08-16-2013, 01:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-16-2013, 01:31 PM by Tugboatcap.)
Ironbeard, they have been playing bumper-cars with their smaller ships into whaling ships, trying to foul their wheels with steel cables and many other things that could seriously jeopardize lives.
Most of these whaling ships are single screw and if the wheel is fouled, they don't move. In certain circumstances, the tailshaft can snap and it can sink the ship. They've holed 2 ships so far by ramming them, luckily, both times it's been above the water line. Next time, maybe not so lucky...
I've actually hit a ship with a 100' Tug during docking operations (under emergency circumstances when the ship lost power coming into the Port of Pensacola and I had to come in hard to keep it from hitting the city docks head on!) hard enough to hole it and believe me, I would NEVER do that intentionally. Even with my crew prepared for the strike it still threw 2 men holding on, down to the deck and snapped two foundation bolts on the main engines. When you're dealing with that much weight, it's dramatic and dangerous.
The blood sucking jerks have already sunk one of their own small craft pulling this crap, almost losing crew in the process AND then wanted to blame the whalers. The boat, as it happens, was loaned to the group by a misguided supporter and the owner is now trying to collect the multi-million dollar insurance claim on the craft they sunk and he has been denied because of the way in which the vessel was sunk.
It's only a matter of time before someone is killed by these idiots.
Most of these whaling ships are single screw and if the wheel is fouled, they don't move. In certain circumstances, the tailshaft can snap and it can sink the ship. They've holed 2 ships so far by ramming them, luckily, both times it's been above the water line. Next time, maybe not so lucky...
I've actually hit a ship with a 100' Tug during docking operations (under emergency circumstances when the ship lost power coming into the Port of Pensacola and I had to come in hard to keep it from hitting the city docks head on!) hard enough to hole it and believe me, I would NEVER do that intentionally. Even with my crew prepared for the strike it still threw 2 men holding on, down to the deck and snapped two foundation bolts on the main engines. When you're dealing with that much weight, it's dramatic and dangerous.
The blood sucking jerks have already sunk one of their own small craft pulling this crap, almost losing crew in the process AND then wanted to blame the whalers. The boat, as it happens, was loaned to the group by a misguided supporter and the owner is now trying to collect the multi-million dollar insurance claim on the craft they sunk and he has been denied because of the way in which the vessel was sunk.
It's only a matter of time before someone is killed by these idiots.
[b][i]"It's always funny until someone loses an eye!"[/i][/b]
