COLLISION WITH PILOT BOAT

[@heinrich97]

Knock knock! Your friendly pilot has arrived.

[@skinbackyourpeel]

Pilot and deck hand starting to walk down port side (left), this is a perfect example why you should NEVER move on that side as the 2 vessels approach each other, or else you may become the bloody filling between ship/boat sandwich!

[@michaelshirley3042]

That is the definition of: Ramming speed

[@MrAlley32]

Friends don't let Captains drive drunk!

[@hellsbaby127]

0:10 I'm the man. watch this...0:15 I can make it...0:20 oh shit!...0:30 houston abort mission/too late, my P45 is already on your desk...0:40 stand clear of any controls then blame Dave.

[@ShippingHarbors]

The pilot on the stern sees what's coming and braces for impact ! :)

[@sarge6870]

LOL...I saw that too...

[@thegeneral3094]

There's pilots on the starboard bow sling them off the stern

[@HECMAPETb]

Nice job! Literally all of you guys!

[@peggyt1243]

That was not a collision, it was a meetup. Pilot boats do that every day. Maybe without the bump.

[@thegeneral3094]

The bumper was to correct its position my good fellow

[@thegeneral3094]

That bump was to correct its position my good fellow

[@mattw8809]

That's gonna leave a mark !

[@guardian1977]

wel done skipper!!

[@pavelkolesnichenko1770]

The voice behind this video is telling "Fuck sake". This is Russian slang.

[@ayidisme8321]

Hes handling a catamaran like a monohull boat..

[@Cornadaprofunda]

Buen carnero, el patrón del Práctico 😂

[@nineEIGHTstangGT]

he was giving away free pilot services

[@lm3805]

like a boss....

[@marvinkitfox3386]

It's 5 years since this was posted. Has the captain of the pilot boat gotten out of jail yet?

[@percyfaith11]

Why would he be in jail? What crime was committed?

[@tiolamaniaperselapersela9813]

amazing

[@foppo100]

Captain of cargo ship was not pleased poor handling of pilot boat.

[@foppo100]

foppo leeuwerke Vey poor handling by pilot skipper.To fast no control unless someone was training on the pilot boat.

[@welshpete12]

Was there anyone at the wheel till the last few seconds ?

[@MrBugsier5]

That'l rattle the coffee cans!

[@andrejglazacev4695]

😱

[@thegeneral3094]

The pilot hit the ship on purpose to correct its position. The steering lock on the ship was faulty. Good manoeuvre.

[@tomthompson7400]

really ,,, have a rethink

[@richardcasey4439]

Is the pilot captain on drugs?? How could they not see a container ship in broad daylight in good weather?

[@peggyt1243]

The pilot boat has AIS navigation and knows exactly where the ship is. The destination is the ship. A pilot must get off the pilot boat and climb a ladder onto the ship. Perhaps you should learn about the role of pilots and the procedures before making comments.

[@seikibrian8641]

Richard Casey "Is the pilot captain on drugs?? How could they not see a container ship in broad daylight in good weather?" Are you on drugs? How can you not see that the pilot vessel was meeting up with the ship on purpose, but just misjudged the distance after the final turn.

[@OfficialUSKRprogram]

Misjudged? It's not a fucking race, lol You don't misjudge things on the seas, and worse still you don't ram a container ship with the pilot boat and then brush it off as "meh who cares I misjudged I'm not the one to blame it's the AIS"

[@peggyt1243]

In such close quarters AIS is irrelevant. Please keep in mind that boats do not have brakes. Pilot boats are built strong because they are always ramming/bumping into ships.

[@seikibrian8641]

Melody Storm "You don't misjudge things on the seas..." Then how do you explain this collision? Do you think the skipper purposely hit the container ship that hard? No; he misjudged his maneuver.

[@ralphholiman7401]

Coming in hot!

[@nealefarnell7902]

what collision ? that's the way a skilled skipper pulls in.

[@tomthompson7400]

it really isnt

[@tomthompson7400]

thats one hell of a pilot boat ,,, dents or not

[@thegeneral3094]

It was under control

[@thegeneral3094]

It was as under control

[@tomthompson7400]

@@thegeneral3094 really ,,,, then the captain needs glasses

[@heuhen]

this pilot boat captain, skipped a few pages in the book. he probably belive he could manage to do it all in one turn and totally forget that a large vessel will suck smaller vessel into it! what he should do was to come along side the ship a little a head, keeping a parabel distance of 15-30 meters, match the speed for so gradually lower it position to where the lader is and first then very slowly close in. thus minimize risk of mishap like this

[@ApostlePatrikWiedemann]

seems like he failed approuching :-D

[@conradsealy9603]

Looks like someone forgot their COLREGS. Hmm.

[@chriswood5205]

What collision?. All I see is a pilot boat coming alongside a ship in order to board the pilot. Nothing particularly unusual about that, surely.

[@BracaPhoto]

what is a "pilot boat" ? and if he is coming asking side of him why soooo fast?

[@sarge6870]

Pilot boats are used for Cruise ships and large vessels for bringing them into and out of port. Google it.......

[@meekhinglim4829]

The pilot boat was wrong. It should give way to bigger vessel.

[@tovemaersk]

He was trying to come alongside not pass ahead, which he could have done as he had this vessel on his port side and was stand on.

[@sarge6870]

Mee...guess you don't know what's going on in the video do you...

[@peggyt1243]

The pilot boat must meet up with ships to transport a pilot to the ship. The pilot then climbs a ladder onto the ship, takes over navigational control and brings the ship into port. This happens every hour of every day all over the world.

[@bigkiwial]

peggyt1243 noooooo, really????

[@1_fishin_magician153]

is this how they pull other boats over....* where ever this is ..???

[@CALiiGeddonTwo]

Wouldn't it have been best for that pilot ship to turn left and not right?

[@chriswood5205]

What, and have the pilot board whilst the two ships pass at a relative speed of 20 knots or whatever. I don't think so.

[@dadadreams3000]

prosit!

[@peer2696]

no i dont wood say noob i know the boats this ships dont forgive some misstakes all 2to3 years it give a colision like this dont say noob i think you dont can it better :P

[@chaz353535]

Pilot boat fault and it flat ballaky calm

[@percyfaith11]

Oops.

[@gaelicd8328]

Scuffed paint really

[@nuclearthreat545]

wtf

[@alycecaters9039]

Great footage! I'm a reporter for Caters News and we'd love to include this in a new series we're putting together. If you could email me at [e-mail] that would be great - thanks!