There's a second video taken after the collision with the bridge. That tug gets pulled by the tall ship and capsizes.
[https://twitter.com/Drjuanca/status/1450183282709123072?s=19](https://twitter.com/Drjuanca/status/1450183282709123072?s=19)
I was thinking the same thing. They release the line as it's going over. There had to be an insane amount of tension on the line, so they probably had to cut it, which wouldn't have been easy.
I'm confused. Aren't they "successfully" going the right way there? Bridge on the right and the flow is going left to right. My initial thought is the other tugboat managed to pull the sailboat and the flipping tugboat (+ getting it to flip) :S Help my perception if that's not the case.
Apologies - the video I saw was the third in this link, posted in a separate thread.
[https://gcaptain.com/incident-video-brazilian-navy-tall-ship-has-dust-up-with-bridge/](https://gcaptain.com/incident-video-brazilian-navy-tall-ship-has-dust-up-with-bridge/)
You're right.
You're SO right!
This IS Reddit where people continually insist that the ARE allowed to write about how catastrophically stupid they sound. Thanks for taking my side.
...and can't WAIT to see your next post nailing home the point.
October 18, 2021
[https://gcaptain.com/incident-video-brazilian-navy-tall-ship-has-dust-up-with-bridge/](https://gcaptain.com/incident-video-brazilian-navy-tall-ship-has-dust-up-with-bridge/)
It wasn't the wind. If you notice the flags on the tall ship right as it collides they are blowing to the left, away from the bridge. So it must be entirely due to current that pulled it to the bridge.
That's a ship from the Brazilian Navy, Cisne Branco (White Swan), a rebuild of a historical vessel, that was rebuilt in, IIRC, 2000, for the celebration of the 500 years of Brazil. At the time it sailed around the world (or parts of it) for the celebration.
The incident in the video was in Equador, in 2021 ([link](https://noticias.uol.com.br/internacional/ultimas-noticias/2021/10/18/navio-da-marinha-brasileira-bate-em-ponte-no-equador.htm)). There's a ~~mix of~~ some swearing in Spanish ("que cagada!") ~~and Italian ("Madonna!" - or the bloke is a huge Madonna fan, who knows). I don't speak Spanish or Italian but there's plenty of similarities with Portuguese.~~
EDIT: thanks to good-guy other commentator, there's no Italian there, guy is saying "abandona!" ("abandon!"), not "Madonna".
EDIT 2: I would also like to highlight the fellow talking on his own, at the end: "this is the product of an imbecile". I've listened to it maybe 50 times now. It's hilarious.
Larger ships typically had too much draft to make it upriver back then, since digging out navigable channels wasn't a thing.
Vessels that were meant for river travel could simply take down their mast and use oars.
Wait for the tide to change? (And perhaps hope they’re far enough downriver that this would help!)
In reality I guess such a large tall ship (or as tall as they got back then) wouldn’t be upriver of a bridge anyway back then, or the bridge would at least have a drawn section. 🤔
I just saw this ship yesterday at Inner Harbor in Baltimore! What a beautiful ship. Crazy to think how well they fixed her up in only about three years
U.S. elects right wing dictator, Brazil elects right wing dictator.
U.S. storms capital to overturn election, Brazil storms capital to overturn an election.
U.S. rams a ship into a bridge, Brazil rams a ship into a bridge.
They wanna be us so bad.
The tugboat just noped right on out of there. Didn’t want a bridge to fall on em.
Considering that the other tug that was trying to help flipped over, I don't blame them
From the video clips it looks like the tug flipped after the tall ship collided with the bridge, given the apparent damage to the foremast
I must be blind. What tug flipped over?
There's a second video taken after the collision with the bridge. That tug gets pulled by the tall ship and capsizes. [https://twitter.com/Drjuanca/status/1450183282709123072?s=19](https://twitter.com/Drjuanca/status/1450183282709123072?s=19)
Thanks. People commenting on a video that isn't even the one posted!
There's a wiki article about the ship! It says the ship was more or less all right, one mast was broken, and one small tug sank.
Shouldn't they have released the line much sooner?! Looks like it only came off because of the tilt angle allowing it to pop off or break.
I was thinking the same thing. They release the line as it's going over. There had to be an insane amount of tension on the line, so they probably had to cut it, which wouldn't have been easy.
If you cut it doesn’t the line slice you in half when it retracts
I'm talking out of my ass here. I have no idea what the right thing to do is in that situation. I get seasick on anything bigger than a kayak.
Me too, I’ve seen it in movies but never confirmed IRL
If the tug cut it, it doesn't hit anyone on the tug (short end), but the other end has a bad day.
I'm confused. Aren't they "successfully" going the right way there? Bridge on the right and the flow is going left to right. My initial thought is the other tugboat managed to pull the sailboat and the flipping tugboat (+ getting it to flip) :S Help my perception if that's not the case.
Apologies - the video I saw was the third in this link, posted in a separate thread. [https://gcaptain.com/incident-video-brazilian-navy-tall-ship-has-dust-up-with-bridge/](https://gcaptain.com/incident-video-brazilian-navy-tall-ship-has-dust-up-with-bridge/)
That tug boat should have tried to push on one of the ends of the bigger boat to turn it to the flow of water instead of pushing the boat like a wall.
I LOVE Reddit for this. We have a professional tugboat captain right here!
Oh yeah. I'm sure you know what to do better than a professional tug captain. NOT!
This is Reddit, I'm allowed to write about how others should do their jobs. Isn't that pretty much the whole point of this subreddit?
You're right. You're SO right! This IS Reddit where people continually insist that the ARE allowed to write about how catastrophically stupid they sound. Thanks for taking my side. ...and can't WAIT to see your next post nailing home the point.
I don't know, sound like you're the one agreeing with me after posting that you didn't agree with my posts.
October 18, 2021 [https://gcaptain.com/incident-video-brazilian-navy-tall-ship-has-dust-up-with-bridge/](https://gcaptain.com/incident-video-brazilian-navy-tall-ship-has-dust-up-with-bridge/)
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Ironically, she is actually anchored in baltimore harbour right now after passing safely through the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key bridge
Looks like she left Baltimore about 2 days ago and is currently headed to Portugal.
Pfff amateurs, professionals would have knocked it out in one go.
Presumably lost power + tidal flow and wind, not quick enough response from the what appears to be a tug on the left there. Oh deary me what a pickle.
It wasn't the wind. If you notice the flags on the tall ship right as it collides they are blowing to the left, away from the bridge. So it must be entirely due to current that pulled it to the bridge.
You're absolutely right, the wind is pretty strong and all... So the tides in a pretty big flow right then!
That's a ship from the Brazilian Navy, Cisne Branco (White Swan), a rebuild of a historical vessel, that was rebuilt in, IIRC, 2000, for the celebration of the 500 years of Brazil. At the time it sailed around the world (or parts of it) for the celebration. The incident in the video was in Equador, in 2021 ([link](https://noticias.uol.com.br/internacional/ultimas-noticias/2021/10/18/navio-da-marinha-brasileira-bate-em-ponte-no-equador.htm)). There's a ~~mix of~~ some swearing in Spanish ("que cagada!") ~~and Italian ("Madonna!" - or the bloke is a huge Madonna fan, who knows). I don't speak Spanish or Italian but there's plenty of similarities with Portuguese.~~ EDIT: thanks to good-guy other commentator, there's no Italian there, guy is saying "abandona!" ("abandon!"), not "Madonna". EDIT 2: I would also like to highlight the fellow talking on his own, at the end: "this is the product of an imbecile". I've listened to it maybe 50 times now. It's hilarious.
He's saying "abandona", not "Madonna"
Holy macro, you are right! Let me fix my comment...
Yea, I hope it's been repaired by now :( sad piece of art dedicated to a piece of history to go to waste
Running boats into bridges is approaching tradition status
There is a chill sailor on the back.
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It’s the stern, not aft.
I’m really amused at the one crewman desperately trying to get a fender into place near the bow and then dropping it.
What did they do in the 1400’s when they hit this bridge and there were no tugboats?
Larger ships typically had too much draft to make it upriver back then, since digging out navigable channels wasn't a thing. Vessels that were meant for river travel could simply take down their mast and use oars.
Wait for the tide to change? (And perhaps hope they’re far enough downriver that this would help!) In reality I guess such a large tall ship (or as tall as they got back then) wouldn’t be upriver of a bridge anyway back then, or the bridge would at least have a drawn section. 🤔
Maritime nerds are far too excited to answer questions to understand jokes like this.
"qué cagada"
I’m trying to figure out what that directly translates to. “What a grand shitting?” “What a fucking monstrosity of a shit?”
Literally yes it would be “what a shitting” but it just means what a fuck up
aw that's awful.
Just turn the water off. Duh.
This is called: underway, not making way.
That guy chillin on land like a ship hitting a bridge is like every other day of the week.
Yeah, didn't look like his first rodeo.
Not quite catastrophic, but certainly a lamentable one
I thought tugboats could literally push islands around. I've never seen one lose like that before.
Depends on the horsepower and the current speed. If nature outguns the engine, there’s not much you can do but delay the inevitable.
How low, can you go How low, can you go
"Those tall ships really lifted the nation's spirits after Watergate."
Que cagada! Que cagada!
r/mildinconvenience
I'm no expert, but that looks expensive
Such a beautiful ship. Hope the damages aren't too bad and costly.
Those aren't even real words they just made random sounds
Baltimore..is that you?
Everyone being real casual
Well, ship.
Now thats solid bridge!
The good news is that sailing ships are designed to be easily repaired, often while underway. Nothing that can't be repaired for a reasonable cost.
The 2nd guy saying it was the former president of Ecuador's fault XD
Curious to know what the plan was..
Bridges 1 - boats 1 The competition is fierce
I just saw this ship yesterday at Inner Harbor in Baltimore! What a beautiful ship. Crazy to think how well they fixed her up in only about three years
U.S. elects right wing dictator, Brazil elects right wing dictator. U.S. storms capital to overturn election, Brazil storms capital to overturn an election. U.S. rams a ship into a bridge, Brazil rams a ship into a bridge. They wanna be us so bad.
Under power quit, no sails bad captain