Salvage challenge after captain sinks boat in Chao Phraya

[snoop1130]

Salvage challenge after captain sinks boat in Chao Phraya

By The Nation

 

 

A ship carrying wind turbine poles heading to Ayutthaya sank in Nonthaburi province on Tuesday morning after its captain took on water in an attempt to sail under a bridge.

 

The Provincial Marine Department branch is considering how to salvage the ship, which is totally submerged, leaving only the poles sticking above the water.

 

Somkiat Kosrikrainiramon, branch director, said the salvage operation was expected to start on Thursday and other boats could travel past the area as the tugboat blocked only the west side of the waterway. 

 

However, he suggested other vessels sail with caution. 

 

Somkiat was speaking after inspecting the scene of the accident, which took place in the middle of Chao Phraya River, about 300 metres from the Nonthaburi Bridge.

 

The captain of the tugboat had demarcated the site of the sunken boat using bottles tied together with ropes to warn other vessels.

 

Somkiat said the captain of the boat had told him that he was towing the poles from Chon Buri’s Sattahip district heading to Nakhon Luang district in Ayutthaya when the accident happened.

 

He quoted the captain as saying that when the boat neared the Nonthaburi Bridge, the poles were too high for the boat to go under the bridge, so he decided to pump water into the boat to lower it into the river.

 

However, too much water was pumped into the boat, resulting in the sinking.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30332725

 

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[jollyhangmon]

... aye capt'n, way to go!  

Now, tell me again why they hire capable professionals for that kinda job ...?! 

[darksidedog]

14 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

However, too much water was pumped into the boat, resulting in the sinking.

That's what normally happens when you but too much water in a boat. I wonder if, like the average bus driver,  the Captain fled the scene, as we only have alleged quotes from him and no mention of his name or his arrest.

[observer90210]

What a relief the captain was not driving a Chao Phraya Express passenger river boat !!!...and hopefully he never will ?!!

[canuckamuck]

Just as well, where in Thailand do they have any wind anyhow? Must be another virtuous greeny project which is all show and no go.

[Darren palmer]

you just can't make this shit up...?

 

[harada]

Obviously the owners of these turbines believed the old "mai pen rai, can do" line.

[Thian]

12 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

Just as well, where in Thailand do they have any wind anyhow? Must be another virtuous greeny project which is all show and no go.

Well it seems that if those windmills are high enough they catch enough wind to spin...But even in Pattaya on the topfloor of a hotel i didn't notice enough wind.

 

For Thailand solar power seems much better.

[Thian]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The captain of the tugboat had demarcated the site of the sunken boat using bottles tied together with ropes to warn other vessels.

 

He didn't even have some buoys onboard to warn the other vessels??  He is so professional 

[DoctorG]

This is the marine equivalent of a truck driver letting the air out of the tyres to get under the bridge.

[edwinchester]

12 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

Just as well, where in Thailand do they have any wind anyhow? Must be another virtuous greeny project which is all show and no go.

Aside from an obvious joke, there is plenty of wind in Thailand and I sometimes wonder about buying my own small turbine as a backup power supply. The main problem is that wind speeds are not consistent, varying between flat calm and gale force so some sort of trip mechanism is required for safety and also a decent storage setup.

[canuckamuck]

15 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

Aside from an obvious joke, there is plenty of wind in Thailand and I sometimes wonder about buying my own small turbine as a backup power supply. The main problem is that wind speeds are not consistent, varying between flat calm and gale force so some sort of trip mechanism is required for safety and also a decent storage setup.

What region do you live in. I have lived in three provinces and can't recall any days that had enough wind to even move the leaves for more than an hour or so. Yes I know we get windy storms, but they move on pretty quickly.

[phantomfiddler]

Perhaps he should have filled the tubes with used plastic bottles and towed them up the river on an incoming tide ?

[RichardColeman]

"Promote that man to Sub captain" 

[Ulic]

I guess it seemed like a good idea at the time. 

[Juan B Tong]

Let me sink my boat "just a little bit" to get under the bridge.

 

Genius !

[klauskunkel]

...at least it wasn't "brake failure", though the root cause is still the same

[trainman34014]

1 hour ago, canuckamuck said:

What region do you live in. I have lived in three provinces and can't recall any days that had enough wind to even move the leaves for more than an hour or so. Yes I know we get windy storms, but they move on pretty quickly.

Just got back from a week on Koh Chang and it was very windy every day and most nights, reminded me of Blackpool !    I know Islands are more likely to get higher winds but i have experienced high winds inland as well down the years.   Only this May high winds brought down several tree's near us in the Hang Dong area.

[edwinchester]

1 hour ago, canuckamuck said:

What region do you live in. I have lived in three provinces and can't recall any days that had enough wind to even move the leaves for more than an hour or so. Yes I know we get windy storms, but they move on pretty quickly.

Kanchanaburi, dead flat for 10's of km's all around. Blows a nice breeze for several hours a day.

[drtreelove]

1 hour ago, canuckamuck said:

What region do you live in. I have lived in three provinces and can't recall any days that had enough wind to even move the leaves for more than an hour or so. Yes I know we get windy storms, but they move on pretty quickly.

I live on the Gulf coast in Samut Prakan, and I value the almost constant gentle winds that provide relatively good air quality. 

[scorecard]

15 hours ago, jollyhangmon said:

... aye capt'n, way to go!  

Now, tell me again why they hire capable professionals for that kinda job ...?! 

 

Was all of this not surveyed before the decision to move the poles on the river?

[weegee]

I would bet $100, that a pipe in the ballast system burst through lack of maintenance...or the seacock vavle which hasnt been used in years collapsed on the inside when they opened it....ooops cant turn it off Captain.

[Just Weird]

16 hours ago, darksidedog said:

That's what normally happens when you but too much water in a boat. I wonder if, like the average bus driver,  the Captain fled the scene, as we only have alleged quotes from him and no mention of his name or his arrest.

Is having an accident an offence?  Why should he be arrested, why would you suggest that the Captain may have fled the scene and that his comments were only "alleged" when there was no mention at all of any of that happening in the OP?

[Just Weird]

16 hours ago, observer90210 said:

What a relief the captain was not driving a Chao Phraya Express passenger river boat !!!...and hopefully he never will ?!!

Wouldn't be a problem if he was as there would never be any need for him to try to squeeze under a bridge by taking on some water.

[marko kok prong]

So no planning done before the ill fated voyage such as measuring the pipes and checking the height of bridges.

[Moti24]

Motorcycle taxis, songtaews, car taxis, bus/coach drivers, hgv drivers, boat captains; I wonder what the average IQ is for this group of ****in idiots!

 

I think I'll avoid local airlines, just in case the pilots are from the same gene pool.

[Jen65]

mmmm a real professional Captain ???  He forgot about the free surface effect of filling more ballast !!  

from a professional ex Captain !!!! 

[Jen65]

Oh and also he forgot to work out if the boat would have a positive GM ( taking into account the free surface effects )

[dictater]

7 hours ago, DoctorG said:

This is the marine equivalent of a truck driver letting the air out of the tyres to get under the bridge.

Which I and probably every other truck driver have done. 

[DoctorG]

16 hours ago, dictater said:

Which I and probably every other truck driver have done. 

Yes, but I imagine that you stopped before your rims contacted the road

This captain did not know when to stop filling his boat with water before reaching the point of no return.