Boat handling mayhem! Ermioni Greece.

[Zagato]

Sorry it Is not coming up, somebody will know how to sort it with more tech knowledge than me... see next post.

 

[prv]

Is this what you were trying to post?

Pete

 

[Zagato]

That's it thanks Pete...

 

[Wansworth]

Lee shores are terrible things,but thinking that the engine is the way out can exacerbate the situation,he said from his arm chair?

 

[zoidberg]

I didn't notice..... Did he have a blue ensign?

 

[Clancy Moped]

This came up a few weeks ago, wasn't one boat from a sailing school?

 

[Concerto]

Loved the name of the yacht - Kon Tiki.

I would love to have been ashore watching this, but the video at least allows many more people to see the mess they were making of berthing. Bang went their damage excess!

 

[duncan99210]

This is a fairly typical scene in Greece in the afternoon on just about any town quay. Slack handful of charter boats in, one comes to join them. Doesn’t understand what to do, fails to drop his anchor before getting too close into the quay, winds up across the wind, doesn’t understand that he needs to go back out and start over, winds up dinging half the other boats as well as collecting their anchor chains before managing to escape(ish).
The whole situation isn’t helped by multilingual shouted instructions offered by those who know little more than the skipper of the offending boat.
I‘ve boarded similar boats before now and either taken the helm or talked the skipper through what needs to be done. It’s often the first time they’ve attempted to do a stern to Med moor and just need someone to speak calmly to them about what needs to happen next and how to achieve it.
All that said, the video is a particularly egregious example of the problem and looks likely to have damaged a some of the other boats as well as wrecking their own passerelle.

 

[davidej]

It's always great fun to watch these and then you think......

There but for the Grace of God.......

Do we know how KonTiki got into that unenviable position?

Edit typed before post 8

 

[Joker]

Thanks for reminding us not to sail in Greece.

 

[Skylark]

I watched it the last time it was posted. It doesn't make easier viewing the second time around.

What struck me was that the guy at the helm of Kon Tiki looked relatively calm and composed. Secondly, that none of his crew tried to help him or intervene, almost as though the helm was the most experienced and that it was an every day event.

 

[Clancy Moped]

Thanks for reminding us not to sail in Greece.

That's quite extreme, don't let it put you off.

 

[mjcoon]

I wonder if a roving fender on two strings so it can be held horizontal would be any help in that sort of circumstance. Must try next time...

 

[Stemar]

Trouble is, once le Con Tiki (works better in French) has got out of everyone's hair, half the boats there are going to have to go out and start again too. Even if he hadn't dragged it across the mooring, I wouldn't trust my anchor after he's gone across my bow.

 

[Stemar]

I wonder if a roving fender on two strings so it can be held horizontal would be any help in that sort of circumstance. Must try next time...

One of these, adapted for your boat would seem more appropriate

 

[Poignard]

I enjoyed the shouting most of all.

Lot's of people following the maximm:

"When in trouble, when in doubt, ​

run in circles, scream and shout.".​

 

[Wansworth]

I enjoyed the shouting most of all.

Lot's of people following the maximm:

"When in trouble, when in doubt, ​

run in circles, scream and shout.".​

Sounds like boris government?

 

[vyv_cox]

Acknowledging that this was not a great example of boat handling, Ermioni is quite a tricky berth in the afternoons. Winds are brisk and there is quite a fetch along the south side of the peninsula.

 

[Skellum]

Acknowledging that this was not a great example of boat handling, Ermioni is quite a tricky berth in the afternoons. Winds are brisk and there is quite a fetch along the south side of the peninsula.

Agreed. And we are all experts sat in the taverna with a cold pint of Mythos on the go......."I wouldn't have done it like that..."

But those guys unfortunately managed to make a spectacular horlicks of that.

 

[Biggles Wader]

I always believe in the old advice-----If you are going to hit something do it slowly and just the once.