They weren’t suppose to go under the bridge at all, I believe they lost power and the current took them into the bridge. It’s a newer tall ship and pretty large, built in the early 1980’s. I’m pretty sure it would have a pretty substantial engine.
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That number may look big to those who don’t know boats, but as I said previously, that’s a tiny engine for a vessel of that size. A non-sailing boat of that tonnage would have more than 5000 hp.
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Years ago a fellow called me because he heard I have AMC cars. I know nothing about boats but he had what I assume was a small older yacht that had a Rambler 327 V8, no relationship with Chevy 327. Rambler mid-block 287 & 327 debuted in 1957. His had a cracked block and we said he wanted to travel the world. I suggested using a Chevy 350 because they made millions and he could get parts anywhere, but he wanted to keep it original. I knew of a junk yard that had them.
I never heard back how it turned out.
Another strange one was a couple miles from my homeplace was a very excentric old guy who decided to built Noah's Arc. Full scale according to the Bible and he worked on it for years in the 1960s. Then one day in high school we see it go down the road, he went back roads to Norfolk where he launched it.
The road trip alone must have been an adventure given enormous size.
He had wide load vehicles front and back.
I never heard back how it turned out.
Another strange one was a couple miles from my homeplace was a very excentric old guy who decided to built Noah's Arc. Full scale according to the Bible and he worked on it for years in the 1960s. Then one day in high school we see it go down the road, he went back roads to Norfolk where he launched it.
The road trip alone must have been an adventure given enormous size.
He had wide load vehicles front and back.
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Where does Studebaker 259 fit in that engine series? Long ago I had one in a Willys Wagon, apparently a popular conversion since it matched up to Jeep transmission.
With 4.27 differentials, it shrieked at highway speed.
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That the vertical clearance under the Brooklyn Bridge was less than the height of the Cuauhtemoc's mast was obvious. The ship was on the seaward side of the bridge, outbound when the (flood) tide carried it backward towards the Brooklyn shore. Undoubtedly the engine department was desperately trying to get forward propulsion. Someone will likely ask why she didn't drop anchor. I suspect there was insufficient scope (distance) to pay out to set an anchor in time.
(Late entry) Later scenes from video, after assist vessels were present, show both bow anchors had been dropped.
(Late entry) Later scenes from video, after assist vessels were present, show both bow anchors had been dropped.
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It doesn't. Studebaker & AMC two different manufacturers.
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Lost power, therefore lost steering control.
Captain Dirty, your explaination makes excellent sence. The video clearly shows the ship going backwards into the bridge, which baffled me. Being lit up like the proverbial christmas tree made me think the ship should have been moored.
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With the exception of outboard motors that can be rotated, some nozzles, and bow thrusters, most vessels' steering forces come from the force of water flowing past the rudder. With the vessel moving with the water and little relative flow, there would be little steering force available regardless of whether the "power steering" was working.
