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Post by JohnV on Mar 16, 2018 12:04:25 GMT
 This morning I was woken by an almighty "Bang" from my stern followed by an even louder "Bang" from the Bow. Accompanied by loud engine/fast propeller noise of something big going past. I just got to the wheelhouse in time to see the stern of a large loaded tanker going round the bend. The Crane barge astern of me had been driven into my stern, his Fore spring and my stern line were tied to a large ship size bollard which had been ripped off the jetty. The crane barge had pushed into me and I had then slammed into the quayside ahead of me. I am glad I was not in some modern vessel, Sabina has a scrape on the stern and a dent in one of the rubbing bands on the bow ...... my rubbing bands are 75mm x 25mm x 9 mm channel iron so to put a dent in one, needs a hell of an impact. Sheer bloody "Feck you Jack I'm alright" ....... Bastard !!! ........ I have been here on this mooring for 4 months or so now, and I have been passed by many big loaded vessels that have hardly made me move ...... so it was sheer pig ignorance. and before the normal cry of "you should have moored up better" The crane barge had 6 lines ashore and I had 4 lines ashore ...... all 50 mm multiplait and on top of that the crane barge had a spud leg down as well !!!
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Post by kris on Mar 16, 2018 12:14:13 GMT
If it's ripped off the moiring bollard, it must have been going at some speed.
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Post by JohnV on Mar 16, 2018 12:45:54 GMT
If it's ripped off the moiring bollard, it must have been going at some speed. yup !!! not a little bollard either !!!  SAM_1199 by mudlarker2, on Flickr |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2018 14:46:09 GMT
Yes, but if it was raining apparently you can go as fast as you like  Rog |
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 16, 2018 14:46:37 GMT
Is the boat that went past responsible in law? Insurance? Report to Police? Whose bollard is that? Won't the owners want compensating?
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Post by bargemast on Mar 16, 2018 15:03:52 GMT
Well John, that's a very bad thing that has happened where you are, and I'm happy to know that your barge only had some minor damage, a proof of a well built barge.
The skipper of that tankerbarge was maybe an ex-American cowboy, as going past moored barges like he did, doesn't show (in my opinion) for good seamanship, there's no excuse for going so bloody fast, unless the river is flooding and they have to go faster than the flow to maintain (some) steerage.
Peter.
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Post by airedaleman on Mar 16, 2018 15:35:56 GMT
This chap must have been trained by one of the Waddintons. Went with him once when he put a wave over the towpath on the A and C because he didn’t like fiishermen(folk)
However no excuse for damaging boats at any time.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2018 15:41:53 GMT
If it's ripped off the moiring bollard, it must have been going at some speed. yup !!! not a little bollard either !!! SAM_1199 by mudlarker2, on Flickr If that rope is 50mm diameter that's quite a serious bollard which leads to the question how was it fastened to the bank? I wonder if the problem is directly related to a faulty bollard ? |
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Post by JohnV on Mar 16, 2018 15:47:01 GMT
It tore it out of the ground and snapped two welds ...... it has actually twisted the steel (it's heavy gauge steel piling shuttering) and that stuff don't bend easy..... no it was solid enough
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2018 15:53:47 GMT
Is there an authority you can report the vessel to? I would. I hope all systems on board are working properly. A heavy impact like that could cause some nasty things to happen. The fact Sabina H is built like a brick shithouse probably helps |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2018 15:55:58 GMT
Come on, why hasn't anyone said this 'you need to learn how to moor properly!' |
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Post by JohnV on Mar 16, 2018 15:56:26 GMT
Is there an authority you can report the vessel to? I would. It has been reported to the harbour master and the owner of the crane barge/bollard has contacted the tanker company. |
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Post by patty on Mar 16, 2018 16:59:47 GMT
Wow..not nice..hope someone says a few words to the idiot
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Post by TonyDunkley on Mar 16, 2018 18:43:56 GMT
This chap must have been trained by one of the Waddintons. Went with him once when he put a wave over the towpath on the A and C because he didn’t like fiishermen(folk) I've never agreed with or approved of much that Steve Waddington does, but if it's him you're talking about in this instance, then I'm with him all the way on this one. Washing maggot drowners and their kit off their perches is a long established and legitimate sport. As for him putting a wave over the towpath, . . . well, strictly speaking there isn't any such thing on the Aire and Calder. Ever since the navigation came into existence in it's present size and form there never was any horse-towing along there, . . it was always tugs, steam at first, then diesel. |
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Post by Saltysplash on Mar 16, 2018 19:24:37 GMT
We used to have the same problem on Thunderbolt pier at Chatham. Many complaints by berth holders to Medway Ports but nothing was ever done. Prior to me owning Emblem, one of the sand ships came past so fast that the wake shot up the side of the tub and through the Port Light in the stern cabin waking the owner with a powerful jet of Medway water all over his bed  One of the owners who owned a lovely Gentlemans launch called Silver Sula used to chase after the speeder in his rib tender but he never caught anyone |
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This morning I was woken by an almighty "Bang" from my stern followed by an even louder "Bang" from the Bow. 
