Anonymous
05/18/2025 11:56
Subject: Mexican ship hits Brooklyn Bridge
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
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.
True, but would a power outage keep them from stopping or turning?
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.
Anonymous
05/18/2025 11:56
Subject: Mexican ship hits Brooklyn Bridge
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
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.
True, but would a power outage keep them from stopping or turning?
How do you think a boat this size stops or turns?
They do so by reversing the engines, which wouldn't have been working if there was a power outage.
As it's a tall ship, I would think it's something to do with the sails and tacking, but what do I know.
Anonymous
05/18/2025 11:53
Subject: Mexican ship hits Brooklyn Bridge
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
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.
True, but would a power outage keep them from stopping or turning?
How do you think a boat this size stops or turns?
They do so by reversing the engines, which wouldn't have been working if there was a power outage.
Anonymous
05/18/2025 11:52
Subject: Mexican ship hits Brooklyn Bridge
Reminds me of the Bosphorus calamities, and they require paying for a temporary Turkish crew to get through.
Anonymous
05/18/2025 11:51
Subject: Mexican ship hits Brooklyn Bridge
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Clearance can change based on water level. It's still a huge eff up, but it's not like driving a truck under a highway bridge.
Knowing the tides and current flow at what time given location is basic sailing.
Anonymous
05/18/2025 11:48
Subject: Mexican ship hits Brooklyn Bridge
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
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.
True, but would a power outage keep them from stopping or turning?
Anonymous
05/18/2025 11:48
Subject: Mexican ship hits Brooklyn Bridge
Anonymous wrote:They had a tugboat that's who screwed up
wtf we’re the escort tug boats doing!?!? They should have been on top of that the minute it showed up seeing Manhattan.
How’d the tugboats let this $hit happen!?
Anonymous
05/18/2025 11:47
Subject: Mexican ship hits Brooklyn Bridge
What a beautiful tall ship. So tragic
Anonymous
05/18/2025 11:46
Subject: Mexican ship hits Brooklyn Bridge
Correct, the talk sail ship lost power, floated backwards and its masts hit the bottom of the bridge. Unf sailors were up on the masts.
So tragic.
Too bad NYC couldn’t mobilize some tug boats to push the tall ship to a safe locate before it hit things and injured its crew.
Anonymous
05/18/2025 10:55
Subject: Mexican ship hits Brooklyn Bridge
Anonymous wrote:It’s a Mexican navy ship. Not sure where PP got the pirate ship?
Yeah; that seems kinda racist.
Anonymous
05/18/2025 10:10
Subject: Mexican ship hits Brooklyn Bridge
They had a tugboat that's who screwed up
Anonymous
05/18/2025 10:02
Subject: Mexican ship hits Brooklyn Bridge
I believe they weren't intending to go under the bridge at all, it wasn't a height mismatch thing. Some people experienced with the river there said the currents can be extremely strong. So I believe the issue is they lost power and were dragged into the bridge by the current.
Anonymous
05/18/2025 09:59
Subject: Mexican ship hits Brooklyn Bridge
Anonymous wrote: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.
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.
Anonymous
05/18/2025 09:15
Subject: Mexican ship hits Brooklyn Bridge
Anonymous wrote:To be fair reports initially did say pirate ship because it looked like a party boat with people up in the sales dressed in stripes, lights on the sails, etc. That was quickly changed in the media, of course, but there were several posts all over X talking about the pirate ship.
Do pirates dress a certain way? I am really getting tired of all the piratephoia on this board.
Anonymous
05/18/2025 08:35
Subject: Mexican ship hits Brooklyn Bridge
To be fair reports initially did say pirate ship because it looked like a party boat with people up in the sales dressed in stripes, lights on the sails, etc. That was quickly changed in the media, of course, but there were several posts all over X talking about the pirate ship.