"Aaron Matthew, 43, was arrested after he attempted to flee by boat, hitting multiple vessels and docks before docking the boat and fleeing on foot."
https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-police-arrest-man-steal-yacht/70121846

Guess where captain crunch decided to "dock" it.

#nola #boats #allision #wreck #neworleans

And his name is Matthew Aaron ffs...

Informative thread about the ship crash near the Humber the other day.

https://mastodon.me.uk/@DreadShips/114139851479430875

#Humber #UK #NorthSea #Solong #StenaImmaculate #shipping #allision

Would 16 knots* be a sensible speed for a ship coming out of the Humber Estuary in dense fog?

(& what's wrong with a sensible speed unit like kilometres per hour).

#NorthSea #Collision #Allision

#TIL a new set of #word­s: allide and allision.
Like collide and collision, but no »co«. To crash into something immobile.
And, yes, that is about the bridge thing.

#allide #allision
#vocabulary #English