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This is the ARM Cuauhtémoc.
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The injured people were on the ship. The bridge appears to be okay and has been reopened.
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Sweet boat. Well it was.
Can’t imagine what it was like inside
Given it just broke one of the masts, it was probably only a mild jolt.
From the other angle it hits the concrete walkway
I think you underestimate how strong the masts of a sailing ship are. They are the main propulsion of the ship, they have to take the entire wind load (or in the case of a three-masted ship, depending on sail plan the mainmast might normally take about half the total wind load) and it takes a very significant wind load to haul a ship like that through the water at a dozen knots. The mast is a main structural member and is typically tied into the ship all the way down to the keel, as well as being heavily tensioned in every direction practically possible with rope stays. Granted this is done especially from the rear and sides more than the front, where they would not typically be expected to experience significant direct loads like an impact, but this is still a serious piece of heavily reinforced structure we’re talking about despite its thin appearance.
Also I can’t tell if they’re wood masts in this case, but if they are, those tend to explode into potentially deadly splinters when they’re broken like that. Sailing injuries used to be pretty horrific and dangerous.
There were people all the way up the masts and all over the rigging, which made this accident worse.
Smelly, moist and full of seamen.
The Mexican navy is just sailing around nyc right now…??
Navies do goodwill visits to other countries. I remember when — in friendlier times — a Russian missile cruiser, the Varyag, stopped in San Francisco and did tours.
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https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/russian-warship-makes-rare-s-f-appearance-3260994.php
Russian warship makes rare S.F. appearance
The ship is the cruiser Varyag, a sleek gray vessel that is the flagship of Russia’s Pacific fleet.
Members of the public can tour the Varyag from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday. The ship sails Friday for Vladivostok.
EDIT: Here’s one that we did last year:
Navy to Set Sail on Goodwill Mission in Latin America, Caribbean
As part of the Continuing Promise deployments, U.S. personnel extend medical and veterinary services to local communities, conduct subject-matter exchanges and engineering projects, and host community events and band performances.
U.S. Navy medical personnel, construction experts, and musicians will deploy this year alongside Army veterinarians and professionals in the State Department-led Women, Peace and Security program to continue the tradition of extending goodwill.
Smith noted that the U.S. has delivered on that promise by working closely with partner countries to deliver more than 600,000 medical treatments, over 7,000 surgeries, and countless constructions projects and community engagements since the Continuing Promise mission began in 2007.
Yes, that’s literally normal.
It was a nice day
Seaman: Capitan!!! LA bandera es mas Alta que el puente de Brooklyn! Captain: A huevo!!! Pero in English porfavor!
Seaman: Yes captain! The flag pole is taller than the bridge! And so is the big Como se llama the one that holds the sail?
Captain: No se! We’ll have to wait for the news to find the name of the pole.
Seaman: it has a name? Anyway sir, we’re gonna crash is what I’m trying to tell you!
Captain: ah que LA chingada! Pero que cabrones porque no dices! Pendejo! Everyone! Agarrense Los huevos! Brace for impact! Brace for impact!
Others: que que?
Others 2: que te agarres Los huevos!
Others: ah ya. Ya me Los agarre, y hora? Que?
Ship: hey Mr Brooklyn Bridg…Digo…PAZ! Puz!..Digo…Bammm! Slammm! Kabooom!
Others 2 flying… :Ah I see! It wasn’t literally to hold my nuts! I had to brace for impact! Ah que pinche captain! Sonobabish. SPLATT!
Everyone else: Splatt!
Hospital doc: look at these…everything is fucked up except for their nuts. They really protected those puppies. and look at the others, they lost their nuts!
Others: yes, but we speak English.
Doc: we’ll have to do testicle amputation so we can help the survivors.
Captain: Ahuevo!
Just some possible casual conversation during the event. This was definitely no joke. Definetly.
Two people died. This is just disrespectful.
Training with sails? The Mexican Navy has to have boats with motors right?
The US has boats with motors. We also still train sailors to sail.
A number of navies have a tall ship — a large, old-style sailing ship — that they use for training. I believe that they also use them for ceremonies and maybe recruiting and stuff. Kind of a prestige thing, if they can scrape together the funds to have one.
The US has the USCGC Eagle for the Coast Guard and the USS Constitution — the oldest commissioned warship afloat — for the Navy.
According to its Wikipedia page, the Cuauhtémoc does have an auxillary motor, so it’s not completely reliant on wind.
Sails require no fuel, and will never require fuel.
What other forms of transportation require no fuel? Think about that for a minute. Sailing is badass.
Video of this is crazy. Cant imagine being on the rigging like that when it hits something solid.
Video of this is crazy.
searches YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dEL7vnQ6HEM
Yeah, there are people hanging in the rigging afterwards.
That is a colossal flag on the back of that boat.
I keep seeing news and posts intentionally omitting information.
Did the people on the ship get hurt? Or is it the people on the bridge?
