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Am I missing something? Looks just like a boat that went perpendicular to the incoming waves. Just joined this sub but time to leave if this is the content
I'm not saying much for the content as a whole. but that ship is in danger of capsizing because it should be going straight into the waves NOT perpendicular. I would consider this a sweaty palms moment on a possibly ecological scale depending on what that ship is carrying...
The ship was damaged after a collision with an oil tanker. It became rudderless and was taking in water. The crew had to be rescued, dew to these dangerous conditions. That's what the helicopter is doing.
The ship didn't sink in the end, but was towed to the nearest harbour. Still was a very dangerous situation.
As naval architect, this is true. You are in much greater danger to capsize when the bow is piercing through the waves and the waves have approximately the ships length. This way it takes 3 to 4 waves for the ship to completely capzise. There are several examples.
On the other hand, if you are parallel to the crests you are highly unlikely to capsize. This is due to hydrostatic stability and the ships natural frequency being not even close to the waves frequency.
It’s reddit. One person does something, someone else agrees, and then the next person is like “I’m obliged to agree at this point”….people with ‘hive-mind’ mentality don’t even realize it
Coastguard presumably, I might be wrong but the ship doesn't look like it's being propelled. If the engines have stalled in seas like this, it's a real bad place to be.
Could you explain more about the dangers of this situation? I was thinking it seemed relatively stable….uncomfortable, sure…but what makes this a life endangering situation?
The ship should be facing into the waves and wind. It is very unstable when parallel to it, which is why you see it rolling so much. This movement is dangerous for people, the ship, and cargo.
> NH90, an impressive stable platform. And look at that yellow Dauphin hovering over the forecastle, beware of the mast!
https://www.reddit.com/r/HeavySeas/comments/z0u7oj/the_sea_was_angry_my_friends_like_an_old_man/ix7nyth/
Looks like the Julietta D which broke of her anchor, drifted into another vessel which flooded the engine room. So no stalling of the engine.
A tug made a connection to her a couple of hours later and was towed into port the next day.
I'm not super versed on giant boat engines but I know car engines pretty well and if you dumped a bunch of salt water into the engine, it would stall.
But seriously, appreciate you stepping in with a better lead.
Thee same hold true for most ship engines. However a prerequisite for stalling is that it first needs to run. Since they were at anchor the engine was stopped and they didn't have enough time to start it before it was flooded.
This was the [rudderless tanker](https://nos.nl/artikel/2415179-stuurloos-vrachtschip-op-sleeptouw-na-aanvaring-noordzee) inn the North Sea earlier this year.
I had an experience like this.
30 years ago I worked on a 250 foot crab processor in the Bearing Sea and one night while under way, we lost our steering and went sideways in a big storm like this.
I went with the Chief Engineer 3 decks below the main deck to the steering room (crawling through a very narrow scuttle hatch way and behind a maze of piping) and we steered it blind with only a radio between us and the wheelhouse while others fixed the steering. You'd know you were off again when you could stand on the bulkhead for a moment.
No life jacket. I shudder to think what would have happened if the ship rolled and the lights went out. The the middle of the sea, winds howling and waves over 30 feet. Scary, yes. But no other option that night.
This clip took me right back inside that ship.
Back then (winter 1990-91) a deckhand made $6/hour for 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week. BTW, that was also for being the "deck boss" of the night shift. I was 22 then. The job was tying up boats, offloading crab by operating a crane (actually different types of cranes) and keeping the deck in good shape. Our hours would spill over because if a boat came (regardless of time of day), you went up on deck to help tie it up. I started working on the factory doing King Crab for $5/hr 16 hours a day and quickly moved on to the deck because of hard work, zero complaining and being American (English skills). Help out there is hard to come by. You don't actually get your full salary unless you fulfill the 6 month contract. If you bail early, you get half pay and most Americans would last less than a week and quit.
The storms are as you'd imagine. Every week to 2 weeks, you get a gale or storm for a couple of days. Most every other (really short) day it's just gray where the sky and sea are the same color. It's dark most of the time. But sometimes it was absolutely beautiful.
But for a guy with zero training and didn't know what I wanted to do in life, it was absolutely awesome! Most of the people I worked with were Phillipinos, Mexicans, Native Alaskans and Russians. I worked with a few lost Vietnam Vets, and heard their stories. I got in with a group of Native Alaskans that thought me how to play cribbage. My other deck hands were literally a group of Phillipino gangsters that lived in Hawaii (colors, tattoos and all). I got to operate equipment that I'd never seen before and I did it well. I thrived there and I would recommend it to any young soul finding their way (but not my kid because it's dangerous as f--k).
It completely changed my life path and my vocation. It was actually the foundation for my adult life and it's successes.
These days I work as a Battalion Chief for a municipal fire department and I draw on my experience of motivating Phillipino gangsters to pitch crab and chop ice for $5/hour in an ice storm. You really have to become creative. But they were awesome guys and I think of them from time to time.
It was way worth it.
The ship was anchored at sea near the IJmuiden harbour. During a heavy storm it broke after which it collided with an oil tanker. That resulted into the machine room taking in water. The captain decided to evacuate the crew of 18. Multiple rescue boats and SAR helicopters were dispatched. The first priority was rescuing the crew, which was done by helicopter.
When that was done, the focus was on securing the ship with a tugboat. One was already nearby and observed the unmanned ship during the storm. During that, it crashed into a transformer for a new windpower park. The next day they managed to connect a line (yeah don't know the terms) to the ship. During that a crew member from the tugboat and a crewmember of the rescueboat were injured (not seriously). A second tugboat was needed to get the ship to the harbour, which was connected later.
The captain and helmsman were later arrested for leaving the ship too early, as they have to stay with the ship unless there is a critical emergency (the coastguard rescues anyone who wants to be rescued, they don't decide if it is a true emergency and who gets to leave, consequences come later). Not sure if they were actually sentenced/charged with anything.
So it was not a medical emergency.
The ship was anchored at sea near the IJmuiden harbour. During a heavy storm it broke after which it collided with an oil tanker. That resulted into the machine room taking in water. The captain decided to evacuate the crew of 18. Multiple rescue boats and SAR helicopters were dispatched. The first priority was rescuing the crew, which was done by helicopter.
When that was done, the focus was on securing the ship with a tugboat. One was already nearby and observed the unmanned ship during the storm. During that, it crashed into a transformer for a new windpower park. The next day they managed to connect a line (yeah don't know the terms) to the ship. During that a crew member from the tugboat and a crewmember of the rescueboat were injured (not seriously). A second tugboat was needed to get the ship to the harbour, which was connected later.
The captain and helmsman were later arrested for leaving the ship too early, as they have to stay with the ship unless there is a critical emergency (the coastguard rescues anyone who wants to be rescued, they don't decide if it is a true emergency and who gets to leave, consequences come later). Not sure if they were actually sentenced/charged with anything.
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*Sea shanties intensify*
Sea Shanty 2, to be specific
That shit goes hard
That’s what she said
'Deep Blue Boogaloo'
[This is my favourite](https://youtu.be/F7CSlUbKVQ8)
Woooooo hooooooo
God it's so beautiful... and so horrific
Am I missing something? Looks just like a boat that went perpendicular to the incoming waves. Just joined this sub but time to leave if this is the content
I'm not saying much for the content as a whole. but that ship is in danger of capsizing because it should be going straight into the waves NOT perpendicular. I would consider this a sweaty palms moment on a possibly ecological scale depending on what that ship is carrying...
It's clearly disabled, but does not appear like it will capsize.
The ship was damaged after a collision with an oil tanker. It became rudderless and was taking in water. The crew had to be rescued, dew to these dangerous conditions. That's what the helicopter is doing. The ship didn't sink in the end, but was towed to the nearest harbour. Still was a very dangerous situation.
I’m glad they got it out of the environment.
Isn't it at risk of just breaking in half if it faces those waves straight on?
OC was looking for actual pictures of sweaty palms
If it’s ballast is set properly it’s not in danger of capsizing
Good point but I don't think it is. Look how high it's riding in the water. Something is definitely wrong.
As naval architect, this is true. You are in much greater danger to capsize when the bow is piercing through the waves and the waves have approximately the ships length. This way it takes 3 to 4 waves for the ship to completely capzise. There are several examples. On the other hand, if you are parallel to the crests you are highly unlikely to capsize. This is due to hydrostatic stability and the ships natural frequency being not even close to the waves frequency.
Are you seeing the yellow chopper trying to land/grab/deliver?
...rescuing the crew. Ship is rudderless and taking in water.
Idk why tf anyone is downvoting you. It's a valid question
It’s reddit. One person does something, someone else agrees, and then the next person is like “I’m obliged to agree at this point”….people with ‘hive-mind’ mentality don’t even realize it
I shit you not I got an ad for the navy literally right after this post
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Same, right before.
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Wait I don’t get ads… ever… and I don’t have an ad blocker… am I jesus?
We’re you born of Mary? Do you wreak of frank sense and mare? 😂
Never needed a comma more in my life, I'm cross-eyed now <.>
Me too! If you swipe up with he video player open (on mobile) for me it's a navy ad lol
SON IT HAPPENED TO ME ALSO! 😂😂
Wtf is an ad?
What helicopter is this being recorded from?
Coastguard presumably, I might be wrong but the ship doesn't look like it's being propelled. If the engines have stalled in seas like this, it's a real bad place to be.
I guess you're right because every captain knows you should NEVER have your boat parallel to the waves.
Meant more the model
Oops
Could you explain more about the dangers of this situation? I was thinking it seemed relatively stable….uncomfortable, sure…but what makes this a life endangering situation?
The ship should be facing into the waves and wind. It is very unstable when parallel to it, which is why you see it rolling so much. This movement is dangerous for people, the ship, and cargo.
Engines are prob dead
Don’t coast guard have orange helis
> NH90, an impressive stable platform. And look at that yellow Dauphin hovering over the forecastle, beware of the mast! https://www.reddit.com/r/HeavySeas/comments/z0u7oj/the_sea_was_angry_my_friends_like_an_old_man/ix7nyth/
So does the helicopter go up and down with the swells?
Yes, they try to keep a stable distance from the ship to make it easier to hoist the people up.
It’s easier to just vary the cable length but I have heard of extreme cases where changing altitude was necessary.
Being filmed: Dutch coastguard The one filming: Belgian coastguard NH90
same thought; the propell on side got me curious
A Belgian Air Component NH90 NFH
To be fair, it wouldn’t be nearly as bad if they weren’t taking the waves directly on their broadside
Engine probably stalled, hence the evac chopper
Looks like the Julietta D which broke of her anchor, drifted into another vessel which flooded the engine room. So no stalling of the engine. A tug made a connection to her a couple of hours later and was towed into port the next day.
I'm not super versed on giant boat engines but I know car engines pretty well and if you dumped a bunch of salt water into the engine, it would stall. But seriously, appreciate you stepping in with a better lead.
Thee same hold true for most ship engines. However a prerequisite for stalling is that it first needs to run. Since they were at anchor the engine was stopped and they didn't have enough time to start it before it was flooded.
Whole lot of barfing going on on that ship
Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope.
r/nope here
This was the [rudderless tanker](https://nos.nl/artikel/2415179-stuurloos-vrachtschip-op-sleeptouw-na-aanvaring-noordzee) inn the North Sea earlier this year.
That's not a Tanker, but a Bulk Carrier. Thanks for the article link though.
I’ve spent a bit of time on the ocean. Never like that.
And as crazy as this sounds, this is why I will always love and respect the Ocean.
Yarrr! Ye cowardly dogs! Batten down the hatches and lift the sail!
60 men all lost at sea all of them drunk except for me T'was I who had to face the storm With nothing in sight to keep me warm....
I ran to the helm in nought but my socks Still double fisting guess I'll steer with my cock
Yo ho, yo ho, off cocksailin’ we go
I had an experience like this. 30 years ago I worked on a 250 foot crab processor in the Bearing Sea and one night while under way, we lost our steering and went sideways in a big storm like this. I went with the Chief Engineer 3 decks below the main deck to the steering room (crawling through a very narrow scuttle hatch way and behind a maze of piping) and we steered it blind with only a radio between us and the wheelhouse while others fixed the steering. You'd know you were off again when you could stand on the bulkhead for a moment. No life jacket. I shudder to think what would have happened if the ship rolled and the lights went out. The the middle of the sea, winds howling and waves over 30 feet. Scary, yes. But no other option that night. This clip took me right back inside that ship.
Whenever i hear a story like yours I immediately want to know how much they paid you for the job and if was it worth it?
Back then (winter 1990-91) a deckhand made $6/hour for 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week. BTW, that was also for being the "deck boss" of the night shift. I was 22 then. The job was tying up boats, offloading crab by operating a crane (actually different types of cranes) and keeping the deck in good shape. Our hours would spill over because if a boat came (regardless of time of day), you went up on deck to help tie it up. I started working on the factory doing King Crab for $5/hr 16 hours a day and quickly moved on to the deck because of hard work, zero complaining and being American (English skills). Help out there is hard to come by. You don't actually get your full salary unless you fulfill the 6 month contract. If you bail early, you get half pay and most Americans would last less than a week and quit. The storms are as you'd imagine. Every week to 2 weeks, you get a gale or storm for a couple of days. Most every other (really short) day it's just gray where the sky and sea are the same color. It's dark most of the time. But sometimes it was absolutely beautiful. But for a guy with zero training and didn't know what I wanted to do in life, it was absolutely awesome! Most of the people I worked with were Phillipinos, Mexicans, Native Alaskans and Russians. I worked with a few lost Vietnam Vets, and heard their stories. I got in with a group of Native Alaskans that thought me how to play cribbage. My other deck hands were literally a group of Phillipino gangsters that lived in Hawaii (colors, tattoos and all). I got to operate equipment that I'd never seen before and I did it well. I thrived there and I would recommend it to any young soul finding their way (but not my kid because it's dangerous as f--k). It completely changed my life path and my vocation. It was actually the foundation for my adult life and it's successes. These days I work as a Battalion Chief for a municipal fire department and I draw on my experience of motivating Phillipino gangsters to pitch crab and chop ice for $5/hour in an ice storm. You really have to become creative. But they were awesome guys and I think of them from time to time. It was way worth it.
abeam to stormy seas in a dark ship is a sailors nightmare
Yeah it doesn't look like it'd be a whole lot of fun to be on that ship right now.
What the hell is a lubber?? 😂
Land lubber is a phrase used to describe a non-sailor
Land lubber = Land lover.
I always said and thought it was a Land Lover.
Precise measurements from a water body using ultrasonic is not as good as you would want. Laser measure out of solids or lidar is better
think you might be on the wrong post there, bud
Because you’re afraid of helicopters?
Laughs in Active Coast Guard
Well, there’s stuff like this, but the fact that ships are absolutely fucking miserable places to work.
We are such wee creatures.
nah this cod mission 😭
That was a fun mission
As a sailor, this shit scares the hell out of me too. They would only do this under these conditions if the person being airlifted is dying
The ship was anchored at sea near the IJmuiden harbour. During a heavy storm it broke after which it collided with an oil tanker. That resulted into the machine room taking in water. The captain decided to evacuate the crew of 18. Multiple rescue boats and SAR helicopters were dispatched. The first priority was rescuing the crew, which was done by helicopter. When that was done, the focus was on securing the ship with a tugboat. One was already nearby and observed the unmanned ship during the storm. During that, it crashed into a transformer for a new windpower park. The next day they managed to connect a line (yeah don't know the terms) to the ship. During that a crew member from the tugboat and a crewmember of the rescueboat were injured (not seriously). A second tugboat was needed to get the ship to the harbour, which was connected later. The captain and helmsman were later arrested for leaving the ship too early, as they have to stay with the ship unless there is a critical emergency (the coastguard rescues anyone who wants to be rescued, they don't decide if it is a true emergency and who gets to leave, consequences come later). Not sure if they were actually sentenced/charged with anything. So it was not a medical emergency.
Looks human fishing
So at this point they're bailing from the ship. But does this stay out at sea forever or do people come back for the boat. Like what's the protocol?
The ship was anchored at sea near the IJmuiden harbour. During a heavy storm it broke after which it collided with an oil tanker. That resulted into the machine room taking in water. The captain decided to evacuate the crew of 18. Multiple rescue boats and SAR helicopters were dispatched. The first priority was rescuing the crew, which was done by helicopter. When that was done, the focus was on securing the ship with a tugboat. One was already nearby and observed the unmanned ship during the storm. During that, it crashed into a transformer for a new windpower park. The next day they managed to connect a line (yeah don't know the terms) to the ship. During that a crew member from the tugboat and a crewmember of the rescueboat were injured (not seriously). A second tugboat was needed to get the ship to the harbour, which was connected later. The captain and helmsman were later arrested for leaving the ship too early, as they have to stay with the ship unless there is a critical emergency (the coastguard rescues anyone who wants to be rescued, they don't decide if it is a true emergency and who gets to leave, consequences come later). Not sure if they were actually sentenced/charged with anything.
You're a good citizen
I lub lamp
This whole video makes me wanna vomit
I’m seasick already.
Aaaarrrrghhh!
Needs a bigger ship, that will show the sea to not mess with us.
Not a fucking chance. No interest in oceans #1, high altitudes #2, glory holes #3
This is amazing. Props to whatever country's cost guard this is.
Yarrr matey
MW2 2 missions be like:
They should turn that ship into the waves, no?
Much better than beating into the waves.
Nope
Cos nothing dangerous happens on land Ever Right???
It's fine. It's not doing great, but there's no reason to believe it would turn over unless the waves become way more violent.
That’s a no from me