Learn To Drive (A Cruise Ship)

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In this video we take a look at the basics of ship handling, illustrating how a cruise ship can manoeuvre in a tight space.
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[@ErraticHail]

4:06 Comically wide ship, that sounds like meme material right there.

[@Cowboy_Foradalei]

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[@asard3657]

I'm starting education towards becoming a ship captain and this is very informative and interesting. Thanks for the content!

[@jamesm2785]

I'm just curious, where do you go to study that?

[@CasualNavigation]

Good luck with your training Adrian

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

@@jamesm2785 maritime academy's there are many around the world and on both coasts of the US

[@DJclonk]

@@jamesm2785 Ship school.

[@jamesm2785]

@@thereissomecoolstuff thanks!

[@RafaleB]

I'm not a ship or a maritime person, but I'm binge watching all of your videos

[@CasualNavigation]

Glad you are enjoying them Rafale

[@eamonia]

Likewise man. There's just something so intrinsically badass about having a well versed knowledge of the sea, ships and sailing and so on. So cool...

[@KosmiQ22]

Same. I don't even really like ship's but this channel has made me appreciate them.

[@TheUnknownDutchman]

Lets all appreciate the immense amount of work that must get into making these (fantastic) video’s. Love them allmost every time!

[@CasualNavigation]

Cheers Christiaan

[@johanan5790]

Hey can I get some passangers? only a shipful *Comically wide ship docks*

[@dirtypure2023]

That comically wide ship actually made me chuckle.

[@riley8704]

When there's a new Casual Navigation video it doesn't matter what you're currently watching. You click on it.

[@CasualNavigation]

Thanks Riley. Its great to have your support

[@riley8704]

@@CasualNavigation You've earned it! I don't support those that aren't worth my time.

[@charliethenecromancer4422]

In 20 episodes he'll be teaching us how to build warships, then he'll have his own Navy to rule the seas

[@waverleyjournalise5757]

One of the many, many things I love about your channel is the attention to detail. White Star Pier 54, nicely done

[@CasualNavigation]

Thanks Will. Top marks for noticing 👍

[@Intel-i7-9700k]

4:06 "comically wide ship" *w i d e p u t i n wants to know your location*

[@mantatrip9319]

28.03.2021> Suez wants to know your location

[@IWLDELJ]

When I was a towboat pilot, we didn't have a bow thruster, but you could walk directly sideways because we had flanking rudders in addition to our normal rudders.

[@mostly3577]

Yo so I’m a senior sea cadet in my corps and I staff at a lot of sail weekend so the small/single propeller boat maneuvering was big help. I’d like to thank you for that video. Thank you.

[@CasualNavigation]

Glad it was useful Liam

[@Captain_Flippers]

I have still have a question, what if your ship only has one bow thruster and one screw configuration with one rudder on a small sailing boat? How is someone supposed to parallel park something with the same elegance as the examples you have given? Thanks big fan of your work!

[@CasualNavigation]

Thanks That Guy. Check out my video on Left Handed ships. I describe a little bit of single screw ship handling

[@PanzerDave]

While I haven't seen the video he suggests, there are things you can do that will work quite well. I have three sailboats and not one has a bow thruster. On the other hand you can use prop walk to help you dock. The best thing you can do is to practice. While I can't parallel park most of the time, I can dock it with no issues the vast majority of the time. As he mentions in this video, weather, and currents depending upon where you are docking may cause problems, in which case you may need the assistance of someone on the pier. Most of the time you don't need to parallel park. By the way, it is a well known rule that the more people are watching, the more something will go wrong! Good luck with your docking!

[@Mediumdave1983]

@@CasualNavigation Have you done a video on azipods too please? :) Love your channel thanks!

[@alastairlord]

We have a single screw boat with a bow thruster. To move (say) sideways to the left, first turn the rudder to full right. Give a squirt of forward throttle which, with the rudder set right will kick the stern to the left. At the same time apply bow thruster left to counteract the turning motion from the rudder. So now the boat is moving left. It’s also moving a little forward now, so then apply a squirt of reverse. No need to adjust the rudder (still full right) because it has almost no effect in reverse (see casual navigation video as to why). Repeat this cycle of forward/thruster/reverse to continue moving left. Presto! I find it easier than reverse parallel parking in my car!

[@averagejoey2000]

you can use "back and fill". alternate quickly between "right rudder astern engine" and "left rudder forward engine" or vice versa depending on which way you want to go, you use stored momentum from turning, switch gears, and turning the opposite direction cancels much of the momentum fore and aft, leaving you with a turning moment and some transverse force. you can pivot turn a single screw, it's just hard

[@davidnunoruano3283]

Parking parallel? Better: berthing( or mooring) alongside. Thank you for your videos. They are amazing.

[@fecu2394]

I had no idea I was so interested in shipping. Thank you.

[@edwin3928ohd]

I literally clicked off a history guy video for this.

[@JohanKylander]

Clicked off of Historia Civillis for this.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

I finished a Jack Rackam video before this.

[@ernestoglez6725]

Clicked off Lindybeige

[@JohnSmith-qe7gx]

And I watched that VASAviation's video 20 minutes before this and recognized your avatar. The small world of popular KZbin videos...

[@MrRose12]

I clicked off a life noggin one for this

[@captain007_6]

Many smaller ships with no bow thruster still have to walk into docks just using 2 rear thrusters and it’s a nice practice to see. So much skill goes into.

[@dirtypure2023]

Why do I find these so interesting? Another inexplicably fascinating video about large ships. Thank you 👍

[@CasualNavigation]

Thanks dirty pure. Glad you enjoyed it

[@milindkhamkar]

I have a playlist for some amazing informative videos and your videos always end up getting in it.

[@anchorjam5590]

Hi there, I loved the video! I would love to see a video in the future comparing different propulsion systems: Maybe propeller vs Waterjet vs Voith Schneider comparing their strengths and weaknesses! More advanced ship handling videos (if there are more advanced techniques) would also be very interesting! Keep up the great work!

[@3seven5seven1nine9]

The music for that parallel parking explanation got me over hyped for parallel parking, man

[@RealBelisariusCawl]

There’s just something beautiful about piloting a massive piece of machinery like it was a feather on the wind. The skill of the helmsmen. 😚 👌

[@n.e.v.e.r]

As always, very interesting and informative!

[@CasualNavigation]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ChrisFrameOfficial]

Your videos are always excellent!

[@jacktraveller8290]

This is great. I've always wondered about this stuff when taking ferries.

[@MrAchile13]

I really enjoy this channel, I hope it will have a steady growth!

[@CasualNavigation]

Cheers MrAchile13

[@JeffrevinYT]

everybody: comically w i d e ship *w i d e* putin is on that ship.

[@TxHornyToad]

I was on a smallish cruise ship (700 passengers) and the captain had to dock with a strong wind blowing it onto the dock. He dropped the bow anchor short of the dock to help control the drift and to pull the boat off the dock in case the bow thrusters couldn’t handle it.

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

I’m reading The Alexander Inheritance by Eric Flint, it’s about a cruise ship that gets sent back in time to the Mediterranean Sea right after Alexander the Great died. At one point they get attacked by the local navy so they just hit reverse and smash the hell out of the enemy ship.

[@HarryWHill-GA]

It is a good bit more difficult with a single screw frigate. Amazing things can be done with spring lines and fenders. That is some serious ship handling.

[@nonormann6425]

Great and informative video! It seems i am not alone in liking this technical ship content. Can you in the future do a more in depth video about a ships engine system, like main motor startup procedure and support systems? How do seagoing carriers generate freshwater? How can subsea vessels make a hole in the ship (moonpool) without sinking? Different hull designs (UT, wave piercers, catamarans etc) Keep up the good videos!

[@CasualNavigation]

Thanks for the suggestions. A few of those would make great topics

[@hbongos]

excellent channel with easy to understand animations

[@CasualNavigation]

Thanks Humza

[@BGsModelWorkshop]

Fascinating info! Very glad you are posting videos again!

[@benderbendingrofriguez3300]

could you make a video explaining what is a port of registration,which country is the most popular for registered a ship and why?

[@jonahkey9313]

I love the epic music near the end

[@ianotimelord]

Always fascinates me the way ships turn. Great video. Hey ever cover Car Ferries?

[@Jonnyicey]

Nice video and channel you have, I'm also a marine pilot but still enjoy watching these kind of videos :)

[@CasualNavigation]

Thanks John. Glad to have you here

[@joostvanderhave8628]

The details in your videos, you make cargo ships sail to/from Rotterdam port and the cruise ships from England.

[@carloscastell7228]

I watched all, I didn't know that I needed to know this, now i want more.

[@RAMA-gu8cs]

I love the fact that its was a tutorial style video like we will drive a big ship in short time

[@chrisj2848]

Great Video. Thanks for creating such great content!

[@CasualNavigation]

Cheers Chris

[@CrankyPantss]

That was very well explained. The graphics were great. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@alastairlord]

I love your channel, this stuff is so interesting! And to think, cruise ships at their vast scale use pretty much the same techniques as tiny little pleasure craft.

[@martijnheil8825]

It's becoming kind of standard to have a bow thruster these days, but in the olden days you only had a single engine with fixed propellor and 1 rudder. Manouvring that into a berth is only possible by clever use of mooring lines during the manouvre.

[@FreeSpiritsII]

Hi @@martijnheil8825 I know just what you mean - a few months ago the bow thruster on our boat failed as we came in to moor at an overnight stop. Our boat has a single engine, a fixed prop and 1 rudder. I spent the evening boning up on the use of mooring lines to get in and out of berths in various situations without a thruster, and then spent the following day doing it for real as we made our way downstream on the Thames, through multiple locks toward our home berth. I was a sweaty mess by the end of the day, but also pleased to have managed the Old School techniques without smashing the boat to pieces. I am pleased to have the bow thruster back in operation, though secretly smug that I managed without it for a day!

[@rozinaakter7147]

Very amazing video. Best of luck for the future videos

[@CWoyka]

Great video! An in-depth video on pivot points would be really useful. How and why they move, etc. Loving the content.

[@504RoadTrips]

Very interesting. After a lifetime of watching the ferries in New Orleans dock, I always wondered how they moved them sideways. I didn’t know about the side thrusters. Figured it worked like a giant Jet Ski.

[@thelionwatches828]

If a ship with no bow thrusters is turned with only the propeller and rudder, the pivot should be close to the bow because the thrust is on the stern.

[@Sceme1991]

Without azimuth thrusters you can't really direct the thrust anywhere but directly backwards when you're on reverse. Rudders only work when the propeller moves water thru them or when you have enough backwards movement. If you have two propellers you could use the other one to push the aft sideways and other on reverse to cancel the forward movement and then just keep the bow in line with the bow thrusters.

[@grantp287]

Thanks for helping me, I was kinda in a pickle with this 150,000 ton ship I found on the side of the road blocking the lane

[@SavageDragon999]

This is a very useful video. I'll watch this before buying some cruise ships,

[@equinehax]

Thanks for the video. This'll come in handy when I end up piloting a cruise ship at some point in my life

[@JDnBeastlet]

Thanks for the well thought out description and excellent animation. I learned a lot!

[@itswift]

love the sound effect when switching to the azimuth propeller!

[@FerralVideo]

I tend to see ships with stern thrusters, but it's really cool to see how those with just split screws and bow thrusters can maneuver just as well.

[@diggidong470]

All my respect for you captains out there!

[@quekvincent5981]

chanced upon this video. I learnt something new. Liked & subsrcibed

[@gunner678]

I was waiting to board a Greek cruise ship in the 1980s in Rhodes. The ship majestically glided in towards the berth, only to collide with a moored Russian cruise ship. Now sporting a huge hole in the bow, about 2 metres above the waterline, the ship was spun about and backed into the berth. Why they bothered I don't know. We all saw the accident, so they were not kidding anyone. A year later, that same cruise ship went down off the Cape, south Africa. The British entertainment crew remained aboard to help the passengers abandon ship, whilst the captain and merchant crew evacuated themselves at the first sign of trouble. The ship I'm sure you know was the 'Oceanos' of the Eportiki line.

[@Killmonize]

I love how it was set at pev. Very informative

[@ianoliver3879]

Very good clean stuff. Thank you.

[@tilenjk02]

5:56 That is M/T Sveti Krševan from company Jadrolinija and this town is Orebić.

[@carsrulezk]

I remember how we had a cabin on the back of the ship, and just awakening in the morning to an earthquake as it was maneuvering 😂

[@peggyt1243]

It seems to me that cargo ships in the USA are required to have tug assist both fore and aft. I watch in Miami. Canadian cargo ships on the Great Lakes dock without tugs. The newer ships have a bow thruster but the old ships my father was on years ago did not; one engine and one rudder for a ship of 150 to 200 meters. Ships sometimes would dock late at night and had to be completely self sufficient as there was no shore crew. The ships would lower one deck hand down from a swing out boom. The ships would use the steel lines to pull the ship in. A lot of maneuvering was done with the lines and winches. It is interesting that cargo ships, both Canadian and American go through the canals and locks unassisted but US navy vessels always have a tug assist.

[@CasualNavigation]

I guess its because navy ships have less commercial pressure so can afford extra tugs

[@peggyt1243]

@@CasualNavigation I don't suppose you heard about the brand new USS Billings that was maneuvering in Montreal harbour last year (August 2019).. As soon as the tug let go, control was lost and the navy ship collided with a Canadian cargo ship that was moored. The captain was replaced.

[@CasualNavigation]

I hadn't heard of that one before

[@peggyt1243]

@@CasualNavigation I had the date wrong. It was June 2019. www.upi.com/Defense-News/2019/06/27/USS-Billings-undergoing-repairs-in-Montreal-after-striking-moored-ship/3621561640852/

[@allfootball6950]

Love your videos so much I watch them all the time keep making these types of videos

[@brendonbasiga]

I love your videos. Please keep them coming. You're very talented!

[@SWillTiamG]

You could also use prop walk to bring the stern in

[@ABH313]

This video was especially well done 👍 thank you

[@cruiseshipdeckhand8384]

I've been a quartermaster on big cruiship for ten years and counting. You really explain it will! It gives me an idea on making a time lapse video on how the bridge team interacts each other. Its very intence how the team work specialy in ports like miami fl,turning basin,nassau bahamas and the most deadly! hard to manuever port as of my experience( cozumel Mexico ) port puerta maya

[@cruiseshipdeckhand8384]

Just to mention cruiship CARNIVAL VICTORY smash It's stern to the dolpin on puerta maya mexico during a turn, happened last year if I'm not mistaken.

[@CasualNavigation]

I think I saw a video of that somewhere

[@djmarinerjosh5808]

Cozumel is very easy so Puerto Maya as there is no break water..i have sailed on carnival ships in deck dept...now I am chief officer on dp vsls ..

[@jacobwilson3115]

Great video! Keep it up

[@marieantoinette6058]

This is the same method used for moving large multi ton stone blocks when perhaps constructing a pyramid or three or more... Pivot points and whatnot, but on land, with rocks and wood planks and the might of a single individual.

[@JimboJamboJames]

ooooo the end bit is very relevant at the moment haha

[@ratthew42]

How about a video with the pods for maneuverability? They seem kind of like a stern drive on smaller boats, so I’d expect it to be kind of similar? But maybe not?

[@myFailedProductions]

I've never even been on a boat, but this is really cool!

[@Josh-ez3mb]

Extremely well done and easy to understand!

[@JustMe00257]

This channel is exemplary.

[@JuiceExMachina]

This has nothing to do with what i do whatsoever and id never even thought about this topic nor that it would have any depth to it or that it would interest me, but it does. Thanks for making these videos 👍

[@CasualNavigation]

Thanks Juice. Glad you found it interesting

[@AJDeere]

Video Idea on how ship breaking works and why everything is sent to India and just a video generally about the topic.

[@Tsirkon]

I already some of this , but some of the stuff here where I learn is literally from a game that was realesed in 2008 ( but the graphics are still amazing , not gonna lie ) but anyways thanks for the info!

[@3320karlis]

Please make a video on how ship engines start up - do they use battery? How big is it?

[@weirdnomad8868]

Can you make a video on what the rudder needs to be cut perfectly to prevent too much vibration in a ship when it's moving?

[@jillfrussell]

Very nicely done!

[@Mesozoic_mammal]

Thanks for the cool videos! Can you do something on sailing vessels?

[@CasualNavigation]

I do want to cover sailing vessels some time as it would be a good challenge trying to animate sails and things

[@Villanelle1783]

This is like showing how a bow thrusters work

[@rickyjohnbaldoque8433]

Who would win? A turning cruise ship? or A wide docking cruisy boi

[@meax2499]

I love the video! Please do a why don't ships/boats use headlights! Thanks!

[@CasualNavigation]

Cheers meax2499. Great idea!

[@BobjrsGaming]

Another amazing video! Keep it up!

[@CasualNavigation]

Thanks Bobs Gaming Extravaganza

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

Splitting the sticks is known as differential thrust in the sky.

[@JFtwo]

07.00 manouver is not like that, the carachteristic manouver you tell is can work in twin Hamilton jet Boat ship, and not working in twin screw with bowtruster. The correct situation manouver in 07.00 is Starboard engine reverse and port engine ahead and steering hard to starboard and bowtruster to the left

[@Humongous_Pig_Benis]

0:03 Pulling the ship's handbrake! Having fun, eh? :D

[@CuoreSportivo]

thank you, now i know how to park a ship that's the size of my village.

[@wi.llclay]

very nice video!

[@CasualNavigation]

Thanks cold spaghetti

[@stephanieparker1250]

Amazing machines!

[@Thebluernemace]

comically large spoon? nah comically wide ship? hell yeah

[@johnthegreek7356]

Awesome video! Isn't there some sort of Autopilot that can park the ship at the desired location? Basically something that does all the balancing

[@CasualNavigation]

There is, but its still better to do it manually. If the autopilot applies too much power, by the time you notice it could be too late

[@johnthegreek7356]

@@CasualNavigation you do have a point sir!

[@CasualNavigation]

Plus, the ship handling is the fun part of the job

[@seraphina985]

@@CasualNavigation Can't say I've ever piloted a ship but my experience flying aircraft would agree there especially in turbulent conditions, autoland works great in good conditions but in turbulence, I wouldn't trust it on landing, too little air beneath you if it gets it wrong. I've always assumed similar applied with ships operating near land is like operating an aircraft in close proximity to the ground options to recover are slim to none in that situation. Though that does raise the question if you are having problems stabilizing the motion of the ship do you abort docking and head to a safe distance from land in the same way an aircraft aborts the landing if they don't have a stable approach?

[@maxjokestar5577]

Great content thanks! I would like to suggest you to use adobe audition and Noise reduction option to remove noise from background. Plus to buy microphone Audiotechnika Atr2100X it is not catching noise around, just you voice in front of the mic or Samson Q2U

[@Strelnikov403]

Can you potentially do an "advanced" version of this video, including more challenging problems like weather helm, traffic, currents, etc?

[@CasualNavigation]

I am working on a way of making slightly more advanced tutorials as I do enjoy making them

[@blackbox-music7637]

Tokyo drifting a cruise ship? I'm in!

[@Lebowski69]

4:31 that sound

[@inspirion5500]

Did you know there are titanic parking simulators? YUP! Those games exist

[@cheyennereynoso4116]

Can you please cover the current crisis in the Suez Canal with the Evergiven cargo ship? Please 🙂

[@floring480]

But mostly all vessels has just one rudder and one propeller, and maybe bow thruster, I'm on board now and I can't keep up with your uploading and I don't know if you have one video with this, is nice to explain some berthing methods with such vessels.

[@benyoucef0863]

Wondering why tankers are not equipped with this system! Some needs up to six tugs for berthing.

[@Harry-xu2yn]

My guess is that it's because Tankers operate similar to the old ocean liners, by that I mean the routes are consistent and long, so they can afford to have tugs at the end of the journey (like he said at the start of the video, such a long journey can justify it) Also they're a lot bigger than cruise ships so you'd need a pretty big bow thruster

[@gergokerekes4550]

they only stop at 2 docks, and those routes are pretty well traveled so it is worth it to keeps some tugs in work there as they are profitable.

[@CasualNavigation]

Its a trade off as thrusters and engines take up space. It can be financially better to carry extra cargo instead sometimes