AS POSTED ON BITTER-END BLOG
COULD BE CATEGORIZED AS
"WHAT THE **** WERE YOU THINKIN"!
Extreme Racing Series, COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT, UK AUGUST 6, 2011
The Marine Knutsen supertanker was being guided by a pilot boat into Southampton docks and was making its presence known by repeatedly sounding its horn. But one yacht didn't seem to give itself enough time to clear the massive boat and was hit before having its mast and rigging ripped off when one of its sails got caught in the tanker's anchor.
The yacht was quickly attended by several vessels offering assistance.
YACHT 0 - TANKER 1
ME THINKS THE "PINK" SPINNAKER MADE A GOOD TARGET TO AIM AT - - -
THANKS TO BITTER END
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When I worked on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, our pilots were always worried about boaters crossing too close to our bow. There was nothing our pilots could do to prevent a collision if some weekend captain did something stupid. We were 4,000 tons, they were a few hundred pounds. In a collision, guess who loses?
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