Plenty of fenders but not enough common sense...

[OldFrog75]

Looks like he won the race but lost the war.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10151830511167990

[dianaofburlingt]

This guy is already breaking several Rules of the Road-- he's actually racing the boat to port (who is on the correct side to overtake) towards the bridge and going way too fast as well. I pity the people of the second boat, who immediately make what almost looks like a Williamson Turn to get out of harm's way-- for now the nitwit has fouled the channel as well. Sheesh.

[DeepFrz]

LOL, racing the bridge...

The second guy was lucky, he was doing the same thing and probably would have lost his mast if not for the first dummy.

[melleman]

This happend in Norway.

The bridge is operated from another bridge,so no bridgeoperator is watching.AFAIK

Something I read on a Swedish forum.

Maringuiden.

[George Da Porge]

Originally Posted by dianaofburlingt

This guy is already breaking several Rules of the Road-- he's actually racing the boat to port (who is on the correct side to overtake) towards the bridge and going way too fast as well. I pity the people of the second boat, who immediately make what almost looks like a Williamson Turn to get out of harm's way-- for now the nitwit has fouled the channel as well. Sheesh.

Ha! How can you pity the second boat? As DeepFrz stated, they were doing the same thing - trying to beat the bridge closing. But the 2nd boat did react well. It shouldn't matter if there was a bridge tender or not. They could have hailed him/her.

On a side note, looks like a bridge design I haven't seen before. I'd like to know where it is. It appears the center of the span is hinged (can't see a gap) and the ends slide in and out to raise/lower.


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[dianaofburlingt]

Originally Posted by George Da Porge

Ha! How can you pity the second boat? As DeepFrz stated, they were doing the same thing - trying to beat the bridge closing.

That's a good point, George. When I looked at the video it looked like the second guy assumed the first guy would make it; when he didn't the second guy had to go into a full-speed avoidance maneuver or replicate the same mistake. In my estimation they were too close to each other. I would never have anything near an overlap on another vessel going under a bridge.

But your point is valid; for in fact neither of them would have made it. Sometimes two brains aren't any better than one.

'Prudent pessimism is the mark of a responsible yacht skipper.' --JC