Having worked as a commercial diver. I worked boats where I had to service the propellers of the boat when something got stuck in them. We have lockout procedures to prevent someone inadvertently starting the engines while we are in the water.
@rubix6988 Some boats we worked on didn't have a physical place to lockout the ignition, so we could only tag. The larger boats with an engine room had a physical place for locks and tags
When I was in the coast guard we would board large ships and when we would transfer from our 41 footer we had to climb up this tiny ass ladder, and my fear was always falling in and getting sucked into the screws, I couldn’t think of anything more terrifying, except maybe driving with my mother in law.
On cargo ships, especially ones this size take around 10 minutes to get the propellers to around %60 spin speed, it takes very long because they are so big.
@@Director-M Not At all. From the video you can see the diver next to the propellor and they are tiny! This ship would have to be massive in order to be that size of a propellor, from the video it can be compared to a small fishing vessel. The engines take extremely long to power up considering how many there are, as well as this, propellors dont just start up and start spinning immediately they slowly start spinning ( the slow part doesnt happen on small boats ).
@@Byson1549 my bad I had initially misunderstood you. I thought you originally meant it took 10minutes JUST to build momentum while the engines were already on, but you're also taking into account all the steps in firing up the behemoth engines, and rightfully so. Thanks for sharing! 🤙
Before the engine start the engineers will usually row the engine and the propeller first at a super slow speed and that will be a warning sign for any people that are still in there. The officers will usually check to make sure there’s proper propeller clearance before that tho
@Kyle Doucet you mean you wouldnt believe it until it starts sucking you in, it does not push out, it sucks things in. and that is horrifying to imagine🫠
Aboard merchant ships, signs are posted everywhere "Diver in the Water" and various means are used to ensure that the prop will not be turned for any reason until the divers are out of the water.
In the Navy they would pass the word. "There are divers working over the side, do not rotate screws, cycle rudders, take suction from or discharge to the sea".😮
Me and my Dad swam from one Greek beach to the next and after stopping off for a breather on a shark net, we passed a cruise ship and the anchor chain size blew my mind!!! I looked down to see if I could see the chain underwater and it was pitch black. I proper sh1t myself as all I had was a diving mask and my dad had one too but also a snorkel and flippers. I was about 10 years old and in a swimming club, one level away from swimming for my county. At 42 years old I often look back to that day as Dad said loads of people were looking over the side of the ship at us. Dad is 73 now so he would have been 41. I wouldn't swim out there at my age so my Dad has got bigger balls than me doing that back then. The diver in the video would have been pushed away from the rotor blades as hes behind it. If he was in front of it he would have been sucked into them. I got caught in a rip once around the same age and I got out of it by swimming down and pulling myself along the sand.
@@rock8465cruise ships are large and are usually very far from shore while traveling. If it was traveling between 2 close points chances are it was between the two and quite far offshore. So they were probably amazed that they were so far off shore.
Let me ve the first to tell you it's rather intimidating to be close to one of them big boys in a small craft let me tell you much less swimming around one
My buddy was a Navy diver, now he's an underwater tech and welder. He tells me personal tales like this and it gives me nightmares. Breathing underwater is something else
Something similar happened in the Navy. I was on an aircraft carrier (USS JFK CV-67), and we were doing an underway replenishment with a tender ship. We were traveling side by side about 120 ft. apart. There was cargo, jet fuel, and diesel marine going between our ships. All of a sudden, the two ships started to merge together at a rapid speed. I was on the fantail watching the action. The collision alarm started sounding off, and all of the fuel lines started seperating along with the cargo lines that contained munitions, missiles, and food. Everything fell into the ocean. Then, just like that, the two ships started separating and going into different directions. An investigation found the cause of the near collision was that an electrician accidentally turned off the aft rudder controls so he can fix a water fountain. He got his rank taken from an E-6 down to an E-3.
@robroy9793 funny you mentioned it but yep, he got it fixed. From the story i heard, he was giving the guys hi-5's for making it so they can have cold water to drink. Meanwhile, we're outside wondering how much of us is gonna be left over to bury in a grave after these 2 ships explode into a vapor cloud. There was a s**t load of weapons and fuel on those ships.
I used to be stationed on an aircraft carrier, and let me tell you I had nightmares of being underneath the ship near the propeller. Also capsizing but that’s a different rational fear.
This is actually a fear many divers have. You obviously always want to make sure you’re not in an area where boats pass. But imagine a frighter going over your head and being sucked towards its propellers.
@@any3806 they said that because it's incredibly easy to avoid. The only way to be in danger from it, is to intentionally put yourself in that scenario. Their pointing out that people exaggerate what their "biggest" fear is, this is just "a fear"
I met a guy on a bus in Key West who would have lost his leg if it weren’t for his wet suit, that kept it from floating away. They were able to do surgery and save his leg. You could see the pain in his eyes even after a good time of rehabilitation. He told me that he was cleaning the boat bottom,when someone turned the motor on
They do that in real life. They drive above the anchor with the engines, instead of draging themself to it. This reduses stress on the anchor windlass and makes the whole operation faster.
My great grandfather was in the navy in ww2 he was a underwater welder and had to go by the propellers a few times the thought of this happening was always in the back of his mind
I would hope that anyone in that situation (irl) the force would just thrust you backward and you wouldn't be sucked around because even turning around to swim could require kicking your legs behind you
I’m a diver, I was once asked by the captain to help dis-attangled a rope from his propeller. I told him several times not to start the engine especially the propeller until I resurfaced. He agreed but just as I finished removing the rope, he started the propeller! I was so lucky I was able to get out in time! I scolded him with vulgarity and told him how ungrateful and untrustworthy he was! Another incident was, it happened more than 10 years ago where one of the dive student was not able to control his buoyancy and floated directly onto the propeller! They were on an island having their dive test and the diver needed to be sent back to the mainland! His skull was cracked open and he actually died before reaching the mainland! The coastguard whom was called and supposedly was to meet halfway didn’t even come and the dive boat which was originally was a fisherman’s boat was to slow to reach the mainland! Unfortunate and unforgettable incident!
I was scuba diving in key west ships channel and was able to view a fairly large ship 30 feet from the keel as it passed overhead. They ignored our dive flag. Key west ships channel is about 2-3 miles wide.
The Question is why would you Scube in a Area that's called Ship Channel and expect the ship to honor a gay little flag. You voted for Trump huh. Tell the truth
