@@rogerrendzak8055 Look at the trees. Now, go look at pictures of the ship. She's one huge sail. The wind had her and wasn't letting go without a fight.
OK, I'll play armchair captain, why did he not halt the maneuver when I'm sure all his computers were telling him the wind is way too high to perform the maneuver? I mean, the wind had to be gusting to 40 to nullify the bow and stern thrusters! Why not just say, "we're going to give it 30 minutes and reevaluate the wind speed."
I thought the same thing you can see the trees blowing you knew what was gonna happen! I lived here knew everything about BOW THRUSTERS being “out of lined.” I guess after he assessed the ship damage he went and relived the ships captain!
I had a 55' houseboat on Lake Powell back in 2000..... wind pushed us around so darn much we could almost never get back on our bouy after noon,...the winds were a disaster........ I know for sure this Capt. is UNHAPPY about this .
The Skipper has let Gilligan into the wheelhouse. Worse, he’s let him have another attempt at driving. Even the Professor could have come up with a better plan than scraping along the dock. If tugs were unavailable or not requested for some reason, surely the Skipper should have overruled Gilligan and either stayed put or used a spring line from up near the bow tied back to the dock near amidship and driven against the spring line with full left rudder, port screw going astern and the starboard screw going ahead plus the stern thruster powering towards port in order to pivot the stern out away from the dock against the wind pressure so that the stern would swing until it was pointing into the wind, then all stop, rudder amidships, both screws astern and the spring line released as the ship glides elegantly back away from the dock. And if that didn’t look like working, tie up again and wait for tugs or the weather to ease. The safety of the ship should NEVER be put at risk for the sake of keeping to a timetable or for false pride on the part of the skipper. That was just poor seamanship that we saw there.
Went into Montego Bay one time and the ship could not get into the dock because of the wind. Eventually the crew got lines to the dock and winched the ship in. No problem leaving for sure!
Love the Mr. Know-It-All commentary talking just loud enough in hopes for attention and awe by his expert nautical knowledge. People next to him were all thinking “Just shut the F up!”
Small world. Around 1980 I crewed on a classic cruise ship (M/S Sagafjord, built 1965) that docked at pier 21 for Caribbean cruises. I've been across that pier countless times. It's on my bucket list to go there once more.
I was standing just a few feet further aft from where this was filmed. We literally tore one of the bumbers off of the pier. I was afraid this would delay our departure like when the Ruby hit the pier in San Diego a few months earlier.
I was onboard this cruise as we left Port Everglades (Ft Lauderdale). After this incident we had tugs in the ports available when leaving the dock. There was no word from the Captain about what happened. The cruise line changed the captains halfway through the cruise. I have cruised 46 times and this is the second time I have seen this happen (the other was on a RC ship). Both times the captains were changed before the end of the cruise. I noticed Ruby Princess definitely needed some maintenance (black marks and rust starting to show on the hull) when I boarded the ship. The crew was cleaning and touching up the hull when we stopped at the next port.
Thanks for the extra info John! If I recall correctly, I think it was announced before we even left the pier on day 1 that this was the very first cruise back for the initial captain (I'm not sure if he was on leave previously or captaining a different ship); however, I was unaware that we changed captains mid-cruise, although it doesn't surprise me after this happened right out of the gate. We met Mario at the Captain's Circle event close to the end of the cruise, I'm guessing he was the replacement. To me, he seemed like he had a good head on his shoulders, but doing public relations events is a very different role than safely manuvering a large ship. I have a lot of respect for captains that are good at doing both.
Cruise ships trying to save on money again! Cap and pilot should have tugged the ship up either end to pull her off the wall.. it’s obvious it’s blowing hard against her port side and the bow thrusters just aren’t man enough with the gusts.. you only need to look at the trees to see it’s blowing a bastard and that’s in the lee off the ship! The fenders are trelex fenders and are really too small for the weight of this ship… I’m amazed they kept trying rather than landing her back on the wall and putting lines out again to either let the wind drop off or get some tugs connected.
Hey Bash, do you have an email address we can use to contact you regarding this video? I'd love to discuss a license to use this if possible! Cheers, Felix
I don't think I would be leaning on the rails if the ship was hitting the dock a couple of times. I especially wouldn't want my children leaning on the rails.
We’ve been on a number of Princess cruises before COVID. It’s sad to see the condition of the Ruby Princess. There’s a lot of rust and flaking pain showing in that video. My guess is that they’re still recovering from the losses and some cosmetic maintenance has been lacking.
I was on this ship a couple of months ago and also several years ago. I was not disappointed with the ship or the staff. Ship was beautiful , trip was fantastic. I felt very comfortable with the professionalism and greatness of Princess Cruises. Can’t wait to return!
Multiple red flags, popping up here!! I'd be the anal one, and start pointing out very loudly, that the bridge crew didn't know, what the hell, they were doing. And further mistakes, could happen (gotta stir up, the passengers imagination). And/or, go up to the bridge, and let them know, personally. This was out of Port Everglades, Miami. Correct🤔???
@@rogerrendzak8055 I am glad you did reply. It validates my thoughts. Besides, many other comments also say he is a backseat driver. So your reply is really irrelevant.
