Who in their right mind would want to ride that thing down on the end of a rope anyway. :slap
Who in their right mind would want to ride that thing down on the end of a rope anyway. I hope they all got out of it ok.:slap
EP - they changed it to "Head First" --jeff
Apparently they don't have the kal-osha types to deal with in that part of the country. I don't think they allow that stuff here in the PRK. Here in the PRK you need a college degree to drive a forklift. :confused
No, you are mistaken. You don't need a college degree in CA to drive a forklift, you just get paid as if you did!
Standard deal to have crew on board.
Do you have any idea why, Chris?
It would seem the yacht could be lowered over the side of the freighter next to a ladder with a passenger platform at it's base ... and when the yacht's in the water, the crew could decend the ladder & board it B4 the slings were detached.
That'd sure seem to be a much safer way to do it! :bang
Mr. I. B. Spineless
Can answer that one.. Its due to likelihood of damage being done to the smaller boat. Most boats would have huge damage if they even touched a freighter of that size. Think of it as your gt bumping a tank at two miles an hour.... who loses? Most boats under X foot are fiberglass and over x are steel or aluminum. Either way its paint work for the smaller boat at minimum which means down time in the yard.
So its cheaper to risk injury of a crewman than damage to the yacht.
Please understand, I ain't arguin' with ya here, Steve, but I fail to see where a crew aboard any yacht suspended by slings is gunna be able to fend off damage to said yacht if the crane/boom operator "boo-boo's" offloadin' it. If the yacht hits something - it hits something! Dat's it. Done deal. 'Seems to me the crew being aboard it at the time would change nothing. :willy
Mr. Dullard
They are not set up to put a man in the water alongside the yacht, nor do the commercial docks where these container ships dock have appropriate facilities.