For all who say that this maneuver was too risky: The Greek ferry system is one of Europe's most iterated. Many ports are small, most harbors are surrounded by hills, which change the general direction of winds. Winter winds can be very strong, but also in summer in the central Aegean there is a nearly constant strong wind of Bf 4-8 (the Meltemi). Yet the Greek ferry system is one of the safest in the world. Kudos to Greek Ferry Captains ! In this case (a relatively big harbor in tranquil weather) the weathered master of this vessel executed a bold maneuver, but one which was well within his skills. Bravo !
@@cagrigokhantortum8040 sure, but with no prop wash your steering is going to be quite severely impacted. And what about a steering gear failure? Like, I get that this is fine when everything works, it's just that the moment something doesn't work as intended you're having a bad day because you're cutting the margins so fine.
Marvel at the seamanship! That ferry goes in and out of many ports in a single day, in all weathers and all tide states; it has a schedule to keep and islands to serve. Brilliant.
Some years ago in Naxos i saw one of the blue star getting into the harbour really fast and i saw her putting all the tiller and dropping the entire the anchor chain for docking. It was really amazing. Ps: my naval english is bad, sorry
What they gonna do when good old 'Murphy' shows up! It happens! BCFerries had a linkage disconnect coming in to dock and could not stop and took out several boats at the dock in Horseshoe Bay. And they were no where near as fast as this!
This ship is from canada since 2014, and it was one of the only ships of this company goes in rafina, i saw photos of indroos too! I never got inside on that ship, i wish i could tho!
That hot-shot Captain will do that every day for years and then , just when he's about to throw his ship into that starboard turn as he comes through the pier heads his steering gear will fail, it will fail to neutral and his ship will not even slow by half a knot before coming to grief buried bridge deep in the port side of a product carrier, seconds later there will be a bright glow and lots of heat and light and a front page headline around the world.
You are exactly right sir. Having optimistic macho captains, especially on passenger vessels, is playing Russian roulette. Eventually people die. This is an example of truly lousy seamanship.
This is the main Maria on Siros, Greece. A beautyful town and neat place. BUT (read on): I was in this marina with my sailboat - once and never again because of those morons. They drive like Jackasses into the harbor with 10kn or more - then full bow thrusters and full reverse, which creates around 1,5 to 2m high waves in the maria. I never went offboard to protect my ship. Other ships were pushed into the kaiwall. The problem is - you have to go back and anchor at around 15m depth. So you have a shit load of chain out that you can't pull it tight enought if one of those iditos does his stunt there... Going sideways to the kai is suicide. The marina is free of charge and you get even free water and electricity to make it more attractive - but even this does not help... I ended up leaving the marina at evening and anchoring at the small island you can see at the beginning of the vid to get at least some sleep. Next day I went back just for 30 mins to put my repaired sail back on and left as quickly as I could. This has nothing to do with "like a boss" .. more "like a idiot". Go to this marina and you can watch really poor seamanship shown by the profis - not more. Fun fact: This marina is hated by nearly every sailor I've met in greece because of those stupid ferry "captains".
You are a moron that you think the entire harbor should belong to your shitty sailboat. These islands get thousands of tourists every day and ferries need to get in and out fast because they also serve other islands in a row. Greek captains were and still are the best in the planet. Maneuvering a ferry so quick is really hard to do and no other captains except Greeks can do such thing.
Too fast in my opinion. Ok, they're doing every day, vessel is good and very manouvreable (CPP, Becker rudders and thrusters), as long as nothing will happen......over reliance is a nasty and hidden risk.
Captains ferry in local area usually are very familiar with their vessel area etc, of course their skill are improved by hundred ..of manvrs. The problem is the schedule tide and capt (in videoclip you can hear the conversation about ropes,gangway). The entrance speed was high ( was ok for cpt, if was wind for sure not was same mauvr.) My opinion unnecessary to save 15-20 min (the second part of manuvr was normal).
That's a nice chemical ship you are filming from. Seafoam green pipework and deck equipment on brick red hull. Do you have a video of your ship as well? I would love to see it. That ferry turns like it has steerable isopods instead of rudders.
Could you imagine just scuba diving in this little bay here minding your own business and then you start feeling the water churning around above you and look up above and see this happening just before you get turned into fish food?😱
The Greek captains are called "Cybernitis" KIVERNITIS ( it's where you get the "cyber" word ). The same name as the "captains" in the battle of Salamis 480BC when Greece saved Western Civilization.
Too much tonnage and too many things that can wrong with that kind of a ship to be that unsafe! People commenting on this don't have experience with tonnage to even guess what danger there is with this!
So? I've seen bigger ships with more tonnage that weighed a lot more than Blue Star and perform a drifting maneuver like this with no problem. So really what you say doesn't really make all that sense when ships are designed to not flip over even when drifting no matter how much tonnage. The only way drifting would be risky and have an actual affect would be if the ship was a speedboat that performed a hard drifting maneuver. Besides if what you said was true then I'm sure the captain wouldn't have done that
![Wind Docking [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/OtC2FI81OuE/mqdefault.jpg)
That greek ferry captain has probably been doing this trick for twenty years and nailed it every time!
An so was Francesco Schettino, currently anchored, well known captain
Probably same captain of Super Ferry II (back when it was Strinzis lines). He used to dock like this in the old port of Tinos (inner port)
For all who say that this maneuver was too risky: The Greek ferry system is one of Europe's most iterated. Many ports are small, most harbors are surrounded by hills, which change the general direction of winds. Winter winds can be very strong, but also in summer in the central Aegean there is a nearly constant strong wind of Bf 4-8 (the Meltemi). Yet the Greek ferry system is one of the safest in the world. Kudos to Greek Ferry Captains !
In this case (a relatively big harbor in tranquil weather) the weathered master of this vessel executed a bold maneuver, but one which was well within his skills. Bravo !
Well, they was on the ships since some thousand years, it somehow in the blood
This ship is now in Canada in nova scotia. Bay ferries ltd
Great well practiced docking manoeuvre , Captain definitely has balls.
I wonder how many times he or she did this manuever before.
Been to Santorini n watched this in the front of my face. Awesome skill.
I'm sure the crew has done this thousands of times and they the procedure blind folded, very experienced captain and crew.
...too bad the cameraman didn't FILM IT LIKE A BOSS
BEST comment ever!
It's a piece of cake maneuvering in the port of Syros for captain Elias Verveniotis
As he was coming into the harbor, he turned to the First Officer and said, "Here. Hold my beer and watch this!"
Wet and Furious
Amazing how these small ferries are maneuverable.
small haha yeah
That's a 120 meter ship
Captain has great maneuvering skill. He knows her limit. he can dock safely, even single engine failure. Respect!
A single engine failure at certain points of that manoeuvre would not have ended particularly well.
Hi Robin, I don’t think so. We swing the vessel drastically to stop her easily. This Captain also do the same..
@@cagrigokhantortum8040 sure, but with no prop wash your steering is going to be quite severely impacted. And what about a steering gear failure?
Like, I get that this is fine when everything works, it's just that the moment something doesn't work as intended you're having a bad day because you're cutting the margins so fine.
damn.. i saw people parking their cars slower than this!!!
Blue Star Ferries has some dope ass captain
That is "Drifting in the sea"
more like doing a drift with a fully loaded 24 wheeler
no thats called "drifting like a boss"
XD
This guy is the big boss of Captain's. Amazing Congratulations😀
After sailing many years at the Aegean sea (Greece), this was her last docking at Syros Isl (i think). Now the ship is sailing at Australian waters...
Canadian waters,.
Now the ship is sailing at Canaian waters
sorry Canadiaan waters
Untill you lose CPP or ME......brace for impact..
The captain of that ship is so pro, that's why he can dock his big fat ass ship so fast.
I've ridden Blue Star Ferries many times in Greece. They're good. Love Naxos!
He sneezed and the ship said "blessssssssssssssss youuuuuuuuuuuu".
Marvel at the seamanship! That ferry goes in and out of many ports in a single day, in all weathers and all tide states; it has a schedule to keep and islands to serve. Brilliant.
Greek captains are the best!!!
He just pulled off a fucking handbrake turn! In a boat!
Not a boat....120 meters ship
Some years ago in Naxos i saw one of the blue star getting into the harbour really fast and i saw her putting all the tiller and dropping the entire the anchor chain for docking. It was really amazing.
Ps: my naval english is bad, sorry
The captain is swag
Impressive! I admire the skill.
that ship have powerful engine..amazing skills...the captain been docking in the area for over 20yrs...
Ayo WHAT THE HELL the fastest docking i've seen in a while
The captain will is making charon himself proud
the speed he arrives in to port,leaves very little room for error.
Wow! 5 star docking! 🥰
That had to be Captain Ron.
What they gonna do when good old 'Murphy' shows up! It happens! BCFerries had a linkage disconnect coming in to dock and could not stop and took out several boats at the dock in Horseshoe Bay. And they were no where near as fast as this!
I have traveled with this company and all captains go so fast, pretty entertaining tbh 😅
That’s some good ship handling!
This ship is from canada since 2014, and it was one of the only ships of this company goes in rafina, i saw photos of indroos too! I never got inside on that ship, i wish i could tho!
Congratulations to the captain!!! A great reverse maneuver.
wow, here in Finland we have large ferries with hard schedules, but their never in such a hurry as these guys.
That hot-shot Captain will do that every day for years and then , just when he's about to throw his ship into that starboard turn as he comes through the pier heads his steering gear will fail, it will fail to neutral and his ship will not even slow by half a knot before coming to grief buried bridge deep in the port side of a product carrier, seconds later there will be a bright glow and lots of heat and light and a front page headline around the world.
You are exactly right sir. Having optimistic macho captains, especially on passenger vessels, is playing Russian roulette. Eventually people die. This is an example of truly lousy seamanship.
There are old Captains, and there are bold Captains.
Very rarely do you get old bold Captains.
And then Anton Rudenham wakes up!!
actually, blue star ferries captains have been doing this manoeuvre for years and the had never had an accident
That is not proof that it is a good idea,he has got away with it so far but one day his steering gear will fail.
the captain must be wearing a Hugo Boss Perfume
The pilot was humming I Like Big Butts. For sure.
Captain was in a hurry :D
I guess they were a little late.
You know exactly what music this needs
Now that IS LIKE A BOSS
🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 Blue Star Ferries η καλύτερη !
A captain who obviously knows his ship.
Salute to the captain
quick english lesson - Bus = large vehicle that carries lots of people. Boss = the guy that tells you what to do at work.
The Captain obviously needed to do number "2".
time is gold!!!
when the captain is a drift maniac
A perfect docking! love it!
The captain must be a skilled BMW-driver .-)
And he's doing it with his chest-hair out, while smiling brilliantly at your lady and doing the Sirtaki.
lol man u still remember the 50's?
It's looks cool unless you are on a small boat in the marina and the waters start coming to you.
Damn!!!! .. now I'll never feel boss, next time I manage to parallel park my Jeep downtown :(
This is the main Maria on Siros, Greece. A beautyful town and neat place. BUT (read on):
I was in this marina with my sailboat - once and never again because of those morons.
They drive like Jackasses into the harbor with 10kn or more - then full bow thrusters and full reverse, which creates around 1,5 to 2m high waves in the maria. I never went offboard to protect my ship. Other ships were pushed into the kaiwall. The problem is - you have to go back and anchor at around 15m depth. So you have a shit load of chain out that you can't pull it tight enought if one of those iditos does his stunt there... Going sideways to the kai is suicide. The marina is free of charge and you get even free water and electricity to make it more attractive - but even this does not help...
I ended up leaving the marina at evening and anchoring at the small island you can see at the beginning of the vid to get at least some sleep. Next day I went back just for 30 mins to put my repaired sail back on and left as quickly as I could.
This has nothing to do with "like a boss" .. more "like a idiot". Go to this marina and you can watch really poor seamanship shown by the profis - not more.
Fun fact: This marina is hated by nearly every sailor I've met in greece because of those stupid ferry "captains".
A total disrespect to other ships, dock in the Harbour...
that's it.
You are a moron that you think the entire harbor should belong to your shitty sailboat. These islands get thousands of tourists every day and ferries need to get in and out fast because they also serve other islands in a row. Greek captains were and still are the best in the planet. Maneuvering a ferry so quick is really hard to do and no other captains except Greeks can do such thing.
@@gtzafos you clearly have no understanding what a boat even is.
Port of Syros is for boats and vessels and not for fun. WAKE UP!!!!
Sumacher lives! in every corner, apex or ehm docking platform:)
It's called Perfection, which comes from experience
Costa Concordia, under the strong hand of capt Schettino was doing the same kind of cocky manoeuver. It went awfully wrong.
wow This ship Looks so pretty
High season at Greek islands.There are good captains, excellent captains, and there are Greek captains
J
Baii ma jur , nu stiu cand e filmat dar romanii nostri sunt geniali
România la datorie😂🫡
for warships is called Torpedobeat, now it's called Dockbeat hahaha
Blue star ferries is drifting in the sea "using thrusts"
Too fast in my opinion. Ok, they're doing every day, vessel is good and very manouvreable (CPP, Becker rudders and thrusters), as long as nothing will happen......over reliance is a nasty and hidden risk.
Greeks know a lot about shipping and safety so I don’t think it’s a problem . They wouldn’t do something that they can’t do or think it’s risky
@@Orpheaspanayiotopou haha, OK... haha. Cos accidents never happen...
@@Orpheaspanayiotopou hmmm, I wonder if you are Greek or not. If only there was a way to tell
@@sadenuttie2234 I am Greek and I’m proud to be Greek … your point is …
@@Orpheaspanayiotopou just a joke… nothing wrong with being Greek, beautiful country
*insert Tokyo drift, deja vu or another drift music here*
Yooo his drifting like a king like in the movie Tokyo drift!
Captains ferry in local area usually are very familiar with their vessel area etc, of course their skill are improved by hundred ..of manvrs. The problem is the schedule tide and capt (in videoclip you can hear the conversation about ropes,gangway). The entrance speed was high ( was ok for cpt, if was wind for sure not was same mauvr.) My opinion unnecessary to save 15-20 min (the second part of manuvr was normal).
That's a nice chemical ship you are filming from. Seafoam green pipework and deck equipment on brick red hull. Do you have a video of your ship as well? I would love to see it. That ferry turns like it has steerable isopods instead of rudders.
Yeah... you don't do that without bow thrusters.
funny when you filmed your mate :D
this is the routine docking of Blue Star ferry on Siros Island at Ermoupoli
Dejá vú, I've been in this dock before! Higher on the seas...
It's a fucking ferry, dude probably does this like 5 times a day not exactly surprising.
Could you imagine just scuba diving in this little bay here minding your own business and then you start feeling the water churning around above you and look up above and see this happening just before you get turned into fish food?😱
that's ship handling
The Greek captains are called "Cybernitis" KIVERNITIS ( it's where you get the "cyber" word ). The same name as the "captains" in the battle of Salamis 480BC when Greece saved Western Civilization.
"Do these ferry's sail all night?"
They are using Vertex bodykit, I think.
Greek captain is the best
Nice, whipped it in like a speed boat.
OMG you can see the skid marks on the sea :o
When eurobeat kicks in
This is the first ship with a handbrake!
Gooood dauuuuum. Dropping ramps and all. Lol
That's insane!
That's daily routine in the Greek islands.
Maybe he did. We'll never know.
Μπάσιμο με μπάντες - ίσιωμα - χειρόφρενο - όπισθεν - δέσιμο - τέλος!!! Παίξτε το σε ταχύτητα 2!!!
Powerslide entry - straight wheel - handbrake - reverse - dock - done!!! Play it at 2 speed!!!
He'd be completely fucked if he lost power or steering during any part of that.
bow thrusters...
@@captainopvious7498 Do bow thrusters stop you going ahead at 6 knots??? Asking for a friend
what formel one pilot can do ...Greek Captains make it with only one Hand...Greek Sailors a great Heritage in World History of Navy!!!
Too much tonnage and too many things that can wrong with that kind of a ship to be that unsafe! People commenting on this don't have experience with tonnage to even guess what danger there is with this!
shut up i want my captain be like that
So? I've seen bigger ships with more tonnage that weighed a lot more than Blue Star and perform a drifting maneuver like this with no problem. So really what you say doesn't really make all that sense when ships are designed to not flip over even when drifting no matter how much tonnage. The only way drifting would be risky and have an actual affect would be if the ship was a speedboat that performed a hard drifting maneuver. Besides if what you said was true then I'm sure the captain wouldn't have done that
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tell us
Nice video God bless you
Time is money
video taken from neorion shipyards-syros?
Unfortunately, the source and location was not fully confirmed.
I think he has done that before
plain and simple big balls tiny brain . and rocks
the true battlefield legend xD
Experienced as they may be all it takes is a blackout or a steering gear failure...
Looks like the Captain had a few drinks and maybe a Lil something to smoke. Handled it like a jet ski
He is captain with balls