5 Ship Launches That Went Horribly Wrong

5 Ship Launches That Went Horribly Wrong

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[carlinhos]

"horribly wrong" a big tsunami wave of 10 centimeters...

[Dimmoie]

Just a tip creator, perhaps play the clip in full first, let us experience it without distraction, and THEN replay it while narrating..

It would make for a far more fulfilling experience

[peach]

You're wrong on the first one. Both cranes had the load. If only one had the load & the other was controlling the swing. The one with the load would've been rigged in the center of the boat. It's called a tandem lift.

[hankyost]

I would rather the narrator not tell you exactly what's going to happen right before it happens kind of ruins the whole video.

[seraphiccandy]

"boat launches that went horribly wrong" boat -4, creates small wave that gets several peoples feet wet....

[midnightmoses]

Always read the comments first, it's saved me a\ lot of time.

[tsmall]

Both cranes were lifting the boat. The one that fell was lifting the heavier end and it was oriented incorrectly.

[phillipdavies]

That isn't a "large crane", as cranes go it's actually pretty small. Which explains why what happened, happened.

[timhouser]

This is like those movies that show the whole movie in the preview and then expect you to sit through the movie.

It probably would have made a great 4 minute video.

To the author's credit, there is no annoying music. Bravo.

[spiritofthewolfx]

#2 is why watching the rental and weekender crowd at the local boat ramps on long weekends is a favourite pastime of mine. Never a dull moment.

[nfb]

The narrator clearly has no clue how how the cranes that lifted the boat actually failed.

[mattjackson]

6:47 Biggest disaster here is portrait mode

[boblalonde]

old footage, already watched years ago.

[exessex]

2:31 The boat somehow stayed afloat... It's a boat for goodness sake; it was dropped into water; it's whole reason for existing is to float. Of course it stayed afloat - it's a boat!

[DlcEnergy]

Wet Spectators... Horribly Wrong? That'd be Hilariously Right. lol

[brookeamm]

My guess as to why the first boat remained afloat is that it looks like a Coast Guard-style vessel, which I believe are made to right themselves if they overturn

[greathodgy]

Your description of the rigging on the first launch is completely wrong.

[philippenachtergal]

Another well known launch fail is the Vasa (or Wasa) in 1628.
But it wasn't as much a problem of the launch as a design problem with the ship itself.

[variableknife]

I've been to enough launches to know that the 'big wave' thing is quite an event and a lot of fun for small-town locals. A yard that can make a hull that big (#3) is a major part of the local economy and people are pretty proud of their friends and family who work there. It's hardly a 'disaster'. I would say they might have underestimated this one. I have -seen- launches like that turn into a disaster - the ship got loose on one end while launching in a cut-out just like this one. When the line went loose, it forced the hull astern - and RIP running gear. Everything aft underwater fouled on the shore: Shafts, props, rudders, struts. All of it. The ship was in no danger of sinking but they did have quite a bit of work to do.

#4. If it fits on a trailer... it is not a ship. It's a boat.

#1. Also not a ship. That's a boat. A harbor "Pilot Boat", even.

So - in this video one vessel for sure is a ship. The last vessel I'd say probably (?) qualifies and the 2nd vessel... maybe.

[larsrons]

"Sorry, that new ship we built for you, we have to scrap it." - "What? !!!?! My new ship, the ship you just launched?" - "Yes, or well, partially. Half the ship got launched. The other half is still on land and not looking so good. We have to scrap it all."