**There are some stupid people out there! Move the damn boat already! Were they expecting the 700 foot long ship to yield to them?** If you can't grasp the rudimentary concept of moving your boat out of the path of giant ships, then you have NO business owning a boat, and probably not a car as well.

The video started and I immediately thought, that looks like Longview. Those same Boaters also drive cars, now that is a terrifying thought.

This makes as much sense as standing on the yellow lines on a highway while having semi trucks whip beside you you.

I kayak on the local lakes. I stay along the shoreline to give the power boaters room to play. You would be amazed to see how many boats try and see how close they can come to me at full speed. My kayak has a rudder so as they pass I cut hard into their wake so i don't get hit broadside by the wake. Some days I feel like firing a warning shot into the boat.

That guy is right "You cant fix stupid". BUT-you can give it a court date

There are people that shouldn't be allowed to have a toy boat in the bath tub.

@blueshark1380

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

The captain should "test" the fire hoses while he cruises through

@chrisostling805

6 жыл бұрын

Or Pump the Bilges out!

@kevinjasper6620

6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking something along those lines but not as nice

@azmike3572

5 жыл бұрын

MrBubbahunt9--Too risky...any injuries if this would happen...lawsuits.

You can give them classes, rules, regulations but you cant fix stupid...

@markgardner8902

5 жыл бұрын

I have trained recreational boaters as well as law enforcement, nothing surprises me anymore...

@1951RKP

5 жыл бұрын

At first I thought first small boat may of stalled. The second one was even worse. They had to see that shipped coming from a long distance. Even if the small boat had stalled they had time to row it out of the path of the ship. I’m on the water basically 24/7 and have seen a lot of stupid stuff but this is really bad. The ship can’t stop and has the right of way.

@charlieb.4400

5 жыл бұрын

@@1951RKP i saw an anchor line out on the first one. They would b the 1st to sue. Wouldn't win. Butt

@AMERICANPATRIOT1945

4 жыл бұрын

@@charlieb.4400 , International law bans anchoring in a channel. Most countries and localities also ban anchoring in channels. Ships and boats of all kinds use channels 24/7/365. Large ships can take over a mile to come to a stop, even with all engines full astern. Also, large ships have limited maneuverability, large draft, blind spots hundreds or even thousands of feet ahead and astern and many tens of feet to either side. Large ships must stay in the channel and maintain speed to keep steerage. With such limitations, large ships are clearly less maneuverable than any pleasure craft and therefore have right of way over any pleasure craft, even an anchored small boat in a channel. It is up to the owner/captain of the small boat to know the COLREGS and obey them.

@charlieb.4400

4 жыл бұрын

@@AMERICANPATRIOT1945 not sure y ur telling me this, but thanks.

Some people understand physics, some don't.

COAST GUARD SHOULD BE PASSING OUT SOME TICKETS AND FINES.

@largol33t1

4 жыл бұрын

That's why I don't want to work for the CG. I'd probably have to deal with these brain dead people several times a week...

@1969sofine

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like the large boat was being an ass

i have a 50 ton master captain's license. i can say a few things with specific knowledge about this situation. any person with a boater safety card should know that anchoring or pulling a tube/skier is prohibited inside a marked channel. 5 or more prolonged horn blast means a dangerous situation is occurring. the navigation rules state that a boat inside a channel shall stay to the starboard (right) most side of the channel, which the large vessel did. that rule eliminates confusion from oncoming vessels trying to figure out which side to pass on. the large vessel is what is called 'stand on' vessel in this case. the stand on vessel, by the navigation rules, is to maintain course and speed until a point of extremis (dodge at the last minute). the boats in the channel at anchor are called the 'give way' vessels. they are to change course or speed to allow the safe passage of the stand on vessel. it is hard to see from the low resolution video, but i would suspect that if the boat were to move over, he would encounter more idiots anchored up on the other side. in which case, the capt of the large vessel would be responsible for any damage, injury, or deaths. he did the right thing. if he would have hit the small boats on the starboard side of the channel it would be the small boats fault

@SportSoulLife

7 жыл бұрын

As a Student on his last year to get his first officer papers, you are correct. I dont think that the captain would have gotten in any trouble though, as I have a really hard time believing that they are anchored at an designated area. Furthermore they dont have shapes nor lights to show that they are at anchor.

@brandonphillips106

6 жыл бұрын

SportSoulLife I'm I Western rivers towboat pilot, shapes are rarely used on the inland waters by commercial vessels let alone by pleasure craft operated by people with little to no basic knowledge of the rules of the road. I have herd USCG is looking into either removing shapes from the inland rules or starting to enforce it again. But we shall see. Wish you luck on your career. Hope you don't learn to hate pleasure boats as much as most of us inland guys do.

@Oregonchicken

6 жыл бұрын

jimmy landers tubing, skiing, or anchoring in a channel is NOT prohibited. You simply “give way” to the larger ships or sail boats. If your anchored, you either pull anchor or disconnect. I’ve talked to some who have disconnected only to loose their whole anchor system. I hold an Oregon boater safety card and anchor in the channel about 2-3 Times a week on the Columbia.

@brandonphillips106

6 жыл бұрын

apburner1 that's kinda harsh and I'd bet you don't Know ever CFR verbatim yourself. And finally upon the Western Rivers it's perfectly legal. I'm pretty sure it depends on the body of water. But hey maybe I should have my license revoked too. Realistically there isn't shit you or I can do about someone skiing/tubing in the channel. That's up to local law enforcement and USCG. So why worry about it.

@duncandmcgrath6290

6 жыл бұрын

Correct , due diligence for the 5 short gtfomw blasts , larger vessel underway must maintain movement in the channel...... "Right of weight "not "right of way" is usually how the coast guard rules. 100ton Master Minor Waters

I live on my Sailboat just upriver from Rainier and Longview and yes this kind of Stupidity is extremely common with Sport Fishermen on the Columbia River. I will not be surprised when a ship takes out a boat load of Idiots.

point blank if a boat that size was coming through I don't care about whos right or wrong Im moving my ass a mile out of the way

@alysononoahu8702

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly DEAD IS DEAD

@stwings98

4 жыл бұрын

The larger, less maneuverable vessel gets the right of way, especially in a marked shipping channel.

@DanielGomez-jk6bv

2 жыл бұрын

Well, you have common sense, unlike that bunch of idiots

one of my great uncles who was a long time railroad engineer who also enjoyed fishing in the 1000 islands told me once its like a train we cannot stop when we blow the horn we cannot stop, he had a freight train with a mile long string of railcars freighter or other large ship works the same way

That large ship is constrained by her draft and as such has the right of way. She can't deviate from her course. ALL the fishing boats near the center of the channel are completely wrong and in violation of the rules of the road.

@somefurrycadet5590

5 жыл бұрын

Bill rouleau cough cough water

@cbrusharmy

4 жыл бұрын

@@somefurrycadet5590 Cough cough, "road." www.dco.uscg.mil/NavRules/

@Artemetra

4 жыл бұрын

@@cbrusharmy Good burn.

@zummom

4 жыл бұрын

you are absolutely correct.

@piranhaman700

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely crazy not to move out of the way.

5 blasts is a signal for "danger or doubt maneuver" that 1 prolonged blast should be accompanied by a day shape internationally known as the "middle finger"

I so want that ships horn on my car!

@erickrauter9613

5 жыл бұрын

Yup another moron with a loud horn in their car/truck. That's what the world needs more of.

@timfarndon5681

5 жыл бұрын

hhhhhmmmmmmmm it's reputation is slightly soured!!!

Hey! Can someone hold my beer while I try to see how close I can get to this ship....I hear wake surfing is a blast!

Don't anchor in the damn channel

@alysononoahu8702

4 жыл бұрын

Right?

Still remember one of the first rules of navigation that I learned about 5 years old The Three R s Red on the Right on Return! For navigation lights

This kind of stupidity is a daily fact of life on the Mississippi, the Ohio and the Illinois. I watched it daily from the engine room door and from the wheelhouse. Power boaters in general have an attitude of "I paid for this boat, so I can do whatever I want with it", and fishermen are the worst of the lot. I always found it amazing that more of them aren't killed.

Remember that the big boat always wins!!!!!!!!!

If you look at the laws of the waterways the brake away vessel is the one that is more maneuverable which in this case it is the small boats illegally anchored in the shipping channel.

@jimquantic

7 жыл бұрын

Well, if you are correct, and they are "illegally" anchored, then what you say is true. I can't from this angle see the channel marker, but I will say this, there has to be some areas that are just BARELY in the legal zone and very close to the illegal zone. For me, and most boaters, you give the boat about 80 times your size a hell of a lot of leeway, because even if you are "right" the wake alone can flip you--legal, but upside down in the water. Not to mention if the large boat IS in it's designated lane, it can wonder just a tad, once again, you might be in the right, but dead. So I just don't see why the smaller boat would insist on right of way

@rywolf01

7 жыл бұрын

Jmichael Isbell you can clearly see an orange marker in video. These dopes in the little boats are idiots.

@omegaseamaster1550

6 жыл бұрын

Alex Derbyshire actually, the idiots impeding the vessel constrained by her draft is the stand on vessel, but there are nothing in the Regs that absolves either vessel from a collision.

@TarheeltexanBM3

6 жыл бұрын

Bob slow clap for knowing the rules.

@Captc5766

6 жыл бұрын

CoastiePirate Wouldn't Rule 9 (b) be appropriate? I would like to say 9(c) but Ive heard that it means commercial fishing.

Was that Cameron B. " Gone Catching " Guide Service, Standing His Ground??? LOL...

'The bigger they are, the righter they are.' Rules of The Road be damned. Just move and be safe.

@2011blueman

6 жыл бұрын

Actually the rules of the road are essentially that when it comes to a channel.

@privateer177666

6 жыл бұрын

I believe it’s called the law of tonnage. Mass times the speed of steel squared or E=mc smashed.....

@welshpete12

5 жыл бұрын

No, the ship can not move over . Its in a channel and if he moves over as you say, he would be aground . And the ship has right of way !

@largol33t1

4 жыл бұрын

"But but but my fancy-ass fishing boat gives ME the right to a quarter square mile of sovereign territory and that ugly ass freighter isn't allowed in it!" (Said every boat owner who was within 500 feet of this freighter...)

As a Master Captain of a Fuji container ship, I says.........what boats?

The ship is Restricted in it's Ability to Maneuver (RAM) and possibly constrained by it's draft and requires the deepest part of the channel. The smaller craft NUST stay clear. Pretty obvious they have zero knowledge of the rules of the road nor do they care. The precious fish will get them killed.

@TarheeltexanBM3

6 жыл бұрын

Bill rouleau there is no constrained by draft in the inland rules. All deep draft vessels that must stay in the channel are considered CBD. Just a potato patata thing. I didn't see tye RAM day signal.

@johanvanderwouden6862

6 жыл бұрын

I almost was going to say thank goodness someone has got it right ..but .. I am the Master / Captain of many vessels all over the world and the Rules do not change in any water way. This film shows the ship is in fact a log ship navigating a narrow water way which brings in the restriction by her draft. Also her restriction to manoeuvre given the waterway and depth and width of the waterway. The smaller boats and fishermen need to be made aware of this before someone gets too close and "hurt". Maybe the local boating club can be good place to start ??

wow so many plebs on the water - great video! thank you

Having a fair amount of Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol experience in my LEO past, It appears obvious that some form of Law Enforcement should be out there establishing the rules and compliance! This demonstrates the complete lack of responsible actions from several agencies and from the fishers as well. Common sense would usually dictate that fishing/anchoring in a "shipping lane" could get one killed or at the very least, seriously injured....... The lack thereof never ceases to amaze! All this for either the run on Kings, Silvers or Steelhead Salmon! What these guys don't know is that these schools of Salmon will be close to shore as they run inland rivers to spawn!!! They would be catching fish and staying out of harms way...... but like the guy said...."you can't fix stupid". ;)

It's not always the small boats. I used to fish in an estuary and we were anchored about 200yards out side of the channel markers. The garbage boats would come by to dump out at sea. One day a boat came through on the shore side of us and we had to cut our anchor to escape. We all thought the dog was in charge of the bridge that day.

Wow, that's like a mice playing chicken with a Humvee or a tank. Or a bug with a windshield.

In Canada there are two rules for small boats for this situation. Never obstruct commercial traffic. Never anchor in a shipping lane. Pretty obvious rules. Big ships cannot stop of turn when underway in a shipping channel. Their prop will turn you, your boat and family into shreds in 2 seconds.

5-short blast is a warning of danger and the most panicked a skipper can be...

Tonnage and velocity always wins

Same on the Fraser River in B.C.

and that was the first and last time Helen Keller went fishing!

@johnchalleen3278

3 жыл бұрын

Why? I mean she didn't hear anything, she didn't even see anything. Too uneventful?

I like the guy sitting in the boat, plugging his ears while the horn is blasting, he's probably wondering, "Why are they blowing the horn?"

The fishing must be great !

@magnump.i.7998

3 жыл бұрын

I've seen it on saginaw bay perch fishing. Some guys will let ship get 30ft from there boat because there on the fish! Crazy

Been on the Columbia river and seen the same thing. The captain stepped out of the wheel house and yelled at the stupid boater

They could really use some water canons on that boat like in Whale Wars. ;-)

I wouldn't want to play tag with that much ship!

Coast Guard Escorts seem to be in order. Taking pictures of boat registrations and mailing expensive tickets!

Just buy yourself a Kahlenberg air horn and you too can be as loud as that big ol' mean ship.

Talk about standing your ground. Why didn't these Damm fools get pulled under?

@SeikiBrian

4 жыл бұрын

Because "getting pulled under" is a myth. That's not how physics works.

It was probably a joy being behind this guy on the ramp..

This was pretty interesting to watch and the comments were a very good read considering I am new to the whole boater education and only went through the Unit about nav lights, right of way, stand-on, and give-way only 24 hours ago. A week ago I wouldna had no damn clue of what all this meant! lol...I feel half smart boater-wise.

I felt relieved in the first 30 secs...nothing better than a good fart

Natural selection. Darwin was correct.

@eriklarson9137

5 жыл бұрын

Who was injured here? Other than the guy filming. His pride took a shot.

@javajack21

5 жыл бұрын

@@eriklarson9137 ?? hear of shipping lanes/channels??? Stay/steer clear and cross as short and diagonal as possible, they have right of way, as they are commerce! and just a tad bigger than these little dinks!! Also craft going down river with current have priority as they CANT stop as fast, especially something as big as a freighter and tonnage.............

@alysononoahu8702

4 жыл бұрын

True dat Plus SHIT HAPPENS DEAD IS DEAD

You should see the idiots on the Willamette.

Some people are just stupid. Like the guy next to us said "you can't fix stupid"

He needs one of those cattle catchers like a old train used to have.

@nutsmcflurry3737

3 жыл бұрын

you looked at the shape of a bow of a boat lately?

It's a full day course of theory and practical training to get a basic speed boat license in Australia, and extra training on top of that if you want a pwc- yetski licence. This wouldn't happen ( to often) in Oz.

Stupidity is not a crime unfortunately

Nice Horn!! So did anybody catch anything?

Coast Guard needs to get involved and teach the week enders to make way

@dwightstewart7181

5 жыл бұрын

The Coast Guard is involved and teaches boating safety classes. However, it can't be everywhere and has no authority to make those classes mandatory. That said, on commercial navigable waters, the Coast Guard can board, ticket, seize, and/or arrest - an avenue to perhaps exchange classes for the related fines.

Mazda rx7 you are so right!!!!. These guy doesn t know what hes talking about.....

Hey Guru,they say you can’t fix stupid.They actually came out with a pill for that.Its called, Prevogin.

The Yasmine should have her anchor cleared away for a quick release when navigating in a narrow channel! As for the sport fishermen, even if they don't know anything about boating they should yield when they hear the whistle blasts from the professional seamen aboard the Yasmine.

Not an expert, nor do I hold a Master Mariner's license. But, as a small boat operator for quite a few years, I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that freighter. Staying anchored in the channel and in the way of the freighter is beyond stupid; it's playing Russian Roulette with a semi-automatic pistol.

It looks like a walleye fishing derby.

Can we go drive on the railroad tracks next, Papa?

How'd I know without looking at the description that this was on the Columbia...

Always make way to the boat that's harder to maneuver/bigger.

5 short means get away and one really long means collison

It's been an eye opener for me to see how ignorant of the rules most boaters are. Mandatory licensing would be a useful step. In another situation the tanker might be inclined to stray closer to rocks, and in a grounding everybody pays for the stupidity of one.

@DVeck89

7 жыл бұрын

I'm quite surprised as well. In my state you only need to take the boater safety course if you're under 25. Any idiot above that can get on the lake legally completely ignorant.

@jimquantic

7 жыл бұрын

I've always resisted more and more rules--but I must agree with you on this, I've seen a lot of problems over the fact that if you have money, you can buy and drive a boat, with or without any qualifications. In this case though, the small boater may know the rules--but be unwise. What I mean is, if he is technically "in his legal zone" he may still be pretty stupid to "insist" against a boat 80 times his size, not to mention, as you say, the Captain may need to vary his position, in spite of any hard fixed rule to avoid a grounding. I also fault any authority that allows a tiny clearance between the areas for large craft and small craft, if you see what I mean. Small boat fishing areas should be staked to dictate that the closest a small boat can get is WAY the hell away from the shipping channel.

@steveoballs4964

6 жыл бұрын

In Canada all boaters are required to have a " boat license" . It's a 2 or 3 hour online course . The problem with that is it doesn't show you how to operate a boat safely. It should be like cars you take a theoretical and driving tests. Our waters would be much safer this way .

@MrRCGNL

6 жыл бұрын

The result of "Less rules" is "More buracracy" and court cases. But a lot of "I'm for less rules" supporters won't understand that. That's why a lot of European 'contracts' are so compact in relation to US contracts. 90% is ruled by law ......

@bernie9728

6 жыл бұрын

Right you are Mike, the CMB Yasmine is a Bulk Carrier. Mostly haul Agricultural Commodities. www.fleetmon.com/vessels/cmb-yasmine_9474242_2208535/?language=en

Wow. That is a wad of sporties. Guessing they caught a lot of fish. Hope it was worth it. That could have gone so badly.

I only have a master 5 , but it’s also called give way too the bigger vessel that is restricted by its ability to manoeuvre ?

Wow how stupid could those people be!!! We have the same type of people on the Mississippi river, only we have barges and not ships. People still refuse to move out of the way for the barges (barges have the right of way in the navigation channel).. It came to firing shots two years ago, a catfisherman wouldn't move to let a barge tie up... the barge gave the danger horn and then collison horn while yelling on the speakers and the boat refused to move, eventually the guy in the boat pulled out a pistol and fired at the barge. Boater was arrested by the local PD that had to launch a boat and go get him.

@nikki.t33

6 жыл бұрын

Shiddy that is CRAZY!

Hog lines outside rainier/Longview? Not too many bright people round these parts not surprised

some people just don’t wanna lose their spot ...

Somebody better be reeling f'ing Jaws in to not get out the way of that

Id hate to be on the bridge with the captain as he's screaming ever curse in the book

56 now and i was 5 in longveiw, remember seeing the lights of the ships at night!! Cherry trees and crab, an plum trees A school with a LION on it ! Up on a hill,the smell of school lunch and snow just a small memory. My step dad name is Richard Scoggins and worked at the Papper mill?..................Great time and place for a kid from FLA, its real bad without the proper lessons in life. Sad to sea this !!! we have shrimp and strippers plus other stuff of UN EDUCATED FOLKS!!! Shame

Astoria, OR?

Hmm. That river needs more boats.

"When I am going normal speed I take 10 miles to stop - get out of the way !!!" "I want to die, run me over" "My pleasure - here we come" ......

@erickrauter9613

5 жыл бұрын

You didn't edit enough.

Raystown Lake in PA is a wonderful place to see all manner of crazy boating. Don't need no stinkin' big ships. Half the people are drunk out of their skulls. Went one time and never went back.

The salmon'r running! I ain't movin for nutin!

Did anything happen ?

Rules or not if the other guy is bigger get the F out of his way. You can't win this

@erickrauter9613

5 жыл бұрын

it's called natural selection, dumb people die and smart people don't....lol

My same concerns at about 1:40 about being sucked in or under from the undertow of the wake from the ship! Why the hell would you run such a ridiculous risk to take on a ship that size?

Can you believe that? Obviously the Boater Safety course has not reached some people..

Apparently there is a basic lack of understanding that size matters!!

The boaters must be saying..'you come to my country..u follow my rules not rules of the road'

How would you like to get a bill to repair the cargo ship if the anchor did damage.

from that angle it is tough to tell but it would be very hard for that small vessel to tell how close the tanker was to them. it was an aweful big risk just to keep a fishin spot.

Ahh, when the Law of Gross Tonage and the Darwin Awards collide

the only law that needs to be understood is the law of physics

@johnchalleen3278

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, screw maritime law. How's things with Cathy?

0:26 "Five blasts of the horn means move out of my way" Uh, no, it doesn't. Five (or more) short blasts means "Danger!" What the response to said danger is will depend on the situation.

@gregsayers2913

8 жыл бұрын

+SeikiBrian Its correct, 5 blasts danger, means the "vessel is in danger of collision as I cant maneuver"

@seikibrian8641

8 жыл бұрын

+Greg Sayers -- No, it doesn't; it just means danger. It can be used in many circumstances, not only when one can't maneuver.

@gregsayers2913

8 жыл бұрын

***** It means danger, danger can be no steerage, no control, no engines, collision imminent ….shall I go on ? It can be used when there is DANGER does it matter what the type of danger ?

@seikibrian8641

8 жыл бұрын

+Greg Sayers -- Yes, exactly: it means "danger" -- any kind of danger. So it doesn't mean "get out of my way" as the video says, and it doesn't mean "I can't maneuver" as you first said. It just means "danger," and the person or persons hearing it must decide what the danger is and how best to respond.

@gregsayers2913

8 жыл бұрын

***** you are picking hairs. In this case the master would have used to it notify they were in danger , his decision based on he was in a channel and unable to manoeuvre AND for them to get out of the way. So whats the problem. Do you hold an ocean going masters cert ? I do !

I've seen U.S coast guard do a lot of unnecessary things here on KZread. Here it would really be good with some control and then they are not here!

@daultontemplet4016

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, yes. As in saving your ass in the middle of the ocean.

are they blocking the ship on purpose?

Anyone know why?

Boating Licenses Should Be Mandatory.

Fall fishing always bring out the ignorant boaters, now days you can put a app on your phone like i-sail that shows you where you are and where the ship channel is.

Hard to Port! No I mean hard to Starboard! WTH.. Screw it, full steam ahead. Dammit I've got the best spot in the river and I'm not giving it up.

Appears to be the Columbia or Willamette in Portland. Those ships coming through often shoot photos of the fishing boats anchored in the channel and send them to the Coast Guard. Ive seen the Coast Guard come in and write tickets immediately. ... can't fix stupid!

5-blasts is "warning danger" and frees the ship from liability under several of the "rules" but what idiots since the pilot of the ship cannot see any of these little boats under him.

Slightly off this topic, but still stupid boater . Decades ago boated out of Depot Bay, OR and had some association with the local coasties. There were a couple guys (sport fishers) who liked to go out fish, drink and claim to run out gas for outboards, and call the USCG for a tow in. They were cheap and didn't want to burn their own gas. You can only abuse USCG so much so witnessed said cheapskates get the full safety inspection at the boat ramp by one Rambo USCG's (he eventually went to work for the DEA), while this happening somebody placed a call to the Oregon State Patrol. As the intoxicated boater's drove off from boat ramp area onto HWY 101 into the jurisdiction of OSP in which a DUI was issued. Cost of a DUI can buy a lot gas. We all had a good chuckle at the station.

ship vs train... who would win?

These boaters must think that the big ships are able to quickly turn and stop like their boats, so they should yield to them like any other boat. I would have moved my boat to the side of the river immediately after seeing the ship come my way. How could people be so stupid ???