| For an instant it looked as if the keel had sheered off and the ship would go down like a lump of lead. |
| The helmsman maintained that course for over 15 minutes, until the vessel struck bottom and sheered to starboard. |
| Starboard bow thrust was reportedly requested by the pilot of the Jo Spirit when the Jo Spirit sheered to port, but was not applied. |
| L'Acadien II soon5 sheered to port and went on a track approximately 60º off the centreline of the CCGS Sir William Alexander. |
| A short time later, the Stellanova sheered towards the centre of the channel. |
| As both vessels came within sight of one another, the Stellanova sheered a second time, this time to starboard. |
