“Wec van Ruysdael” crashes into “Paula” on starboard side and steering to hard to port..
Watch the collision in the bolbous bow. The collision lasted for about 0:05 secs. The yaw of the WEC Line ship sez so. For all their really low speed these ship probably pack more inertia than a train moving at 10 times the speed.
Perceptions :
Twentsekoffieleut 1 year ago
Based on the surrounding (for a brief moment you can see the industrial area of Moerdijk) and the titel of the movie; the accident happened at the river crossing of ‘Hollands Diep’ and the ‘Dordtsche Kil’. I assume that the ship came from the east and had to go to the north. For this, ‘Wec van Ruysdael’ had to take a sharp turn to the right, but the ship (probably) moved to fast and ended up on the wrong side of the river ‘Dordtsche Kil’
RSBSTEADICAM 3 years ago in reply to Everett Cox
The Federal Rules of the Road mandate the turn to Starboard. As a MC myself I always envision a courtroom but somehow rule #3 is always the first violated!
The green ship was at fault.
arvind soorada 2 years ago in reply to ondaquadra
when you know the collision cannot be avoided the best thing to do is take it it on the bow because the bow is a collision bulkhead it is much thicker than any part of the ship and is strengthened for the same purpose !
Source: Ronald Verkerk on YouTube
