 | kW | ||
| Maximum Functional Load | kWMFL | 20567.6 | kW | kWMFL=kWNP+kWPAY | |
| Margined Maximum Functional Load | kWMFLM | 24681.1 | kW | ||
| INPUTS | ||||
| Range | E | NM | Input | |
| Endurance Speed | Ve | Knots | Input | |
| LBP | 900 | ft | Input | |
| T | 40 | ft | Input | |
| D | 80 | ft | Input | |
| Payload Electric load | Wpay | 0 | kW | Input |
| Generator Size | kWG | 7500 | kW | Input |
| number of generators | Ng | 6 | ||
| Generator Fuel Rate | FRG | 0.42 | lb/kW-hr | Input |
| kW Growth Margin | kW | 0 | % | Input |
| People Aboard | NT | 4200 | Input | |
| Beam | B | 120 | ft | Input |
| Colective protection | CPS | 0 | Input | |
| Fin Stabilizers Electrical Load | kWFINS | 0 | kW | Input |
| Endurance Shaft Horsepower | PE | 18000 | hp | Input |
| Sustained Shaft Horsepower | PS | 28000 | Input | |
| Sea and Roughness Margin | PMARG | 1.1 | Input | |
| Required Shaft Horsepower | PIREQ | 30800 | hp | |
| Number of Propulsion engines | Neng | 2 | ||
| BHP per engine | 17000 | hp | ||
| Actual Installed SHP | PIBRAKE | 34000 | hp | |
| Shaft and Gear Efficiency | etaG | 0.97 | Input | |
| Delivered HP | PI | 32980 | hp |
