The East River is no fun with a running tide. I've boated through quite a few times, once on a 70 ft dinner boat that could only make 7 knots, we had the tide with us and it was faster than the boat. That was an adventure, the boat was like on ice, slipping and sliding.

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Originally posted by tacfoley:
I don't think that taking the micky out of their tragedy is appropriate for this forum.

You're right, tacfoley.


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Originally posted by UTsig:
The East River is no fun with a running tide. I've boated through quite a few times, once on a 70 ft dinner boat that could only make 7 knots, we had the tide with us and it was faster than the boat. That was an adventure, the boat was like on ice, slipping and sliding.

Now make it rain swollen like I think it was from all the heavy rains the past week.

How they did not check conditions and make the determination that it was not safe to move at that time, is beyond me.

Who could have guessed the giant Mexican flag would act like a sail if power was lost?

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Originally posted by Gustofer:

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Originally posted by kkina:
Mexican navy cadet is first victim to be identified in Brooklyn Bridge ship collision

Excerpt: "Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday in a post on X that he was fighting for answers about whether President Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency had impacted water traffic control."

Boy, they never miss an opportunity, do they?

IT was not the fault of President Trump or DOGE.

It was the fault of New York City for building a fucking bridge there.

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Originally posted by PASig:

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Originally posted by UTsig:
The East River is no fun with a running tide. I've boated through quite a few times, once on a 70 ft dinner boat that could only make 7 knots, we had the tide with us and it was faster than the boat. That was an adventure, the boat was like on ice, slipping and sliding.

Now make it rain swollen like I think it was from all the heavy rains the past week.

How they did not check conditions and make the determination that it was not safe to move at that time, is beyond me.

Moving without any power input/directional control was the problem.

Will be interesting to see what comes of the initial report. There was a tug along side but, wasn't tied to the tall-ship so, not sure what its presence was for.

As for tall-ships in general, the USCGC Eagle is "America's Tall Ship' serves in a similar capacity as a training ship for its respective academy. Too bad for the loss of life, looked like a situation that required some sharper judgement.

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Every nation that still has a 'tall ship' for teaching seamanship does it

We got up close to a similar ship from the Ecuadorian Navy while in Baltimore

From the deck of the USS Constellation

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Originally posted by Gustofer:

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Originally posted by kkina:
Mexican navy cadet is first victim to be identified in Brooklyn Bridge ship collision

Excerpt: "Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday in a post on X that he was fighting for answers about whether President Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency had impacted water traffic control."

Boy, they never miss an opportunity, do they?

48 hours ago that bastard didn't even know that ship was in harbor. I'd be surprised if he doesn't throw himself in the caskets of those dead kids just for the photo op.

Leftist losers grasping straws. That’s all they can do anymore. They got nothing of substance.

One young man, and one young lady. Heartbreak for two families back in Mexico -

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...Yamilet-Sanchez.html

Add to that the number of seriously injured....

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Originally posted by corsair:
Will be interesting to see what comes of the initial report. There was a tug along side but, wasn't tied to the tall-ship so, not sure what its presence was for.

I read that tugboat pictured nearby was the one that pushed the sailboat from where it was docked into the river, but was not able to ‘catch up’ to it in time to try and ‘save’ it once the tug captain realized it was in distress.

The video above shows the ship was under power and moving rapidy astern. She was moving faster than the water. Must have been an engine control problem.

One of the interviews that I saw the person being interviewed sated that it appeared that the ship was under power and appeared to be stuck in reverse gear ???? .... Will the actual truth ever come out ???............... ................ drill sgt.

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Yesterday, I saw in other videos, you can clearly see a wake tailing the ship, meaning it is traveling faster than the water current. It was under power.

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Originally posted by drill sgt:
One of the interviews that I saw the person being interviewed sated that it appeared that the ship was under power and appeared to be stuck in reverse gear ???? .... Will the actual truth ever come out ???............... ................ drill sgt.

Does the whole truth and full story ever come out in these types of accidents ? I've never seen it.

Looks like Schumer now wants Trump to command the Mexican Navy.

https://www.foxnews.com/politi...rooklyn-bridge-crash

Chuck Schooner needs to apologize to the Mexican navy.

That bridge was built on stolen land and thus, should not have been there.

For the land theft, blame The Netherlands.

For the building of the bridge, blame Tammany Hall, the main NYC political machine of the Democratic Party.