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A tanker captain threads the needle...

submitted by SFOGuy

8 years 8 months 2 weeks ago

This is a time lapse of a tanker captain moving his ship into a narrow berth. Nice use of the tug and the stern spring line---(A spring line is a temporary line placed onto a dock bollard/cleat or another ship to allow you to use the physics of that leverage to do something with propulsion and rudder you otherwise couldn't)

Look at the rushing current that is pushing against his port side as he comes in...

And I think it goes with this one, of a containership coming in and going alongside the wharf as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fai6CgE7IN0

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How was this shot? Helicopter? Drone? I thought I was watching SIM city play out for a moment.

I think it's a drone---would have been cool if he'd used frame matching and taken out the shake lol

How was this shot? Helicopter? Drone? I thought I was watching SIM city play out for a moment.

He's probably using the well known trick from Ports of Call: the ship turn rate is based on the set speed, not the current speed, so you can stay still, increase the speed to the max and set max turn, and you will turn on a dime. Just make sure you put the speed back down again real quick, or you'll have a nasty encounter with the pier.

this looks like quite a boring game

LooiXIV says...

I like how the tanker slides through nicely but the lil' boat seems to smash up against wall multiple times @ 0:23.

Nice!

I'd love to know what speed this is too. From the car movement it's at least 10x.

I like how the tanker slides through nicely but the lil' boat seems to smash up against wall multiple times @ 0:23.

jokingly says...

NSFW?

Crappy AI imo... ; )

I like how the tanker slides through nicely but the lil' boat seems to smash up against wall multiple times @ 0:23.

Best thing is the boat does actually look like the schematic of a penis.

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