Cruise Liner Hits Yachts in Dartmouth

[Baddox]

Piloted by the harbour master, a cruiser manages to rund down the side of four yachts.

http://www.cruisemapper.com/news/4513-video-saga-pearl-ii-crashes-into-4-yachts-dartmouth-harbour

 

[Boathook]

Looks like new mast and rigging for all four of them.

 

[Biggles Wader]

I wonder who Saga are insured with. Hmmmm

 

[scruff]

Crumbs! Looks like someone was aboard the second / black boat - That must have been a bit of a brown trouser moment!

 

[matthewriches]

Back to VTS school....

 

[Praxinoscope]

Should have gone to Specsavers.

 

[Bilgediver]

Good sound effects of chain moorings against hull. Lucky if no propeller damage but it looks like engines were stopped as it slide over the moorings and restarted when clear.

 

[RichardS]

Good sound effects of chain moorings against hull. Lucky if no propeller damage but it looks like engines were stopped as it slide over the moorings and restarted when clear.

I thought it was the masts against the hull?

Richard

 

[Bilgediver]

I thought it was the masts against the hull?

Richard

That too but a different sound. ! ;-)

 

[JumbleDuck]

Looks like new mast and rigging for all four of them.

I think it only hit #1, though very near to the other 3. None of them seems to move about as if hit.

 

[C08]

Where on earth was the CL going to berth/anchor at Dartmouth?

 

[VicS]

I think it only hit #1, though very near to the other 3. None of them seems to move about as if hit.

On Tuesday the Dartmoth Chronicle said, "The mayor, Cllr Rob Lyon and mayoress, Di Lyon are expected to meet Saga Pearl II’s captain for an exchange of plaques to commemorate the visit.

Today the Chronicle reports "four yachts clipped". http://www.dartmouth-today.co.uk/ar...by cruise ship&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2018

 

[VicS]

Where on earth was the CL going to berth/anchor at Dartmouth?

Right whee it is currently moored I'd think

There were 10 cruise ship visits to Dartmouth planned this year. This was the second visit by Saga Pearl II

Correction. The earlier planned visit by Saga pearl II, in April, was cancelled.

 

[Zing]

What happened? Was it an especially fast current that caught them out. Or was it just a dogs dinner?

 

[coopec]

A cruise ship in Dartmouth Harbour crashed into four yachts while being piloted by the harbourmaster, Devon Live has reported.
Fortunately the four leisure boats only suffered 'superficial damage' in this morning's incident, Dart Habour Authority has confirmed.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing boat owners "running from their vessels in pyjamas" as the 539ft cruise ship edged towards the smaller boats.
Dart Harbour Authority said it is currently tracking down the owners of the boats involved and will investigate what can be learnt from the incident. (PlymouthLive)

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/local-news/huge-cruise-ship-crashes-yachts-1948047

 

[Birdseye]

Where on earth was the CL going to berth/anchor at Dartmouth?

Exactly. Its got to the point where, thanks to the popularity of cruises, that crusie ships are going to places they should never be. Dartmouth is unsuitable for something that size.

 

[Iain C]

On Tuesday the Dartmoth Chronicle said, "The mayor, Cllr Rob Lyon and mayoress, Di Lyon are expected to meet Saga Pearl II’s captain for an exchange of paint and insurance paperwork to commemorate the visit.

Fixed that for you.

 

[solent clown]

One must just hope the powers that be are not so in love with the idea of liners going up there that they consider the mooring to be a danger to navigation and try to move or delete them.

 

[Kukri]

I wonder who Saga are insured with. Hmmmm

The West of England Shipowners’ Mutual Insurance Association.

Oddly apposite!

Maltese flag, DNV class, RINA ISM cert. Managed by Saga Cruises of Folkestone.

Frankly, not out of the top drawer.

 

[Graham_Wright]

Piloted = on the bridge or "follow me"?