Alaskan Sea-Duction
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- Alaskan Sea-Duction
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- 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
Wow.. wonder if they weren't paying attention or if something else happened. I like the "hard landing" quote... as opposed to someone screwed up.
It will be interesting to see if the ferry system attributes this to some mechanical problem, as in the boat didn't answer the helm. But the 'back up and try again' video shoots that down.
OK, here we go. What could occupy two people so intently that they would both overlook the impending doom? Humm, let me thing, two people, totally preoccupied with something else....
There, that's my irresponsible speculation for the day.
Ask the captain of the Costa Concordia…
Are there multiple people required on the bridge of the ferries?
"Hard landing"? Now there's a euphemism for CRASH. Kind of like when the the Titanic "made contact" with the iceberg. It's very hard to be an English major lately. The media hyperventilates and throws around words like "plunged!" and "skyrocketed!"..."hard landing."
It will be interesting to see if the ferry system attributes this to some mechanical problem, as in the boat didn't answer the helm. But the 'back up and try again' video shoots that down.
cotter pin missing on the transmission linkage caused a similar crash a decade or so ago. Think of a 10 knot landing at the regular dock! Some good driving here to avoid that, I suspect.
I've got to let go with a rant once in a while, helps me otherwise maintain serenity when the marina's travel lift rips off my radar array, AIS antenna and steaming light mast.Geez, Karl, you okay? meds need adjusting?[emoji38]
"Hard landing"? Now there's a euphemism for CRASH. Kind of like when the the Titanic "made contact" with the iceberg. It's very hard to be an English major lately. The media hyperventilates and throws around words like "plunged!" and "skyrocketed!" but when you actually look at the stock price or interest rate or whatever they're writing about, it moved .000001%. Plunged! Skyrocketed!! But then when you really should use a good, clear, illustrative word like "crash," when that word really is accurate and entirely justified and suited to the occasion, they use "hard landing."
I did see the local Seattle Fox station used "crash" in its feature headline and thought, good, use clear English -- but then when I listened to the reporter's narration, he said "they're still dealing with difficulties..." Ya think? Dealing with difficulties. Yeah, when I misjudge Dodd Narrows and get turned around and barfed out the other side and hit the rocks and we're scrambling for the PFD's, I'll just think, "We're dealing with difficulties!"
Vessel throttle stuck open at 1O knots on approach to ferry terminal. The driver steered ferry to beach to avoid collision with ferry terminal dock. Hit dolphin inadvertently or on purpose to slow vessel.
Alex
Having read a bit of the news coverage, here's a guess:
Vessel throttle stuck open at 1O knots on approach to ferry terminal. The driver steered ferry to beach to avoid collision with ferry terminal dock. Hit dolphin inadvertently or on purpose to slow vessel.
Alex
I curious about two things about these dolphins and the ferry. First is there enough tide at this location to have these dolphins so high and why the concrete caps. Second most dolphin piles are ‘ battered ‘ or driven at an angle so they bunch at the top to be cable tied. Had these been battered the hull rails would have made contact first and lower so the dolphins head and cap would have not caught the ferry’s wing deck. Just spitballing here as there could been other factors in this allision
Rick