Learn To Drive (A Cruise Ship)
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In this video we take a look at the basics of ship handling, illustrating how a cruise ship can manoeuvre in a tight space.
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I'm starting education towards becoming a ship captain and this is very informative and interesting. Thanks for the content!
I'm just curious, where do you go to study that?
Good luck with your training Adrian
@@jamesm2785 maritime academy's there are many around the world and on both coasts of the US
@@jamesm2785 Ship school.
@@thereissomecoolstuff thanks!
I'm not a ship or a maritime person, but I'm binge watching all of your videos
Glad you are enjoying them Rafale
Likewise man. There's just something so intrinsically badass about having a well versed knowledge of the sea, ships and sailing and so on. So cool...
Same. I don't even really like ship's but this channel has made me appreciate them.
4:06 Comically wide ship, that sounds like meme material right there.
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Lets all appreciate the immense amount of work that must get into making these (fantastic) video’s.
Love them allmost every time!
Cheers Christiaan
Another configuration sometimes used is a joystick type control - where the rudders, engines, and bowthruster all act independently under computer control to move the ship where you want.
Naturally, being one trained on twin screw CPP, I much prefer berthing via walking the ship using engines and BT!
That's how flight controls works too on a plane!
@@topethermohenes7658 On some planes yes, not all.
@@skunkjobb *on all jet commercial planes
Joysticks are cheating...
@@topethermohenes7658 All Airbus planes, and Boeing 777 and newer are Fly By Wire, but far from “all” in general.
Hey can I get some passangers?
only a shipful
*Comically wide ship docks*
That comically wide ship actually made me chuckle.
In 20 episodes he'll be teaching us how to build warships, then he'll have his own Navy to rule the seas
I never noticed the sound effects before, but they are a really nice touch!
When there's a new Casual Navigation video it doesn't matter what you're currently watching. You click on it.
Thanks Riley. Its great to have your support
@@CasualNavigation You've earned it! I don't support those that aren't worth my time.
Absolutely great Videos! I'm a boat driving teacher (small boats) in Switzerland and love to refer to your Videos, when I get asked about bigger ships! Thank you so much!
Thanks Marc. Its great to hear the content is useful
I literally clicked off a history guy video for this.
Clicked off of Historia Civillis for this.
I finished a Jack Rackam video before this.
Clicked off Lindybeige
And I watched that VASAviation's video 20 minutes before this and recognized your avatar. The small world of popular TH-cam videos...
I clicked off a life noggin one for this
One of the many, many things I love about your channel is the attention to detail. White Star Pier 54, nicely done
Thanks Will. Top marks for noticing 👍
4:06 "comically wide ship"
*w i d e p u t i n wants to know your location*
28.03.2021> Suez wants to know your location
When I was a towboat pilot, we didn't have a bow thruster, but you could walk directly sideways because we had flanking rudders in addition to our normal rudders.
Yo so I’m a senior sea cadet in my corps and I staff at a lot of sail weekend so the small/single propeller boat maneuvering was big help. I’d like to thank you for that video.
Thank you.
Glad it was useful Liam
Great video that shows all concepts fantastically but just one thing. I sailed with one of the big name cruise lines coming into Port everglades on a weekly basis. The berth where this cartoon ship was parking, there is no hope of fitting 3 cruise ships there end to end. I remember Oasis of the seas used to tie up on that berth when we were there and that single ship hardly fitted on its own. Apart from that, great video.
Haha. Thanks Conor. I should have mentioned it wasn't meant to be to scale.
I have still have a question, what if your ship only has one bow thruster and one screw configuration with one rudder on a small sailing boat? How is someone supposed to parallel park something with the same elegance as the examples you have given? Thanks big fan of your work!
Thanks That Guy. Check out my video on Left Handed ships. I describe a little bit of single screw ship handling
While I haven't seen the video he suggests, there are things you can do that will work quite well. I have three sailboats and not one has a bow thruster. On the other hand you can use prop walk to help you dock. The best thing you can do is to practice. While I can't parallel park most of the time, I can dock it with no issues the vast majority of the time. As he mentions in this video, weather, and currents depending upon where you are docking may cause problems, in which case you may need the assistance of someone on the pier.
Most of the time you don't need to parallel park. By the way, it is a well known rule that the more people are watching, the more something will go wrong! Good luck with your docking!
@@CasualNavigation Have you done a video on azipods too please? :) Love your channel thanks!
We have a single screw boat with a bow thruster. To move (say) sideways to the left, first turn the rudder to full right. Give a squirt of forward throttle which, with the rudder set right will kick the stern to the left. At the same time apply bow thruster left to counteract the turning motion from the rudder. So now the boat is moving left. It’s also moving a little forward now, so then apply a squirt of reverse. No need to adjust the rudder (still full right) because it has almost no effect in reverse (see casual navigation video as to why). Repeat this cycle of forward/thruster/reverse to continue moving left. Presto! I find it easier than reverse parallel parking in my car!
you can use "back and fill". alternate quickly between "right rudder astern engine" and "left rudder forward engine" or vice versa depending on which way you want to go, you use stored momentum from turning, switch gears, and turning the opposite direction cancels much of the momentum fore and aft, leaving you with a turning moment and some transverse force. you can pivot turn a single screw, it's just hard
the graphics combined with the music just gives of that suspense and excitement vibe..
Comically large ship!
Not so, actually only a third of what the ship size is. Oasis of the seas parks on that berth regularly and doesn't really fit
Alternatively and more practically, use a catamaran.
Only a ship full😩
I have a playlist for some amazing informative videos and your videos always end up getting in it.
Why do I find these so interesting? Another inexplicably fascinating video about large ships. Thank you 👍
Thanks dirty pure. Glad you enjoyed it
I really enjoy this channel, I hope it will have a steady growth!
Cheers MrAchile13
When did I suddenly start having an insatiable interest in boats? I can't stop watching this guy. First I just innocently clicked on a video about how anchors work and now I can't stop. Good show old chap.
I had no idea I was so interested in shipping. Thank you.
I noticed the animations and sound effects improved a lot. I can tell your putting in more time great work man.
Many smaller ships with no bow thruster still have to walk into docks just using 2 rear thrusters and it’s a nice practice to see. So much skill goes into.
Instant click on every single one of your videos, and I'm never disappointed quite the contrary. I sure loved the sight of the Armorique!
Terrific work as usual 👍
Thank you
Thanks Guillaume. Glad you enjoyed it
Parking parallel? Better: berthing( or mooring) alongside. Thank you for your videos. They are amazing.
As always, very interesting and informative!
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video! I'm going to definitely keep this in mind next time I take my cruise ship for a spin!
therapist: comically wide ship isn't real, it can't hurt you
the *thicc* ship: 4:06
LMAO
I love the fact that its was a tutorial style video like we will drive a big ship in short time
I have no idea how i got here, but I've watvhed like 25 videos and I love it!
Hi there, I loved the video! I would love to see a video in the future comparing different propulsion systems: Maybe propeller vs Waterjet vs Voith Schneider comparing their strengths and weaknesses! More advanced ship handling videos (if there are more advanced techniques) would also be very interesting! Keep up the great work!
Your videos are always excellent!
I’m a pilot student and this is still intresting to learn
This is great. I've always wondered about this stuff when taking ferries.
Nice video and channel you have, I'm also a marine pilot but still enjoy watching these kind of videos :)
Thanks John. Glad to have you here
As you get close to the dock you can throw a line and get your bow and stern cables attached. Then kedging or warping. Once even one is attached IMHO it can be used to pull or help offset some fore-aft movement.
everybody: comically w i d e ship
*w i d e* putin is on that ship.
I was on a smallish cruise ship (700 passengers) and the captain had to dock with a strong wind blowing it onto the dock. He dropped the bow anchor short of the dock to help control the drift and to pull the boat off the dock in case the bow thrusters couldn’t handle it.
Fascinating info! Very glad you are posting videos again!
Very informative and interesting video as always, I really enjoy learning about ships now thanks to you! I didn't know this stuff was interesting to me 😂 keep up the good work on your channel
The music for that parallel parking explanation got me over hyped for parallel parking, man
I watched all, I didn't know that I needed to know this, now i want more.
There’s just something beautiful about piloting a massive piece of machinery like it was a feather on the wind.
The skill of the helmsmen. 😚 👌
Great Video. Thanks for creating such great content!
Cheers Chris
I love your channel, this stuff is so interesting! And to think, cruise ships at their vast scale use pretty much the same techniques as tiny little pleasure craft.
It's becoming kind of standard to have a bow thruster these days, but in the olden days you only had a single engine with fixed propellor and 1 rudder. Manouvring that into a berth is only possible by clever use of mooring lines during the manouvre.
Hi @@martijnheil8825 I know just what you mean - a few months ago the bow thruster on our boat failed as we came in to moor at an overnight stop. Our boat has a single engine, a fixed prop and 1 rudder. I spent the evening boning up on the use of mooring lines to get in and out of berths in various situations without a thruster, and then spent the following day doing it for real as we made our way downstream on the Thames, through multiple locks toward our home berth. I was a sweaty mess by the end of the day, but also pleased to have managed the Old School techniques without smashing the boat to pieces. I am pleased to have the bow thruster back in operation, though secretly smug that I managed without it for a day!
I love this channel so much.
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Excellent graphics in this episode, maybe your best yet!
Always fascinates me the way ships turn. Great video. Hey ever cover Car Ferries?
Funny how this was recommend to me now
I was once doing an escort of one of the larger military sealift command ships out of Pearl Harbor (dont remember which one, but it had a ramp that folded down for vehicles on the aft end if that helps) and as it was making the turn around hospital point the tug on the aft seemed like it was using all its power to keep the ship from atleast side swiping the day marker, let alone scraping the edge of what was dredged. The tug was almost sideways pulling it.
could you make a video explaining what is a port of registration,which country is the most popular for registered a ship and why?
Great and informative video! It seems i am not alone in liking this technical ship content. Can you in the future do a more in depth video about a ships engine system, like main motor startup procedure and support systems? How do seagoing carriers generate freshwater? How can subsea vessels make a hole in the ship (moonpool) without sinking? Different hull designs (UT, wave piercers, catamarans etc)
Keep up the good videos!
Thanks for the suggestions. A few of those would make great topics
Thanks for the video. This'll come in handy when I end up piloting a cruise ship at some point in my life
excellent channel with easy to understand animations
Thanks Humza
My cruise ship had tires sucked into the bow thruster propeller. The dive crew took around 3 months to finally get rid of the tire derby. Since the divers can only work a few hours on port before the ship sails again.
Very amazing video. Best of luck for the future videos
Is this how I do it?
*_deja vu!_*
KANSEI DORIFTO!
That was very well explained. The graphics were great. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Audio in this video is superb!
I’m reading The Alexander Inheritance by Eric Flint, it’s about a cruise ship that gets sent back in time to the Mediterranean Sea right after Alexander the Great died. At one point they get attacked by the local navy so they just hit reverse and smash the hell out of the enemy ship.
Very interesting. After a lifetime of watching the ferries in New Orleans dock, I always wondered how they moved them sideways. I didn’t know about the side thrusters. Figured it worked like a giant Jet Ski.
I tend to see ships with stern thrusters, but it's really cool to see how those with just split screws and bow thrusters can maneuver just as well.
Thanks a bunch..your videos make things more comprehendable!
I love your videos. Please keep them coming. You're very talented!
Thanks for helping me, I was kinda in a pickle with this 150,000 ton ship I found on the side of the road blocking the lane
It is a good bit more difficult with a single screw frigate. Amazing things can be done with spring lines and fenders. That is some serious ship handling.
Love your videos so much I watch them all the time keep making these types of videos
Yooooo I work there at port Everglades, the little basin East and directly south of the inlet
love the sound effect when switching to the azimuth propeller!
Great video!
An in-depth video on pivot points would be really useful. How and why they move, etc.
Loving the content.
Very good thanks. ✅
00:12 am, this is a good time to learn about this!
Thank you for all your witty contents!
If a ship with no bow thrusters is turned with only the propeller and rudder, the pivot should be close to the bow because the thrust is on the stern.
I've been a quartermaster on big cruiship for ten years and counting. You really explain it will!
It gives me an idea on making a time lapse video on how the bridge team interacts each other. Its very intence how the team work specialy in ports like miami fl,turning basin,nassau bahamas and the most deadly! hard to manuever port as of my experience( cozumel Mexico ) port puerta maya
Just to mention cruiship CARNIVAL VICTORY smash It's stern to the dolpin on puerta maya mexico during a turn, happened last year if I'm not mistaken.
I think I saw a video of that somewhere
Cozumel is very easy so Puerto Maya as there is no break water..i have sailed on carnival ships in deck dept...now I am chief officer on dp vsls ..
Thanks for the well thought out description and excellent animation. I learned a lot!
Without azimuth thrusters you can't really direct the thrust anywhere but directly backwards when you're on reverse. Rudders only work when the propeller moves water thru them or when you have enough backwards movement. If you have two propellers you could use the other one to push the aft sideways and other on reverse to cancel the forward movement and then just keep the bow in line with the bow thrusters.
This is honestly way simpler than I thought it would be
This is a very useful video. I'll watch this before buying some cruise ships,
Another amazing video! Keep it up!
Thanks Bobs Gaming Extravaganza
5:56 That is M/T Sveti Krševan from company Jadrolinija and this town is Orebić.
I love how it was set at pev. Very informative
The details in your videos, you make cargo ships sail to/from Rotterdam port and the cruise ships from England.
Read an article in M.E.R. , this ship always needed tugs, canna remember the ship or tonnage, a new properly designed rudder was built and fitted, goodbye tugs, as a builder of sailing yachts, I know rudder design is super important
Ships coming into Lautoka would run out the seawards pick well off of the wharf, when the pick took up they would winch in and come ahead full stb helm and come gracefully alongside, then winch to come away, come astern full rudder
I heard that Q.M came into N.Y without tug assist, the tugs were on strike
I love the epic music near the end
Not sure about all ships but working security on a cruise line they have us open the shell gates and radio to the bridge when we are in a good position for the gangways.
So the captain may control the power of the ship but i get to tell the captain he has to bring the ship ahead by half a meter to be in position lol.
Extremely well done and easy to understand!
Fascinating! Is there any simulator software available to civilians to play around with such maneuvering?
It may not be the best option, but I know that Machine World 2 on steam definitely has such maneuvering capabilities with their ships.
I've been looking for a decent pc simulator for ages to help with the videos. No luck so far
Large ship captains and pilots use high tech simulators that are loaded with the acutal ship parameters to practice manuevering before they ever touch the ship.. these simulators cost millions of dollars.
Narrowboat simulator on Android is fun and relaxing.
Casual Navigation: Try HMS Collingwood for RN bridge watch keeping simulators, from Type 45 Destroyers to QE Class Aircraft Carriers. Or the Warsash Maritime Academy where you learn bridge watch keeping and manoeuvring. Both in Hampshire UK and a stones throw from The Solent!
If they can’t help you nobody can!
These videos are terrific. Thank you.
07.00 manouver is not like that, the carachteristic manouver you tell is can work in twin Hamilton jet Boat ship, and not working in twin screw with bowtruster.
The correct situation manouver in 07.00 is Starboard engine reverse and port engine ahead and steering hard to starboard and bowtruster to the left
All my respect for you captains out there!
I remember how we had a cabin on the back of the ship, and just awakening in the morning to an earthquake as it was maneuvering 😂
Great video! Keep it up
Amazing video and great explanation, thank you very much!
Thanks for the cool videos! Can you do something on sailing vessels?
I do want to cover sailing vessels some time as it would be a good challenge trying to animate sails and things
I already some of this , but some of the stuff here where I learn is literally from a game that was realesed in 2008 ( but the graphics are still amazing , not gonna lie ) but anyways thanks for the info!
chanced upon this video. I learnt something new. Liked & subsrcibed