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Cruise ship antics?
DSK wrote: otnmbrd wrote: Will be interesting to find out what happened. If someone accidently hit the wrong button during a course change it's one thing, but if there is a control glitch..... yikes. Does this ship steerable props (such as the Azi-Pod)? If so, then there's no way the helmsman could make the ship roll no matter how hard he turned. What? I call BS.! Are you telling me could not induce a roll on ship with pods? These are electric outboards engnes in pods, the pods turn so rudders are not needed. I say... I could make a ship roll faster and harder with pods if she has any weight up top. Its a matter of sway, not propulsion. Joe Other possible contributor would be "stabilizers". Bingo As for "top heavy".... she does look it, but the reality is that she probably isn't. I dunno, the ABS has recently decided that use of active stabilizers counts for stability. Maybe they have some sort of absolute guarantee that the system never goes down? In any event, the standards for ship's metacenter has been changed. Maybe when one of them falls on it's side and the crew has to right it like a Laser, http://www.willamettesailingclub.com...os/capsize.jpg the standards will change back again? Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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Does this ship steerable props (such as the Azi-Pod)? If so,
then there's no way the helmsman could make the ship roll no matter how hard he turned. Joe wrote: What? I call BS.! Are you telling me could not induce a roll on ship with pods? I don't know if it's impossible to make the ship roll *any* but it will certainly roll a heck of a lot less. ... Its a matter of sway, not propulsion. No, it's a matter of forces around the centers of mass & resistance. A rudder will make a ship roll because it is far down below the waterline, and it only creates a force in one direction. With an Azipod the ship is pulled (or pushed) into a turn with much less heeling force generated. It's one of the purposes of building it that way. I suppose it follows that if the azipod (or any other steerable prop) is used the exact opposite of how it should be, the ship could roll even more... maybe that's what happened! Anyway, google up the design brief on azipods if you think I'm BSing. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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DSK wrote: Yeah sure agreed Anyway, google up the design brief on azipods if you think I'm BSing. Sure the design is superior in moving any direction. The reason pods are used on ships is to avoid harbor tugs and allow tight manuvering in harbor, and they are a more fuel efficent diesel electric set-up. Has nothing to do with stability of a cruise ship IMO. Little experment, take a 4x8 sheet of plywood on edge, set course straight down the street, then as you get up to speed push the aft section left or right and see how the plywood sways. You turn something that heavy fast it is going to sway, do a quick S you could induce a very nice (even un-expected and deadly) roll with such a top heavy pig. Joe Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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"DSK" wrote in message news otnmbrd wrote: Will be interesting to find out what happened. If someone accidently hit the wrong button during a course change it's one thing, but if there is a control glitch..... yikes. Does this ship steerable props (such as the Azi-Pod)? If so, then there's no way the helmsman could make the ship roll no matter how hard he turned. Would tend to disagree here. You put a ship into a hard turn, the mass of the ship is going to make it lean towards the outside line of the turn.....no matter what the propulsion. Now, I also doubt that the angle they achieved was really as high as speculated (that high up and it will seem much worse that it is) but it doesn't take much of a roll which is not expected to start throwing people and things around, but back to your point.... although Z-drive and azipod are different, I know a Z-drive will lay itself over in a hard turn but I've never been on an azipod unit when making one and I would have to think that on these ships, the stabilizer (if working) would tend to minimize the roll angle ..... a lot of speculation on my part and why I'm going to be interested to hear the final reports. Other possible contributor would be "stabilizers". Bingo As for "top heavy".... she does look it, but the reality is that she probably isn't. I dunno, the ABS has recently decided that use of active stabilizers counts for stability. Maybe they have some sort of absolute guarantee that the system never goes down? In any event, the standards for ship's metacenter has been changed. Maybe when one of them falls on it's side and the crew has to right it like a Laser, http://www.willamettesailingclub.com...os/capsize.jpg the standards will change back again? Counts in what way? I can't imagine that it in anyway could count for initial or damage stability, but may allow a slightly reduced one under certain operating conditions. As for "top heavy", be it a cruise ship or a car carrier most of that space is relatively empty (i.e., not a lot of solid weight) so that looks aside I'm betting they still have a pretty good GM ..... course, as with the car carrier Tricolor, it doesn't take much water to play hell with that GM. otn |
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"otnmbrd" wrote in message 25.201... Will be interesting to find out what happened. If someone accidently hit the wrong button during a course change it's one thing, but if there is a control glitch..... yikes. Other possible contributor would be "stabilizers". As for "top heavy".... she does look it, but the reality is that she probably isn't. Car haulers look amazingly top heavy, like a gust of wind would blow one right over. Scotty |
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Scotty wrote:
Car haulers look amazingly top heavy, like a gust of wind would blow one right over. They look like nothing I've ever seen, certainly not like a ship. A lot of modern cruise ships look like some kind of household appliance. I wonder if the stability is a problem and we just don't hear much about it? If a cruise liner capsizes, it will be in the news though! Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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"DSK" wrote in message ... Scotty wrote: Car haulers look amazingly top heavy, like a gust of wind would blow one right over. They look like nothing I've ever seen, certainly not like a ship. I remember when I was a youngun seeing a shoe box floating down a creek. Maybe the car hauler designer saw the same thing? -- Scotty ''One who never gets out of the Sound cannot, with any degree of credibility, comment on the courage of fellow sailors'' .....F.B. |
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I heard the cruise ship had R&P steering.
-- Scotty ''One who never gets out of the Sound cannot, with any degree of credibility, comment on the courage of fellow sailors'' .....F.B. "Joe" wrote in message ups.com... Now when on the helm of the fat sam I had a very hard time inducing a 30 degree roll, lucky to get a 10 degree roll without getting caught, and we were 11 decks abouve the waterline. I guess the fat sam was not as top heavy as the carnival ship. I wonder if the helmsmans was just FN with the passengers, or maybe they engaged the autopilot on the wrong course. Critical injuries....oh my. That ship looks extreamly top heavy, wonder whats going to happen if it gets in a major storm, people are going to be slapped back and forth between the bulkheads. Joe |
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Human error
http://www.wesh.com/news/9555476/detail.html Cap'n Crunch "Joe" wrote in message ups.com... Now when on the helm of the fat sam I had a very hard time inducing a 30 degree roll, lucky to get a 10 degree roll without getting caught, and we were 11 decks abouve the waterline. I guess the fat sam was not as top heavy as the carnival ship. I wonder if the helmsmans was just FN with the passengers, or maybe they engaged the autopilot on the wrong course. Critical injuries....oh my. That ship looks extreamly top heavy, wonder whats going to happen if it gets in a major storm, people are going to be slapped back and forth between the bulkheads. Joe |
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