Bad Boating...very bad.

One of the weirdest things is how no one gets on and takes control. They just let him keep hitting stuff while they keep trying to fend off. Once someone does jump on, all he seems to do is drop the fenders over and the get back off!?
 
That was my first thought as well.

What is your liability if you jump on and take control of this idiots boat?
 
Why was someone filming this? Did this guy have a history of bad docking?
 
That photographer & commentator are pathetic. Obviously this guy has bought more boat than he can handle. And the harder he tries, the more frustrated he gets, we've all seen it, or been there, sooner or later. Just a vicious circle of errors.
"Why does he keep hitting reverse, what a douche" the photographer says . . . . Really ? Whose the douche ? WTF don't they offer to help, ask permission to board and take control of the situation while demonstrating / giving the newbie some pointers.
My mantra has always been "SLOW IS YOUR FRIEND" I always tell that to newbies. You might bump something in tight quarters, but better to float into something than to throttle into it.
I should have turned the volume off.
 
Very bad and I would have liked to see the "fight" at the end. :)

But it looks like he may have only the starboard engine and was fighting a decent wind for that size boat.
 
One engine and wind you dock at the work dock or gas dock.
You don't attempt your slip unless you know you can handle it.
Bad call
 
Plenty of fail to go around there... He should have asked for help and they should have offered it. Have to wonder how much damage was done...
 
I have to admit I broke one of my windows tapping a bow pulpit once trying to turn around with my single inboard. I now pull into the gas dock and ask for help if I feel uncomfortable at a strange marina. I'd rather give someone a tip than damage a boat.
 
Looks like his steering might have been out. Rudders stuck in one position.
 
I'm guessing that by the way the boat is handling, the port shift cable has broken and is stuck in reverse. He doesn't realize it and keeps putting both shifters into forward and giving it throttle but all the boat is doing is trying to pivot to port.

I had the same thing happen to me but not with the same carnage. I was teaching a novice how to control his new to him twin engine 36' cruiser. He was doing extremely well in our many docking manoeuvres to a long empty dock. He was doing his final docking at the launch ramp dock and everything was going perfect. He had it 1' off the dock right where he was supposed to be. He put it in neutral and I grabbed the mooring lines to jump out onto the dock. But the boat was still slowly moving forward so I told him to put both in reverse to stop it. It was still moving slowly forward, the wind was from astern, so I told him to give it a little throttle. That's when I realized that something was wrong. I yelled at him to hit neutral and shut off both motors. I tried to get a line onto a dock cleat but I was a little too late and he hit the concrete launch ramp lightly. In his case the port shift cable had broken and kept the drive in forward regardless of the shifter position. Just a minor scrape to the bow but it destroyed his confidence and forever after he was afraid of maneuvering his boat.
 
Is it a twin engine boat? Looks to me like a very old 32 or so foot Luhrs. There were a lot near my growing up. They were light, relatively mild deadrise and many had a single screw. The owners really had to work at getting them in place especially with any wind.

In his defense, BTDT but not as much carnage.
 
I thought that maybe the guy just won the lottery and was putting on a show for all of the nosey douche bags on Dock D
 
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Originally posted by CR CRUISER

I'm guessing that by the way the boat is handling, the port shift cable has broken and is stuck in reverse. He doesn't realize it and keeps putting both shifters into forward and giving it throttle but all the boat is doing is trying to pivot to port.

I had the same thing happen to me but not with the same carnage. I was teaching a novice how to control his new to him twin engine 36' cruiser. He was doing extremely well in our many docking manoeuvres to a long empty dock. He was doing his final docking at the launch ramp dock and everything was going perfect. He had it 1' off the dock right where he was supposed to be. He put it in neutral and I grabbed the mooring lines to jump out onto the dock. But the boat was still slowly moving forward so I told him to put both in reverse to stop it. It was still moving slowly forward, the wind was from astern, so I told him to give it a little throttle. That's when I realized that something was wrong. I yelled at him to hit neutral and shut off both motors. I tried to get a line onto a dock cleat but I was a little too late and he hit the concrete launch ramp lightly. In his case the port shift cable had broken and kept the drive in forward regardless of the shifter position. Just a minor scrape to the bow but it destroyed his confidence and forever after he was afraid of maneuvering his boat.

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Had this very exact same thing happen to me as I was putting my new to me 36' boat in it's new to us slip at my new to me marina.
The shift cable had come off(not broken) the port transmission while it was in forward and things got pretty funky when I tried to shift to reverse on both engines.
We usually back into our slips but this time I had to put it in bow first, no damage but my heart was going pretty fast.
 
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Originally posted by November Charlie

What a bunch of jerks.

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I agree. The biggest douches were the people videoing it.

That one lady actually hoped to see the poor person get arrested.
 
Kalii II is not listed on the USCG doc site, so the operator lucked out there.

FWLIW from the safety of a computer screen- I'm guessing the port engine is down and he is not experienced enough to maneuver the boat forward out of that slipway or turn 180* & go forward with slight corrections as needed to arrive at a desired slip on one engine( or maybe just one prop left?). There doesn't appear to be any forward or reverse thrust from the port side.

I doubt the port side is stuck in reverse, but if so, it would have been better to shut it down if it was not already down. Robyns Nest may well be right about no helm response and perhaps hard-over though, and I agree with Brian N.

It's all guessing for us , but it would be interesting to find out what was really happening at the helm.

With so many errors it looks like he should have soon given up the probably damaging attempts and shut down to float over with the breeze to softly tie up to slipped boats to await a tow. It is surprising to see no one or several other boaters didn't get aboard to stop the madness but if he was intoxicated it would be a tough call.
 
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