High seas salvage tug Abeille Bourbon in very bad weather rescue mission - Iroise Sea - Mer d'Iroise
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Uploaded by schirello on Aug 7, 2009
Ocean tug Abeille Bourbon in very bad weather rescue mission - Mer d'Iroise
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abeille_Bourbon
Abeille Bourbon is a high seas salvage tug, 80 metres long with a tractive power of 200 tonnes, a crew of 12, designed by Norwegian naval architect Sigmund Borgundvaag. It was baptised by Bernadette Chirac on 13 April 2005 in the presence of its sponsor Jacques de Chateauvieux. It is based in Brest, France.
Abeille Bourbon is owned by Abeilles International, a unit of Groupe Bourbon. The crew is made up of sailors of the merchant marine. It is chartered to the French government and can be called upon by the Maritime Prefect of Brest at any time.
The Abeille Liberté is a sister ship of Abeille Bourbon.
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interesting video and very informative
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very interesting video thanks
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And he is quite experienced : he is captain on tug, this one the Abeille Bourbon and its predecessor, the Abeille Flandre since 94. Quite a long time especially on this corner of the world !!!!
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@Glunddra ~ YES ~ I agree! It is definitely the skills ~ as well as the judgement of the Tugs Captain to rescue, whatever can be rescued. Thank you for your response!
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@mmbmbmbmb I'm no expert but I would say the rescued boat has to bear the flow and can't do anything to go against it meanwhile both the design of the tug and the skills and knowledges of its captain to complete the rescue in the safest and easiest way make the difference
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@navigator1944 No shit! This is good stuff!
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great video!
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Working engines will do the trick every time...
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@stoli288 hahahahahahahahahahaahahahaha
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they guys on deck are taking the waves like champs. bravo
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wow. if you ever should forget you are human, try this. must make you feel like the most unimportant fart in the universe, being rocked liek that...
kudos to these people!
stoli288 1 year ago 20
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lol This just goes to show you how some people just don't get it! As a person who has spent their life on the water and have been lucky to survive more than once it amazes me that someone can be so ignorant of what they are seeing to say "boring!" We should get this guy's name and send him out on the next tow like this one and see if he still thinks it is boring. And he will be required to clean the shit out of his own pants.
navigator1944 11 months ago 14