Why Did The Evergreen Ship Draw This On The Chart Before Blocking the Suez Canal? | Chief MAKOi 

That is the international maritime signal for "We are about to "C**k Block" the waterway, be forewarned".

If the Evergreen was found to have done this intentionally, they could have had to face some stiff penal codes.

This is now recorded in human history...amazing.

I believe that is the international symbol for "we're screwed".

I want to see what all the other ships were drawing.

As Bob Ross would say. "It's a happy little accident".

Freud would have a field day with this one 🧐 I mean they were “entering Sue’s canal” after all.

Chief, all respect to you. You are a level-headed, good-humoured, great guy who knows his business. We need more like you, sir. All the best.

Did anyone notice all the other ships had no problem staying in one position almost the entire video.

I think this is literally one of the only channels on RU-vid that explains things with intelligence and common sense... Love it!

Great explanation... with a few laughs along the way.

Hey Chief, Last week the Eemsland Hendrika got into trouble in the North Sea and the captain had to order most of the crew to abandon ship. What startled me was that they did not use the life boat, but instead were picked up one by one via winch from the Coast Guard Helicopter. One of the crew actually went overboard and was picked up with help from a rescue diver. Wind speeds during this event were high and seas were rough. If you ever find yourself lacking a topic to cover, could you address why the crew would at times avoid using the lifeboat. I'm guessing in case of the Eemsland Hendrika that they left the lifeboat for the captain and the few engineers left behind. - BTW ocean going tugs were able to capture and tow the Eemsland Hendrika into port without any lifes lost. They even managed to retrieve cargo that went overboard... Stay safe!

They were playing ship charades. Their card was “cockblocked”

This kind of content is what I love youtube for. Real people, in real occupations, showing real life stuff that you don't usually get to see. Only sad part is that I only found you channel a few days ago. I love your content, Chief. Its nice to see an explanation from someone that actually serves on these type of ships, and has experience with that sort of thing to explain it logically, rather than someone that's never set foot on a ship trying to explain it.

I just love how Chief flat out calls it a dick-pick. I mean credit where credit is due; he said it, but we are all thinking it.

I am a retired veteran Marine Engineer of 40 experience, finally qualifying as Chief Engineer on Steam and Motor vessels. I suspect the anchors were heaved up, and the ship was simply maneuvering all around to pick up the Pilot without wasting any time. The schedules of a vessel this size can be very tight, hence every minute counts. It could be any thing else, but we might never know. Time will tell. By the way, I like and look forward to your videos. Keep up the good work.

I literally know nothing about ships, and every time I listen to this guy, I learn something. Experience, humor, knowledge, you got it all, man, thanks for making these videos !

Amazingly enough, this was the exact same pattern made by the bullet that struck JFK.

IMHO some confusions may arise from the general lack of knowledge on how a large ship diesel engine works. It is far from the generally wellknown car -engine in principle. 1) the propeller is connected directly to the engine by the propeller shaft, NO clutch, NO gearbox, it turns directly with the rpm of the engine. 2) if the propeller has to be halted, the engine MUST stop turning. 3) There is no "starter motor" to crank the engine for starting. Instead compressed air is fed to the engine to start it turning, and then fuel is injected to keep it running. 4) To reverse the propeller, the engine MUST first be halted. Then the valve and injection timing is altered to start the engine again - in reverse direction. Often large vessels have 2 propellers, then an egine to drive each propeller. An auxillary engine drives electric generators to power the steering pods. Several smaller generator sets may be installed distributed over the ship to accomodate power for air compressors, refrigeration, hydralic pumps and cranes. A special compressor keeps the starter reservoir inflated to some 400psi.

This reminds me of that joke about the guy who goes to a psychoanalyst. The analyst draws a circle and asks the patient what it means to him. The patient says “Sex”. Next, the analyst draws a triangle and again asks the patient what he sees in the image. Again the patient answers “Sex”. Finally, the analyst draws a polygon and asks the patient what thoughts the image gives him, and again the patient says “Sex”. Analyst: “I’m afraid you have a one-track mind. You are obsessed with sex.” Patient: “I don’t know what you mean, it’s YOU that’s been drawing all the dirty pictures!”

Hi Chief, I am a 2nd officer on the bridge. When we wait for a pilot we don't do circles, we usually drift. If anything we do kicks ahead to maintain position and heading. Also we wouldn't do circles in confined waters with vessels anchored all around. So to me it seems very strange.

Yet, as the whole world witnessed, size did matter.

The show Dexter has an episode of Dexter going to a shipping site and the police rescues a child out of evergreens shipping container.

We need an etch a sketch on board. The captain draws an image and the ships autopilot traces that path. Let the best ship win.

"Heading and speed, Captain"? "Ahead one quarter, standard dic-pic course". "Aye, Captain". XD

Reminds me of the Austin Powers gag: "That looks like a huuuge...JOHNSON..."

As we used to say on board - “Why let the truth get in the way of a good story”.

I wonder how many humans were found in containers?

This is what happens when you go to college for an art degree.

There was a scandal a few years ago where military personnel aboard classified installations used an app to map their workouts, inadvertently revealing the layout of the base. A humor blog lamented the breach, and that not one of the users had thought to run a dick pic route.

Beautifully clear and obvious they where in a holding pattern waiting on the convoy time and pilot boarding.

I love that he pinned a conspiracy response.

Chief MAKOi hosts probably the most intelligent and informative, and tongue-in-cheek funniest, vlog anywhere around. The fact that he's incredibly skilled, and busier than heck, only adds to his awesome reputation as a mariner who cares to do the right thing. Always. Keep 'em coming boss man!👊 🌞Happy Easter Sunday, Sir!🌞

I live more than a thousand kilometers from any ocean or sea (Alberta Canada) making me pretty much clueless to ocean going vessels. You channel has really intrigued me and I really enjoy learning about ships and how they operate. Your attention for the crew's safety and well being shows you are a true leader.

Dexter. Explains it all. What's in EGreen containers. Yes that is exactly it. Hidden in plain sight the whole time.

Chief!! More live updates please - so great to know you just did this!! Great to get some fresh current event Makoi - keep it coming!!

After making fun of this image.....I'm cannot wait to see the drawing skills of chief MAKOI

I haven’t even watched this video yet, nor ever heard of this channel, but based on the title and reading some comments, I’ve subscribed. Thank you!

Thank you Cheif Makoi on that..now we can determined why they come up that situation by blocking the Suez Canal.

Good one Chief. I guess I failed the Ink Blot test.

I think they took that track because they didn't want to prematurely enter the canal....

Brilliant Your simplicity is highly appreciated

Very professional. Dignity and professionalism.

“They had two and a half hours, you’d think they could have come up with something better than this...” Thank you Chief Makoi.

One thing about the Ever Given incident- I hope it serves as a wake up call to the Egyptians. If a single ship grounding could cause that much trouble, what would one sinking have done?

Love your videos. Always to the point, fact filled and well presented/ put together.

Occham: "All things being equal, the simplest solution tends to be the best one." Good video sir.

I like the smirk on your face during your explanation. Terrific video as always, 2 of your videos and I understand the incident better than literally days of "news" coverage.

Honestly even if they didn't intentionally draw a d***, I still like the idea of they decided to draw a d*** with a boat and then end up blocking the suez canal

I am remembering something from the “diesel engines” unit of my advanced thermodynamics course in engineering school. Oddly enough, taught by an US Merchant Marine Academy graduate. If I recall correctly, starting or reversing those large marine diesels in an emergency can be a problem if the engine stopped in the wrong position, where the valve gear and other internals aren’t in the right position to start or reverse. So you might have to crank the engine using compressed air to rotate the crankshaft then start. With the fuel consumption of a ship the size of the Ever Given, I could see the Captain making the initial decision he didn’t need engines to maintain station. Based on the sea state, current, tide , wind, etc. And once they realized they were drifting off their assigned station more than they thought they would, they had to start the engine again, and return to their assigned station. And the crazy track was indeed to avoid the other ships to the east, and stay in more open water

Discovered this channel while searching for details on the Suez canal blockage and found it bot educational and quite cathartic. Since then have binge watched most eps. You're Video production and personal presentation are excellent. Subscribed..

The problem with the theories based upon this image is they are based on the reaction of a still image representing the track of three hours. But there is no attempt to determine a logical reason for each of the turns.... I goes back to the tag line in the TV series X-files “I WANT to believe “

I think they just wanted to draw a clover leaf, but the pilot showed up to early :D

A ship that long would probably have a hard time staying stationary.

Truth explained by Chief. Very good! 👍👍👍 newer can draw something like this intentionally with ship of that size.

Seems like new episode of Grand Tour is coming out, there are some evidence of Jeremy Clarkson basic movements :)

Doesn't matter what is said, we all see what it is, and what they are using it for. Its in your face...

This was awesome! Thanks! I subscribed. You're a great presenter. :)

Its not about the size of the ship. Its about the motion in the ocean- Some Wise Man

Or this controversial track could be evidence that the EverGiven was having technical difficulties before entering the canal, and that they kept it secret for the autorities and the pilot and entered the canal anyway so as not to lose their place in line leading to them getting stuck.

I love learning new things. Thanks for clearing that up for me. Very nice video

I cannot believe that was an "accident" I believe it was done intentionally....Just my opinion...

That anchorage is really crowded. I can imagine how a bridge crew would be rather nervous.

I subscribed within the first 2 mins of this video. I already like Chief MAKOi 👍🏻

i just discovered your channel. Thanx for the videos, they are pretty cool :)

I'm hearing a bit of a Filipino accent in there if you don't mind me noticing. Gosh! How random was that by the way. Looks SO intentional. Thankyou for giving this approach to us all.

Great video chief thanks for your analysis

The entire incident concerning the Ever Given just keeps on giving. 😂 I know that for some the incident was a nightmare, but for most of us it was just surprising. But things like this image, well, it just shows why the Ever Given was given its name.

People don't understand, that ships before enter channel are waiting for their turn to go in the channel. While ship is waiting it's drifting. There can be any kind of path pictures.. it's the same as watching the clouds for some kind of pictures of animals etc.

You'd be surprised by what the graveyard shift has drawn on their gps for fun on naval ships. Their are also islands out there with some really awkward names.

Q did say say watch the water?? What’s in those containers in the evergiven in the Suez Canal, that need to be exposed? A Is it humans? B Drugs? C Weapons? D Or a combination of the above??

Very precise and clear explanation..nice sir makoi😎😎

What will we do without you Chief👍🏻. Great explanation.

Happy Easter Chief. Most funny video.🤣😂

Really well presented Chief.

It looks to me that they were practicing the maneuver that wedged it in there.🤔

Thank you Chief for your explanation. Take card.

Wow 1 Million views na 😍... I'm excited for the next vid...

All of these strange manoeuvres were in open water before entering the canal, your explanation makes a lot of sense. It's unlikely that it was connected to the ship getting stuck part way up the canal.

The whole time I was seeing a face in the tracking. Wholeness and Balance ⚖️

Excellent Video Chief Makoi

I'm glad you said it, "fooling around would be farthest from their minds."

Now do a video about what the Navy found on the ship.

Well done! Very clear presentation.

We gonna talk about what might be in those containers?

I love the fact that it happened, even by accident :D It's fitting! :D

Thank you! Factual information extremely well delivered. How refreshing👍🏼

At least we know it wasn't the wind. How? Because mainstream media took 15 seconds to come up with that explanation

The Minerva Nike ran aground today north of the evergreen before the bitter lake. Took 3 hours nto get off the east bank. She is steaming hard into the bitter lake now at 13kts

Quality video as usual Chief, thanks for posting!

Assuming that the heading info is accurate, there seems to be big problems with high winds during that position keeping.

NICE TRY SLICK , BUT THAT WAS DONE ON PURPOSES The CARGO IT WAS HALLING WAS THE TARGET ,SEE What the SEAL TEAMS FOUND IN THE CONTAINERS

your logical and rational explanation makes the most sense. We know pilots like to draw sky appendages, do sailors too?

Accidental or not it’s epic! And will make a great story at a port call one day

Channels like this are the reason I don't even own a TV anymore.

Great Video Chief! Thx

This is the classic rimming manoeuvre, all seamen know this one.

Soon as I saw the name, ‘Evergreen’, I knew it was code name for the Clinton Foundation!

Finally someone who can logically explain merchant marine operations. Love This guys work.

I'm a doctor and I can tell by that drawing that a captain is signaling he has testicular cancer. He specifically drew the international symbol for Baltimore, i mean ball tumor.