Mexican Navy ship collides with Brooklyn bridge.

[K Frame Keith]

No power? Must be a heck of a current. In the video I saw she was going astern at quite a lick.

I’ve boated on the East River. There can be, depending on tide, serious current. It’s no place to make a mistake.

 

[K Frame Keith]

Just spoke with our son. In his opinion, at first report, either the ship got stuck in reverse or lost propulsion. Furthermore, the East River can have very strong currents and that those old sailing ships are very underpowered when using their engines. He’s been up in that rigging and says it’s a miracle more weren’t killed.

 

[Onomea]

Per an article in today's NYT, the ship was never supposed to go under the bridge. It was moored during its visit at Pier 17, south of the bridge, in Manhattan. The accident happened as it attempted to leave New York. It is currently moored at Pier 36, north of the bridge, in Manhattan.

 

[Abnormal]

The video that I’ve seen convinces me that the vessel was under power hard astern. Perhaps a mechanical failure had it stuck in gear.

A vessel drifting with the tide or current wouldn’t be producing a wake. This boat was making a significant wake.

I read somewhere that it was stuck in reverse.

 

[Steve_Revo_]

I'm curious why they didn't drop the anchors when the malfunction happened?

 

[GBLittle]

Looks like it wasn’t even close.

Mexican navy tall ship lost power before Brooklyn Bridge crash that killed 2, injured 17: NYPD

The Mexican navy tall ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night apparently lost power shortly before the collision, the NYPD said.

nypost.com

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High tide is a bitch. Having a navigator who isn't competent ie even worse.

 

[RdrChRy]

This happened on May 17th...that is all you need to know. What is the 17th letter of the alphabet?

 

[Imissedagain]

^^^^
Welcome aboard matey.

 

[ladder13]

High tide is a bitch. Having a navigator who isn't competent ie even worse.

Any tide can be that.
As mentioned by a few folks, the tides of the rivers around NYC are nothing to mess with, they are unforgiving. As a kid we used to swim in the Bronx River, a tributary river which originates north of NYC. We were very stupid like most our age.
Many people drowned in even the narrowest parts of the BR due to the currents. The water WAS dark and murky due to people dumping in the river, and auto repair shops, and an oil storage facility right on the banks of the river. The river has been cleaned up some from what I have heard, it needed that. God only knows what lies in the sediment.
The Bronx River empties into the East River and that water flows along with the Hudson River past the Statue of Liberty and Governors Island out to the Atlantic.

 

[GBLittle]

Any tide can be that.
As mentioned by a few folks, the tides of the rivers around NYC are nothing to mess with, they are unforgiving. As a kid we used to swim in the Bronx River, a tributary river which originates north of NYC. We were very stupid like most our age.
Many people drowned in even the narrowest parts of the BR due to the currents. The water WAS dark and murky due to people dumping in the river, and auto repair shops, and an oil storage facility right on the banks of the river. The river has been cleaned up some from what I have heard, it needed that. God only knows what lies in the sediment.
The Bronx River empties into the East River and that water flows along with the Hudson River past the Statue of Liberty and Governors Island out to the Atlantic.

Here in the south is have the Mississippi River that has so many similar issues. I think most of the bridges are built taller.

 

[ladder13]

Here in the south is have the Mississippi River that has so many similar issues. I think most of the bridges are built taller.

I believe they are dredging the Savannah River to get some of the newer and taller cargo ships into port.