Teignmouth - Will that ship fit? 

Excellent maneuvering in a confined space . Nice to see competent ship handling.

Exceptionally talented skipper and the tug helping him with directions. Beautiful place to live, visited many times.

I live here and it was really interesting seeing not only the ship docking but the town from this perspective. Beautifully filmed, thank you.

I used to work there. In the days before bow and stern thrusters made that turn relatively easy

WOW The Captain knows how to handle that ship. That was a lesson in handling a ship. 👍 So smooth it almost didn't look real.

Used to work for a firm called Bibby's at Dunball on the River Parrot in Somerset, the grain boat used to turn by driving the nose into the mud bank, then let the current drag it round before reversing out to moor up at the wharf. First time I saw it, I ran off to tell the manager it had crashed. 😁

For the many years we have been going to Shaldon to meet up with our good friends and spend a long weekend in the pubs and restaurants in Shaldon and surrounding areas. The pubs are well known to our very good mate and his family, who lives in the village of Shaldon. One night a few years ago at closing time we left the London Inn or The Ferry Boat and saw this ship straddling the harbour entrance ... it was stuck fast...... with a lot of verbal assistance from the sixth of us !!! the Lifeboat and the Pilot boat also assisted us, in eventually sorting it out. Its a very fierce current. We received no recognition for this!!! We will be down there again on Friday. See you then Kevin! Great place Shaldon. My Uncle Case was Chief Pilot for Rotterdam, busiest port in the world, he would have greatly appreiated this seamanship, as would my dad, Commodore of the Texaco Fleet.

Massive iron ballet there! Cheers to Captain and crew for the performance!

As a captain of a similar sized vessel but never having been to Teignmouth I found this very interesting. Thank you for the upload.

I used to holiday there as a kid & was always on the dock fishing , i have seen that so many times , the pilots that go out in all weathers to bring those ships in are so brave , sometimes in huge seas

I am sure the skipper is very talented, but it’s probably equally down to the Pilot ! The boat is ‘light’ i.e. coming to collect cargo which will probably be China Clay bound for Holland. Fantastic drone photography, thank you for posting 👍

Beautifully carried out and the Captain did walk his stern twice.

I live in teignmouth and did. see this boat entering

Well done there by the skipper. Spun that mother round and lined her up beautifully. ; - )

It is an amazing site to watch in real life. The current in the estuary is really strong, so I should imagine entering at the right state if the tide is critical, otherwise they will end up aground on the Salty

Difficult manouvering effortlessly done. I imagine the captain slouched in his chair, one hand on the wheel and one out the window!

I have to agree, excellent manoeuvering 🙂

Wonderful drone footage, thank you! 🚁🍾❤️

Great video, i recall a story from my ex father in law, a captain for Manchester Liners, he received a waterford vase for bringing his ship up the Manchester canal, without tugs

A pretty slick piece of driving!!! Very well done.

Very good job that i read that the video is speeded up , as watching a Ship of that size , going at that speed , into our Local Port , Teignmouth , caused me concerns ; I have resisted taking any offer of a Mooring in that stretch of the River , owing to some near misses and an accident or two ; many thank for posting

Really nicely filmed and captain knew what he was doing . Thank you .

Well done to the pilot ship 👍👍

I gave a thumbs up because you have made an excellent short film, well done!

Superb video drone work. Thanks!

Yep, bow thrusters are the way to go!

Beautiful work!! Excellent Captain!! He has a logo on his hat that reads.......'Ain't Scared'!!

That was amazing to watch, thank you so much for posting!

Beautiful shot! My Mother used to live in Teignmouth and my parents were married in the Church on the seafront so so had many plenty of happy holidays as a youngster staying with grandparents and relatives. To Masters Orders and Pilots Advise. Nicely done in a tight berth.

Well done video and ship handling!

Well done skipper and Syd Hook ❤😊xx

I spoke with the skipper of a Great Lakes ore carrier. He pointed out that skippers on the lakes routinely manoeuvre their vessels without help from pilots or tugs. This includes entering the Sault Locks, a very tight fit for the 1000' ship.

Beautiful bit a seamanship-like an aquatic ballet.

Well done, very skillful captain!

Totally enthralling! :-)

The video makes the estuary seem larger , it is very small

Great footage

Very nice video!

Wow great video

I live near there so have been in and out of the estuary mouth in my kayak quite few time we were coming out one day when one of this came in Christ they look big when your in a tiny little kayak LOL

Great video

the ships rudder is really important, this ship has a very good rudder and someone who KNOWS how to maneuver a ship at the controls

very impressive!

Very interesting. Looks kind of similar to the way the ships manoeuvre in Fowey. Although they need tugs at each end to swing the ship round and its more valley shaped. Thank you.

very cool-Thanks

Impressive! 👏👏

Nice. Machines are made to be operated. Thank you.

Sailed into there many times, tarps and hatches, Mary Coast.

Came in hot and maneuvered like boss. the captain/pilot has has done that before. Trusters make it easier.

The stabilisers with that sideways thrust it amazing

Thanks for the video Very interesting to watch, great subject and good perspectives with the drone. How much was the video sped up?

Impressive!

Like standing on the tip of Teignmouth beach and see the ships coming in. Making the right-angle turn just inside the bar is impressive. You can hear the engine rumbling as the rudder is put over and see the crew moving only a short distance away - just a few metres. The tip-off is high tide is something is a short time hence and the pilot boat is heading out into the bay. Time to get to Teignmouth and get there to watch another ship come in.

What on earth was the ‘canned’ water in aid of?

Nice example of seamanship

Some excellent seamanship 👏👏👏

Tasty bit of steering that, particularly the handbrake turn atbthe end.

That is some driving/parking.

Great droning also

Nice little film, but what connection does the thumbnail have with it?

Nice bit of parking - thank God for bow thrusters !

You need to see what it looks like at low tide, a harbour full of sand.

All boats entering or leaving have a local pilot aboard

Woww that a skill 👍🏼👍🏽🚢⛵🌊💪❤️🙏

Clearly not the first time, but still well done.

Better than the one last week .. didn't wait for the pilot boat and crashed in to the boats and pontoon's you can see on the right 2:29!

Top marks to the captain---I thought this was going to be a disaster at the start!!!

Superb😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀👍👍👍

Thrusters really help and no wind to contend with .

Thrusters working well. Great job. What size and cargo? I assume the pilot was not on the phone for an hour complaining about the last port, like somewhere further west?

i actually live there and it is insane

Superb skipper..wheelsman.

bow and stern thrusters helped out here !

Great video! I'd love to pilot on that route/harbor.

Fascinating and extremely well filmed. Thank you for posting. What drone are you using? I'm thinking of acquiring one myself.

Thanks, very interesting. Not sure they would try this if loaded - but then it has to depart some day!

Yep👍

Well done, in the past I have seen a ship go aground there and had to wait for the high tide.

That’s why skippers get paid the big bucks!

Give us a thumbs up if the video of the cargo ship Clarity brought you here... 🙂

Certainly showed how Dock a large coastal ship in a tight harbour

Yes

That boy acts like he knows what he's doing

Fantastic 😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍👍😳😳

Thank god for bow thrusters!

Bow thruster certainly makes it easier.

You see the bow thrusters at the end there which make this possible. Nevertheless, a job well done.

It's certainly changed since I last visited in 2001. Who owns the port now, and is access allowed for ship spotters?

Anazing seamanship.

If you go fast enough it docks itself...

❤❤❤👍👍👍

turned on a tanner, seeing is believing

What do they ship out of Teignmouth? 🤔

I would do exactly the same😊

Fabulous video, filmed using a drone I assume. The ship had no noticeable bow wave, weird. Just as well really, as I fish that sand bar from time to time. This year I was fishing it in waders casting lures for bass when a similar sized ship entered the harbour. I could easily cast out and hit it but decided best not to.

Try doing that before bow thrusters eh? Cheers

Not quite as tight as the title shot indicates.

Lets see him do that without bow thrusters 🤔

Great video! I'm a professor at a sailing school and I would like, with your permission, to use your video on my channel to explain concepts such as the pivot point, the prop wash and the rudder effect. If you agree, you can reply to this message and I'll get to work on it. All the best.

Bog standard manoeuvre, no big deal