The navigator also had to add any movement of the ship to the side caused by waves or the wind.

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Red Martians were falling from the side of the huge ship.

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The Philippine Coast Guard says it received a distress call from Superferry 9 early Sunday morning local time, when the ship started listing to its starboard side.

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But Pettini (87no) steadied the ship, guiding his side to 277-7 at the close, a deficit of 34 runs.

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First, once the ship has been stabilized, an underwater platform will be built and watertight boxes, or caissons, fixed to the side of the ship that is above water.

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Mr. Schettino dropped anchors on one side of the ship, forcing the massive vessel to make an abrupt 180-degree turn that brought it to rest on a shoal.

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