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Bravo Captain and crew.

Sauber! Bitte ohne Ton...

Thank you for all your words, I’m the first mate and our captain did a fine job that day!

When 600 people all agreed to their loved ones to do whatever it takes to get home safely and accomplish the mission. This is what it takes to be a sailor.

and THAT is how you parallel park!

Barely any wind. Amazing work

Fine seamen 😂

Absolutely stunning level of skill there from the captain. The two dockside workers needed a bit of coaxing to finally interact with the tie ropes :)

Amazing job! Reminds me of when i was living/working on the Isla of Skye, (Scotland, uk) when the ferry was still running. The conditions that they sailed in were incredible! They'd point the boat diagonally from it's destination, and let the wind blow it to the ferry port! It never failed to amaze me how accurate they were. I have great respect for these guys and gals that work on these ferries, in all weathers.

Been there (literarily) done that with my 31ft sailboat... Problem is after parking like that with the help of the wind is that you are pinned to the dock and can not get moving again. I had to do it to fill fuel as I had to go out to sea to save the boat from the storm as there was no safe place to stay in the harbor (all the safe sports was taken). After struggling for a long while to get out from the dock I finally made it and as I was going out at the open sea I meat the rescue boat coming in, they must have been thinking I was crazy going out at sea in that wind lol. When I finally was out on the open ocean it was not that bad and I had a 8 hour ride against wind and waves running on engine only straight against the wind before I was into my home harbor where it was safe.

When ship is listing so hard that you can scoop water from the sea with your hand to wash sweat away from your face while wrestling on bridge, then its challenging..

When you can do it, you can do it

Good to see where my father grew up and how people were living there 100 years ago.

That's what I call a sideways drift !

Did he just use his anchor to hand brake slide into dock ????

They call this "a normal day" in Norway.

Well done!

Hell of an anchor set. Then docking fighting the wind. Salute!

Tremendous work, Captain. Much appreciated, from a former maritime engineer who had to design the structures that you berth against. Brilliant job, crew.

He basically moored with on-shore wind and used anchor to have more control. Well done, but would not say it is something exceptional. Happens all the time, e.g. in Greece, where harbours are sometimes narrow and the wind can be from the side.

I was brought to Australia as a 5 month old baby by my Australian parents I traveled in a carry on bassinet and did not require a ticket I am now classed as a nz citizen and an undocumented boat person I am 60 now and still have to argue with the government over benefits even though I have never been back to nz

yeaah Ms Nordnorge Hurtigruten trip ... must experience once in a lifetime... it ain't beach party, not comfy city vacation... it's northern norway with extreme views :)

Nice placement of the anchor

used the boat as the sail. lol

I could do it better.

I SEE HE WAS USING A ANCHOR TO WINDWARD TO CONTROL THE BOW. GOOD SEAMANSHIP. ⚓⛵

Brilliant. I could not do that with my 5 m runabout.

That messenger line at the very end lol

That’s a good trick and the captain dredges the harbour too. Looks ferocious, better live inland in a nice valley with trees.

Looks like 40+ kts winds, directly on the beam

Kedging into the quay. Will used the anchor to kedge out

welcome to Norway

Ship happens

Just steer son it’s like riding a bike

Tugs are becoming obsolete.

All you have to do is let the wind push. I could have done this and gotten all these views, but I was super busy.

They can park that boat better than I can park my car. 😅

Meanwhile Royal Navy "sailors" crashing warship into eachother in sunny weather on a steady sea.

A sexy bit of seamanship.

Superb job of an all but impossible docking (without damage). Hats off, skipper, from another skipper. <3

'i learned that driving the Saratoga'

FF version: Norway drift

the captain of this ship was on his A game! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Except for how did the ship's captain allow themselves to get into this precarious situation to begin with?

That viking seamanship is on clear display here, that's experience that's been passed down from many a generation to that captain

Can anyone give me a true wind strength in knots for this incident please.

By God, that's seamanship

Needs a job in shipping

bow and stern thrusters cryin

I was Radio Officer on Santona GCDU 1961 and 1962, under Captain Andy Dougall. She was a happy ship, and they were two of the happiest years of my life. Thankyou for posting.