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EX500rider

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11. I understand stuck in reverse, I don't understand not being able to kill the engine

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #10)

Tue May 20, 2025, 08:13 PM

May 20

Diesels usually have an air inlet valve you can close that will shut her down, and even if the anchors dragged they might have slowed her down some to get more people on deck, and if the topmasts are going to hit a bridge, to hell with the harnesses unbuckle and scramble down. We never harnessed aloft and I've gone up in a force nine in the English Channel riding the gaff and I had to get over to the spreader arm and then back down to the deck.
I don't believe the court of inquiry is going to be very complimentary to the Command Decisions

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Radio calls asked tugs for help 45 seconds before Mexican ship hit Brooklyn Bridge, officials say [View all] BumRushDaShow May 20 OP

So it seems its engines had got stuck in reverse muriel_volestrangler May 20 #1

I thought the wind plus the current provided enough power to accelerate the boat at full sail. TheRickles May 20 #2

There were no sails up; the ship was going backwards muriel_volestrangler May 20 #3

No sails up? I guess it's time for another theory.... TheRickles May 20 #6

Coast Guard would have told him to wait an hour! kiri May 20 #4

A current of 0.3 knots is not a problem muriel_volestrangler May 20 #5

Thanks for this video! PJMcK May 20 #7

I was wrong kiri May 20 #8

Stuck in reverse I understand...not being able to kill the engine I do not.. EX500rider May 20 #9

If you look at that video analysis posted upthread BumRushDaShow May 20 #10

I understand stuck in reverse, I don't understand not being able to kill the engine EX500rider May 20 #11

I remember the earliest report mentioned some kind of "power failure" BumRushDaShow May 20 #12

Large diesel can "runaway" so they will have a air inlet valve to close which will shut her down if she wants to or not. EX500rider May 20 #13

Well as I understand BumRushDaShow May 20 #14

I get that, I was a Sea Cadet for 3 years but if they are aloft they should have some sea time under their belts EX500rider May 20 #15

There are a pile of tourist videos floating around BumRushDaShow May 21 #16

TY I &family saw Operation Sail back in '76. We lived relatively near the George Washington Bridge, and walked down.... electric_blue68 May 21 #17