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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 08/21/2011 :  11:20:56  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage


Sorry it's so small, but it's a pretty good example of when ColRegs aren't adhered to. Of course, I don't know the backstory, but I'd not want to be on the T-boned ship.
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Response Posted - 08/21/2011 :  13:50:23  Show Profile
A whole bunch of people are in trouble in that one.
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Response Posted - 08/21/2011 :  18:42:52  Show Profile
Makes you wonder if anybody's paying attention, or asleep at the wheel? I could see not seeing a 30 foot sailboat off your bow, but a BATTLESHIP? C'mon, serious deriliction here. No wonder there are so many groundings and fuel spills that you never even hear about. Isn't there supposed to be a pilot, co-pilot, captain and a bunch of other deck-hands looking out for stuff? And I'd imagine they BOTH had bidirectional AIS???!!! Shouldn't there be a LOUD beep going off just before a collision?
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Response Posted - 08/21/2011 :  19:09:05  Show Profile
I think that's a freighter, with cranes for its cargo...

AIS and a chartplotter allow a simple computation of Closet Point of Approach (CPA). Zero means collision. Radar shows the bridge that the bearing of a target is not changing, meaning the present speeds and courses will produce a collision. Then there's the "shall we dance" syndrome (I zig to starboard, he zigs to port), which is prevented by <b>VHF COMMUNICATION</b>. And I haven't even mentioned visual contact yet--assuming (charitably) that there was none. Both bridges were responsible, and both bridges were asleep.

Some people on both ships will now be hoping to get jobs as Walmart greeters.
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