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coho ferry runs over and sinks dock today.
- Thread starter starcrafttom
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Don and Brenda
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That's an oh s*** moment, and right in the middle of tourist season! Good thing I'm boating into Sidney instead.
http://www.timescolonist.com/transport- ... h-1.505669
It wasn't the ferry dock and the boat was clear to sail to PA.
It wasn't the ferry dock and the boat was clear to sail to PA.
redbaronace
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And I thought my docking was bad....
starcrafttom
Active member
No it was a sea plane dock and they did not report that they hit it until they left, according to new stories for what they are worth.
PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) - Canadian authorities say a faulty switch caused a 341-foot ferry to crash into an empty dock in Victoria, British Columbia.
The Peninsula Daily News reports ( http://bit.ly/14rwXK0) that the communications safety system failure between the bridge and the engine room caused the MV Coho _ which was bound for Port Angeles _ to splinter a government-owned, former floatplane dock that was empty.
The Canadian Transportation Safety Board's marine investigation unit determined Friday that the crash was caused by an old, faulty switch in the telegraph system. The broken switch was replaced in Port Angeles.
The collision still is being investigated by the U.S. Coast Guard, which is required to participate because the vessel is registered in the U.S.
The Coho has worked the Port Angeles-Victoria route for 53 years.
Pat Anderson
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When I hit a dock, it is a miscommunication between brain and hands, not bridge and engine room! But to leave before reporting it? Is there a marine "hit and run" statute?
Pat Anderson":1k9xh4np said:When I hit a dock, it is a miscommunication between brain and hands, not bridge and engine room! But to leave before reporting it? Is there a marine "hit and run" statute?
There is a requirement to report damage, but I don't know the particulars as far as continuing a trip. I'm going from memory here, but I think the damage limit to report is $500 or any injury/death.
One boat that I drove was "fly by wire"... there are only electrons flowing between the helm, the engines, and the steering. No steering cables. No throttle cables. No shift cables. Fine, until "the brain" in one of the 9 black box connections has a brain fart. Hey, look - we have no steering when the starboard engine goes into "safe mode"!!
I have no idea if the Coho has been "upgraded" to that type of arrangement, but I can understand how stuff like that can happen.
That's a LOT of inertia in something that size.
Best wishes,
Jim