Blue Star Ferry docking like a boss!

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[@atiboyful]

That greek ferry captain has probably been doing this trick for twenty years and nailed it every time!

[@martinlucas8274]

An so was Francesco Schettino, currently anchored, well known captain

[@ElGrecoDaGeek]

Probably same captain of Super Ferry II (back when it was Strinzis lines). He used to dock like this in the old port of Tinos (inner port)

[@andy99ish]

For all who say that this maneuver was too risky: The Greek ferry system is one of Europe's most iterated. Many ports are small, most harbors are surrounded by hills, which change the general direction of winds. Winter winds can be very strong, but also in summer in the central Aegean there is a nearly constant strong wind of Bf 4-8 (the Meltemi). Yet the Greek ferry system is one of the safest in the world. Kudos to Greek Ferry Captains ! In this case (a relatively big harbor in tranquil weather) the weathered master of this vessel executed a bold maneuver, but one which was well within his skills. Bravo !

[@manjelos]

Well, they was on the ships since some thousand years, it somehow in the blood

[@travishandspiker3842]

This ship is now in Canada in nova scotia. Bay ferries ltd

[@grimreaper3526]

...too bad the cameraman didn't FILM IT LIKE A BOSS

[@terencewong-lane4309]

BEST comment ever!

[@alanchandler254]

Great well practiced docking manoeuvre , Captain definitely has balls.

[@FreeShipPlansCom]

I wonder how many times he or she did this manuever before.

[@albarleta2511]

Wet and Furious

[@vacondios2012]

It's a piece of cake maneuvering in the port of Syros for captain Elias Verveniotis

[@Ryzen_56X]

I'm sure the crew has done this thousands of times and they the procedure blind folded, very experienced captain and crew.

[@nakitojimo2001]

Been to Santorini n watched this in the front of my face. Awesome skill.

[@korki4327]

damn.. i saw people parking their cars slower than this!!!

[@elp9716]

As he was coming into the harbor, he turned to the First Officer and said, "Here. Hold my beer and watch this!"

[@randompeople567]

That is "Drifting in the sea"

[@AdrianJNyaoi]

more like doing a drift with a fully loaded 24 wheeler

[@RobloxRager-ki5mp]

no thats called "drifting like a boss"

[@yourwrostnightmare512]

XD

[@user-sn1ud2rf3l]

After sailing many years at the Aegean sea (Greece), this was her last docking at Syros Isl (i think). Now the ship is sailing at Australian waters...

[@stathisfull]

Canadian waters,.

[@fragiskosroussos]

Now the ship is sailing at Canaian waters

[@fragiskosroussos]

sorry Canadiaan waters

[@jamesguptill6611]

Untill you lose CPP or ME......brace for impact..

[@Truthseeker1515]

Amazing how these small ferries are maneuverable.

[@Turbo_TechnoLogic]

small haha yeah

[@divedeep04]

That's a 120 meter ship

[@trotsky7115]

The captain of that ship is so pro, that's why he can dock his big fat ass ship so fast.

[@sharkbite5744]

He just pulled off a fucking handbrake turn! In a boat!

[@divedeep04]

Not a boat....120 meters ship

[@jhulvincentcalabia4784]

Blue Star Ferries has some dope ass captain

[@Mr1keykneedeep]

Looks like the Captain had a few drinks and maybe a Lil something to smoke. Handled it like a jet ski

[@NAPPLEB25]

Marvel at the seamanship! That ferry goes in and out of many ports in a single day, in all weathers and all tide states; it has a schedule to keep and islands to serve. Brilliant.

[@ruioliveiratc2010]

This guy is the big boss of Captain's. Amazing Congratulations😀

[@benjamin7.544]

that ship have powerful engine..amazing skills...the captain been docking in the area for over 20yrs...

[@josemanuelcasadosanchez9917]

Some years ago in Naxos i saw one of the blue star getting into the harbour really fast and i saw her putting all the tiller and dropping the entire the anchor chain for docking. It was really amazing. Ps: my naval english is bad, sorry

[@DaveTinNY]

I've ridden Blue Star Ferries many times in Greece. They're good. Love Naxos!

[@57Jimmy]

What they gonna do when good old 'Murphy' shows up! It happens! BCFerries had a linkage disconnect coming in to dock and could not stop and took out several boats at the dock in Horseshoe Bay. And they were no where near as fast as this!

[@cagrigokhantortum8040]

Captain has great maneuvering skill. He knows her limit. he can dock safely, even single engine failure. Respect!

[@BjerkeRobin]

A single engine failure at certain points of that manoeuvre would not have ended particularly well.

[@cagrigokhantortum8040]

Hi Robin, I don’t think so. We swing the vessel drastically to stop her easily. This Captain also do the same..

[@BjerkeRobin]

@@cagrigokhantortum8040 sure, but with no prop wash your steering is going to be quite severely impacted. And what about a steering gear failure? Like, I get that this is fine when everything works, it's just that the moment something doesn't work as intended you're having a bad day because you're cutting the margins so fine.

[@morganlast5498]

He sneezed and the ship said "blessssssssssssssss youuuuuuuuuuuu".

[@tonyjordan56]

Impressive! I admire the skill.

[@noeliaalberti7]

Greek captains are the best!!!

[@colango98]

the speed he arrives in to port,leaves very little room for error.

[@greekgaminggr997]

The captain is swag

[@MikeBaxterABC]

Damn!!!! .. now I'll never feel boss, next time I manage to parallel park my Jeep downtown :(

[@LazyJamie007]

I have traveled with this company and all captains go so fast, pretty entertaining tbh 😅

[@davidlockwood9192]

That’s some good ship handling!

[@SY-Selene]

This is the main Maria on Siros, Greece. A beautyful town and neat place. BUT (read on): I was in this marina with my sailboat - once and never again because of those morons. They drive like Jackasses into the harbor with 10kn or more - then full bow thrusters and full reverse, which creates around 1,5 to 2m high waves in the maria. I never went offboard to protect my ship. Other ships were pushed into the kaiwall. The problem is - you have to go back and anchor at around 15m depth. So you have a shit load of chain out that you can't pull it tight enought if one of those iditos does his stunt there... Going sideways to the kai is suicide. The marina is free of charge and you get even free water and electricity to make it more attractive - but even this does not help... I ended up leaving the marina at evening and anchoring at the small island you can see at the beginning of the vid to get at least some sleep. Next day I went back just for 30 mins to put my repaired sail back on and left as quickly as I could. This has nothing to do with "like a boss" .. more "like a idiot". Go to this marina and you can watch really poor seamanship shown by the profis - not more. Fun fact: This marina is hated by nearly every sailor I've met in greece because of those stupid ferry "captains".

[@gnobmio8172]

A total disrespect to other ships, dock in the Harbour...

[@kunoknollenbuddler2167]

that's it.

[@gtzafos]

You are a moron that you think the entire harbor should belong to your shitty sailboat. These islands get thousands of tourists every day and ferries need to get in and out fast because they also serve other islands in a row. Greek captains were and still are the best in the planet. Maneuvering a ferry so quick is really hard to do and no other captains except Greeks can do such thing.

[@blewyd]

@@gtzafos you clearly have no understanding what a boat even is.

[@rhapsodyapartments647]

Port of Syros is for boats and vessels and not for fun. WAKE UP!!!!

[@billbibizas6589]

This ship is from canada since 2014, and it was one of the only ships of this company goes in rafina, i saw photos of indroos too! I never got inside on that ship, i wish i could tho!

[@lilianacarmen4957]

Much more to go 😂 a good time for your patience ❤️❤️ for your help 💟 for the next two days

[@notatechie]

That had to be Captain Ron.

[@owtena]

Captain was in a hurry :D

[@VanillaLoaf]

I guess they were a little late.

[@antonrudenham3259]

That hot-shot Captain will do that every day for years and then , just when he's about to throw his ship into that starboard turn as he comes through the pier heads his steering gear will fail, it will fail to neutral and his ship will not even slow by half a knot before coming to grief buried bridge deep in the port side of a product carrier, seconds later there will be a bright glow and lots of heat and light and a front page headline around the world.

[@sixmagpies]

You are exactly right sir. Having optimistic macho captains, especially on passenger vessels, is playing Russian roulette. Eventually people die. This is an example of truly lousy seamanship.

[@bolandboertjie]

There are old Captains, and there are bold Captains. Very rarely do you get old bold Captains.

[@jerrywudson4017]

And then Anton Rudenham wakes up!!

[@nicoletabouloubasi2521]

actually, blue star ferries captains have been doing this manoeuvre for years and the had never had an accident

[@antonrudenham3259]

That is not proof that it is a good idea,he has got away with it so far but one day his steering gear will fail.

[@jormatube]

wow, here in Finland we have large ferries with hard schedules, but their never in such a hurry as these guys.

[@jimwilliams1536]

The pilot was humming I Like Big Butts. For sure.

[@SindreFuruli]

A perfect docking! love it!

[@MrJimbaloid]

Now that IS LIKE A BOSS

[@900xwb_]

Ayo WHAT THE HELL the fastest docking i've seen in a while

[@tamibossbishalldaya4632]

The Captain obviously needed to do number "2".

[@dhedemadong]

The captain will is making charon himself proud

[@thedubsmash8378]

Salute to the captain

[@olted7933]

wow This ship Looks so pretty

[@jimmyking92]

It's looks cool unless you are on a small boat in the marina and the waters start coming to you.

[@ferrygogo]

Wow! 5 star docking! 🥰

[@tartagliathewigsplitter3880]

the captain must be wearing a Hugo Boss Perfume

[@dloui5214]

a badass ship captain

[@RichardCox0]

You know exactly what music this needs

[@tomaszmaltanski7626]

this is the routine docking of Blue Star ferry on Siros Island at Ermoupoli

[@Liakos.p]

when the captain is a drift maniac

[@massimocorsaro1831]

Congratulations to the captain!!! A great reverse maneuver.

[@atvkid0805]

It's a fucking ferry, dude probably does this like 5 times a day not exactly surprising.

[@smilyboi9847]

*insert Tokyo drift, deja vu or another drift music here*

[@calinantonescu1398]

Costa Concordia, under the strong hand of capt Schettino was doing the same kind of cocky manoeuver. It went awfully wrong.

[@scowell]

Yeah... you don't do that without bow thrusters.

[@michalkopping2762]

The captain must be a skilled BMW-driver .-)

[@ronaldg4602]

And he's doing it with his chest-hair out, while smiling brilliantly at your lady and doing the Sirtaki.

[@user-pk9nb8ut8m]

lol man u still remember the 50's?

[@pavlos.p]

🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 Blue Star Ferries η καλύτερη !

[@estebangonzalez1521]

time is gold!!!

[@alphakirawira2177]

Captains ferry in local area usually are very familiar with their vessel area etc, of course their skill are improved by hundred ..of manvrs. The problem is the schedule tide and capt (in videoclip you can hear the conversation about ropes,gangway). The entrance speed was high ( was ok for cpt, if was wind for sure not was same mauvr.) My opinion unnecessary to save 15-20 min (the second part of manuvr was normal).

[@joshuachristianchandra9180]

for warships is called Torpedobeat, now it's called Dockbeat hahaha

[@macnuggets887]

Yooo his drifting like a king like in the movie Tokyo drift!

[@dragosgolita6635]

Baii ma jur , nu stiu cand e filmat dar romanii nostri sunt niste genii

[@julesservin3375]

Nice, whipped it in like a speed boat.

[@DennisKyne]

A captain who obviously knows his ship.

[@ph11p3540]

That's a nice chemical ship you are filming from. Seafoam green pipework and deck equipment on brick red hull. Do you have a video of your ship as well? I would love to see it. That ferry turns like it has steerable isopods instead of rudders.

[@MrRomanfly]

Too fast in my opinion. Ok, they're doing every day, vessel is good and very manouvreable (CPP, Becker rudders and thrusters), as long as nothing will happen......over reliance is a nasty and hidden risk.

[@Orpheaspanayiotopou]

Greeks know a lot about shipping and safety so I don’t think it’s a problem . They wouldn’t do something that they can’t do or think it’s risky

[@todddawes2759]

@@Orpheaspanayiotopou haha, OK... haha. Cos accidents never happen...

[@sadenuttie2234]

@@Orpheaspanayiotopou hmmm, I wonder if you are Greek or not. If only there was a way to tell

[@Orpheaspanayiotopou]

@@sadenuttie2234 I am Greek and I’m proud to be Greek … your point is …

[@sadenuttie2234]

@@Orpheaspanayiotopou just a joke… nothing wrong with being Greek, beautiful country

[@pivkaaa]

Sumacher lives! in every corner, apex or ehm docking platform:)

[@stevied007ytb]

He'd be completely fucked if he lost power or steering during any part of that.

[@captainopvious7498]

bow thrusters...

[@todddawes2759]

@@captainopvious7498 Do bow thrusters stop you going ahead at 6 knots??? Asking for a friend

[@mattgaming8717]

Gooood dauuuuum. Dropping ramps and all. Lol

[@craignicholson505]

plain and simple big balls tiny brain . and rocks

[@scopex2749]

OMG you can see the skid marks on the sea :o

[@itsgoode2bking]

quick english lesson - Bus = large vehicle that carries lots of people. Boss = the guy that tells you what to do at work.

[@santopaok4585]

what formel one pilot can do ...Greek Captains make it with only one Hand...Greek Sailors a great Heritage in World History of Navy!!!

[@govermentofficialNor]

funny when you filmed your mate :D

[@strike5677]

the true battlefield legend xD

[@kokorniokos]

Μπάσιμο με μπάντες - ίσιωμα - χειρόφρενο - όπισθεν - δέσιμο - τέλος!!! Παίξτε το σε ταχύτητα 2!!! Powerslide entry - straight wheel - handbrake - reverse - dock - done!!! Play it at 2 speed!!!

[@skeetermcswagger0U812]

Could you imagine just scuba diving in this little bay here minding your own business and then you start feeling the water churning around above you and look up above and see this happening just before you get turned into fish food?😱

[@boleamj]

Dejá vú, I've been in this dock before! Higher on the seas...

[@acalpito]

Blue star ferries is drifting in the sea "using thrusts"

[@erikberzehyytiainen4282]

"Do these ferry's sail all night?"

[@chandankhatua1241]

Nice video God bless you

[@jogi470]

It's called Perfection, which comes from experience

[@63bplumb]

Too much tonnage and too many things that can wrong with that kind of a ship to be that unsafe! People commenting on this don't have experience with tonnage to even guess what danger there is with this!

[@joukovilander]

shut up i want my captain be like that

[@lemongrenade6135]

So? I've seen bigger ships with more tonnage that weighed a lot more than Blue Star and perform a drifting maneuver like this with no problem. So really what you say doesn't really make all that sense when ships are designed to not flip over even when drifting no matter how much tonnage. The only way drifting would be risky and have an actual affect would be if the ship was a speedboat that performed a hard drifting maneuver. Besides if what you said was true then I'm sure the captain wouldn't have done that

[@lemongrenade6135]

l

[@krasomieso7620]

tell us

[@charlieboy5515]

That's insane!

[@eleniasimop]

That's daily routine in the Greek islands.

[@Rudolf.Aigner]

I would have liked if the camera man would have been as half as skillful as the captain.

[@louisgunn]

that's ship handling

[@urban166]

High season at Greek islands.There are good captains, excellent captains, and there are Greek captains

[@colindixon8323]

J

[@nmwkicker]

Fast and ferry-ous

[@riyadhraslan]

When eurobeat kicks in

[@nitheesh000]

Wow that was awesome.heavy captain 😍😍

[@derekstuart5234]

@atiboyful it's all very well performing 'tricks'... until that one day when your CPP fails to move, or you get an electrical failure to the bridge and your combinator is stuck. That's how accidents happen.

[@JohnLee-mf4sc]

nice to have bow thrusters

[@bpalmento3468]

Amazing

[@MrKosxrem]

This is the first ship with a handbrake!