American Courage Blasts Careless Powerboat on the Cuyahoga River 

It would have been so easy for the boat turning 180° to wait just another 60 seconds for the ship to be out of the way. What was the hurry?

Inland rules: 5 blasts is noted in the ships record and the name of the vessel involved.

I need to upgrade my train horn on my truck to a ship horn. .. . That was great!!!!

That sailboat is an Ericson 35, a boat designed by Bruce King which sails as good as it looks. That one seems to be beautifully maintained.

I don’t care if that captain messed up or didn’t. If I seen that freighter coming in through a narrow river like that I would move away from it. You never know when the bow or stern thrusters are going to kick in. You never know when something can go wrong. She’s too huge to mess with. I definitely know enough to respect something that huge . I’m always amazed on how the captains of those huge freighters can maneuver them through narrow spaces like that. I’m glad no one got hurt.

... when a vessel that size is telling you the situation is dangerous, you should probably pay attention. Here's a hint, skippy: if it outweighs you by that many orders of magnitude, NOBODY cares how much you paid for your hardtop... you can still get cut in half and it'll be your fault.

Beautiful sailboat. I was on the river earlier in the day and you should really be ahead of the game with the big boats and their bow thrusters. You can see he got into their's.

I bet money he had no clue what the 5 blasts meant!

The American courage has blasted the horn 5 times so that's a warning horn to tell that boat to get out of the way.

Money in your pocket does not necessarily equal intelligence between your ears.

Stay out of the freighters way on The Cuyahoga!

Always a Sea Ray owner

Sea Rays are the Dodge trucks of the water

Credit card captain.

In the UK the guy would get a visit and fine from the harbour authority.

That sailboat looked gorgeous.

Beautiful Ericcson 35

Probably has no idea of what a bow thruster is or how large and powerful it is on a ship of this size, It could easily propel him into the docked craft along the bulkhead if it was needed.

Steel wins, always.

I'm rich!! I'M ENTITLED!!!

Poor very poor captain paying no attention to the ship.

1:05 The honking starts!

Suprised he isnt blasting inappropriate music.

That river caught fire a few years back.

Pity about your failure to win a Reverse Darwin Award, Sea Ray - better luck next time! (and I'm damn sure you WILL have a 'next time' . . . )

but... but... I'm entitled!!!

Alcohol was involved probably, or just a putz.

couldn't be late for cocktail hour I guess

5 short = unsure of your intentions

Regardless the size of a vessel - from a rowboat to a large merchant ship, if you do not follow the Colregs (International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, aka 'rules of the road'), you will be held accountable for your actions and results thereof, before the courts. A case in point that all small craft, including sailboats, should always keep in mind, is Rule 9 - Narrow Channels, in particular sections 'a' and 'b' - "a vessel < 20 metres in length shall not impede the passage of a vessel which can safely navigate only within a narrow channel or fairway". Also Rule 18 - Responsibilities between Vessels; in sections 'a', 'b' & 'c', it is stated "a vessel underway shall keep out of the way of a vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre". Clearly, the large pleasure craft just off the port side of the "American Courage" was in contravention of said rules. He should have been charged and fined by the USCG.

There's always one !

22 year boater, I don't see what the infraction of the Sea Ray was. He was abeam of the freighter, and executed a turn while still abeam of the freighter. Maybe during the turn he came closer to the freighter than he was while parallel, but should have posed no greater threat of collision while turning than he did while going forward. Like another commentor stated, it is not obvious that the horn blasts were directed at the Sea Ray.

I'm a navigation noob. What's the faux pas here?

Arrogance and conceit - nobody else is important, just me, I can do what-ever I want when-ever I want. You have no right to question my actions. Sounds kinda familiar from a certain class of person.

How do these foolish captains get their license??

Maybe you're a landlubber...who can't stand criticism...It's called a ship's whistle

For once it's not a tiny sailboat that's the nuisance to a freighter.

Lots of money, No skills = No Brains

Big money means big inconsideration

Money can't buy everything...........

A few of the commenters here have a serious case of class envy... holy cow keyboard warriors

I don’t know why he blasted him.. looks like he handled it like a champ.

Dude wasn’t in the ships way at all.Confused as to what the problem was.Nothing happened.

Personally Im good with the floating human excrement. The Cuyahoga is as repugnant as the Hudson in even more repulsive NYC

Big whoop!! Who cares?! NOBODY!!

What was the idiot in the sail boat doing? Kept squeezing the other guy. It’s like watching someone drive around looking for a parking spot in the Mall.

Nothing to see here. The operator of the ship was acting in accordance with Colreg rule 34. An international set of rules that almost every maritme law court on planet earth operates by. No malice, no attitude, no admonishing. How do you know it had anything to do with the boat that was docking? If I was piloting that ship I would mostly be looking astern to see what I was going to hit back there because it appears to be operating under astern propulsion. The main rule is one from physics, I'm bigger and I will win any bumping competition.

Nonsense. There’s nothing going on here apart from a poster who knows how to generate clicks.

I don't see what the big deal is. The operator of the white boat performed a flawless manoeuvre and is clearly skilled. It ain't like he risked damaging the ship.

Yes, but they're rich. Rules and courtesy don't apply.

Entitled rich people

AC Captain is a bit of a drama queen!

RU-vid censorship is bulshito

When you have more money than brains!

I don't believe the 5 horn blasts were for the searay. It is common for large vessels to sound 5 horns when reversing in tight confines, when leaving a berth and when approaching a rail bridge.

Just his way of joining the festivities, nothing more.