HOw to launch yer boat under way

[jerseysportfisher]

Idiots Launch Fast Rescue Craft [VIDEO] | gCaptain - Maritime & Offshore News

 

[Mike28]

Wow unreal!

 

[eyschulman]

would have done better to just push it off stern and have crew jump in and swim to it if still floating.

 

[Duke]

The rescue boat is the most dangerous piece of equipment on a ship. Obviously these guys weren't having their best day. Hard to fathom why they would try to launch the boat at that speed. Actually there are a lot of things going on in that video that are hard to fathom...
Duke

 

[El Mar]

Our favorite bumbling hippie pirates the Sea Shepherds did the same thing.

Even though the title says 4 dead, no one died in this incident.

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[Old Mud]

Our favorite bumbling hippie pirates the Sea Shepherds did the same thing.

Even though the title says 4 dead, no one died in this incident.

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"Our favorite bumbling hippie pirates the Sea Shepherds"



Well said bud !!

 

[DBM]

Ok, so what did they do wrong specifically? I have zero experience with ships, how do you launch a boat while underway. It would seem from both videos that the boats were running and powering forward and that if the cable would have release the launches would have been fine. Is that not the case?

Just wondering.

DBM

 

[greg]

Ok, so what did they do wrong specifically? I have zero experience with ships, how do you launch a boat while underway. It would seem from both videos that the boats were running and powering forward and that if the cable would have release the launches would have been fine. Is that not the case?

Just wondering.

DBM

This has been discussed over on the hull truth. The consensus was that the painters line (the one to the bow of the rescue boat) was too slack and not held far enough forwards. Proper tension on the painters line should have kept the bow pointing forward until they could release the davit on the hoist line. Then the boat would power forward enough to release the painter line and be off.

Makes sense.

 

[WoundUpMarine]

just saw this! haha fools, the cause is that guy on deck in the orange coveralls that is holding the line that goes to the bow of the boat. as greg said, thats the sea painter and it should have been run way forward and tied off to keep the rescue boat running along the side of the ship until they can get the falls unhooked. FAIL!