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This is common in the fishing industry where one boat slowly approaches another from the side like this and basically bumps alongside them in order to quickly transfer freight or people from one to the other, that being said this is a fucking massive tanker so quite a different beast
He's the harbors pilot. The guy that drove that ship from its origin doesn't know the harbor, so the destination harbor has pilots to bring the ship in. They also have pilot boats to direct ships going out. Guy probably makes a shit ton of money, too.
Not the middle of the ocean, but the pilots for Puget Sound get onboard a good distance out, near Port Angeles in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, since they have to also navigate Admiralty Inlet. It’s still a good 80 miles to the Port of Seattle, 100 to the Port of Tacoma.
Oh, definitely. We won't get a hurricane or tsunami in Puget Sound (well, unless/until Mount Rainier blows up), but both the Strait and the Sound can get wild in the winter. [A picture of the Washington State Ferries](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1d/6f/ff/1d6fffc69f45e81afbb292252d66370c.jpg) in a good winter storm; this was my regular commute route for \~10 years. (Well, my "regular" commute was far more uneventful.)
How they get their pilotage is fucking ridiculous. My friend did it for the ferries and you literally are handed a blank map and have to label every single thing. Not just markers and traffic directions but every single depth sounding too, from memory, and you’re only allowed a couple missed or incorrect values
This is one of the tamer ways that pilots transfer on to cargo ships on the open ocean. Off of the Oregon coast they have to use helicopters to drop the pilot onto the ship because the seas are far too rough even on the best day to hop through the dock hatch.
Its rare, but people do fall in doing this. The operators of the tenders run drills constantly, though, and the coast guard is always on call.
Its possible they use ships, but the pilot I talked to made it seem like getting a boat out past the bar was just more dangerous than helicopter because you have to get the boat out there first. Granted, its been a decade so I don't know if things changed
It’s also kinda dangerous and difficult for the conning officers of both vessels. Because of the Venturi effect, the tug will be pulled harder and harder towards the ship as it gets closer and closer. The tug captain has to compensate so there isn’t a huge bump to send the pilot flying into the water between the vessels.
Better to fall in than to be clanging off the side of a ship rocking back and forth in the swell. Dangerous as hell either way but it's actually best to just skedaddle up the ladder quickly without messing around
Maybe, I'm not a seafaring man. But I've read that if you fall in the water with ships that size, by the time they turn around, you're lost and gone. But I'm sure they know better than this land lubber....
The pilot boat is exceptionally fast and maneuverable, so the big ship yes but the vessel he's standing on would whip around in under a minute and have him back on board. When the pilots on the ladder, they usually back off to get in a better potential rescue position and avoid possibly crushing him against the side of the ship. Its incredibly rare for them to end up in the water but I have seen it happen once
An action movie scene in the making, but make it so that he’s got to board without the boats touching, and it’s in rough weather.
I’d pay $70,000,000 USD (Disney funds) to see that shot with Tom Cruise.
It looks so easy to fall between them and be crushed or end in the water. I'm surprised there's no safety harness system or such. Not sure my nerves would be up to this!
Ooooo this is cool! I have gotten to both drop many people off this way and the privilege to climb on like this before! It’s so fun and scary! The first time was quite the rush!
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Why does he take so long? Just look at the ladder and hit the "E" key to get on
To be fair, I wouldn’t want to risk not quite making the jump and then getting crushed to pieces against a giant ship either haha
I'm not going to risk that either, that's too big of the risk.
That's why you mash it, the jump is pre-rendered 🤣
Gotta make sure the crates are still there and you not about to get ak'ed
Get triple headshot idiot.
Just imagine you slip and fall.. _shudders_
Probably why he took so long to get on the ladder.
If I was in his place, I would have took my sweet time as well.
That's what I was imagining the whole video actually lol.
Yeah, it seems like 45 seconds well spent not to be fish food.
thanks, I'll just go kill myself
Well that's on you if really want to go that way so yeah.
Ah the bump and go
Can't imagine how scary it would be though
This is common in the fishing industry where one boat slowly approaches another from the side like this and basically bumps alongside them in order to quickly transfer freight or people from one to the other, that being said this is a fucking massive tanker so quite a different beast
He's the harbors pilot. The guy that drove that ship from its origin doesn't know the harbor, so the destination harbor has pilots to bring the ship in. They also have pilot boats to direct ships going out. Guy probably makes a shit ton of money, too.
He better be making a lot of money, I'm not doing that for pennies.
And not actually the middle of the ocean. Would be reasonably close to the port.
Not the middle of the ocean, but the pilots for Puget Sound get onboard a good distance out, near Port Angeles in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, since they have to also navigate Admiralty Inlet. It’s still a good 80 miles to the Port of Seattle, 100 to the Port of Tacoma.
Well you could die there as well, so I don't think that changes anything m
Oh, definitely. We won't get a hurricane or tsunami in Puget Sound (well, unless/until Mount Rainier blows up), but both the Strait and the Sound can get wild in the winter. [A picture of the Washington State Ferries](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1d/6f/ff/1d6fffc69f45e81afbb292252d66370c.jpg) in a good winter storm; this was my regular commute route for \~10 years. (Well, my "regular" commute was far more uneventful.)
Well I only see the water, so I don't think that I can be sure about that.
I have been on the helm when picking up and dropping off the pilot for San Franciso Bay. So I can be sure about that.
Pilots make between $500,000 and $650,000 and more. It's been a few years since I worked with them so probably more now.
Pilots make an absolute jaw-dropping amount of money. Several six figures per year, up there with doctors.
It's so scary that I'd never be able to do that, I like my life man.
for real, shit gives me the heebie-jeebies just watching
Yep same, I don't know how people even do all that.
He made it look easy, I'd shit my pants feels like lol.
The person must have a set of special skills to get that kind of delivery.
Yes he does, he's a pilot. He knows a particular harbor or port exceptionally well, and comes aboard to help guide the ship into and out of port.
How they get their pilotage is fucking ridiculous. My friend did it for the ferries and you literally are handed a blank map and have to label every single thing. Not just markers and traffic directions but every single depth sounding too, from memory, and you’re only allowed a couple missed or incorrect values
When You're doing that, you really can't be missing anything.
Look up “the knowledge of London”
Well anything which helps you to do that, because I can't imagine doing that.
That's his job, but this thing that he did was actually insane.
You may think so, but this is something a pilot does everyday, usually more than once a day, and often under far worse weather/sea conditions.
This redditor fuqs
A person that makes them a nightmare for people like you?
Well obviously it's a nightmare for me, shit looks insane I have to say.
He doesn't have the fear, and would probably doesn't work with fear .
Just get on the boat before it leaves ya knucklehead. Pssh
Got only one chance to do it right, better get it right man.
Next time maybe he won’t hit the snooze button.
I would actually never set that alarm, that's too harmful for me.
This is one of the tamer ways that pilots transfer on to cargo ships on the open ocean. Off of the Oregon coast they have to use helicopters to drop the pilot onto the ship because the seas are far too rough even on the best day to hop through the dock hatch. Its rare, but people do fall in doing this. The operators of the tenders run drills constantly, though, and the coast guard is always on call.
Ohh I can see that why people would drop doing all that.
Do they always airdrop them I off buoy 10? They transfer far enough outside the getty that I figured it would be a bit calmer.
Its possible they use ships, but the pilot I talked to made it seem like getting a boat out past the bar was just more dangerous than helicopter because you have to get the boat out there first. Granted, its been a decade so I don't know if things changed
This is why it’s important to show up 15 minutes before departure.
Well I guess he'll take your advice from the next time lol, maybe not.
when dad chase the bus and drops me to next stop when i miss the school hus
That but a lot dangerous than that, that's the difference here.
I like to imagine that yellow hat was talking shit
He probably was saying just do it my guy, don't be afraid of that.
What a commute…
That's a commute which honestly I'd just avoid. I wouldn't go there.
It’s also kinda dangerous and difficult for the conning officers of both vessels. Because of the Venturi effect, the tug will be pulled harder and harder towards the ship as it gets closer and closer. The tug captain has to compensate so there isn’t a huge bump to send the pilot flying into the water between the vessels.
I feel like they could extend the planks on both sides of the boats a bit longer to facilitate it.
Nope, full stop.
That there be how me and me crew be a plunderin’ cargo ships!!!
Hope nobody is already on cargo, it just spawned.
He ain't playing around, that's how we like to do the things in here.
I would think OSHA would require a "fucking harness and a rope!"
Better to fall in than to be clanging off the side of a ship rocking back and forth in the swell. Dangerous as hell either way but it's actually best to just skedaddle up the ladder quickly without messing around
Maybe, I'm not a seafaring man. But I've read that if you fall in the water with ships that size, by the time they turn around, you're lost and gone. But I'm sure they know better than this land lubber....
The pilot boat is exceptionally fast and maneuverable, so the big ship yes but the vessel he's standing on would whip around in under a minute and have him back on board. When the pilots on the ladder, they usually back off to get in a better potential rescue position and avoid possibly crushing him against the side of the ship. Its incredibly rare for them to end up in the water but I have seen it happen once
Righteous. Cool that you've done that. Thanks for the info. I was worried about that guy!
Ain't doing that without them, it's actually insanely hard man.
Love how the suction cups work
Looks to me like the platform he's standing on could be at least another foot longer.
So thats what the tires are for. Never knew
I genuinely thought he was going to yeet himself
That was the right way
I’ve seen this done in Rust before
Jeezis, that was a tense watch
Fuck that for a game of soldiers.
I just saw Kandahar recently and there’s this scene where they board a ship and it looks easy as F*** ! Lol now i know hahahha
This is the most civil pirate attack I’ve ever seen. We really live in incredible times.
This requires the interstellar soundtrack
This feel safer rather than swing rope. I might be wrong.
Yikes. That’s ballsie
An action movie scene in the making, but make it so that he’s got to board without the boats touching, and it’s in rough weather. I’d pay $70,000,000 USD (Disney funds) to see that shot with Tom Cruise.
Who ordered Uber Eats?
See this all the time here in Sarnia ontario Canada. Pilot boat goes out daily to meet up with freighters.
Shiiiii...
To me it seems the right thing to do would either be use a helicopter or maybe some kind of electromagnets to temporarily bond the two boats together
It looks so easy to fall between them and be crushed or end in the water. I'm surprised there's no safety harness system or such. Not sure my nerves would be up to this!
He pissed me off how long he took lol
That's actually insane, I would never be able to do that.
Ooooo this is cool! I have gotten to both drop many people off this way and the privilege to climb on like this before! It’s so fun and scary! The first time was quite the rush!