Yacht crashes into super tanker!! Cowes, Isle of Wight
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- Whilst the Extreme Racing series was entertaining the crowds at this years' Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, the supertanker hit a yacht which was then dismasted as its spinnaker sail was snagged by the ship's anchor.
The Marine Knutsen supertanker was being guided by a pilot boat into Southampton docks and was making its presence known by repeatedly sounding its horn. By one yacht didn't seem to give itself enough time to clear the massive boat and was hit before having its mast and rigging ripped off when one of its sail got caught in the supertankers anchor.
The yacht was quickly attended by several vessels offering assistance. It's not know if anyone was hurt.
The incident was captured by Tim Addison for COWES.co.uk
If the tanker wasn't so small, the sailing party would have definitely spotted it..
Yeah, she's only 265 by 43 meters painted in a camouflaging orange. The wafi, was a naval officer!
And if the sailboat crew weren't deaf they might have heard the horn.
The yatch captain is a bull 🐂 attracted to that red and found out it's an anvil not a cloth
🤣
They should paint those tankers Orange or something so that people could see them !
Agree...blink and you'll miss them otherwise. Especially if in your 'blind spot'.
@@Oakleaf700 I think sailing vessels have the right of way
@@der_cumsportler1022 no they dont, tanker has right of way actually as she is constrained by draught and restricted in ability to maneuver
They come on you very fast. Appear to be quite a distance away. Next thing you know BAM!
Totally. Those cheeky tankers just creep up on you, and before you know it there they are!
Maybe their next competition could be a bicycle race on an airport runway?
...an ACTIVE airport runway....
why isnt this made yet?
You really made me laugh.
Boris Chang search the gimli glider
hahahahaha !!! or a Dominotournament under a NASA launch pad !!!
I think it's a great idea to hold races in shipping lanes. Adds to the excitement.
it would be much more fun to see their boath getting under mega ship propeller
@@Neo-po2xw Why?
Why is this allowed? Also kids in dinghies racing at harbour entrances.Like the people I see running through the fume filled streets of London deeply inhaling toxins fumes and bumping into pedestrians. There are loads of parks nearby. I think the thrill is just to cause a nuisance and claim the moral high ground. We are teaching kids to sail and I am getting fit etc. Annoying.
Adds to the excrement.
They should have never let the tanker enter the race.
MisterDeSoto It was cheating from the start, a garuenteed win for the tanker
I’ve never seen sails on a tanker before, but I think it will definitely catch on
lmao
MisterDeSoto okay. They're going to stop a multimillion-dollar operation, which state most likely already have permits for scheduled departures, most likely a a written notice to Mariners which is in the newspaper or the computer. For some jerk off having a sailing Regatta. I don't think so Tim.
MisterDeSoto
Nobody is going to block a shipping lane that’s needed for essential imports/exports for a measly sailboat race lol.
If the track wasn't wet the super tanker could have stopped.
very true
just no way he could see 600' of orange coming toward him...
Try 1200 feet
Jim Adams 800
900 feet and no lower!
The title should have read " Arrogant Sailor Learns the Hard Way"
WHAT A DORK. THE YACHT DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY. THE TANKER HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY. It has to stay in the channel and it can not stop or turn to prevent hitting the sailboat. The title should say "yACHT de-masted ITSELF ON A TANKER. Yacht cut in front of a tanker. IT IS THE YACHT'S FAULT,,,,,,NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. "RULES OF THE ROAD.
Lol... dork...
Right of WEIGHT
WRONG both vessels have the responsibility to avoid collisions. The ship is supposed to maintain a speed no greater than its need in congested areas. The ship is obviously going much faster than it needed to be in this area. Both are responsible.
wildkatsailing
I don't agree. There are some pretty strong tides in the Solent and to maintain steerage the tanker might well have to maintain a decent speed. The yacht is required to keep clear, there is nothing the tanker could have done.
wildkatsailing what rubbish, right of way to sail over motor craft but more manovourable craft should give way to vessel which is constrained by draft and manovourability
A former naval officer whose yacht collided with an oil tanker in the Solent during Cowes Week has been found guilty of contravening maritime regulations.
Lt Roland Wilson, from Stanley, Perthshire was fined and ordered to pay more than £100,000 in costs following a trial at Southampton Magistrates Court.
The dramatic collision in 2011 was captured on film.
The 32-year-old was convicted of impeding the passage of a vessel and failing to keep a proper lookout.
Still its very possible that he did everything he could. Following the code the tanker needs to give way to the yachts, so in court this is the tankers fault.
SportSoulLife Not on the Solent. Check the VTS Southampton website for rules and regulations on that stretch of water.
+SportSoulLife As Martin said, that stretch of water apparently has different regulations. According to international maritime regulations, boat on the starboard must give way, but it also comes down to maneuverability. Plus the yachts were racing, regularly changing directions, a supertanker has limited maneuverability, can't make quick direction or speed changes. Anyone with half a brain would give right of way to a supertanker! He was probably thinking he could beat the tanker, but like a train, too easy to misjudge it's speed, and in a collision, you are going to lose!Bottom line, the yacht had the ability to change direction in such close quarters, the supertanker did not. The supertanker was being guided, so he can't be faulted for going thru waters where a race was being held.They should have never allowed the tanker to enter those waters until the race was finished.The yacht should have given way.
ExtremelyOCD Yes, you're right, anyone would give way to a tanker, that's common sense. But closing the water for the races is unrealistic, it would cost the companies up to millions to do so, and the docs for tankers are very precise with timing, some can fine you up to 10.000$ for every minute you leave port late, and a tanker uses atleast a liter of fuel a second, so stopping all the traffic would be out of question. Also oil is a very dangerous cargo, you don't want to have that sitting around that close to land. Realistically the race should have been hosted on other waters, just moving the top mark away from the fairway would have prevented this on the yachts part.
SportSoulLife It is too windy for Sunday sailors on the other side of the Isle of Wight!
WTF has a boat race in a shipping canal?
It's Cowes week and the tanker should have given way. Not me saying it, he was obliged.
+Simon Watts lol you want a 300+meter vessel to "give way" to a 20' sail boat? Can you reference that in some DOT regulation somewhere for me please? I want to read that.
+Simon Watts under IRPCS (international regs for prevention of collisions at sea) rules the yacht should of give way as he is more manoeuvrable , Rule 5- lookout, also rule 9 which is narrow channels, the tanker is restricted by it's draught, he is not obliged at all, the tanker cannot get of the way due to depth of water under him plus it takes a while for him to turn/stop, so please don't talk shit mate, cowes week means nothing to commercial traffic as they have timetables to keep esp with tides, where I live (Cardiff) commercial traffic has priority over yachties etc, the tanker did sound 5 blasts (you only heard 3) which is what are your intentions or wtf are you doing?, think I talk shit? fully qualified powerboat instructor.
+vikingsmb Except that bit of the Solent is restricted during Cowes week.
not to commercial traffic it isn't mate, they have priority.
Perhaps title should read: "Yachtties hold sailing race in busy shipping channel".
The yacht hit the supertanker. The skipper was a total incompetent.
Major Disdain are you f@$%ing blind or gay or stupid or all of the above. did you not see that tanker. so you would take your bicycle and ride crossing its path 20 ft in front of a semi truck doing 55 mph
Major Disdain Doesn't matter, the sailor is still 100% at fault and was fined I think
It takes those tanker's miles -literally- to stop
The bigger vessel has the right away on the water.
It is usually the less maneuverability not the size
Marc Dacey, this is not supertanker, this tanker aframax class, 90,000-100,000 t. dwt.
It’s ONLY 120,000 TON. What do you mean you can’t stop on a dime.
Just because you can afford it that doesn't mean you have the good sense to operate it.
the bigger boat has the right. law of the seas
MemoryLaneCinema ... Actually, that isn't correct. Sailing vessels usually have the right of way, except under certain conditions. There are narrow passage rules that likely apply here, not to mention the fact that you would have to be an idiot to sail into the path of a large ship. They don't have brakes. Because of the antiquated right-of-way rules, a large portion of people in sailboats think they are invulnerable. Unfortunately, both Murphy's and Darwin's Laws apply here.
sailing vessels have the right towards smaller leisure-boats. Not commercial ships.
I'm assuming you mean the yacht, since the tanker obviously had the right of way!
nightlightabcd Technically speaking, the yacht had right of way, in practice bigger boats have worse maneuverability and so tend to get right of way in practice
You can always tell those that know nothing about the rule's of the road but make these outrages comments. From both at fault to they have a right to be there. Most of you got it right. The sailor was 100% wrong. Large ships, because of their draft, are confined to a certain area. They also must maintain a certain speed depending on the wind and tide. He was not going to fast.
I think the guy who planned a sail boat race across a shipping channel needs a swift kick in the butt as well.
...and blowing her HORN!!!! what else shall the skipper do, except beam me up Scottie?
the sailboat got a hefty fine afterwards!
Brad Rex Not practical. In many places there is no choice on that. What likely happened here is the following scenario: The sailboat captain thought he could easily make it across the tanker's bow. Then it was a bit close, but he stuck with it. Then it started looking really close and HERE he should have turned back, but he didn't.
Absolutely correct Captain. It amazes me that people who sail challenge large ships; we see it on the Houston Ship Channel (extremely tight waters/large ships) far too often.
Happier Gilmore Thank you. As a long time sailor, I too have seen it often. The sad part is that his bad decision put those on his boat in danger. Have a nice day.
And to this day, the Hanne Knutsen still gives no fucks.
And why should it??
Elthenar It is told that she still carries that pink sail as a trophy.
"Hey !, you scratched my anchor !"
Rodney Dangerfield, Caddyshack
When the commentator at at 0:42 says "look at that orange ship", i swear, i can hear the yachts captain shout back "what orange ship?".
....but the sailboat was clearly flying the pink sail of defiance
I've had the misfortune to be at the wheel of a ship in the Solent during Cowes week. Yacht owners don't seem to appreciate that a large ship has to stay in designated channels.
The thing was bright orange for fucks sake, how did they not see that coming!
+rumvodkaf1 If you listen to the narrator, you will hear there is a sailing competition going on and this yacht is part of it. They just risk their lives for a shining piece of metal. But i see other yachts in front of them, so it look like they risk their lives for a notation in some book everyone is forgotten by now.
The ship must have been the boats blind spot.
Yeah, all 870 feet of it.
Shipping lanes aren't for tanker ships to use, they are for sailboats to cross.
Alpine Services , sailing is similar rules to the highway code!
In the Netherlands you have to give way for anything bigger than you, because of mobility.
I was once on a 15 meter racing yacht and the captain wanted to prove a point ( that unpowered vessels have the right of way) to a freight ship- I told him to cut that sh*t out and if he wants to make a statement do it with out me. Same scenario- we were tacking in a channel. That Captain ended up running aground 2 times, and all the men except him had to get in the water and push it off the sand bar. What is worse is that assh*le captain was my brother.
He was wrong too. In a channel a ship will almost certainly be constrained by draught and will have right of way.
Gross Tonage rule in effect always....Your bro is a fool !!
Legend has it the Hanne Knutsen still has that sail on her anchor to this day. #NoFucksGiven
With a text added "I dont give a fuck who you are, dont even try BITCH!"
Awesome man!!
That "little misjudgment" has just cost the skipper of that yacht over £100,000. £3,000 in fines and £100,000 in costs.
The moral of the story is "Don't get in the way of ships, you are going to loose (everything)"
if you can afford a yacht, you should be able to afford repairs unless, like most people do, you get it on a loan or mortgage instead of buying what they're actually capable of affording themselves.
He also lost his career in the navy.
Some more ideas for Aberdeen Asset Management, who organized a boat race in a shipping lane:
- Preschoolers bicycle race on level rail crossings
- Boys vs. Girls Crocodile farm swimming competition
- Red light family running
- Parachute-free sky-diving week
Did you notice the person jump overboard before the ship hits? They must have had fun sliding down the side of it....
+Mark Thompson well they propably arent spinning. A tanker takes about half an hour to stop as quick as possible, so they put the propellers on "neutral" about 25km before entering port. Still its safer on the yacht, you dont want to be anywhere near a moving tanker or ship, specially when swimming.
+windwardpro I saw the moment before impact severeal times and i cant spot someone who jump or fall from the yacht.
+jpsholland At 0.24 sec someone or something goes over the side of the sailboat. Look closely.
+jpsholland @23 secs
0tt0Skorzeny hopefully it wasn't someone who jumped or they are for sure dead
It's obvious the guy never read How to Avoid Huge Ships.
Roland Wilson was fined £2,000 for the offence of failing to keep a proper lookout and £500 for each of the two offences of impeding the passage of a vessel, and ordered to pay a £15 surcharge. The maximum penalty was £5,000 on each charge. He was ordered to pay the full costs of the prosecution, which totalled £100,056.68.
Ouch!
Judge says: "Mr Wilson, you acted stupidly and because of that, I'm going to fine you £2,000 for the offence"
(Wilson smiles).
"Followed by another £1000 for both counts"
(Wilson smiles again).
"Oh and errr....£15 for the surcharge "
(Wilson grins widely).
"Plus costs of course"
(Wilson smiles again).
"...of £100, 000"
(Smile gone!)
He can afford it.
After all, He's a bloody Captain ...
Did the tanker sink?
you are too funny lmao he he
Jerry Collins
In answer to your question. It was very close they almost lost
the tanker. But the brave crew got over
the side and buffed the marks out and saved the day.
E George Lol
"According to the official 9/11 investigation I would say the answer is 'yes'. Also found a passport nearby as dry as an Arabian rug in the middle of the Sahara desert."
nope, the holes got patched by sailors with tin foil sheets
Sirproudfeet, from your comment about power always giving way to sail, you are obviously not familiar with the Colregs or the local byelaws pertaining to the Port of Southampton in regard to the Moving Prohibited Zone. This is applicable to all ships over 150m LOA transiting the Area of Concern.
If you look closely something slips overboard on the yacht just befor it gets hit , is it a person ,
watch the clip carefully.
Yep, saw it. They would have been in better shape staying on board
the three most useless things on a sailing boat are an umbrella, a grand piano and a Naval Officer
The capt. said during the trial he thought that the tanker was signaling that he was turning to starboard by sounding his horn. The yacht capt. maintained his course, which led to the crash. The jury felt he was negligent and he was fined over $100k euros. Even if the tanker was turning to starboard there was no way the tanker could turn in time and avoid the sailboat.
Maximus
Agreed. In fact the tanker looked to be doing about 6-8 knots, which (I'm guessing) would barely give it steerage speed anyway.
the tanker went faster with the sail ,and won the race
love the way you think
I never liked pink sails either.
Hey you scratched my anchor!
Years ago was sailing In Sydney Harbour in a 60ft steel hulled ketch. The 18fters were zipping back and forth, and of course, got to the point where they had right of way over the ketch. One of the boy racers screams out "Starboard" - effectively demanding his right of way. The skipper on our boat, yells back "Steel - 70 tons of it - not as agile - your call". The 18fts kept their distance after that.
What a wonderful regatta organisation!
They could have put mines instead of buoys for more adrenaline.
WAFI needs to read the ABP port of Southampton guidelines for yachts. In that position the ship has a 1000mtr movement prohibited zone in front of it. Yacht should have never entered it plus he wasnt using one of the 4 recommended shipping lane crossing zones.
Typical WAFI. As a son of a Captain of a VLCC, never pick a fight with anything with restricted draught, restricted manoeuvrability or cross under the sight line of something this big or with a vessel even doing slow speeds with no room to avoid idiots. If this guy was ex Navy, he really shouldn't be allowed to sail. Life threatening incident avoided fortunately. Master of the tanker would be cleared in this incident thankfully.
@@simonwoodcock3412 totally agree mate, 100% correct
@@simonwoodcock3412 Yes. Yacht captain fined several thousand pounds plus just over a hundred grand in costs.
Quite why people think its the tankers fault I do not know. The bigger boat has, I believe the right of way. Also how is the captain of the tanker supposed to see the small yaught in front of his boat? Special Arrangements are in place to allow commercial traffic to use the same stretch of water at the time of the regatta. No doubt people will be saying it should be banned but, not only would it cost millions but ships and their owners are on tight schedules. Also how would vehicles get to and from the isle of white?
Right...... Its like telling the SKY to move out of the way..... WTH ???
Right on......
Apart from the COLREGS and the special rules regarding keeping clear of tankers in this area these ships are working and on schedules. Yachties were playing . Yachties - read and understand the regulations, keep out of the bloody way and play elsewhere.
I bet the captian of the supertanker was like Rodney dangerfeild in the movie caddyshack "Hey you scracthed my anchor"
"That orange ship" Really? He doesn't know what a tanker is, and they put him on as presenter.
Off the top of his head, he couldn't think what type of yacht that big orange thing was.
He's a yachtsman, no need to know anything about ships.
I LOVE orange tankers. Makes it easy to see the ass whopping a sail-boater is about to get.
Its lightyears beyond stupid to hold a sailing race into a waterway where large ocean going chips need to cross. Local government should never give their permit for that race. The people at the sailing boat are extreme lucky they can tell the story. Mosly small boats will puched under and scredded to pieces by the propellor.
+jpsholland This is actually extremely common. Rio de Janeiro's 2016 Olympics are actually going to be in a large international ships canal...
+jpsholland "puched under and scredded to pieces by the propellor" unlikely the draft on that thing is most likely 7 or 8 metres if not more
+jpsholland There's commercial shipping almost everywhere in England. And Cowes is on the solent probably the most popular area in the world for racing sailing boats. 99.9% of the time both users of the water coexist without any problems. Please educate yourself before commenting.
Uh, do you realize what you are suggesting? If you were to not be allowed to race in areas where ships travel, you'd alienate a HUGE portion of close to shore waterways. For me in western washington (USA), you'd remove nearly the entire puget sound and also the entire columbia river, since ships travel throughout these waters.
I"ve raced in shipping lanes before many many times, you just have to be extra cautious when a ship is near.
The judge in the court case explicitly said that racing yachts in the Solent is reasonable. Everybody else is perfectly capable of staying out of the ships’ way.
This was the patch where tanks were just OP. no way for the little rogue ship to do any damage. Thank god that's fixed now.
Rule of the sea...the larger vessel ALWAYS has the right-of-way.
Timothy Hickey nor necessarily. In this case it would be vessel restricted in maneuvering has the right-of-way. Big tanker cannot maneuver out of the narrow dredged channel. Deep drafts
Wrong, Tim never read Coast Guard regs.
Ah, Peter .. I see the meds are working!
The larger vessel may not have the right away, but I will always give way to a tanker, cruise ship, or barge, just 'cause.
"the big boat rule"... the defacto, stay alive rule.
It might be a good LEISURE sport at Cowes but I have tried to take my own boat up the Solent during Cowes week and it's a bloody nightmare with Yacht's everywhere stretching right across the solent from the Island to the mainland and not giving a damn about anybody other than their silly race. This TANKER has limited movement and the idiot who was helming (a Royal Navy Officer no less) should be banned from ever stepping foot on another boat forever. If you want to race then go Sea side away from shipping channels and other boats not in your race then you can play Dodgems to your hearts content! And YES I was nearly hit twice by these bloody yachts who don't seem to have anybody on watch whilst sailing.
The racing yacht was luffing up to get to windward of the tanker and avoid being in the wind shadow of the ship. Bad sail trimming meant that she lost way and was dead in the water under the tankers bows. No excuse - yacht at fault - do a 360 or 720 according to the race rules. ;o)
Why did they put up £100k defence in court?
I can just imagine the captain screaming "Hey you there,stop! You just stole my spinker"
Spinker? I think you mean either spinnaker or sphincter. Either one is probably accurate.
@@malcolm20091000 gotta love my poor typing skills
Yeah. There are actually a number of situations a boat under sail doesn't have the right of way over a powered vessel (even ones of similar size.) They don't when the other vessel is limited in maneuverability by draft as in this totally obvious case.
Loving the guy who abandoned ship @23 seconds. I can imagine his thought process, "FUCK THIS I'M OUT!"
I thought it was my imagination. What happened to him in the end?
"It was a funny angle...." :-D
ha haaa......SNATCH!!
Vinny: Why are we stopped here? What's wrong with that spot over there?
Tyrone: It's too tight.
Vinny: Too tight?! You could land a jumbo fucking jet in there.
Adolf Kitler- Dumbest CZcams name ever!!
Solid reference!!
"Yacht fails to yield to tanker" is a more accurate title.
Commercial traffic like that tanker, in a shipping lane, on his way to the port, has right of way. It is the job of the other boats to stay out of its way, because A, the tanker has right of way. B, it can do shit even if they wanted. A ship of that size and a guess at that speed, even with the tugboat, would take several kilometers to stop. Even if they dropped their anchor it would not do much. Most likely just drag it along the bottom and if it got a hold on something, the chain would break.
First time a tanker's ever won a yacht race.
Ding, ding, ding, ding .... 265 meters & 72,245 tons = Hanne Knutsen for the win !!!!
just like a train hitting a car
Noah S. Great analogy!!
They should put a flag or some lights on these supertankers so they are easier to see!
A lot of sailboaters, blow boats think they have the right of way. They never read the rules through. Working vessel has the right away over any sailboat. Plus you're in a shipping channel plain chicken with an 800 foot ship. That's just stupid.
This is why the Coast Guard will never be out of a job.
Yes if the tanker in question was a working vessel at the time. And carrying cargo does NOT clasify him as a such.
Every they depart. They are a working vessel. They're not going to The Sandbar to hang out, or troll for stripers...
Yes this is true, but a working ship is defined by COLREGs as a "vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre". This means a vessel which from the nature of her work is restricted in her ability to manoeuvre. A tanker IS NOT A THAT!!! A vessel engaged in laying or picking up a submarine cable or pipeline for instance is!
What if the skipper of the yacht was a profesional sailor... And he got paid for winning... Then i guess his vessel is a working vessel as well?
But it doesnt even matter. The area where this incident happend is a special precautionary area so yacht was at fault.
yes you are right. But the sailboat for so very wrong and common sense says no
Lets have a sailboat race in a shipping channel. What could possibly go wrong? I love the announcers accent. :48 seconds, the Spinnaker is on the front of that orange ship, oh no crikey!
"He came out of nowhere officer".
3 COLREGS violations, 100k fine plus repairs on damage to anchor according to SA. Rules are pretty clear here.
if that tanker was the titanic it would of sunk lol
Takes one of those big boys two miles to come to a complete stop with engines in full reverse. Sailboat didn't stand a chance. Ha!
Mighty is Righty! That is what I have learned in school this week while doing Powerboat Level 2.
This was like watching someone lean into a left hook.
That orange ship?.....
.....where?.....
Should have gone to Specksavers. lol
He was on his way to Barnard Castle
With a camo scheme like the tanker has it's amazing anyone was able to see it.
In sail school they teached the skipper, that bigger ships allways have to stop for smaller boats. 😂
The tanker is restricted to the channel and has the right of way. The idiot on the sailboat deserves to be fined.
Ric Twiddy He was, for 100,000 euros
@@patrickreinhardt7674 No, for 100000 british pounds. That`s €112308
Rule # 1, even if you think you can make it, you can't, so don't try. Sail to the stern of the large taker that can't stop and will sink you and possibly kill you...lol "When there is any doubt there is no doubt" Robert DeNiro--- Ronin
I can hear the captain now: "Bos'n! Get the stencils and paint; we got one!"
Large ships cant stop on a dime
I was taught when learning to sail that "Power giveth way to Sail, unless Power is many times bigger."
You cannot expect a large commercial, passenger or military vessel to "Give Way" to a much smaller sailing vessel or powered boat. The Captain of that yacht should have taken avoiding action by changing tack to cross astern of the Tanker and its attending Tug.
The Captain of the yacht should be charged with Conduct Endangering his Vessel and Passengers and Failure to Yield in a Declared Navigation Channel.
The Organisers of the Race should also have to answer for their misconduct in placing a Official Race in a Navigation Channel, without permission of the relevant authority.
People at fault will try to brush this off as "just a silly accident, no harm done," to which your reply should be "try telling that to the widows and families, and then to the media, and the Coroner, and the Court. "Oh it wont come to that." "Oh Really, if that yacht had been sunk and people on board had drowned, there would be hard questions asked and numerous lawyers involved".
That yachtie got off lightly, it could have quite easily ended up very badly.
Mark Fryer Power gives way to sail, unless power is a bigass orange tanker
He obviously thought sailboats always have the right of way? Explain this to your insurance company, Capt. Twit!
I'm a merchant naval cadet, the rules clearly state that sail has right of way over the tanker, he was also to the tankers starboard side so the yacht was the stand on vessel. The mitigating factor was the sheer number of yachts could potentially restrict the tankers ability to manouever, but that wouldn't come under the definition of its "nature of work." If he was constrained by his draft then the sailing vessel would have been required to keep clear. There are very defined rules.
Thank 'rules' clearly state that sail does "not" have right of way over large vessels restricted in their ability to manouver.
Even so, how quickly do think a tanker like that can slow stop or turn.
VIDEOLARINIZ VE GORUNTULERINIZ COK GUZEL TESEKKURLER
some say to this day that sail is still clinging onto that anchor.
Regardless of the "rules of way" (COLREGS), the tanker cannot do anything in this situation. The yacht made a very bad judgement in thinking they could pass in front of the tanker. At about 0:20 you can see that his spinacker loses the wind, which can actually be due to the big ship in the yacht's lee. Yes, a big obstacle in the lee can disturb the wind quite a distance in front of it, not just in the lee of the obstacle.
30+ years sailing experinece under my belt. Clear case of very bad judgement, the "race spirit" propably got the better of him. Thankfully no injury to people.
W.
The rules state that the yacht must give way where a motor vessel's ability to change direction is constrained, in this case by his obligation to keep to the deepwater channel. In addition, constrained or not, common sense will tell one that a vessel of that size takes a long time to react to the rudder and a mile or so to stop, so in all cases a yacht gives way to a cargo vessel.
A vessel constrained by draft has the right of way over a sailboat. Usually, captains obey the law of tonnage. Stay out of the way of a vessel bigger than yours. Tankers take miles to stop and don't turn on a dime.
The orange ship came in quicker than usual as it had its spinnaker out :-)
There's an old saying, If you walk straight into a large tree, you don't blame the tree.
How about a wheel barrel race across the highway
I really liked how others boats responded and rushed to the spot. That's the reason why we are called human being
Nah, they just went over there to see if there was any free loot they could scavenge
Yacht captain was very high up ex navy (commodore?) and was heavily fined for this. A large ship in a narrow and shallow shipping lane always has right of way over a highly manoeuvrable sailing vessel, even on a starboard tack.
That color orange is really hard to see and on such a bright day it's clear the sun was in his eyes.
U dont need any courses, qualifications, or right of way rules to know that u cant sail a little boat across the bow of a supertanker and expect them to stop lol, it's just common sense!
Judge ruled it was the fault of the skipper of the yacht. The fines were not that bad, but the 'court costs' totaled over $100, 000...ouch!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/25/skipper-fined-cowes-week-collision
+FLIP THE CAT well repairs to his boat probably cost a few thousand so maybe it was either attempt to sue or loose the boat, obviously he lost more
+Paul T. Generally, sailing vessels have the right of way over powered vessels .. EXCEPT in confined waters, such as shipping channels
Exactly
+Randy She don't most sail boats have motors on them? IDK I'm an inland guy, but the point is the sail boat could have "powered" his way out of the front of a tanker right?
That's the first time I've ever seen a super tanker in a sailboat race. That's not fair!!!
@cjeam9199 This is the correct answer. Sailboats may have the "right of way" but a tanker is restricted by draft and is FORCED to stay within the channel to prevent running aground. The sounds of the ship's horn show that they know that stupid sailboat is in the way, they are standing on the bridge wings and can see down the side of the ship.
When I've carried sensitive cargo the pilot will tell the Coast Guard escorts to remove sailboats from the channel by towing or whatever means needed.
Wot dope arranged for a big race where there is commercial traffic, racing yachties lose all sense of what's real once the gun goes off , they are always running into one another, demarsting themselves (to much sail up) and tearing off their carbon fibre keels, so for fun , this time they chucked in a tanker to avoid, wonder if they had enough sail left to make a storm jib ???
Total git in a sailboat tries to assert it has right of way. NO, NOT AGAINST A LARGER VESSEL.
lol just like an asshole trying to race a train to a crossing the train always wins just like the larger Ship against a small boat!
he didn't have the right of way
The old adage that "Power always gives way to sail" doesn't have a lot of creditability when the "powered" vessel is a couple of hundred times more heavy than you and has to stick to the navigable channel.....!
My wife and I were sailing on a river few years ago. We were charging batteries running the diesel under sail when the engine threw the alternator belt after the bracket bolts had vibrated loose. I handed over the helm to my wife while I went below to fix the belt. While below I heard the unmistakable sound of a large foghorn. Emerging on deck I found us less than 20 yards from the back of a massive barge string setting stationary against current waiting for an opposing barge to make a tight turn. The entire bridge crew was on the back weather deck of the tug waving us to get away. I immediately made port tack to get out of proximity and gave an adamant apology to the tug on VHF explaining the circumstances (including the lack of experience of my wife) with which they gave a good laugh. Live and learn.
Reminds me of this...never proven story...
ACTUAL transcript of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995. This radio conversation was released by the Chief of Naval Operations on 10-10-95.
Americans: "Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision."
Canadians: "Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision."
Americans: "This is the captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course."
Canadians: "No, I say again, you divert YOUR course."
Americans: "THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES' ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH. THAT'S ONE-FIVE DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP."
Canadians: "This is a lighthouse. Your call."
Read more at www.snopes.com/military/lighthouse.asp#fkKhAx4rbvbdWAjT.99
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sailing vessel has the right of way.... BULLSHIT !!!
biggest boat has the right a way
In Somalia, the pirates, they would dispute that. and fire power seems to have the right of way on some coasts.
I think the Skipper bailed just before impact ... brave guy
Skipper stayed on the boat; one of the crew bailed.
This is a perfect example of when to yield even though you have the right of way.
The sailboat does not have “right of way”. The tanker is constrained by its draught ie it HAS to stay in the dredged channel to stay afloat. Also, in this area there are special rules regarding keeping clear of tankers which anyone sailing these waters must learn and follow. The tanker is the stand on vessel ie maintains course and speed. The sailboat takes avoiding action if necessary. Anyone who says that steam always gives way to sail is talking bullshit.