Posted on Feb 14, 2017
Incident Video: Brand New Luxury Cruise Ship Breaks Moorings, Crashes Into Vessel in New Zealand...
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Maritime fuckery of the day. They should have called for tugs to push against the wind if it was that bad -- no mooring lines will hold against that much sail surface at winds of those speeds.
Incident Video: Brand New Luxury Cruise Ship Breaks Moorings, Crashes Into Vessel in New Zealand...
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Posted 7 y ago
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SN Greg Wright We're they already moored in in the process of?
This happened to the USS Lassen a few years ago during a blizzard in Hokkaido. The duty section was able to light off the engines however and maneuver to anchorage.
Surprised the crew of the cruise ship wasn't able to do this. I thought theses things were highly automated.
This happened to the USS Lassen a few years ago during a blizzard in Hokkaido. The duty section was able to light off the engines however and maneuver to anchorage.
Surprised the crew of the cruise ship wasn't able to do this. I thought theses things were highly automated.
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SN Greg Wright
They looked moored to me, Chief. From the given angle, I could see all the stern and breast lines that I would expect to. Also, if you look in the water to port before she comes off the dock, you can see the wake of her thrusters. They knew they were in trouble. Shoulda called for tugs imo.
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Every Officer of the Deck's Worst Nightmare. (There is a Reason to watch the Tattle Tails). I had to call the On-Duty Crew to their Line Stations Once in Home Port when I saw the Tattle Tails go Taught. Only Time in My Career that We Had to Double Up the Mooring Lines. Wind is Nasty Mistress.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel No more tattle tales these days. The Navy has stopped using nylon mooring lines and switched to Kevlar which is stronger and doesn't stretch. No snap back so they're much safer.
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SN Greg Wright
SCPO (Join to see) - And a LOT easier to deal with, because it's stronger than steel of the same diameter, so most of them are 2", rather than the 6" nylon we all know and love to hate. When did they make the switch, Chief? Merchants have been using kevlar for about 15 years.
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