Welland Whoopsy

"Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com" (exage03040) 07/12/2020 at 15:14 • Filed to: #SHIPLOPNIK, shippositelock, crash

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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 07/12/2020 at 15:40

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That was quite a noise

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 07/12/2020 at 15:50

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Why do videos seem to end earlier than expected....is this a shitty "feature"   from the twitter-verse?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 07/12/2020 at 15:54

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Maybe they were texting.

stuckMTB > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 07/12/2020 at 15:55

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Soo soooreeee!

Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 07/12/2020 at 15:59

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I don’t know, but at least more people seem to be getting onboard with filming in landscape these days...

Taylor Martin > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 07/12/2020 at 15:59

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That collision couldn’t have been avoided in the same way this steamroller would be impossible to dodge.

(Ok maybe it really couldn’t have been avoided, it sounded expensive regardless).

Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/12/2020 at 16:11

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Speculation is that the vessels M/V Alanis ( the red vessel) lost propulsion (possibly electrical blackout) , and started to drift over from the red to red pass. You can see the Florence Spirit attempt this last half min switch to go green to green but just not enough space.

The beeping is the 7 short, one long international general alarm for vessels, in this case crew warning instead of declaration by horns . It appears to be coming from the Florence Spirit.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 07/12/2020 at 16:16

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Sounds like the navigation is in your wheelhouse, so to speak, no pun intended. My brother-in-law owns a houseboat and was involved with some yachting when he was young and boats running into things like each other is just the worst possible humiliation imaginable. I rammed the dock with his houseboat once, but we discovered later that the outdrive was malfunctioning and that when I was full-throttle reversing, I was actually propelling forward. Which helped explain why, but didn’t make him feel any less mortified.

Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com > Taylor Martin 07/12/2020 at 16:19

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Just not enough space, it appears the Florence only became aware of the problem on the Alanis and her not heeding to the traditional canal red-red pass about 20s before collision. Heavy manoeuvring is not possible, they’d end up hitting and damaging the canal too, so they decided to limit damage to only the vessels.

Taylor Martin > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 07/12/2020 at 16:23

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Makes sense. It’s certainly easier the rebuild a ship than it is a canal. 

Gone > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 07/12/2020 at 16:43

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Now kiss .jpg

From my couple experiences you always want to be on the larger tonnage one. You don’t tend to notice as much lol.

Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/12/2020 at 16:53

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Far from it actually.

My knowledge is all downstairs in engineering. I have experience in the Welland canal and other close passing with ferries so I know what the boys are usually up to and can theorize what might have happened. I once spent 6h straight doing engine manoeuvring through thos e locks on a vessel build ‘62, titanic telegraph with the bridge and everything.

Ouch, sounds like the the selector or cable to the clutch came off, sucks.

ranwhenparked > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 07/12/2020 at 19:03

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So, Michael Bay lied, steel plating  isn’t actually explosive.

Only Vespas... > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 07/12/2020 at 19:39

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Judging from the starboard side paint on the Alanis [Morisette?] She seems to have prior experience running into stuff.

Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com > Only Vespas... 07/12/2020 at 19:51

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It’s typical of lakers to have Scrapes and such, they bounce around a bit along side. We had one Capt. ram the side of the canal when we took fuel. Not as hard as this collision but it was probably at 2kts,  everyone felt it.

ttyymmnn > Only Vespas... 07/12/2020 at 20:05

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Isn’t that ironic? Don’t ya think?

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 07/13/2020 at 03:03

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Maybe they were too taken aback by Welland’s semi-rural plight to properly steer their vessels?

BahamaTodd > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 07/14/2020 at 16:16

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Guess this was posted. The best part is  one had wind turbine parts and the other had coal.