Left hand down a bit! Norwegian man wakes to a 135m ship in his garden.

[LittleSister]

Some people will do anything to avoid mooring fees!

‘It was so unreal’: Norwegian man wakes to cargo ship in his garden

 

[johnalison]

I ran into someone’s garden in Friesland once due to gear failure, but it didn’t make the national news.

 

[Little Tern]

I ran into someone’s garden in Friesland once due to gear failure, but it didn’t make the national news.

Derailleur or Sturmey-Archer?

 

[johnalison]

Derailleur or Sturmey-Archer?

Volvo. Actually some good over-mighty Viking at HR who had overtightened a nut on the cable.

 

[Concerto]

Volvo. Actually some good over-mighty Viking at HR who had overtightened a nut on the cable.

More likely the nut in control of the vessel was asleep as there was a hard turn he missed.

 

[ylop]

Some people will do anything to avoid mooring fees!

‘It was so unreal’: Norwegian man wakes to cargo ship in his garden

Time to explain the landing charge is calculated per foot! Shore power? that will be extra.

 

[Mark-1]

 

[SaltyC]

Time to explain the landing charge is calculated per foot! Shore power? that will be extra.

Aaah walk ashore berth x times anchoring.

 

[johnalison]

More likely the nut in control of the vessel was asleep as there was a hard turn he missed.

You were there? I don’t recall that you were.

 

[Mark-1]

More likely the nut in control of the vessel was asleep as there was a hard turn he missed.

Sadly yes - when you look at the orientation and where it ended up it does seem to suspiciously line up with the channel to the ~NW.

 

[veshengro]

Mr Norwegian Mole to Mrs Norwegian Mole..." Astrid, that bump last night...There's a ship on the lawn above us"
" Lars!! Have you been on the Akvavit early again?"

 

[johnalison]

Mr Norwegian Mole to Mrs Norwegian Mole..." Astrid, that bump last night...There's a ship on the lawn above us"
" Lars!! Have you been on the Akvavit early again?"

When we ate out in Sweden and got to the pudding course I would order myself an aquavit instead. This would usually attract critical stares or remarks from my companions, but when I pointed out that my drink was costing about £4 and their desserts were costing £7 or 8 they could see how very self-restrained I was being.

 

[newtothis]

Sadly yes - when you look at the orientation and where it ended up it does seem to suspiciously line up with the channel to the ~NW.

Watch officer of ship that crashed into garden fell asleep, police say

 

[Mark-1]

Watch officer of ship that crashed into garden fell asleep, police say

Poor guy. I suspect very easy to do.

 

[Concerto]

You were there? I don’t recall that you were.

I read the ship failed to turn. I made a comment and now in post 13 it confirmed my suspicions.

 

[TonyMS]

Coming into a fiord with only one guy on watch? The fault is entirely the captain's.

 

[johnalison]

I read the ship failed to turn. I made a comment and now in post 13 it confirmed my suspicions.

I don’t doubt it, but the quote in your post referred to my massively more significant episode, with the clear, to me, implication that I was the nut. I don’t mind being called a fruit case, but nut is definitely OTT.

 

[penberth3]

Coming into a fiord with only one guy on watch? The fault is entirely the captain's.

And suppose the company doesn't give the captain enough crew to have two on the bridge 24/7? Whose fault then?

 

[Bajansailor]

And suppose the company doesn't give the captain enough crew to have two on the bridge 24/7? Whose fault then?

Exactly.
And they would have still had more crew than the minimum specified in the Flag State's Safe Manning Document.

 

[Mark-1]

I don’t doubt it, but the quote in your post referred to my massively more significant episode, with the clear, to me, implication that I was the nut. I don’t mind being called a fruit case, but nut is definitely OTT.

I don't think he meant that at all, I took it to be referring to the incident that's the subject of the thread.