Ship stuck on Bramble Bank.
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Or alternatively if you are the officer in charge of the anchor party, and watching for the signal from the old man when to slip, do not mistake him dropping his arm to receive a wet for the signal to drop anchor, as sod's law says you won't be on station yet, will still have way on, and will end up with a severe b
king as it will be your fault and not that of the skipper for partaking in a refreshing beverage. Needless to say a long long time ago.
king as it will be your fault and not that of the skipper for partaking in a refreshing beverage. Needless to say a long long time ago.FiF said:
Or alternatively if you are the officer in charge of the anchor party, and watching for the signal from the old man when to slip, do not mistake him dropping his arm to receive a wet for the signal to drop anchor, as sod's law says you won't be on station yet, will still have way on, and will end up with a severe bking as it will be your fault and not that of the skipper for partaking in a refreshing beverage. Needless to say a long long time ago.
king as it will be your fault and not that of the skipper for partaking in a refreshing beverage. Needless to say a long long time ago.
Oops the tug hit the ship:
"The vessel remains at anchor on the Alpha Anchorage.
Yesterday weather conditions prevented any activity on the vessel other than to connect the third tug.
Unfortunately, during the afternoon, one of the two tugs already in place moved from her position and collided with the Hoegh Osaka. There were no injuries to personnel, but the tug received some damage and it was replaced by another tug. No pollution occurred during this incident.
The main concern at the moment is the weather and the forecast for continuing high winds in the coming week. Plans are being refined to meet the challenges this presents.
In particular, the salvors now intend to start ballasting work before pumping the 3000t of water out of the vessel. They have managed to board the ship today and will ensure the pump is working, but they will also look at the ballast system.
We will issue a further update tomorrow."
Source: http://hmcoastguard.blogspot.co.uk
"The vessel remains at anchor on the Alpha Anchorage.
Yesterday weather conditions prevented any activity on the vessel other than to connect the third tug.
Unfortunately, during the afternoon, one of the two tugs already in place moved from her position and collided with the Hoegh Osaka. There were no injuries to personnel, but the tug received some damage and it was replaced by another tug. No pollution occurred during this incident.
The main concern at the moment is the weather and the forecast for continuing high winds in the coming week. Plans are being refined to meet the challenges this presents.
In particular, the salvors now intend to start ballasting work before pumping the 3000t of water out of the vessel. They have managed to board the ship today and will ensure the pump is working, but they will also look at the ballast system.
We will issue a further update tomorrow."
Source: http://hmcoastguard.blogspot.co.uk
A reminder that like icebergs maritime casualties are mostly hidden, they don't appear on the 6 o'clock news and the hundreds of seafarers who don't make port every year don't get much of a memorial. I forget sometimes too, although the union rag does invariably contain sinkings, fires and other incidents.
Guardian; Worse things still happen at sea: the shipping disasters we never hear about
Guardian; Worse things still happen at sea: the shipping disasters we never hear about
Yes, Certainly windy and cold down at lee on solent today !!
Hoegh Osaka off lee on solent by richebets, on Flickr
Hoegh Osaka off lee on solent by richebets, on Flickr
Hoegh Osaka off lee on solent by richebets, on FlickrHoegh Osaka off lee on solent by richebets, on Flickr
maser_spyder said:
gazzarose said:
I've taken a few boats into Southampton Boat show and the wind on a nice day is quite strong and swirls around a bit, docking the QM2 in 70+kts wind must have been very, umm, interesting.
Might have been 70-odd knots out in the Solent, but would have been significantly lower all the way up Southampton water.Anyway, big modern ship like that? Full astern and yank the handbrake, job done.
(I'm kidding, of course, it must be like parking a block of flats)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8alNxLjCBJc
One of the most impressive docking moves I've seen is the "flying cant" that the Waverley used to do at Anderston Quay in Glasgow.
The river isn't much wider than the length of the ship, and they had to turn her as they arrived back. That involved attaching a rope from the bow windlass along the starboard side of the ship to the quay on the aft port side of the ship, without stopping, then turning hard starboard and using the windlass to pull her round, all the time making sure she didn't get too close to either side of the river.
Bear in mind she is a paddle steamer, and both paddles are linked, so no being able to run one ahead and one astern to help.
I can only find one video of it on youtube - the move starts around the 9 minute mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RijPbBheWwI
She now docks further downstream where the river is wider so no need for this move anymore.
The river isn't much wider than the length of the ship, and they had to turn her as they arrived back. That involved attaching a rope from the bow windlass along the starboard side of the ship to the quay on the aft port side of the ship, without stopping, then turning hard starboard and using the windlass to pull her round, all the time making sure she didn't get too close to either side of the river.
Bear in mind she is a paddle steamer, and both paddles are linked, so no being able to run one ahead and one astern to help.
I can only find one video of it on youtube - the move starts around the 9 minute mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RijPbBheWwI
She now docks further downstream where the river is wider so no need for this move anymore.
Jader1973 said:
hat involved attaching a rope from the bow windlass along the starboard side of the ship to the quay on the aft port side of the ship, without stopping, then turning hard starboard and using the windlass to pull her round, all the time making sure she didn't get too close to either side of the river.
Bear in mind she is a paddle steamer, and both paddles are linked, so no being able to run one ahead and one astern to help.
The closest I've got to that is 'winding on the nose'; ie place the nose gently into the bank, then rudder hard over and add power to bring the stern round. No lines or helpers needed. But you do need a rudder!Bear in mind she is a paddle steamer, and both paddles are linked, so no being able to run one ahead and one astern to help.
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