A whale-watching vessel had a close encounter of the entirely too speedy kind with a dock in San Diego today.
At first guess, I'd say the engines and/or propeller(s) didn't respond to the throttles - failing to switch to a slower speed or go into reverse pitch. The inquiry will be asking questions about all that, of course.
Peter
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Did anyone catch that "hornblower" was part of the name of the ship?
Yes, Snoggy, I was going to make the same comment.
Something went wrong mechanically as they blew 5 short early on, which is the emergency signal. At the start of the video, reverse engines was all that would have prevented this. I expect they have variable pitch propellers so something hydraulic may have happened.
OH THE HUMANITY!!!!
Antibubba
Dang! Almost got Granny.
Washing State Ferry system had a boat do something like this. A failure in automated control systems.
Apparently they had a bearing failure and could not reverse. Or so it says on the 'Net.
LittleRed1
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