Someone had a bad day,
Posted on 07/28/2022 4:41:51 PM PDT by chief lee runamok
SEATTLE - A ferry and a structure at the Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal in West Seattle were damaged Thursday morning after a crash at the dock.
The Washington State Ferries said there was a "hard landing" involving Ferry Cathlamet, and it caused significant damage to the boat and an offshore dolphin at the terminal.
A dolphin is a terminal structure located at the dock and it helps guide a vessel in.
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Someone had a bad day,
Maybe they need to hire back those ferry workers they fired for not getting The Shot.
They probably knew how to drive the boat.
I used to pilot medium sized boats around Danang Harbor. One thing to remember is that you slow waaay the f*** down waaay before you near your mooring.
The other is that single screw boats are a real pain in the @$$.
One of the Seattle ferries burned out one of its motors a few years ago, took it out of action for three years IIRC.
Wow, my backyard. Its not uncommon to have people standing on those balconies when docking. Also, front row of cars could have easily been tossed overboard, and common that people are inside the cars. That is a VERY hard hit. Engine reversal failure type hit.
Personnel or mechanical failure? I guess the investigation will figure it out.
This is a good reason to not be walking around when docking as well.
I recently got turned onto a show called boat fails. Some crazy footage and quite a few incidents involving large commercial vessels caught on camera.
Captain Ron could have done it better
I was gonna say
Or Rodney Dangerfield ...
Probably happened because we’re not supposed to judge fairies anymore.
I watch a YouTube channel called “Super Yacht Captain”. It is shot by someone who was, until recently, the captain of a 130 ft yacht in the Med.
One of his dictums, often repeated, is that you should never approach a dock faster than you are willing to hit it.
Hehe that guy was great!
Hope the k2 employees can swim.
( I used to work there in 80’s)
The visible damage to the ferry is in the superstructure above the deck. Tells me the boat was moving fast enough when it hit those pilings to pull the port bow side free-board down to the water level causing the superstructure to smash into the pilings.
NO DARN IT! Your OTHER reverse.
One of the nicer parts of my last job was the frequent ferry rides I was allowed to take. One of the not~so~nicer parts was that my port of call was downtown Seattle.
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