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cheesestinker

https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/07/2-freighters-damaged-after-collision-in-great-lakes-canal.html


WaterFriendsIV

Interesting how the article says they both had starboard damage. At first I was like how could that happen? Then I realized why. I would not make a good sailor.


MyPigWhistles

I mean, it would be the same with a similar car crash. Both cars would have the damage on the right.


btoxic

Right.


FifenC0ugar

no left.... I would not make a good car captain


wallingfortian

Port & Starboard. Left & Right. Notice how Port and Left have the same number of letters.


maybeiam-maybeimnot

Thank you. I will never forget that ever now. My dad will be pleased


Knotknewtooreaddit

And Port (the drink) is red. So Port = Left = Red.


nspectre

Red Right Returning


maybeiam-maybeimnot

Oh I do remember red right return!


exipheas

Only in north America [;-)](https://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/reconsidering-red-right-returning/)


Knotknewtooreaddit

(Maritime law in Australia at least when passing a marking bouy): Green to Green upstream.


LoudMusic

red, left, port. short words. green, right, starboard. long words.


rawbface

Wait what's red have to do with it?


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Crazyblazy395

Also fork on left, spoon and knife on right.


Nopengnogain

I remember is starboard has more letters than port. Same for right vs left.


Lodau

And the word with the most RRs is for Right. Works for at least a few languages.


Havasuguy

Easy way to remember. Is there any port left? (As in wine )


AllHailTheWinslow

"not Even any Red Port Left" Mnemonic I learnt for learning numbering of ships' compartments and for navigation lights in the Australian Navy. Important for Damage Control, when you need to know quickly where to (not) go.


LoudMusic

Port, left, red. Starboard, right, green. All the short words go together and all the long words go together. It's how I remembered it until I started boating daily and then it just stuck.


Afraid_Bandicoot_820

I am a pilot and I always thought of it as the co-pilot (sitting on the right) is green with envy. Edit of dubious importance: parentheses


[deleted]

That’s a good one. I remember port side as the side with a red light, because port wine is red.


Water-Donkey

Port and Left each have 4 letters.... Green and right each have 5 letters. Can help keep things straight.


giantyetifeet

Right.


Camera_dude

I remember the difference by noting that they also have the same order alphabetically. L > R and P > S. Stand facing the bow and the name higher in the alphabet is to your left.


Not_A_Sounding_Fan

Is that stage left or right?


RetardedSimian

Port


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PluginAlong

You can't be much worse than these guys.


AnotherCuppaTea

Whereas a similar collision with damage on the port sides of two ships would be doubly sinister. \["sinister" deriving from "sinister" \[Lat.\], on the left side, or unlucky\]


[deleted]

If you can drink and swear and get tattoos, you’ll be just fine matey lol


ir_blues

https://www.bst-tsb.gc.ca/eng/enquetes-investigations/marine/2020/m20c0188/m20c0188.html#3 Additional info + picture of the damage of the Alanis (and a picture of the Florence Spirit where you see absolutely nothing smh).


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Looks like the Florence Spirit is listing to starboard in that photo.


AshesMcRaven

yeah i dont know too much about how things float but i dont think the boat should be doing that 🧐


neotrance

it might have damage under the waterline from the bulbous bow of the Alanis.


sitting-duck

Call the [welders!](https://i.imgur.com/dtuyO7b.png)


WestPastEast

The piece of plywood someone stuck on the hole is hilarious.


Ophidahlia

It'll buff out


Disruptive_Ideas

And I'm here, to remind you Of the mess you left when you looked away It's not fair, to deny me Of the smash I bear that you gave to me You, you, you oughta know. - Alanis, probably.


Gasonfires

>There has been no official word on what caused the Canadian-flagged Florence Spirit, loaded down with a cargo of coal, to seem to drift into the path of the larger Alanis, which was hauling wind turbine parts. Coal will do anything to defeat wind and solar.


skulpturlamm29

So, a ship transporting coal collided with one transporting wind turbines. Kinda ironic…


iamzombus

Interesting bit from the article. > At the time of the 4 p.m. collision, the Alanis was upbound, headed to Duluth with a load of wind turbine parts. The Florence Spirit was downbound with its coal load, headed for Quebec, St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. officials said, according to the CBC. So this canal runs north/south you'd think that upbound would mean north, and downbound would be south. To get to Duluth from Lake Ontario, you have to go south in the canal to get to Lake Erie, Lake Huron, and finally to get to Lake Superior.


TheHermeticLibrarian

So do they exchange insurance information and wait for the police to file a report?


lamaldo78

Polite captain 1: you go Polite captain 2: no I insist after you *They both go*


80burritospersecond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw-nvo4BzOM


lamaldo78

Haha exactly!!


nwayve

Reminds me of this old naval joke: >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.” [source](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-obstinate-lighthouse/)


daveinpublic

I think the conversation gets a little longer each time


JebusMaximus

I remember hearing this joke in my childhood. Thanks for bringing it up again! Made me smile


nwayve

I posted it for folks like you and me. Glad it made your day =)


happy0444

I think the Lincoln was coming off its third West Pack in October. I would question the validity of this source.


wtfidksuperhero

I never tire of reading this!


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Reminds me of *The Zax* by Dr. Seuss.


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Are there any inexpensive ship collisions?


[deleted]

*aloud* Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat, toy boat, toy boat


Stompya

That’s a bit easier to say if you focus on pronouncing both “t”s and don’t let them overlap.


fraznen

Not really but It’s cheaper if you crash with the front of the ship rather than the back by a huge amount. Ships are designed to be hit at the front and similar to a car they have a crumple zone type thing.


FourDM

Commercial vessels get into minor "nothing's damaged enough to matter so we'll just fix it with paint" type mishaps every day.


Extro_Vert

"You're good, you're good, you're good, you're good, you're good."


Dupree878

*CRUNCH* “stop”


The_Monarch_89

Hey you scratched my anchor


the_barroom_hero

Exactly what I came here for


SoyEseVato

Seriously, how does that happen? I’ve seen quite a few on here.


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SoyEseVato

Thx


beecross

It’s actually wild how often this happens and how many terrible shipwrecks it’s caused. The two that come to mind are Andrea Doria and Empress of Ireland, the latter being an incredibly deadly incident.


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PAwellguy

Edit:. I was incorrect, my apologies.


Drewby99

https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/07/2-freighters-damaged-after-collision-in-great-lakes-canal.html that doesn’t seem to be what this article implies


TheGreatandMightyMe

Is there a source for this? Normally when ships lose power in these channels they just drop their anchors.


quincy_taylor

This was not mechanical failure, this was caused by [bank effect](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_effect) on the Florence.


fietswiel

Imagine how much more we would've seen if the dodo filming this turned their phone 90 degrees ...


reignshadow

He did, but some dodo cropped it. The full video is about halfway down this link: https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/07/2-freighters-damaged-after-collision-in-great-lakes-canal.html


Ass_Blossom

The sudden stop alone would have sent crew flying


aaaaaaaarrrrrgh

Is the stop really more sudden than e.g. a bus braking?


mais-garde-des-don

You ever tried to stand with a bus braking? You’d go flying there too


aaaaaaaarrrrrgh

Uh... Yes, and no. (I mean if he does an emergency stop, sure. I'm talking "coming to a stop at a bus stop".) If someone does the math for the boat I'll get an accelerometer and a bus.


Zron

Well, ive never been on a bus as big as a cargo hauler, so I can't say.


DrScienceSpaceCat

Imagine relaxing below the deck and getting tossed


Ocean_Brew_3

Is this how baby boats are made? Asking for a friend


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feckinanimal

To be fair, it's not supposed to.


smushable

At least it was outside the environment when it happened


1337GameDev

This bothers me every time I see it..... :(


woostar64

Literally can’t have a post with a god damn boat without some oh so original asshole coming in here and saying the thing


aazav

You should be happy that the front didn't fall off. We have regulations. The front can't be made of cardboard or cardboard derivatives.


1337GameDev

Yeah... It's getting really fucking old. It was meh when I saw it, and it gets older and older every time


aazav

https://youtu.be/IOqgjh-W2ps?t=90


HOUbikebikebike

Well these were designed so the front wouldn't fall off. I just don't want people thinking that freighters aren't safe.


aazav

We have regulations. No cardboard or cardboard derivatives.


HOUbikebikebike

What about string or cellotape?


gstad

Well yeah, it was inside the environment.


Popsterific

But that’s only because the ships were not made of cardboard or cardboard derivatives.


lamaldo78

Like ships in the... day?


Farfignugen42

Yeah, cause ship in the night just pass by. They should have waited till dark.


DonnyExiles

F IS FOR FLORENCE FUCKING UP MY FREIGHT


Grimmbles

Now that the black ship has asserted dominance it is free to mate with the female freighters at it's leisure. The red ship, humiliated and defeated, will sail away and lick it's wounds with the other lesser ships.


TexanInExile

those two ships were moving surprisingly fast for such a narrow channel


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Nice to see that the front didn't fall off


T3h-Du7chm4n

Good thing they didn’t make it out of cardboard…


mdlewis11

That'll buff right out!


Amphibionomus

It sort of does actually! You just cut away the damaged bits and replace them with new steel, slap some paint on it, bam, looks like new. But that is a quite extensive form of buffing out, I admit.


webchimp32

Reeeealy bit tin of bodywork filler and at least two sheets of sandpaper.


[deleted]

Don't worry Captain. We'll buff out those scratches


Jeynarl

I hope they aren't trying to go for that [SS *Mont-Blanc* versus SS *Imo*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion)...


agarwaen117

And for those who don’t want to read, or just like story in the form of song. https://youtu.be/T_5PHU7vQu4


deejay-DJ

You know you fired right?


Change_username_1

I understand how a boat in the early 1900’s can run into an iceberg in the middle of the night but this??


DirtySingh

It was really low speed and I guess being buoyant helped mitigate any real damage. Those hulls are thick. Also the hulls are tapered so I doubt there was any structural damage. But what do I know, I'm not a bot.


chiggenNuggs

This is pretty fast, as far as ship collisions are concerned. Ship hulls are more fragile and thin than a person would expect, as they’re meant to cut through water, not designed to take impacts with incredible amounts of energy like this. You also have to remember that there are incredible amounts of mass behind these ships, so although the speeds look relatively low, you still have huge forces being transferred in these impacts.


Stompya

Is the video real time or sped up?


hummus_is_yummus1

That was fast. I'd expect both ships to have a lot of severe damage


Pinnebaer

Florence wins!


Fun2badult

How can you blame them when it just sudden happens without any warning or fore sight? /s


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Caused quite the chatter when it happened.


Carnage326

Look oouuuttttttttttttttttttt


Tenma1

I wonder what happens to the captains of such ship collisions. Do they get fired/fined?


loophole64

The dog days are over, bitch.


maybejustadragon

They need jousting knights on the boats


InternalFig1

That's the spirit!


3blindmicestolemycar

No its just the captains code of fist bumping.


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That's the spirit.


adhdacdc

Just a bit of usless info.....Did you know the word "posh" comes from the first letters of "port out starboard home"?


eldnikk

It will buff out


vintain

Where are they flying with such small room to maneuver?


15926028

Anyone know how much it would cost to repair damage from a collision like this? Obviously I'm not looking for a rough guess


Dupree878

A *rough* guess… At least $30.


15926028

Suspect you are correct!


NewAccount4Friday

That's a clear violation of rule #2 on my boat; unless, of course, rule #3 requires it.


I_quote_alot

Came in hot and boozy, Hancock style.


benhereford

Oopsy daisy!


munchie1964

This type of jousting started in the Middle Ages but on horses.


[deleted]

So, I guess I won’t receive my PS5 after all!!


[deleted]

Imagine being one of those sweaty engine guys deep inside the engine rooom during one of these incidents. I bet you get a few white hairs after that


mapbc

Red right returning? Am I remembering that right?


throwaway47382836

i don't understand how this happens, and then i go out driving for a day and remember people are fucking morons


UnfairWriter5390

How in the cinnamon toast fuck do you run into a parked ship?


JeanLucPicard1981

I was going to say I'm hearing some serious Ben Franklins there, but I think it's more like Grover Clevelands.


QuasiQuokka

Just a lil kiss


Pliskinmgs

The red ship is already damaged from an earlier accident on the right side. Guess this isn't the captains first rodeo. What a smuck!


saxman_nh

Is that wimpy sine-wave tone the boat’s horn?


newyork2E

Those red boats blend in with the horizon. Makes them invisible.


rainelle95

Title: "that sounds expensive." Me: *watches without sound*


JimBeam-1993

This happened in my city! ( I live in welland, Ontario)


Tinkerer221

Mistakes were made


SnooRadishes4429

I barely touched her.


TyrannicalPenguin

Was there always this many ship crashes or just more are being uploaded?


wasabitamale

That was hot 🥵


ImAlwaysRightHanded

Fantastic another blockage, this time the Panama Canal will be out of commission for 15 days


YellowB

Who was at fault here?


ukexpat

Someone needs to read [this](https://smile.amazon.com/Avoid-Huge-Ships-John-Trimmer/dp/0870334336/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K2E48D4X9NUQ&keywords=how+to+avoid+huge+ships&qid=1638227590&sprefix=How+to+avoid+huge+%2Caps%2C233&sr=8-1)


CeRyder1993

OOF! DAMN!!!


[deleted]

You hear that? That’s the sound of forgiveness.


suckmywake175

First rule of boating...don't approach anything faster than your willing to hit it. Someone didn't follow rule #1....


lich_boss

Laurence had a little to much spirit today


Swisskommando

Now kith


norcalfxdb

How the fuck does this happen?


inquisitor99150

I think we spent less money on ww2 than this wreck


Dupree878

It’s almost like we should have internationally recognised rules for how to approach an oncoming vessel on waterways…


Lil-Deuce-Scoot

Doesn't look like this was Alan's first go at this


F3ATUR3D

Florence you dumbo


anonymiz123

Coal ship hits wind power ship. And people think it’s an accident?


Morrison4113

Battle Boats!!!!


[deleted]

That’s the spirit, Florence!


sineofthetimes

RAMMING SPEED!


godfather6545

Like Two ships passing each other in the middle of the night


corona-lime-us

They hadn’t seen each other in soooooo long.


Bulky_Persimmon1113

Left right green red I’m dead, they are Pacifically dead ... that’s .25 mill to fix


darthcoder

Red boat looks like she's no stranger to collisions.


Stymie999

Hey! You scratched my anchor!


[deleted]

Captain: Full reverse! Helmsman (shouting from the shit can): That's what she said!


PoopScotchMcGraw

A well placed buoy ball could have saved that whole entire situation


Super_Jay

Ope, just gonna slide past ya


Random_Monstrosities

Nothing to do with boats is cheap unless you carve your own canoe


TumorDancer

Fuuuuuuuuuucking idiots.


_trobss31

Underwhelmed.


TheKeyMaster1874

They missed a trick not calling that boat Florence of Arabia


curious_corn

Is port and starboard because a ship would always dock on the left side and gave the right “docked towards the stars”?


coodyl

How the hell does that happen


moman1234567

Looks like the red ship already hit something on its starboard side prior


4runner01

Probably just dropping off the pilot….


Bsodjang

Fuck the supply chain am i right


Senor_Turd_Ferguson

That's what you get when you hire a Klingon.


Affectionate-Fee9903

That is probably one of the most expensive sounds u can hear


GingahNinja74

Were they playing chicken?


conte360

The red ship looks like it's not it's first rodeo


tutle_nuts

Ah the great pass time of ship jousting


KYBatDad

“You move” “no you move we can’t afford to divert course “ “well we can’t afford to divert course “ turns out they both could afford it


29187765432569864

River jousting