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Post by on Feb 25, 2023 13:21:15 GMT
SAR continuing but I think this is RIP www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-64769602It seems sad people have to die when tugs get rolled. Another interesting case a while ago was the tug Flying Phantom. It turned out that the mate, who spent a lot of time on the boat including sleeping on board. climbed out of the wheelhouse immediately after pressing the winch release button and he survived. The other crew members drowned. I would have thought the basic training would tell you that IF an emergency release of the tow was instructed the first thing you do is get out of the wheelhouse. MAIB (Messing About In Boats) reports always a good read. |
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Post by Aloysius on Feb 25, 2023 14:13:30 GMT
SAR continuing but I think this is RIP www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-64769602It seems sad people have to die when tugs get rolled. Another interesting case a while ago was the tug Flying Phantom. It turned out that the mate, who spent a lot of time on the boat including sleeping on board. climbed out of the wheelhouse immediately after pressing the winch release button and he survived. The other crew members drowned. I would have thought the basic training would tell you that IF an emergency release of the tow was instructed the first thing you do is get out of the wheelhouse. MAIB (Messing About In Boats) reports always a good read. Common knowledge actually. I can recall many occasions from my childhood when my mother sternly lectured me on the importance of immediately exiting the wheelhouse in the event of the tow emergency release button being activated. But in fairness I think she was recalling a former life as a Scottish tattooed sailor, which would explain the bouts of drunkenness and demanding to know where the nearest brothel was in a dodgy accent. |
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Post by on Feb 25, 2023 16:35:25 GMT
I will go down with this shit
(look away now)
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Post by Aloysius on Feb 25, 2023 17:03:45 GMT
By contrast my dad was easier to live with so long as you didn't mind that he constantly gloated over his brilliant tactics at the battle of Austerlitz.
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Post by on Feb 25, 2023 17:46:12 GMT
It must have been cool to have worthwhile parents. Mine were both pointless non entities. I'm pinning my hopes on the new generation.
They will be better than me. Hell of a job but someone has to do it!
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Post by Aloysius on Feb 25, 2023 18:12:59 GMT
Girting: when a tug is capsized by being pulled over by its tow line pulling the tug laterally.
Also I had an uncle who took up training frogs (part-time) as a second career when he retired.
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Post by on Feb 26, 2023 8:53:20 GMT
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Post by on Feb 26, 2023 10:35:43 GMT
No side exits from wheelhouse.  |
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Post by Aloysius on Feb 26, 2023 11:18:14 GMT
I find the term 'girted' interesting. I also suspect it is a Scottish colloquialism.
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Post by on Feb 26, 2023 12:55:32 GMT
The yanks call it "tripped".
Never considered looking up the verb "to girt" I imagine something to do with the word "girth" will have a look.
I guess the relevance is that the vessel is rolled in a circular fashion. It isn't a normal type of sinking as the boat is hauled over sideways very quickly by the tow moving ahead of it.
That Flying Phantom incident was bad. The ship it was towing was doing 5 knots on its own engine. Crazy !!
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Post by Aloysius on Feb 26, 2023 12:57:50 GMT
I suspect it will be more closely associated with 'girdle'.
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Post by on Feb 26, 2023 13:01:17 GMT
The Dutch carousel tug looks pretty wicked
The towing hook is on a slide which goes right round the wheelhouse.
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Post by on Feb 26, 2023 13:05:39 GMT
Tow hook on the boat that went down a couple of days ago looks a bit awkward to drop. Looks like you have to pull a pin out and the disc rotates and drops the tow line. I wonder how that works. Tug is called the BITER.  |
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Post by Aloysius on Feb 26, 2023 13:57:31 GMT
Maybe it can be re-named 'Beater'.
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Post by on Feb 26, 2023 14:00:10 GMT
Better vid of the carousel tug showing just how wicked it is.
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