Ok, who was stand on etc.?

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Two military vessels. Is it a narrow channel? Which way is the tide going? Manueverability?

I have to wonder how it got this far.
 
Oops! I left out the link LOL. Thanks Bill!
 
I think the camera angle and lens make it appear much closer than it was. Looks like a red buoy there leaving no room for the smaller ship to pass port to port so they changed course to pass stbd to stbd. No big deal
 
I agree no big deal, but one would have thought that if that was entirely the case, the move by the smaller ship would not have been so abrupt, like maybe they were really in communication with each other?
 
https://twitter.com/x/status/1597661110693265408

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"No harm, no foul", but...

I would have expected earlier communications to clarify intentions. Of course, a little bit of current in the wrong place/wrong time and the best laid plans can go awry...

Even so, someone will have to 'splain it to da boss.
 
yep but the smaller ship could have passed to the starboard side of that buoy
 
LouC said:
yep but the smaller ship could have passed to the starboard side of that buoy
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I have to wonder. I don't have the location so I can look at the charts, AND more importantly, if the captain took the boat out of the channel and ran aground do you think he would still have a career? Me? No. He'd be toast.
Again, I think this was too close. Both ships took evasive action.
 
The observer's view makes judging relative distances in this video moot. Although you may be surprised that far too many encounters at sea are resolved safely by the "Tonnage Rules" concept regardless of the COLREGS. Been there done that on too many occasions.
 
I find it hard to believe they were not in full communication and coordination well in advance. If they were not, we got serious problems in the Navy.
 
bigblocksarefun said:
Squids at it again smh....
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GeeBee said:
I find it hard to believe they were not in full communication and coordination well in advance. If they were not, we got serious problems in the Navy.
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I'm confident they were. It is the commercial ships that tend to ignore anyone smaller (less tonnage) than them. Although I have been forced into a Stbd to Stbd meeting passage by a USCGC in Pinellas Point Channel, Tampa Bay. But that is ancient history before the Blackthorn tragedy!
 
Both vessels were being "Advised" by a Local Pilot(s). Just another day at the office for those guys/girls, no harm, no foul. Spend a few hours sitting at the "Moon Walk" on the banks of the Mississippi River at New Orleans and watch the ship, tug, barge, ferry, excursion boat, traffic. If you are troubled by this video, you will have a stroke watching River traffic make "Algiers Point".
 
GeeBee said:
I find it hard to believe they were not in full communication and coordination well in advance. If they were not, we got serious problems in the Navy.
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Oh the navy definitely has serious problems right now and has for quite a few years now.
 
L. Keith said:
Both vessels were being "Advised" by a Local Pilot(s). Just another day at the office for those guys/girls, no harm, no foul. Spend a few hours sitting at the "Moon Walk" on the banks of the Mississippi River at New Orleans and watch the ship, tug, barge, ferry, excursion boat, traffic. If you are troubled by this video, you will have a stroke watching River traffic make "Algiers Point".
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Maybe the pilots were distracted by their cell phones? Saw this article the other day and it made me wonder.

gcaptain.com

Coast Guard: Ever Forward Pilot Distracted By Cell Phone Prior to Grounding

The U.S. Coast Guard says the pilot of the containership Ever Forward was distracted by his cell phone when the 1,095-foot ship grounded in the Chesapeake Bay back in March,...
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