thamesS23
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that will polish out
nice berthing !
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adey
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Alicante marina. The bridge/walkway he hit is the only way onto the whole marina. Ouch.
Bowlerhat
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He should take a lesson from this guy
WoodyP
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I can only think that he couldn't find reverse
Hurricane
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He shouldn't have been going that fast in the first place.
The motto should always be "if you are going to have a crash - it should be a slow crash"
I've seen this kind of thing before - especially in Spain and can never understand how they get into those situations.
The motto should always be "if you are going to have a crash - it should be a slow crash"
I've seen this kind of thing before - especially in Spain and can never understand how they get into those situations.
julians
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I'm guessing he put it into forward gear and one engine wouldn't come out of forward gear
dankilb
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Yup - crash slowly… and crash once!
Bouba
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That’s the whole problem with boating.....we are all so worried in case the boat won’t start...nobody thinks, ‘will it stop?’
Hurricane
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If that was the case, he should be able to press an engine stop button before it got to speed - he had plenty of time
Bouba
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The fact that there were people running towards the boat with ball fenders shows that the problem happened long enough ago to summons help
John100156
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If he was going slower and that were the case, he could have turned the stuck engine off, and reversed the other (probably has a BT too) to gently stop - he seemed to have ample time to do that...! Poor chap hope he has good insurance....
gordmac
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Fenders look far too small for the boat!
Bouba
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Big boats in small berths is the curse of the Med...no room for fenders