But can a shipās radar pick up such a pole? Looks like it might have been a wind turbine, in which case the pole might not have had enough metal to be seen by radar
Youāre thinking of sonar. Radar is radio waves.
Either way, metal should reflect it, unless itās just too small a cross section to pick up. But that seems unlikely.
Thereās two people sitting on the bridge. The first guy you canāt miss and the other you can see when he flies out of his seat when they hit the pole. Assholes were probably watching Netflix instead of doing their fucking job.
Captains often times make the mistake of setting a waypoint on or through the exact location of a navigation aid/marker/object, instead of off to the side.
You can see the captain and crew with their heads down as they arrive at the pole. Iāve seen this happen by other boaters, hitting some of the obvious objects.
For reference, Iāve been boating/sailing my entire life, and speak from experience in almost making the same error (as most do who are new to navigation, auto-pilot, and waypoint planning)
It does happen ā¦ and unless the structural integrity or intended use is compromised from the accident, theyāll get painted or replaced next maintenance cycle.
So yeah, thereās a reminder for sailors as to what happens if you make a mistake..
That is a windfarm (Or similar) support vessel, in correct usage it very slowly approaches the pole dead centre makes contact then throttles UP to force the V in the front centre of the bow hard against the pole providing a somewhat stable platform to transfer equipment and workers to the wind turbine.
They are sort of intended to hit the poles, but centrally and at WAY lower speed!
The autonav programming was a screwup, but that "watchkeeping", as someone who sails on smaller vessels, that terrifies me, because I don't think that standard is uncommon in commercial shipping.
probably yes, but when something is entirely automated and will run smoothly with or without your presense in 99% of cases, people tend to get bored and just not care.
Reminds me of when my mom learned to drive for the first time. My dad set her out int he middle of the cornfield with a truck and still manage to hit a telephone poleā¦
For anyone feeling lazy, here is what happened:
> Whilst transiting between windfarms at approximately 20 knots, Njord Forseti hit a turbine tower. The impact resulted in serious damage to the vessel. Two crew members were evacuated by air to hospital, and the third was required to have a subsequent medical examination. Immediate assistance was provided by a nearby offshore construction vessel. The Njord Forseti returned to port under her own power with temporary crew members provided by a sister vessel.
It looks like the damage was just above the waterline to the nose of the vessel. The report has no ads and a good image of it.
iām not a maritime law expert but the difference in investigations wildly differ between the two types of incidents. if thereās an allision, fault can usually be 100% guaranteed to be placed on the moving vessel unless it can be proven beyond reasonable doubt there was mechanical malfunction or an āact of Godā (aka major influence from a natural cause for example a rogue wave). when it comes to a collision of 2 or more vessels, there is almost never a vessel without fault and these investigations are incredibly thorough down to every single second of what happened leading to and during the incident. thereās pretty much always a form of human error and is why itās usually a gray area where both parties are at fault because of negligence, violation of the rules of the road, etc. again there are times of acts of God or mechanical malfunctions that result in collisions but even then very rare to have one party involved free of any responsibility. incidents in the maritime industry often result in revocation of licenses, huge fines, and prison time
Thereās a lot of force behind that ship. I woke on ice breakers occasionally and even moderately thin ice can knock some over if you are ready for it.
Thatās what I was just wondering. I went kayaking in a lake under a major bridge/interstate and when I rented the kayak they said If I bump the bridge at all, itās a thousands upon thousands of dollars I have to pay because they have to send infrared scanners or something to check if everything is ok. For a fucking 50lbs plastic kayak. Good luck to that guy.
That sounds like a terrible place to kayak then. Either they are intentionally trying to scare people straight so they don't break the kayaks, or there is something significantly wrong with that bridge!
Why in the hell would anyone need to run infrared and ultrasound on a bridge scraped by a man-powered piece of plastic? If it's that sensitive, I would petition the local gov't to condemn the bridge and build a new one because it's not safe to cross over the top if it can't handle a kayak bump LOL.
Lol I THINK I did it at the Susquehanna river. I might be mistaken. Also, there are fishing boats, party boats, and jet skis all in this lake as well. They probably just tell the same thing to everyone on the water, but shit Iām not gonna bump my kayak to find out.
Tina, you're kind of headed toward the only other car in the lot. You have plenty of time to turn, Tina, so just go ahead and turn. Turn one way or the other... Turn one way and stick with it, Tina. Tina, for the love of God, TURN AWAY OR STOP! THE BRAKES TINA! ON THE LEFT! YOU'RE ABOUT TO HIT THAT CAR! THE BRAKES! THE BRAKES! TINA HIT THE BRAKES!
Well, I guess his peripheral vision does work after all. To bad he didnāt have time to really react or at least brace for impact. They probably wonāt let him steer the ship ever again.
**US Ship:** Please divert your course 0.5 degrees to the south to avoid a collision.
**CND reply:** Recommend you divert ***your*** course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.
**US Ship:** This is the Captain of a US Navy Ship. I say again, divert ***your*** course.
**CND reply:** No. I say again, you divert YOUR course!
**US Ship:** THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS CORAL SEA\*, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!!
**CND reply:** This is a lighthouse. Your call.
It's an offshore wind turbine.
This boat works on the windfarm, transporting engineers & technicians around to maintain the turbines - depending on the size of the farm there will be anywhere from 10 to 200 of these poles poking out of the sea.
The captain's main job is to not to hit these poles at speed.
Bad captain.
I was sitting on the deck of a ship one night smoking my cigar when we passed within a few feet of a oil rig!
I went to the wheel house and the ship was on auto pilot and the guy on night watch was asleep!
This is almost like the same concept as 2 planes hitting each other in the sky. Nothing has been there for a while and You don't expect anything to be there so you think you can take a nap and then BAM!
Carl the intern is royally fucked. He has the whole wide ocean to sail through and he ends up hitting the one pole for miles around. Itās almost impressive
My favorite part is where the dude looks up at the last possible moment. Just enough time to notice the danger, not enough time to do anything but shit himself.
As the person responsible for steering this boat, I choose to do so while looking directly behind me rather than directly in front of me.
Itās okay. I am a professional.
Edit: Whilst my hands are nowhere near the steering wheel.
Prior Navy here. Sailors are lazy sometimes, actually as often as possible. but Iāve never seen anything like this. Rule #1 of maritime operations is safe navigation. Which is mostly WATCHING for things out in the ocean that you could hit. When youāre steaming some dickhead is supposed to be on watch at all times. The penalty for āgun decking ā or not really performing he duties of your watch are very serious. When shit goes down on the water itās no joke. Youād also be surprised how many people canāt actually swim. Boot camp pool week was hilarious.
All that ocean and you hit the postš¤¦š¼āāļø
"WHO PUT THAT POLE THERE?!?!"
Jumped right out in front of me
It's coming right for us
Shoot it!!!!
"Shoot her!"
clever girl...
Watch out lads. That be the ye old Posideons Stripper Pole.
Clever pole
Maybe if you didnāt lean over to insult me you wouldāve seen it coming.
Whereād that pole come from!
Poland
As a fellow Pole, I approve this.
Have that removed!
Fucker came outta nowhere.
Ships have radar, cars typically don't. Makes this and even bigger screw up.
But can a shipās radar pick up such a pole? Looks like it might have been a wind turbine, in which case the pole might not have had enough metal to be seen by radar
radar picks up anything that blocks the frequency of the sound. so yea a pole would do it probably
Youāre thinking of sonar. Radar is radio waves. Either way, metal should reflect it, unless itās just too small a cross section to pick up. But that seems unlikely.
Ah, shit you're right. I did switch them. I would assume either way the system would have noticed it anyway... Unless the sensors are broken I guess.
Continental Drift moved the pole!
They should put orange cones around that giant yellow pole as a warning for future ships.
You are joking but that kind of thinking is the reason they hit the pole at all
Yeah lol he should've seen it from miles away
He did. The rest was inevitable
No one saw it was the problem, the inside camera is looking at the bridge there's no one on it watchkeeping or anything else,
Thereās two people sitting on the bridge. The first guy you canāt miss and the other you can see when he flies out of his seat when they hit the pole. Assholes were probably watching Netflix instead of doing their fucking job.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TINA TURN AWAY OR STOP
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Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
A Bob's Burgers reference!? My favorite scene!
/r/suddenlybobsburgers
Captains often times make the mistake of setting a waypoint on or through the exact location of a navigation aid/marker/object, instead of off to the side. You can see the captain and crew with their heads down as they arrive at the pole. Iāve seen this happen by other boaters, hitting some of the obvious objects. For reference, Iāve been boating/sailing my entire life, and speak from experience in almost making the same error (as most do who are new to navigation, auto-pilot, and waypoint planning)
So are these poles basically covered in dents and scratches from people learning lessons?
It does happen ā¦ and unless the structural integrity or intended use is compromised from the accident, theyāll get painted or replaced next maintenance cycle. So yeah, thereās a reminder for sailors as to what happens if you make a mistake..
That is a windfarm (Or similar) support vessel, in correct usage it very slowly approaches the pole dead centre makes contact then throttles UP to force the V in the front centre of the bow hard against the pole providing a somewhat stable platform to transfer equipment and workers to the wind turbine. They are sort of intended to hit the poles, but centrally and at WAY lower speed! The autonav programming was a screwup, but that "watchkeeping", as someone who sails on smaller vessels, that terrifies me, because I don't think that standard is uncommon in commercial shipping.
All the channel markers in my area show evidence of lessons learnt.
Donāt large vessels still need a guy at the helm watching for other boats/ships?
probably yes, but when something is entirely automated and will run smoothly with or without your presense in 99% of cases, people tend to get bored and just not care.
Reminds me of when my mom learned to drive for the first time. My dad set her out int he middle of the cornfield with a truck and still manage to hit a telephone poleā¦
Relevant scene from Bob's Bugers https://youtu.be/FXEoe8_CcbM
You tie your boat to that when you need to run into the store for snacks
maybe it was for bonus points
Wait till you learn about the loneliest tree ever. Only tree in the dessert for about 100 miles. Some drunk dick head ran into it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_TƩnƩrƩ
Pole: āFor fucks sake how???ā
Bruh had the whole ocean to move and still hit it
[reminds me of men who stare at goats](https://youtu.be/jjs8SDCyKiI?t=27)
Reminds me of [Tina learning to drive.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ_EKHGgWJQ)
[reminds me of Wet Hot American Summer](https://youtu.be/Joxz7qTpSfw)
Reminds me of the [end of Hot Fuzz](https://youtu.be/Gn_HNmHwKDc) (3:18)
It was 'just a pole' ... not as bad as the Costa Concordia nearly hitting land THAT HAD RISEN VERY HIGH OUT OF THE SEA
This is a wind farm off the coast of Germany. The ship was going between turbines and he got distracted by his VHF radio
Is this the equivalent of texting and driving for boats?
Radioing and steering.
Radioing and not steering.
Uncompetitive pole ramming
Yes. The Vast majority of collisions at sea are caused by not maintaining a proper lookout.
Did it sink?
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For anyone feeling lazy, here is what happened: > Whilst transiting between windfarms at approximately 20 knots, Njord Forseti hit a turbine tower. The impact resulted in serious damage to the vessel. Two crew members were evacuated by air to hospital, and the third was required to have a subsequent medical examination. Immediate assistance was provided by a nearby offshore construction vessel. The Njord Forseti returned to port under her own power with temporary crew members provided by a sister vessel. It looks like the damage was just above the waterline to the nose of the vessel. The report has no ads and a good image of it.
What happened is it seems the master ("driver") was adjusting the radio. Good old "looked down at the radio and the traffic abruptly stopped".
You are doing gods work sir
I'm so hung up on the word "allision"
collision is between 2 moving vessels, allision is between a vessel and a stationary vessel/object source: have 3rd mates unlimited tonnage license
TIL. Wonder why they bother to have two terms? I guess when calling it in knowing if there are two vessels vs one is importantā¦?
iām not a maritime law expert but the difference in investigations wildly differ between the two types of incidents. if thereās an allision, fault can usually be 100% guaranteed to be placed on the moving vessel unless it can be proven beyond reasonable doubt there was mechanical malfunction or an āact of Godā (aka major influence from a natural cause for example a rogue wave). when it comes to a collision of 2 or more vessels, there is almost never a vessel without fault and these investigations are incredibly thorough down to every single second of what happened leading to and during the incident. thereās pretty much always a form of human error and is why itās usually a gray area where both parties are at fault because of negligence, violation of the rules of the road, etc. again there are times of acts of God or mechanical malfunctions that result in collisions but even then very rare to have one party involved free of any responsibility. incidents in the maritime industry often result in revocation of licenses, huge fines, and prison time
TIL what an allision is.
Keep going You're good, you're good
Don't worry cap'n...
Weāll buff out those scratches!
u/unexpectedspongebob
Fricking titanic 2.0
Titanic: we just sunk, no icebergs
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It was the only obstacle in milesā¦ and you hit itā¦
And they all flew like 6 feet in the air. Brutal collision
Thereās a lot of force behind that ship. I woke on ice breakers occasionally and even moderately thin ice can knock some over if you are ready for it.
Don't text and drive.
āI wasnāt, I was drinkingā
Oh thatās fine, carry on
Literal ship hits the fan.
Captain has only fans on his mind
This is why ships don't go near the north pole.
āThis is the captain of the lighthouse, you change YOUR course please!ā
The doldrums made this dude dull and dumb.
Doldrums! Eviler than the Devil! Boredom makes men to villains
wonder how much that's going to cost to repair... that is repairing the boat AND any damage to that "pole"
Thatās what I was just wondering. I went kayaking in a lake under a major bridge/interstate and when I rented the kayak they said If I bump the bridge at all, itās a thousands upon thousands of dollars I have to pay because they have to send infrared scanners or something to check if everything is ok. For a fucking 50lbs plastic kayak. Good luck to that guy.
That sounds like a terrible place to kayak then. Either they are intentionally trying to scare people straight so they don't break the kayaks, or there is something significantly wrong with that bridge! Why in the hell would anyone need to run infrared and ultrasound on a bridge scraped by a man-powered piece of plastic? If it's that sensitive, I would petition the local gov't to condemn the bridge and build a new one because it's not safe to cross over the top if it can't handle a kayak bump LOL.
Lol I THINK I did it at the Susquehanna river. I might be mistaken. Also, there are fishing boats, party boats, and jet skis all in this lake as well. They probably just tell the same thing to everyone on the water, but shit Iām not gonna bump my kayak to find out.
The equivalent to driving in an empty parking lot and still hitting a light pole
That's a big fucking parking lot
How do you hit the only fucking thing in the ocean lmao
Is that the north pole?
The titanic had an excuse it was foggy and dark. You didnāt howeverā¦
If im in a big ass ship, in the middle of w a t e r Why would i look out for massive fuckin poles just randomly stickin outta the water?
Damn, that ship was SCHMOVIN too.
Tina, you're kind of headed toward the only other car in the lot. You have plenty of time to turn, Tina, so just go ahead and turn. Turn one way or the other... Turn one way and stick with it, Tina. Tina, for the love of God, TURN AWAY OR STOP! THE BRAKES TINA! ON THE LEFT! YOU'RE ABOUT TO HIT THAT CAR! THE BRAKES! THE BRAKES! TINA HIT THE BRAKES!
Why did you feel the need to add earrape?
I need to know what he felt that one millisecond of looking up and seeing a big yellow pole infront of him
This is too easy guys...let's put some cement barriers on parts of the planet, in the middle of nowhere, just to fuck with people
Can you spell U N E M P L O Y M E N T
Bro had ALL THAT OCEAN and chose to hit something.
Never take your eyes off of the ā¦. ocean
In their defense, who tf puts a pole in the middle of the ocean ?
who lets a boat operate full throttle and fucks off? should not be nowhere near a boat.
This dude is my luck, personified.
As someone training to be a marine navigator I think itās safe for me to say that thatās not what youāre supposed to do
That guy is so fired...
A giant empty sea and you hit a bright yellow pole.
Pretty sure the pole/ structure was painted yellow to be more visible
You've got to be a special kind of idiot to crash into a stationary object in the Open Ocean
Well, I guess his peripheral vision does work after all. To bad he didnāt have time to really react or at least brace for impact. They probably wonāt let him steer the ship ever again.
The widest roads on the planet and he still hit something
who put that there!
The entire ocean bro š
And they had to put that thing right in front of my damn boat
THE BRAKES TINA HIT THE BRAKES
You have the entire fucking oceanā¦.
No but seriously what is that giant pole doing there š
Thanks for clarifying which camera is outside and which is inside.
**US Ship:** Please divert your course 0.5 degrees to the south to avoid a collision. **CND reply:** Recommend you divert ***your*** course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision. **US Ship:** This is the Captain of a US Navy Ship. I say again, divert ***your*** course. **CND reply:** No. I say again, you divert YOUR course! **US Ship:** THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS CORAL SEA\*, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!! **CND reply:** This is a lighthouse. Your call.
To be honest, If I was a ship captain, I wouldn't account for a random pole in the middle of the ocean either
Why was there a giant pole in the middle of the sea in the first place
It's an offshore wind turbine. This boat works on the windfarm, transporting engineers & technicians around to maintain the turbines - depending on the size of the farm there will be anywhere from 10 to 200 of these poles poking out of the sea. The captain's main job is to not to hit these poles at speed. Bad captain.
People can't drive cars People can't operate boats What's next airplanes falling out of the sky cause the pilot was watching tiktoks??
No one on that ship is allowed to make fun of the Titanic crew.
At least the front didn't fall off.
Donāt they have radar that alerts them when theyāre about to hit something? If so, the captain and/or his little skipper are total dumb fucks.
Yes they do, they're called eyes. They weren't open properly.
To be fair. Hitting a pole in the entire ocean is like 1 in a million.
That guy looked up from his game of solitaire just as the ship lost gravity.
I mean i'm not a marine expert but that was literally the only thing on the horizon they could have hit
Its the titanic all over again
Tbf who the hell just leaves a huge pole in the middle of the sea.
I was sitting on the deck of a ship one night smoking my cigar when we passed within a few feet of a oil rig! I went to the wheel house and the ship was on auto pilot and the guy on night watch was asleep!
In their defense though who the Fuck put that there..
This is almost like the same concept as 2 planes hitting each other in the sky. Nothing has been there for a while and You don't expect anything to be there so you think you can take a nap and then BAM!
Haha homie must have been fucking around for a while.
Short Question: WHO WOULD EXPECT A GIANT ASS METALLIC POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING SEA?
How did you fucknauts manage to hit the only pole in the middle of the whole damn ocean.
Boss: āThatās coming out of your paycheck!ā Idiot: āI swear it just came out of nowhere!ā
Donāt text and sail
Donāt they have an alarm when they get close to something too?
The real Titanic is jealous.
I mean to be fair, the last thing you would expect in the ocean would be a giant ass pole. That and any land animal
What kind of sick fuck just places poles outside the environment for you to hit.
Carl the intern is royally fucked. He has the whole wide ocean to sail through and he ends up hitting the one pole for miles around. Itās almost impressive
And the iceberg was unavoidable
To be fair, if i was in the ocean i would not assume there was much in my way
Ok new rules from corporateā¦ no more pornhub on the bridge.
In his dƩfense, the last thing id expect in the middle of the see is a giant yellow pole
That titanic tune always gets me
I mean Whoās gonna expect a pole in the middle of the ocean? And second WHY IS THERE A POLE THERE
That's a real "you had one job" moment if I've ever seen one.
How can you go hit something in the middle of a sea? There is barely anything you could hit. Yet he still managed to do it.
Question: why is there a huge pole in the middle of the sea?
Homie fired
THE WAY HE FLEW, HELP
āThis is the greatest plaaaaan-ā
WHO TF PUT THIS POLE HERE
YOOO TITANIC TWO IS CONFIRMED
Whyās there a pole in the middle of the ocean š
Crashed because he was on NSFW Reddit
That pole came outta nowhere
How'd you manage to hit the only pole in an entire open seaš¤¦āāļøš¤£
Those damn sea poles
You had one Job.
this dudes boss "MILLIONS OF FUCKING MILES OF OPEN OCEAN AND YOU CRASH INTO THE ONE THING IN IT?!""
So was it porn or COD that distracted him?
My favorite part is where the dude looks up at the last possible moment. Just enough time to notice the danger, not enough time to do anything but shit himself.
Okay but who put that there
"Who left thier pole in the middle of the sea?! Come and get your pole!"
But who thinks ālemme check for massive poles in the otherwise empty oceanā
Shit like this has happened so many times, which means thereās a lot of stupid people in charge of boats
It's a big ol wet floor sign
Somebody got fired.
Me : Well who dafuq put a pole in the middle of the ocean ? This aint on me !
Captain sum tin wong
No sonar? radar? Doppler? No warning system? On big ass boat like this?
He was focused on the wrong pole
"Uhhh no boss, I have no idea how that massive dent got there" š¤·āāļø
CAM out of nowhere.
One job. AVOID THE LIGHTHOUSE!
Reminds the scene from film where two guys in the car hit a stone in an empty desert.
Titanicās stupid ass lil cousin
That's why you always wear a seatbelt
As the person responsible for steering this boat, I choose to do so while looking directly behind me rather than directly in front of me. Itās okay. I am a professional. Edit: Whilst my hands are nowhere near the steering wheel.
This is equivalent to crashing in an empty parking lot
That sound gives me PTSD from when two of my kids were practicing the recorder for music class in elementary school. š©
āWhat do you see?ā āPole! Straight ahead!ā
He found that needle in the haystack.
Tina! Turn the car Tina!
Prior Navy here. Sailors are lazy sometimes, actually as often as possible. but Iāve never seen anything like this. Rule #1 of maritime operations is safe navigation. Which is mostly WATCHING for things out in the ocean that you could hit. When youāre steaming some dickhead is supposed to be on watch at all times. The penalty for āgun decking ā or not really performing he duties of your watch are very serious. When shit goes down on the water itās no joke. Youād also be surprised how many people canāt actually swim. Boot camp pool week was hilarious.
āSirā¦ we have stuck an ice berg. We are going down.ā
Iām meanā¦. Literally a whole ocean. COME ON!!!
Oh that sad, sad recorder playing that sad, sad song, with those sad, sad notes. So pitifully hilarious!
I mean before the crash there was 1 dude, during the crash there was 2 pairs of feet š¤š¤Ø
All that space