Re:Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge leaving tw...
by arwineap on Sunday May 18, 2025 @08:49PM
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The port expects yachts to safely operate their vessels, and it's up to the captains to execute. That could mean sailing in / out of port, or it could mean under engine power.
The trouble I'm having is if they were leaving under engine power alone, with such fast current, why was the ground tackle not ready to be deployed?
We ran a much (much) smaller vessel with an unreliable engine and often pre-prepared our anchor before getting into port
Re:Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge leaving tw...
by jabl on Monday May 19, 2025 @08:28AM
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Looking at the timeline described in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIlRiauatEo , it all happened pretty quickly. They probably didn't have time to deploy anchors.
Also, having your ship stuck in port for days waiting for wind and tide to be suitable for leaving would have been commonplace before engines, as would bring becalmed for weeks on end and being unable to evade dangerous storms. None are probably high on the list of things these ships really want to be doing today.