Bloody mobo's :)
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Stemar
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That moment when you go astern and nothing happens, so you give it a load of welly in astern and the damn boat accelerates ahead :disgust:
Been there, done that, fortunately without the consequences or insurance claims. Well done them for getting the anchor down and not demolishing the floating restaurant.
Been there, done that, fortunately without the consequences or insurance claims. Well done them for getting the anchor down and not demolishing the floating restaurant.
PilotWolf
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Emergency engine stop buttons?...
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Davy_S
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Will these people ever learn to turn their phone to landscape mode
Stemar
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Maybe that's what they used when they couldn't find reverse, but it wouldn't be enough to stop them when they're expecting to be able to put the brakes on with a dose of astern. In sensible conditions, I go into neutral a boat length or more before I get to my mooring going into wind and or tide. Something like that would go a fair bit further.
PilotWolf
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Indeed, it was both meant as a question as to if they had them or used them early enough.
AIso I was taught to alway test you can stop before having nowhere to go, again they may well have and there was still a failure. Likewise never approach anything hard faster than you want to hit it
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Lon nan Gruagach
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Will these people ever learn to turn their phone to landscape mode
+1, worst video ever!
PilotWolf
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Difficult to tell but looks like he is thrusting the bow, although not sure the right way - wonder if it was better to hit head on or at a slight angle? Maybe going slightly sideways would slow it down quicker.
Good job getting the anchors away, I wouldn't have like to be by the windlass!
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Stemar
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Indeed, it was both meant as a question as to if they had them or used them early enough.
AIso I was taught to alway test you can stop before having nowhere to go, again they may well have and there was still a failure. Likewise never approach anything hard faster
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I learned the hard way to check I've got forward & astern gears. Fortunately I was going alongside a long pontoon with nothing close ahead, so no damage to anything but my pride, and a useful lesson learned. Unfortunately for a few ships over the years, failures don't always to occur at convenient times, as any trawl of ship fails on Youtube will demonstrate.
As for never approaching anything faster than you want to hit it, it's a nice idea, but assumes a complete absence of wind or tide. Also, mobos of all sizes have tiny rudders compared to yachts - if they have them at all, so simply don't steer when the prop isn't turning.
PilotWolf
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I understand it's an ideal situation but usually it is possible to set up an approach not to come in hot and have to go hard astern to avoid hitting things. We do have a situation in my company where when the wind is from a certain direction it blows the boats off the dock very quickly and if there is a boat on the down wind dock you're going to get blown onto it unless you can rapidly get a line ashore or get out and have another go, so the technique is to come in fast, get alongside the dock and stay there whilst stopping very quick not to hit the quayside whilst hopefully your crew can get a line ashore to use as a spring if not it's hard astern back into the channel and try again. Those days are the ones when you hope your crew is one of the more experienced...
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Lon nan Gruagach
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Aint tugs brilliant?
Stemar
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And costly, though less costly than not having them, sometimes.
Baggywrinkle
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It wasn't another problem with touch screen cock ups like the US navy was it?
Hot Property
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Will these people ever learn to turn their phone to landscape mode
Have you not seen the new portrait style cinemas springing up then? I understand that the screen is 20 metres high and the buildings have had to rise accordingly to accommodate the new format
The good news is that the auditorium is now only 10 metres wide but a lot longer to fit everyone in!
Neil_Y
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That brings back painful memories on a much smaller (40') yacht late at night arriving in Bayona,
I knew I had something around the prop as there was still vibration, but tested reverse on approach and it worked, I needed some speed as the wind was howling so came in guided by the harbour master who had parked his launch next to the berth I was aiming for, a stern to with boats beam on to the breeze. Travelling at a few knots, swung round went for a dose of reverse to stop and....nothing just revs....the folding prop had wrapped itself with remains of debris. The softest option with plenty of fenders was the club launch. I think the Spanish driver just thought I couldn't park. Not too much damage but it sounded worse and woke a few people.
I knew I had something around the prop as there was still vibration, but tested reverse on approach and it worked, I needed some speed as the wind was howling so came in guided by the harbour master who had parked his launch next to the berth I was aiming for, a stern to with boats beam on to the breeze. Travelling at a few knots, swung round went for a dose of reverse to stop and....nothing just revs....the folding prop had wrapped itself with remains of debris. The softest option with plenty of fenders was the club launch. I think the Spanish driver just thought I couldn't park. Not too much damage but it sounded worse and woke a few people.
