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https://twitter.com/howesnathan/status/1282062268813934593?s=12&fbclid=IwAR1MnFcFGUAXpHa_zq4zz11BhydBHnXKsi5iSX8ljd7dbe31BVbIB0KRqmE
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Buffing that out will be a challenge! 
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I heard that red boat lost steering and both boats were in contact with each other, no way to avoid it they said. Dunno, from the looks of it, they had choices. FULL REVERSE!
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In the first post I heard only one vessel tooting up a storm...
I would have expected both. ( But I most certainly do not the rule on that point )
I would have expected both. ( But I most certainly do not the rule on that point )
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I’d bet they both dumped them into full astern, but tonnage doesn’t stop on a dime.
And the danger signal doesn’t have any magical effect on the maneuverability of a vessel.
And the danger signal doesn’t have any magical effect on the maneuverability of a vessel.
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Oh, I realize that; more like a signal to "cue the cameras"...
Just an observation and wondering.
Just an observation and wondering.
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If I was to guess, it looks like "Flo" was the one that lost steerage and cut in front of the other boat. Too bad the cam was not on the aft ends of the boats so we could see prop wash.
If one of them lost steerage in passage after it was arranged and they were in a kink of the canal, oh well. They were along for the ride.
If one of them lost steerage in passage after it was arranged and they were in a kink of the canal, oh well. They were along for the ride.
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Better video
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...after-two-ships-collide-on-welland-canal.html
Yeah looks like flo lost steerage to me.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...after-two-ships-collide-on-welland-canal.html
Yeah looks like flo lost steerage to me.
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Indeed. On occasion ship collisions are "quite dramatic".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5uTAt_A8BY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5uTAt_A8BY
I'm wondering if the "Florence" ship master realized too late he had much too much way on for the room available and had reversed his engines causing "Flo" 's bow to unintentionally swing to port and prevent the port to port passing. Or steering or engine controls failed to respond when needed.
It looked like the big red ship was quite possibly far enough to its own stbd to potentially have cleared with a normal port to port, and at that point was proceeding with safer close to minimum steerage way.
But the masters are of course the only ones who initially know their sides of the complete story. There could even have been a small vessel or other obstruction on red ship's port side. Passing has to be pretty tricky in best of times with ships that size in the restricted space available, and Too bad for both masters and the ship owners, particularly "Flo" 's. Presumably there was radio communication in addition to sound signals.
But it's a darn good thing they were not dead-on to make that crash much worse for crew and property.
It looked like the big red ship was quite possibly far enough to its own stbd to potentially have cleared with a normal port to port, and at that point was proceeding with safer close to minimum steerage way.
But the masters are of course the only ones who initially know their sides of the complete story. There could even have been a small vessel or other obstruction on red ship's port side. Passing has to be pretty tricky in best of times with ships that size in the restricted space available, and Too bad for both masters and the ship owners, particularly "Flo" 's. Presumably there was radio communication in addition to sound signals.
But it's a darn good thing they were not dead-on to make that crash much worse for crew and property.