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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Masts have a fixed height. The Brooklyn Bridge also has a fixed height. This should never have happened. When do the manslaughter charges get filed.[/quote]

That was my first thought. A power outage does not alter basic geometry conflicts.
That Mexican training vessel had a lot more problems than the power outage.
One has to wonder about its level of training.[/quote]

True, but would a power outage keep them from stopping or turning?  [/quote]

Yes, 100%. I'm a sailor, and without either a motor or wind power (under sail), you would not be able to control the ship well.[/quote]

Hence one of the 100s of tugboats should hav e been preventing this fatal disaster [/quote]

It looks like the tug that pulled the ship out of it's berth had already uncoupled, and so wasn't attached to be able to pull it away from the bridge.  At the time of the impact it appears to have been trying to get around behind the ship, to push it, but didn't get there fast enough. [/quote]

They push. Tugboats usually push large ships for better aim/ steering when docking or in busy urban waters. Their whole front is rubber for pushing and tapping.

Anyhow. Each sail mast bar had 3-6 sailors on it so this is devastating [/quote]

When things started to go badly the ship was moving away from the tug, and the tug was by the bow.  There is no way to push the bow of the boat that will stop it from going backward.[/quote]

Again, bad move by the tug, to not have ONE stationed between the land and ship. Only had one in middle of river. Should have had TWO; it was a gorgeous large tall ship reliant only on engine power when at harbor.

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