At low speed boats with propeller/rudder have rather poor control when you lose propulsion. Anybody who has had to operate a Mastercraft ski boat will tell you getting docked or on a trailer takes small short bursts of power at low speed to keep control. Losing propulsion on something like that I would imagine makes changing direction slow. I think container ships have bow thrusters as well but are operated by electrical power.
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At low speed boats with propeller/rudder have rather poor control when you lose propulsion. Anybody who has had to operate a Mastercraft ski boat will tell you getting docked or on a trailer takes small short bursts of power at low speed to keep control. Losing propulsion on something like that I would imagine makes changing direction slow. I think container ships have bow thrusters as well but are operated by electrical power.
They will have bow thrusters, they are only used for low speed use to help dock or to help spin around to dock or move away from the pier. Not for use underway.
Just awful. It immediately reminded me of the Sunshine Skyway disaster. (And the Dolphins were one of the main safety mitigations in the redesign of the reconstructed bridge.)
Thankfully it happened over night. Many more vehicles were on the Sunshine Skyway at the time of the collision. I believe only one person survived, and that, from sheer luck. Hopefully this one has a better outcome for the 20 reported missing.
Old wood boat from the 50s I restored. A good friend trained me on trailering and docking using his Mastercraft as he said my boat was so pretty he didn't want to see me mess it up learning. It's great to have friends like that to keep you from doing stupid stuff by being overconfident.
Look up video of the Tacoma Narrows bridge disaster.
I noticed that. I was watching the car headlights cross the bridge in the videos. Thinking “oooh which car is the last one to cross before it all goes down…”
Then right before the crash, I didn’t see any headlights.
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