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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 12:04 pm
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Originally Posted by SRQ Guy
It's an Azipod failure, not a power generation failure. Azipod failures, sadly, are quite common, but they're also fairly easily repaired. It'll likely be repaired during it's current voyage.
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Still an electric motor failure (I take it an azipod is just an electric motor hung on the bottom of the hull) that will take divers for a simple fix or drydock to replace or do more serious repairs?

I was going to meet a fellow FTer a few years ago in Dubrovnik but their RSSC cruise got canned after a a zipod failed.
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