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YOu never want to crash into the dock but if you do, you likely do not want to do it in a crowd...

https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/...dock/289-0c7673ce-a7a0-4292-8392-860e118d907a

As part of Mardi Gras celebrations Monday, the King of the Zulu parade arrives by boat at dock on the Mississippi River. In this case, a USCG buoy tender. The river is at near flood stage, which I am sure made the docking difficult.

In any event, the tender forcibly hit the dock causing damage to the vessel ( and I am sure, to the dock as well ).

No injuries reported, other than to someone's dignity...
 
That yellow bordered "roadway", in front of the bow is the auto access to the Canal St. / Algiers Pt auto/passenger ferry. Shutting down that ferry during Mardi Gras would have been a "not so good thing", as it is a bit of a tourist attraction. ( See the river from boat kinda thing ).

Also, docking at the intended location, esp at "high water", is quite a challenge, as it is on the outside of the turn of the river, with strong current and turbulence. It is also the location where vessels that lose power while descending the river end up spearing the levee. Currents can get high. ( From imperfect memory, 5kts or so ).

Nice job on the crew as the vessel hit a large bollard vs the boarding ramp.

Still, someone, somewhere will not get today's ration of grog.

( For what it is worth, I do have some experience on the river, in a small boat. It is "exciting", but not always in a good way. )
 
They say you can hear the barges miles away. I never wanted to meet a raft of barges being pushed. Quite intimidating.
 
Heard (from open sources) it was a computer failure that lost them control of main prop.
 
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Originally posted by November Charlie

Heard (from open sources) it was a computer failure that lost them control of main prop.

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I'm not surprised at that. There did not appear to be any visible reverse thrust during that approach.
As an understatement , that must be frustrating as heck for the shocked operator of the 225' , nearly 2000 ton displacement "Cypress".
 
Never approach a dock any faster than you want to hit it.
 
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