Another mobo collision
- Thread starter TwoHooter
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RIN
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Disappointed - I was expecting something a little more dramatic
Bouba
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Somebody in Sweden bumped into a blonde. Who’d have thought
Bigplumbs
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Twas the wind could happen to all of us
Bouba
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The two ‘crashes’ (this one and the superyacht’, all suffered from the same problem, fixed fenders.
All had plenty of crew, but as the above video showed, the crew couldn’t get a fender where they needed it because they were all tied onto the rails.
It’s good practice to have at least another fender on a line that is easily accessible to the crew, so a fender can be put where needed and moved as the boat moves.
All had plenty of crew, but as the above video showed, the crew couldn’t get a fender where they needed it because they were all tied onto the rails.
It’s good practice to have at least another fender on a line that is easily accessible to the crew, so a fender can be put where needed and moved as the boat moves.
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Deleted User YDKXO
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That was a really shit piece of boat handling. He could have positioned himself well off the berth and well away from the Nordy and with the occasional stab of the throttles, the wind would have taken him into the berth without really trying
PowerYachtBlog
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This is pure stupidity tbh and adding the equation for a hitting changes to 90%.
With the wind coming from the front why would you enter a berth that way. Reply cause skipper had no confidence in his going astern skills.
Bouba
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Not quite sure what you mean, but there is the captain and crew (if you have one) and if the captain wrong, all the crew have is fenders and lines. So you might as well arm them, just in case you make mistake or experience a technical failure.
markc
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Classic case of trying to drive a boat like it's a car
MapisM
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You gotta be kidding.
Nobody's perfect of course, but there's a difference between not being perfect and not having a clue.
Bouba
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Could he fit between the two boats?
Portofino
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Very easily and uneventfully if he realised the wind is his friend .
petem
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Yep, my thoughts exactly. There was no need for him to be going forwards at all.
Incidentally, was he single handed I wonder?
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Deleted User YDKXO
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Dunno but I'm sure part of the problem was that he was driving a closed wheelhouse boat which probably meant he wasnt entirely aware of the wind strength
AllanG
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No, you can see his wife/partner/friend was also onboard.
Bouba
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The real question, was he single engined?
scubaman
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Was there the next day. At that particular day I was berthing in another marina close by. Terrible cross wind, failing bow thruster and a med style mooring arrangement made it a nightmare. The skipper has my sympathies, but as others have mentioned, maybe not his best day.
Bouba, at 1:47 it would appear that it was a twin engine boat.
Bouba, at 1:47 it would appear that it was a twin engine boat.
Bouba
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Up until now, I was the only one giving the captain the benefit of the doubt
But I still think the crew stood helplessly by because they never had a fender in hand
AndieMac
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Yep, the roving fender in the right hands can save a lot of grief, simple and effective
Bigplumbs
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Up until now, I was the only one giving the captain the benefit of the doubt
But I still think the crew stood helplessly by because they never had a fender in hand
I rather think there was another