Maybe if modern day cruise lines didn't try to make every dollar possible by unloading, reloading and leaving port in the same day with virtually zero maintenance these things wouldn't happen.
That's why the anchor should be clear for drop when approaching such a harbor. Same applies for every little sailing yacht. But the captain is a professional. He waited explicitly for more shallow waters. Probably it was too deep for the anchor further out.
They once called the cruise trade "carting cattle" .But if you ever seen the cattlle leave Darwin on board those "floating hotels" you could only dream.
Having also worked onboard with @dosedmonkey I want to point out that the reason "they didn't drop the damn anchor" is that Villefrance bay is 90m deep until very close to the cliffs - Island Star had tied up to one of the mooring buoys (which was standard procedure at Villefrance). Unfortunately the strong winds broke the ropes sending us drifting towards the cliffs. The anchors were dropped as soon as the water was shallow enough for them to hold and not simply fall straight off the ship!
@khourykarim Hi there. I was on Independence of the Seas last month and Beaufort 9 was a breeze - but I'm interested in a 12, what was it really like..?
@m0mcx simple.... a hurricane near south of france....... they even prepared paper bags for people all over the ship .... you could feel the free - fall
The other thing to point out, even if the ship has propulsion, that is for moving forward or after, he needs steering and bowthrusters to get out of this situation where he is 90 degrees out of the direction of movement, I would hazard a guess it was the generators that were out.
In response to all those "why did they not drop the anchor". They did, the end part of the anchor doesn't magically stop a ship, its the weight of the chain afterwards on the seabed that holds a vessel, if the vessel already has momentum its going to take even more anchor, this is why it took some time to come to rest. But yes, they did drop the anchor, thats what stopped them.
This could happen and does happen to most cruise companies, there was no any injuries, and i can tell you as i worked with them for a while, they are more professional on there then many other companies. At the end of the day, if you go on budget cruise lines, the ships are older, non-diesel electric and so generally have less redundancy. You get what you pay for, and bad things happen as sea, she is a cruel mistress, thats why navy officers are trained to such high standard.
@Dosedmonkey Have you seen the Greek cruise ship for the coast of South Africa? The crew abandoned ship and left the passengers to take care of them self, they were rescued by a musician that got on the horn and send out a Mayday. They should have shot the captain !
@Tralgit The Island Star was previously owned by Greeks, who did a crap job, as usual, to look after her, this is why they had so many problems after taking over the vessel. Greeks are well renouned in the Merchant Navy by other nationalties as do as little as possible for the most profit types. ;)
@Dosedmonkey This ship was called the Oceanic, maybe it was renamed after the Greeks took over but what is most disturbing that the captain left the ship before the passengers, didn't send out a Mayday and just left them to die. The passengers where saved by a bunch of musicians playing in a band that was on the ship, they were English. Wonder what happened to the " captain " , was he shot or hanged?
Who cares about the smoke, it's obvious they didn'y have propulsion. The problem is tug should have pushed him out where he couls drop ALL anchors. Then sort out the problem.
This is the same ship that my wife and i went on our honeymoon. We also lost the main engines and had to "limp" into Nice's Bay. Then we got moved by lifeboat to shore (which took 12 hours to transport 2500 people 1/4 mile) Oh, and did i mention this is 2 months after our incident... way to go Island Cruises.
This reminds me of a memory that i once thought of. It was back in 1945, no actually It could have been 1956, Noo It was 1945, or maybe it was 1968 because thats when my dad owned his own Hot Dog stand on 38th and columbus, oooh he was very proud of his wieners, Funny story about the hot dog stand... whats the deal with Airplane peanuts??
Doubt this was a planned mooring, ship is being blown ashore and into vessels at anchor. did not see anchor being dropped, perhaps on starboard. there are plenty of people on stern. if this was planned interested in name of ship line.
@JetMechMA Even with a APU it still has it's own engine... and if the ship or a/c has lost all power to mechanical system will work... unless you used a GPU but their out at sea lol.
The weight of the chain lying on the seabed keeps the anchor in the ground by the horizontal pull of the ship. When anchoring I like to put out chain equal to three times the depth of the water if possible, the anchor should dig well in but when the anchor is weighed, (pulled up) the windless hauls the vessel towards the anchor until the chain is vertical, then the anchor is pulled is easily pulled out as it has no grip if pulled vertically.
if u arent blind ud see the anchor is down. but there is only one anchor and its infront. therefore its spinning and dragging the anchor a little bit.
Ship is just mooring outside of the bay because there is no dock available.... They do this so they could ferry the passenger ashore on tenders. Whats all the beef about folks.
@whataname01 Passengers had left the ship some days before, because of engine failure. Vessel was tied to a buoy, but the line broke in the strong gale.
Im pretty sure the engines arn't dead for two reson first the turbulence in the water is not consistant with the wind second his exhaust is blowing diesel smog
@gnilrefues The exhaust is not producing diesel smog.. That's the smog from the incinerator.. Every ship in the world has it.. All paper and some other trash is burn daily..
@gnilrefues Well, when you move a ship that's over 100k tons, there's always a 'turbulence-looking' movement around. Of course I can't tell exactly whether there was an engine working (or even a stabilizer, which also makes little 'turbulence' around) or not, but it looks like the ship is power dead and it doesn't seem very stable. I play music on ships, and I've seen a lot of ships around, but nothing like this one..
Still, all I said before was that the smog is from incinerator.. ;)
@nachube actually, the incinerators on Island Star were never used during the day because the ash would fall on the aft passenger decks and upset the guests.
Whenever you power up generators or engines on older ships you will emit various shades of black / grey smoke for a few minutes - the excess quantities is most likely due to the engineers rushing to start them in a few minutes as opposed to the 60 minutes it takes to start them up normally.
@gnilrefues The generators on Island Star are still very big medium speed diesel engines, 3300kW I believe, and are of very similar model to the propulsion ones, that is not that much smoke, and clean white colour, more evidence of irregular running, which is not surprising considering what is going on.
There's nothing funnier to read than a bunch of landlubber morons attempting to sound knowledgeable-" The engines turn 360 degrees"......."can't drop anchor unless going slow".........you dickheads! Comment on the football or something instead!
@wavepiercer IMO theres nothing funnier than reading a sensitive navy boy moaning about something so stupid. havent you got barnicles to pick off your arse!!! who says landlubbers its 2010??? who are you captain jack sparrow?
@thebray1000 emm you seam to be the retard because if you had read the description the engines were dead and a a boat or cruise can olnly drop its anchor below a certain speed somthing like 4 knots im probaly wrong but i know its a very low speed
rofl....any1 herd of currents?? dont be smart about the winds.... look how strong the wind is..... its gunna do nothing to 4 massive propella engines...
high winds made the turn difficult but there is nothing abnormal about the procedure, and the engines were not dead. the tug was standing by to assist, but the ship dropped anchor perfectly. cruise ships must turn in small bays all the time, and it's amazing how small of a radius they can turn in.
Perfectly executed turn using the anchors. One anchor was used to turn the boat into the wind, then the other was dropped. The water under the boat is nice and deep. Nothing wrong with the engines, you just can't turn a boat that big in a bay that small using the ship's drive system. The anchors are necessary.
Dead engines or not, there was zero excuse for not dropping anchor before the boat reached the shallow waters of the bay. That also would have kept the bow into the wind.
This type of incident happens from time to time. Its not the end of that passenger ship. What hysteria. It is the end of one Captain's career, or maybe not?
To me the passenger ship look "drifting", considering that I don't see prop wash under the stern I suppose they had an engine problem. The black tug is the "Abeille Flandre" French rescue tug, one of the most powerful in the world. The splash you see under the bow is not the release of the tug line but the release of the anchor chain from the passenger ship to give to the tug the possibility to tow out of the bay the ship and eventually anchoring again with the starboard anchor.
To me as a Navigational Officer it looks like they had everything under control.
Coming into the port with pilot on the bridge. You can see the pilot boat on the foreground. Only one tug assisting (in the emergency there would be more).
Moreover, there was no whistle sounded. In emergency it should be one continuous sound signal.
You can see the wash from the propellers (engines are not dead).
this is bay of "ville franche" in southern france. first bay east from NICE. apparently nothing happends, i am sea men and i newer heared about that accident, so there was na damage to ship or any pollution....
What was that captain thinking when he entered that bay under those wind conditions? Thanks to the skilled personell on those other boats that came to the rescue.
Where was Francesco Schettino when we needed him? ;-)
masonb1966 3 days ago
The skipper should have dropped the anchors way before he got too close...
martythesailor 4 days ago
Imagine if the engines blow at high seas...
XecuteFire 2 weeks ago
I live near here; luckily the bay at Villefranche Sur Mer is extremely deep!
lffit 1 month ago
0:56 RAINBOW WARRIOR!!!
needforspeedepic 1 month ago
Speed 2
xDq231x 1 month ago
Maybe if modern day cruise lines didn't try to make every dollar possible by unloading, reloading and leaving port in the same day with virtually zero maintenance these things wouldn't happen.
sjtom57 2 months ago
nice scenery <3
TheFaker99 2 months ago
That's why the anchor should be clear for drop when approaching such a harbor. Same applies for every little sailing yacht. But the captain is a professional. He waited explicitly for more shallow waters. Probably it was too deep for the anchor further out.
dl8rds 2 months ago
They once called the cruise trade "carting cattle" .But if you ever seen the cattlle leave Darwin on board those "floating hotels" you could only dream.
gonefishin1977 3 months ago
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CybeRNooBzZ 3 months ago
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moailine 3 months ago
Nice boat drift! :D
gingermoose 3 months ago
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machetero1 3 months ago
That's just the captain doing donuts...the ship way.
TransynthMan 3 months ago
How did I get from Nyan Cat to these videos, I will never know
ebook3 4 months ago
The tug is Bourbon isn't it, or Flandres
zbriu 4 months ago
i love how there's an advert for a cruise ship next to the video lol
bubbles64194 4 months ago
Always carry a paddle
TrippySkippy1 4 months ago 11
The cap dropped the anchor while being towed and snapped the cable.
Where do these guys get thier captain's liscense?
fragilehabitat 5 months ago
Thats what anchors are for?
SarniaSilver 5 months ago
Great Video! But Can you drift on a bike like us??? :o
BentleyandBraden 5 months ago
Having also worked onboard with @dosedmonkey I want to point out that the reason "they didn't drop the damn anchor" is that Villefrance bay is 90m deep until very close to the cliffs - Island Star had tied up to one of the mooring buoys (which was standard procedure at Villefrance). Unfortunately the strong winds broke the ropes sending us drifting towards the cliffs. The anchors were dropped as soon as the water was shallow enough for them to hold and not simply fall straight off the ship!
alibail 5 months ago
9 Beaufort is nothing! i have been on the Independence of the Seas Royal Caribbean experiencing 12! craazyy!
khourykarim 5 months ago
@khourykarim Hi there. I was on Independence of the Seas last month and Beaufort 9 was a breeze - but I'm interested in a 12, what was it really like..?
m0mcx 5 months ago
@m0mcx simple.... a hurricane near south of france....... they even prepared paper bags for people all over the ship .... you could feel the free - fall
khourykarim 5 months ago
The other thing to point out, even if the ship has propulsion, that is for moving forward or after, he needs steering and bowthrusters to get out of this situation where he is 90 degrees out of the direction of movement, I would hazard a guess it was the generators that were out.
Dosedmonkey 6 months ago
In response to all those "why did they not drop the anchor". They did, the end part of the anchor doesn't magically stop a ship, its the weight of the chain afterwards on the seabed that holds a vessel, if the vessel already has momentum its going to take even more anchor, this is why it took some time to come to rest. But yes, they did drop the anchor, thats what stopped them.
Dosedmonkey 6 months ago
This could happen and does happen to most cruise companies, there was no any injuries, and i can tell you as i worked with them for a while, they are more professional on there then many other companies. At the end of the day, if you go on budget cruise lines, the ships are older, non-diesel electric and so generally have less redundancy. You get what you pay for, and bad things happen as sea, she is a cruel mistress, thats why navy officers are trained to such high standard.
Dosedmonkey 6 months ago
@Dosedmonkey Have you seen the Greek cruise ship for the coast of South Africa? The crew abandoned ship and left the passengers to take care of them self, they were rescued by a musician that got on the horn and send out a Mayday. They should have shot the captain !
Tralgit 6 months ago
@Tralgit The Island Star was previously owned by Greeks, who did a crap job, as usual, to look after her, this is why they had so many problems after taking over the vessel. Greeks are well renouned in the Merchant Navy by other nationalties as do as little as possible for the most profit types. ;)
Dosedmonkey 6 months ago
@Dosedmonkey This ship was called the Oceanic, maybe it was renamed after the Greeks took over but what is most disturbing that the captain left the ship before the passengers, didn't send out a Mayday and just left them to die. The passengers where saved by a bunch of musicians playing in a band that was on the ship, they were English. Wonder what happened to the " captain " , was he shot or hanged?
Tralgit 6 months ago
@Dosedmonkey It was called the " Oceanos " and here is the link to the vid. v=9BFux2AAMso
Tralgit 6 months ago
Thank you for this! I shall never board one of their cruises.
uhhhbr549 7 months ago
well it looks like the anchor was finally dropped at @ 0:50
atrain910 8 months ago
Dear old Villefranche! probably a Mistral blowing! it does get a bit breezy when that blows...
Oakleaf700 8 months ago
all ashore whos going ashore...
Jordendog 8 months ago
DROP THE DAMN ANCHOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bigmc84 8 months ago
looks as though the ship swung around with help of the port anchor, heavy drifting for a cruise liner
davidatcuwclubnet 8 months ago
la grand holiday? no no no la MSC cruceros es la pior que IBERO cruceros!
414imperador 8 months ago
9 Beaufort? Do you know what 9 Beaufort looks like? This is 4-5 at highest.
19MJ74 8 months ago
That was literally the most boring video I have ever watched on youtube.
HarryCaray3000 9 months ago
@HarryCaray3000 It's not boring if you've ever been on a cruise ship. Or ever intend going on one.
shrivel1 8 months ago
i sat here for 2:45 watching a screen with 2/3 boats on it.. and i still dont know what the fuck happened
williamtrevormcneil 9 months ago
@williamtrevormcneil me niether what was supposed to happen?
theitaliancutie2000 9 months ago
@theitaliancutie2000 The cruise ship has dead engines, it's being tugged by the other boat but the cable snapped (2:24).
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CruiseDisney 9 months ago
so why didn't they just drop anchor?
kenfo0 9 months ago
Ship's engines must've been made by GM or Ford
Kreez8 10 months ago 2
@Kreez8 MAN B&W actually.
Dosedmonkey 6 months ago
you would think a ship that big would come with oars. :-)
HuskerSeaofRed 10 months ago 2
? whats the big deal? i dont see anything but a ship in the water.
XOXOx1580 10 months ago
lol
TMtricks 10 months ago
HELLO!!! Drop anchor maybe!!? Please tell me the multi billion vessel has an anchor!!
Clennox79 11 months ago
@Clennox79 yeah onto the sealife and reefs lol
jlcool007 10 months ago
9 Beaufort storm? It looks more like a 6-7..
Maybe its harder in open sea.. but in this bay there is no 9
TheMiiichaelll 11 months ago
The same happened in my ShipSimulator2 game :D
MisterGacko 11 months ago
Who cares about the smoke, it's obvious they didn'y have propulsion. The problem is tug should have pushed him out where he couls drop ALL anchors. Then sort out the problem.
highvelocity123 11 months ago
Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?
Gitfidlpickr 11 months ago
sorry ,Harbor Freight isn`t the best place to buy cable........LOL
jeepers2655 11 months ago
amazing 2 incidents in 2 months
roymonaco 1 year ago
This is the same ship that my wife and i went on our honeymoon. We also lost the main engines and had to "limp" into Nice's Bay. Then we got moved by lifeboat to shore (which took 12 hours to transport 2500 people 1/4 mile) Oh, and did i mention this is 2 months after our incident... way to go Island Cruises.
Rexmunday 1 year ago 22
Wooh I thought it was gonna get its bottom scratched on the floor.
2JAMMY 1 year ago
This reminds me of a memory that i once thought of. It was back in 1945, no actually It could have been 1956, Noo It was 1945, or maybe it was 1968 because thats when my dad owned his own Hot Dog stand on 38th and columbus, oooh he was very proud of his wieners, Funny story about the hot dog stand... whats the deal with Airplane peanuts??
Talk to you later.
Enlightenedones1 1 year ago
@Enlightenedones1 lol!!!!!
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Simply0Dad 1 year ago
Doubt this was a planned mooring, ship is being blown ashore and into vessels at anchor. did not see anchor being dropped, perhaps on starboard. there are plenty of people on stern. if this was planned interested in name of ship line.
trampolini1 1 year ago
@trampolini1 Well put my son
Enlightenedones1 1 year ago
"Uh First Mate?.....you can go ahead and switch off your radar now. Might as well save some fuel."
JetMechMA 1 year ago
@JetMechMA Even with a APU it still has it's own engine... and if the ship or a/c has lost all power to mechanical system will work... unless you used a GPU but their out at sea lol.
Ckymatt22 1 year ago
This is like watching a train wreck in slow motion....er, a ship wreck in slow motion.
JetMechMA 1 year ago
in soviet russia, chuck norris could of stopped the boat.
callumchandler 1 year ago
in any case why didnt they just simply drop anchor
cats400 1 year ago
look again how the tug cable snaps!
roymonaco 1 year ago
dead engines? Tug boats were doing their job anyway, and the ship is simply mooring.
Weslietje 1 year ago
He Was being Blown by the wind, Thats Why he dropped the anchor so the ship Would turn into the wind and offer less resistance,
spinaway 1 year ago
He Was being Blown by the wind, Thats Why he sdropped the anchor so the ship Would turn into the wind,
spinaway 1 year ago
There are no sand banks in that bay. in the middle it is 80m deep
roymonaco 1 year ago
@roymonaco dont you mean sand bars? im not being a smart ass im wondering if theres a difernece or if theyre jus called sand bars in the south.
SuperBrandon37 8 months ago
did it get stuck on a sandbar?
torinization 1 year ago
does that capitan knows the anchor
CAPITANFREAKY 1 year ago
There is one of the biggest of France next to it and tried to pull with a thin cable that ofcourse snapped at first try. That's when it got tricky
roymonaco 1 year ago
where are the freaking tugs?
19Truth53 1 year ago
@SuperAnimalGuy Not really when you have no engines and only a couple of generators.
roymonaco 1 year ago
wow stupid captain forgot to put parking break on.. its not just for hills u know omg.
cheeseonfire2 1 year ago
my doubt s when engines gone out durin stormy season in mid sea means wat s '' situation,,,,,,,,
ganesan191 1 year ago
He dropped an anchor a while ago, that's why the ship turned...
dependantlividity 1 year ago
@dependantlividity Nice to see someone was paying attention.
rottenboat 1 year ago
Speed 2
4petelol 1 year ago
stupid... why not before drop all anchors so ship can stop, what he wait so long time
MadMladen 1 year ago
@MadMladen They first tried to tow it (with a too thin cable)
roymonaco 1 year ago
The weight of the chain lying on the seabed keeps the anchor in the ground by the horizontal pull of the ship. When anchoring I like to put out chain equal to three times the depth of the water if possible, the anchor should dig well in but when the anchor is weighed, (pulled up) the windless hauls the vessel towards the anchor until the chain is vertical, then the anchor is pulled is easily pulled out as it has no grip if pulled vertically.
cliveatvagg 1 year ago
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rtfk101 1 year ago
Speed 2: Cruise control - but side ways
JedNZ 1 year ago
That Captain was shitting bricks....
mellowmoods420 1 year ago
Some beach jumping!
roymonaco 1 year ago
Well, it was advertised as a beach jumper's holiday...
TheRealHotShot 1 year ago
if u arent blind ud see the anchor is down. but there is only one anchor and its infront. therefore its spinning and dragging the anchor a little bit.
Cruiseshiptime 1 year ago
@Cruiseshiptime and if the bottom is sandy its really hard to get a grip. But here everybody is an expert you know....
rx8malta 1 year ago
is it like diffcult to drop down the anchors? o.O wft
vemEhanDenDrA 1 year ago
all ashore who is going ashore...
MrTallships 1 year ago
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GOUGOUNETTE 1 year ago
Forget this stop full speed ahead back to the shop!
Elin48 1 year ago
looks like a nice pace to spend the rest of vacation
Daffy177 1 year ago
Nothing like whipping a Huge sh*tty with a cruise ship. Doing donuts in the harbor. I've been on a bulk ship doing a manuver such as this.
garbon2535 1 year ago
I almost had fun while watching this video.. didn't quite get there though
ezox00 1 year ago
Ship is just mooring outside of the bay because there is no dock available.... They do this so they could ferry the passenger ashore on tenders. Whats all the beef about folks.
whataname01 1 year ago
@whataname01 Passengers had left the ship some days before, because of engine failure. Vessel was tied to a buoy, but the line broke in the strong gale.
roymonaco 1 year ago
tanga ung kapitan
myguitardafney 1 year ago
dont worry nick the tugboat will you! lol
MrEddiechacha 1 year ago
Im pretty sure the engines arn't dead for two reson first the turbulence in the water is not consistant with the wind second his exhaust is blowing diesel smog
gnilrefues 1 year ago
@gnilrefues Generators produce quite some exhaust fumes.
roymonaco 1 year ago 9
@roymonaco In order for a generator to work the engines must be up and running... same principles apply to Aircraft.
Ckymatt22 1 year ago
@Ckymatt22: In order for a generator to work the engines must be up and running... same principles apply to Aircraft.
JM: Huh?....ever heard of the APU, Auxilary Power Unit?
JetMechMA 1 year ago
As long as no one got hurt and the passengers got their moneyback.
Jman2455 1 year ago
@gnilrefues hes only got one engine working.
MollieMcBullets 1 year ago
@gnilrefues The exhaust is not producing diesel smog.. That's the smog from the incinerator.. Every ship in the world has it.. All paper and some other trash is burn daily..
nachube 11 months ago
@nachube you may be right but how do you explain the water turbulence
gnilrefues 11 months ago
@gnilrefues Well, when you move a ship that's over 100k tons, there's always a 'turbulence-looking' movement around. Of course I can't tell exactly whether there was an engine working (or even a stabilizer, which also makes little 'turbulence' around) or not, but it looks like the ship is power dead and it doesn't seem very stable. I play music on ships, and I've seen a lot of ships around, but nothing like this one..
Still, all I said before was that the smog is from incinerator.. ;)
nachube 11 months ago
@nachube actually, the incinerators on Island Star were never used during the day because the ash would fall on the aft passenger decks and upset the guests.
Whenever you power up generators or engines on older ships you will emit various shades of black / grey smoke for a few minutes - the excess quantities is most likely due to the engineers rushing to start them in a few minutes as opposed to the 60 minutes it takes to start them up normally.
alibail 5 months ago
@gnilrefues There's always some smug prick who wants to pretend they know more than everyone else.
dandarkwing 9 months ago
@gnilrefues and sharks fart in water..
TompuBoy 7 months ago
@gnilrefues The generators on Island Star are still very big medium speed diesel engines, 3300kW I believe, and are of very similar model to the propulsion ones, that is not that much smoke, and clean white colour, more evidence of irregular running, which is not surprising considering what is going on.
Dosedmonkey 6 months ago
Dead engines? Look again....
mikol58 1 year ago
the wind is pushing it
killwize 1 year ago
I don't think the engines are dead... I think he is just docking? Cause the tug isn't helping it's just watching lol
Beamernator 1 year ago
@Beamernator i think thats a coast guard bot but im not surte
willmays3 1 year ago
There's nothing funnier to read than a bunch of landlubber morons attempting to sound knowledgeable-" The engines turn 360 degrees"......."can't drop anchor unless going slow".........you dickheads! Comment on the football or something instead!
wavepiercer 1 year ago
@wavepiercer IMO theres nothing funnier than reading a sensitive navy boy moaning about something so stupid. havent you got barnicles to pick off your arse!!! who says landlubbers its 2010??? who are you captain jack sparrow?
jordinio1O 1 year ago
@jordinio1O You might find that navy boy would have the barnacles cleaned off his ass by his " mate ".
bunions4444 1 year ago
@bunions4444 ...lol... good point.
jordinio1O 1 year ago
I for one am hoping they didnt renew the captains licence... crap in hell!
ZoraXKR 1 year ago
the captain is such a retartd
thebray1000 1 year ago
@thebray1000 emm you seam to be the retard because if you had read the description the engines were dead and a a boat or cruise can olnly drop its anchor below a certain speed somthing like 4 knots im probaly wrong but i know its a very low speed
ryanair737400 1 year ago
The z drive or bow thruster is probably dead
METAL1ON 1 year ago
WHAT A STORM!
darkshoyru1 1 year ago
Dude the ships engines arent dead you can see the current they are producing. you know the engines can turn 360○.
kille6525 1 year ago
how the engines die?
CGiordano464 1 year ago
rofl....any1 herd of currents?? dont be smart about the winds.... look how strong the wind is..... its gunna do nothing to 4 massive propella engines...
jusownsall 1 year ago
high winds made the turn difficult but there is nothing abnormal about the procedure, and the engines were not dead. the tug was standing by to assist, but the ship dropped anchor perfectly. cruise ships must turn in small bays all the time, and it's amazing how small of a radius they can turn in.
rocketmustarddog 1 year ago
Someone should tell the captain the ship goes forward not sideways
Havixus 1 year ago
@Havixus Nope, they go sideways ;)
Most modern ships like this have propellors in the sides.
Scwirul 1 year ago
that's what you call mega cruise ship?????
zwikoRI 1 year ago
What's happen on this video because I don't see anything XD
Reksio96 1 year ago
Perfectly executed turn using the anchors. One anchor was used to turn the boat into the wind, then the other was dropped. The water under the boat is nice and deep. Nothing wrong with the engines, you just can't turn a boat that big in a bay that small using the ship's drive system. The anchors are necessary.
riparianlife97701 1 year ago
Dead engines or not, there was zero excuse for not dropping anchor before the boat reached the shallow waters of the bay. That also would have kept the bow into the wind.
riparianlife97701 1 year ago
Looked to me like standard anchoring in high winds.
vexviper 1 year ago
Then you really know nothing about ships!
Why do you think there is a ocean going tug going around the ship? And that is not just any tug, that is the Abeille Flandre.
This cruiseship allmost grounded on the beach.
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GamingTard 1 year ago
This type of incident happens from time to time. Its not the end of that passenger ship. What hysteria. It is the end of one Captain's career, or maybe not?
deltadude61 1 year ago
maybe,Chief Engineers for sure...
ageloskefalonia 1 year ago
"Enter your text here".
starstarstar42 1 year ago 16
Lovely to say the least.
DetroitLove4U 1 year ago
ive been on that ship lmao :P
glad i didnt know about this before
DopeyD4vid 1 year ago
@DopeyD4vid glad you didnt know what? how they anchor the boat hahaha dumbass people
MrJohndidder 1 year ago
@MrJohndidder That it has nearly crashed into an island ... Cheer up , twat
DopeyD4vid 1 year ago
the love"scare the s..t outa us"boat.....welcome aboard the love boat
weldon0m 1 year ago
Love on the rocks... Ain't no surprise...lol
watchinu66 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
ship looked shiiit anyway, let it sink.and do the world a favour.
comtron777 2 years ago
This was a perfectly executed anchorage.
You can see how they dragged the port (left) anchor to put ship in the desired place.
After anchorage they let go the tug line (you can see the water splash).
No one died :)
Dbbncv 2 years ago 8
To me the passenger ship look "drifting", considering that I don't see prop wash under the stern I suppose they had an engine problem. The black tug is the "Abeille Flandre" French rescue tug, one of the most powerful in the world. The splash you see under the bow is not the release of the tug line but the release of the anchor chain from the passenger ship to give to the tug the possibility to tow out of the bay the ship and eventually anchoring again with the starboard anchor.
sokar47 2 years ago
your right :)
rarincas 2 years ago
To me as a Navigational Officer it looks like they had everything under control.
Coming into the port with pilot on the bridge. You can see the pilot boat on the foreground. Only one tug assisting (in the emergency there would be more).
Moreover, there was no whistle sounded. In emergency it should be one continuous sound signal.
You can see the wash from the propellers (engines are not dead).
Dbbncv 2 years ago
god , how horrible
:O :(
that really is bad
Lorna662 2 years ago
All passengers were killed, I think
deathbert 2 years ago 2
yea that certainly killed everyone.
wmaxson 2 years ago
the ship had a black out got all henys goin not long it it drifting every thing was all good
bergeot206555 2 years ago
Lol lucky i not at the cruise ship whew
saehian 2 years ago
this is bay of "ville franche" in southern france. first bay east from NICE. apparently nothing happends, i am sea men and i newer heared about that accident, so there was na damage to ship or any pollution....
blekitna 2 years ago
Not a storm and the engines weren't dead. Other than that a good discription.
Do people even watch the videos they post?
EtzEchad 2 years ago
yeah this was a good video. not. one star. fuck you.
youknowoz 2 years ago
I hope someone takes you out of your fucking cloud cuckoo land and shoves a red hot poker up your ass you fat fucker of a FOOL.
(In response to youknowoz)
Doomsday2060 2 years ago
What was that captain thinking when he entered that bay under those wind conditions? Thanks to the skilled personell on those other boats that came to the rescue.
Stretchmancando 2 years ago
drifting in a STORM ? that looks just like a sunny holiday !
lakalakalokokoko 2 years ago 22
@lakalakalokokoko look at the size and color of the waves...
Capnwabbit 1 year ago
@lakalakalokokoko yea but look at sea....
Nitroboss2007 1 year ago
@lakalakalokokoko in fact it is a very windy day. the wind was force 9 on Beaufort scale
ZangLangVang 1 year ago
she is smoking a bit??
bouiverdesflanders 2 years ago
scary... thats not a very big bay for something like that to happen
flying19 2 years ago
It was like Speed 2 lol So Intense!!
AmericanWarfare 2 years ago
It's like Speed 2...but slower
tubofjoy 2 years ago 2