Parking in the Med

[markc]

Missed that Thx .
Looked at that a few times now to work out which dir it’s from .If blow out from the boat it would be aside the hull and a different splash not so high .Would have to be a spinning part centrifugally letting go .G box shattered maybe , unlikely a shaft issue ie the coupling .Buts all this is unlikely as the resultant hole would have sunk it and it did not sink in full public glare .
So for those reasons it’s not that .

Looks like an object of weight chucked out of the side door to the helm , judging from the splash distance from the hull approx 2 m and it must have been pretty large and heavy ish the splash is tall and on the sound despite the shrieking woman “ Bravi “ which if have got this right translates to “ well done “ - sarcasm I think ?

Conclusion = Something a person or folks at the helm station did not want authorities to come across should officialdom enter the boat shortly in terms of some sort of accident investigation or rescue which the thrower assumed was the next step ??

Or just a mad pique of fit by someone, but it’s not a light weight phone or set of keys - thinking row or something.

Maybe empty bottles - but so what ? There’s gonna be booze on a boat that size that’s not the issue , the issue is wether booze is circulating in the helms-persons blood , and crew on duty not the empty bottles of the guests in the gash .

Wonder wether blood test for booze + crucially substance abuse was ever done or if officialdom ever got involved ??
That would rule that out .

It does rev up at first going from R to N to F , I mean he must have floored it for that amount of smoke , then he throttles back 1/2 way a cross , and it seems like first click in F when he crunches the jetty with the bow shortly after that splash.

So the “ loss of control “ argument to me seems weak very weak .
As others have said “ kill switches “ etc

As others have said everyone’s worst nightmare a control problem in a marina .

Its spinning at the start so Port is in R and Stb in F
But after the spin he went from R to N to F then presume back to N after the 2 nd hit .
As said gave it beans then backed off .

Very strange indeed .

It looks like something is coming up out of the water

 

[Bouba]

My thought is that he picked up an undersea cable or chain and stretched it until it snapped

 

[Portofino]

Yes agree the boat jinks a bit to Stb , then rocks a fraction just before the underwater line snaps . Looks explosive.
They may have deployed the anchor maybe in the panic? . Out of shot .
The boats moored to the stb are far away and small though, so I would have thought there bow line sea bed attachment would not be that far out , given there size ?

Still think the Rev limiter around shifting played a part .
Quite possibly as said just did its job not enough time for them to Rev down after the black smoke spool up .Or it threw a code having been attempred to go from 1800 rpm to tick over in less than 1 sec or something as he snatched it back as fast as it went Fwds after the stern crash ….kinda foxed it .
Normally from 1800 rpm or what ever the ECUs see a throttle back gently and progressively, they will have algorithms to follow . In normal use no ones ever done this , why should they ?
The history will show stored data it’s only ever gone from F-N -R at tickover or thereabouts .

Or give them the benefit to save embarrassment it jammed preventing gear box changes ?


The most revs I have used when manoeuvring ( sometimes it’s needed ) is 800/900 up from 600 .Pushing against wind spinning the thing in a tight space .
Then dropped back to N , then a slight pause as there is a delay then to the opposite command tickover rpms .

Never done a crash 1800 / 2000 rpm stop ie pulled it back straight back through N to R .
Throttled back progressively if say seen a log or what ever , simultaneously turning he wheel , but never asked them to go into R outside marina and anchorages manoeuvres .
All sorts of micro switches and ECUs, shed loads of sensors running the show .All mega bucks if busted .

Jet boats are excluded as no change in engine via g box prop rotation they just drop the bucket which has nothing to see with matching up engine rpms and a g box .

 

[Bouba]

What is strange is the original crash. Were they out of control before that? Because it’s a strange place to park

 

[marcochi76]

You can clearly hear people filming saying "ha la cima legata" = it has the mooring line attached!
The splash it's probably the line getting broken

 

[markc]

What is strange is the original crash. Were they out of control before that? Because it’s a strange place to park

i think that they were planning to moor alongside the boat to their stbd and it looked to me that the skipper thought he was in N and maybe having attention elsewhere, ended up hitting the ribs - a bit like being at the lights in an auto car and not realising that you're creeping forwards.

 

[markc]

You can clearly hear people filming saying "ha la cima legata" = it has the mooring line attached!
The splash it's probably the line getting broken

Maybe they had already picked up the bow line... perhaps the skipper was anticipating that the bow line would hold them off at the stern? Although if that was the case, surprised that no-one seemed ready with stern lines

 

[Portofino]

There is no marinaros in a rib who normally do the bow lines , they pick up and let it drop as they move out making distance for the skipper get in .Then pass it up to the guy(s) on the bow to start securing when the boats nearly in .

But as already said no guys on the stern ready .This might be because in its home berth it’s lines have been chucked ashore .
We never see who s stood on the berth immediately aside the large white boat to stb .
When you ask for marina assistance they usually have guys stood on your berth + a rib guy who goes in first and grabs the bow line .Where’s the rib guy ? How did they pick up this the bow line ?

Anyhow @ 15 the crew guy in full whites ( presume captain? ) after the spin strolls down to what appears to be a stern station .
By the look of him stooping and position of hands and arms .
So if this is not responding , looks like it @20 he then runs back to the wheel house area .

Then it revs up = smoke etc . That can’t be intensional from a experienced skip ?

So faulty switching to transfer command ? He thought he had it at the stern after calmly spinning it from the interior helm .

Don, t know how they snagged a ground line though or who gave it to them it’s not clear .
Or the huge spool up after smacking the ribs .Could have got in a right muddle working out which station did what .

Benefit if doubt from me a technical issues .Guy in whites looks in his 50 s .

 

[Bouba]

Once in our port an elderly couple set off on their thirty something footer boat but forget to take off the bow line (which is all chain).
He bounced all over the place, hitting other boats, everyone calling to them that the chain was still on. His only response to his now confused state of mind was more forward throttle.
They were keen boaters but I don’t think I ever saw them on their boat again