Melbourne Tug Boat Tips Over Towing Ship and Man Overboard

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downallyourstreets - 12 years ago

crikey shackle draggers have no business in a pilot house, period

Eric Deneau - 12 years ago

GET OUT! GET OUT! man over board man...

wfoj21 - 12 years ago

this make me think a video I watched yesterday was "shopped" edited even mroe- this one might - repeat "might" not be a edit job.

unapro3 - 12 years ago

Don't surprise me much, the military think they are the best at everything but their arrogance truly clouds their judgment.

typo368 - 12 years ago

MANN OVERBOARD ,,,,, ,MAAAANNN

firemans333 - 12 years ago

odd title , cause it looked more like the ship was towing the tugboat ( sideways)

Owen Nugent - 12 years ago

Bunch of morons. Amateurs.

7Seil - 12 years ago

@Matveyka1 Верно.Не пойму только почему он буксирный гак не отдал. Как правило при таких манёврах всегда должна быть "рука на товсь".Ну, а если гак заело - рубить.

dipstick3031 - 12 years ago

Sure.. Try to pull a big boat when it gives full speed ahead away from you.. A bunch of amatures on both boats..

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Matveyka1 - 13 years ago

Для избежания такого рода ситуации, делается "бурундук". -Штатный конец буксира одевается одной гашей на кормовой кнехт буксира, а другая гаша того же конца продевается через центральный клюз на палубе буксира и через ту же гашу продевается буксирный конец. Таким образом "бурундук" значительно ограничивает ход гака, в то же время позволяя должным образом маневрировать буксиру и работать с судном.

Bonnie Neuhouser - 13 years ago

ahhhh

CAElite - 13 years ago

Jeeze these people are terrible seamen... IF YOU NEED TO GO OVERBOARD DONT JUMP OFF INTO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL YOU TWONK! If they cable hand snapped they couldve been dragged under the boat or hit in the head by it causing them to die.

Supersteelerfan1 - 13 years ago

@bebajoro77 You would have to, the other way would be hard to get over the other side since it's so slant.

Happy12345 - 13 years ago

@epicunderdog1 wtf?

RickkyP - 13 years ago

Definitely needed that line running through a fairlead aft

Kevin - 13 years ago

@hooarr who was towing whom? :)

HeVsShe TV - 13 years ago

Lol

HeVsShe TV - 13 years ago

Wow cool stuff!!!

annanoli - 13 years ago

@Theriomalstrom sideways towing is common in US waters. Indeed the manoeuvre we see is common abroad. I work as a tug captain. Why didn't they put a stopper on the towline,in order to shift pulling point more aft?

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annanoli - 13 years ago

When towing in that way with traditional tugs you must employ one stopper line in order to shift the pulling point more aft. However there is always the possibility to quick release the towing hook from remote, unless the hook itself reaches it's own maximum angle. In that case you have to wait the line to break. Why didn't they use the stopper?

77roadhog - 13 years ago

Tug a bit too small for the job? Fuck me, when the tide can drag your vessel, it is time to upgrade.... And, the "tow vessel"sure aint big, check out the camera angle!

Kamikazeman00 - 13 years ago

TIP for TUG captains: YOUR DRIVING A TUG! TUG EM OUTTA pORT DONT LET EM TUG U!

gogetassj4isawsome - 13 years ago

@hooarr actually the boat went so far it pushed them into the water

Kait Seth - 13 years ago

DO A BARREL ROLL!

BJ Blackwood - 13 years ago

@bebajoro77 well said. getting caught in the cabin when the tug flips, or even worse, being pushed into the engine room would be a bad day.

weseyedwalk - 14 years ago

what a fat ass!

FadedBlanco - 14 years ago

lol

FadedBlanco - 14 years ago

Overwheight sailors

BigBitch - 14 years ago

@hooarr 3 men did

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Erick Witteveen - 14 years ago

@BelgianEvo i think that tugboat wasn't dutch (dutch people are too careful)

Erick Witteveen - 14 years ago

@BelgianEvo the dutchies are good sailors:P and a bit too careful, so i think that tugboat was not dutch.

Nick B - 14 years ago

i like how right when the guys jump off the cable snaps and the boat rolld back over

97Arran - 14 years ago

@bebajoro77 And leave the doors open lol not good!!!

cjellwood - 14 years ago

gay overboard? 0:15

Muzic Trax - 14 years ago

The ship was towing the tug, lol

peaceowassis - 14 years ago

AHAHA right when they jump off he boat comes back up!

MuskateerGripWeed - 14 years ago

ha ha ha buttheads, looks more like the ferry was tugging the boat along with it..

fjvideo - 14 years ago

CUT THE LINES, CUT THE LINES!

Sterlingjob - 14 years ago

Wheres the Aussie sense of adventure?!

rabia413 - 14 years ago

meeennnnn those 2 guys were really heavy...as soon as they jumped out the boat when back to normal

jim jenks - 14 years ago

Lesson without words, really, never get side on to the direction of pull!

AlexC - 14 years ago

lol, after they jumped off the boat it came back to its position, those guys on the boat must weight really much XD

awolfpack343 - 14 years ago

wow the boat goes back right after he jumps off

ozdocoman - 14 years ago

So tell me, why are so many of your high skilled workers comming over here, dumb smuck!!

Ash - 14 years ago

everyone has accidents dude dont hate on us just because our country is better

Vivian Richards - 14 years ago

How do I get a Job(seriously) on the tug boat especially that one do I have to join the navy or what , that looks funny as shit by the way I from Melbiurne I thought they didn't have tug boats in Melbourne

themanosk - 14 years ago

i am pilot and i was having almost the same accident but i stoped the ship and i was making full astern both engines after that the crew of the tug fount time to release the hook

strozer123 - 15 years ago

wouldnt they be runned over by their own boat had it taken its "normal" course of action and the line hadnt released?

Daniel - 15 years ago

As soon as the guys jumped off it went back to normal...

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virus56777 - 15 years ago

yes this is very funny

MultiMooncat - 15 years ago

Yes, the tow rope can be seen in right bottom side of the picture

Tania Dottie - 15 years ago

this is NOT funny AT ALL.

MrSiraff - 15 years ago

New guy....

realkingkado - 15 years ago

you cant beat a XXXX

Glenn Eirik Hansen - 15 years ago

It' was probably just hanging behind in case it would be needed later.

tpvalley - 15 years ago

I just wondered why both vessels were pulling in opposing directions!

Glenn Eirik Hansen - 15 years ago

This tug is escorting a much larger vessel out of the harbour, focusing on turning the stern. This situation went from good to bad in a matter of seconds, and there is no way a larger vessel can react that fast. Thankfully, the emergency release seemed to work properly.

tpvalley - 15 years ago

Why was the ship powering forward when the tug is side on to the stern?

tpvalley - 15 years ago

Fat bastards almost tipped it over!lol!

pandajam09 - 15 years ago

did the rope snap?

Alistair Foden - 15 years ago

WTF were they playing at!?!

John O'Neill - 15 years ago

What ever happened, this is still good footage of a tug getting "tripped". Maybe you call it girting in Australia?

awolfpack343 - 15 years ago

dude as soon as they jump off is goes but up

Adam Schwartz - 15 years ago

you can see one of the men back up against the wall when there is a door right next to him.....xD

tugsri - 15 years ago

Rule #1 of short towing and assist work-SHUT THE F'N HATCHES!!!!!

mdmf007 - 15 years ago

Thats what happens when a conventional tries to do the job of a Z or Voith Schneider drive. Doors should have been closed, and the winch should have certainly been paying out wire until it pulled it right off the drum. 3 MOB - ridiculous

Gaz Mac - 15 years ago

I work on ASD tugs and this tug in this video is a conventional single or twin screw This type of tug on the stern of a ship at that speed was asking for trouble they dont have the power or manuverability to hold position whilst doing this . once they start going out of line and start getting girted the only option is to release the tow !!!!!!

Zickcermacity - 16 years ago

You can tip a waitress, but you CAN'T tip a TUG!! ;)

DocterJones - 16 years ago

I am working for McAllister Tugs and when we are braking a ship we are usually on the shoulder though we did have one container ship today that was very wide and we were on the stern....but we got a 3000hp tractor in which we just pulled astern....no fancy trying to do like that guy did...probably has twin direct drives with korts, good for power but not so much manuvering as without them.

hooarr - 16 years ago

the tug was towing a ship out of a dock in melbourne australia when this happened

hooarr - 16 years ago

hi the video is from melbourne austraila and my nickname is from the alpachino movie called scent of a woman.

1958johndeere620 - 16 years ago

Looks like tug may have lost power.

ShippingHarbors - 16 years ago

I'm also a tugboat captain ;) But not on tugs with a single propeller or ASD. Ours have Voith Schneider Propellers. On your nickname i think you are a captain in Holland. Isn't it that the bugsier tugs sail in Rotterdam? Or am i wrong? Grtz

ShippingHarbors - 16 years ago

I think the speed is not so high though. Maximum 6 knots or so. It's not the pilots error. I think the tug has an error and that way came in the wrong position ....

owned45 - 16 years ago

lol

hooarr - 16 years ago

it looks like 3 men jump overboard

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