![]() ![]() John Trimmer has labeled the “dance of death” in his book How to Avoid Huge Ships. Analyses of vessel collision data reveal that in many cases the vessels involved - like Andrea Doria and Stockholm - actually maneuvered their way into, rather than away from, a collision, perhaps after performing what Capt. Some blindly maneuver according to dubious “rules” of emergency shiphandling they memorized years earlier. Regrettably, many mariners either do not understand the rules and fundamentals or fail to apply them correctly. If it cannot be avoided, all aboard the imperiled vessels must hope that those on watch and the captains they have summoned to the bridge have a thorough grasp of the Collision Regulations (ColRegs) and emergency shiphandling fundamentals and the judgment to apply them correctly. Professional mariners all realize that the in extremis situation is to be avoided. all left.” – Alvin Moscow in “Collision Course” Should he go right? Left? Straight ahead? Stop? The decision made, Capt. His lifetime knowledge of the sea and ships had to be used for the correct instinctive maneuver, if he were to have any hope of avoiding a collision. There were so many miles of ocean around and now so little room. This was a moment of decision, immeasurable in time, for the master of the Andrea Doria. ![]()
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