Launching an oil tanker ship with airbags - GIF, videos, and photo

[hemmjo]

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Made me think of Lucy and Ethel at the Chocolate Factory..

[hemmjo]

Alright, it's official. Ship Launches is definitely a thing. A good thing. And that includes boats and submarines too.

Don't they typically have life boats like that on offshore oil rigs? Those guys are tough, they can handle a ride like that.

[Hoosiersmoker]

"Wait... Which is Starboard again???"

[Loose Ctrl]

"Wait... Which is Starboard again???"

Right. Port is left.

[Hoosiersmoker]

Tell the guy launching the boat that!

[ranald]

Not sure which would be more dangerous staying onboasrd ship until it sinks or having to ride that pod when it was being launched
I'll take my chances with the ship.
Or to coin the quote from agent "K", you may want to fasten your seat belt

And fit a spew bag over the head. Also saves cost of going to the theme park, just in one bounce.

[ranald]

Don't they typically have life boats like that on offshore oil rigs? Those guys are tough, they can handle a ride like that.

They are tough just like their bullet proof underwear.

[Toolmaker51]

The guy who tripped was on his own no way to stop the ship once it started to move

Agreed. Good evidence of lax procedures. No spotters, no 2-way radios, no hand signals. One man appears to have jumped in. Hope he wasn't crushed against a pier by the wave, as it didn't seem to have surfed him back out on the pavement.

[Toolmaker51]

And I don't think your auto club card covers this size of towing. A Lincoln in the ditch is one thing. 130-odd ton vessels another.

[ranald]

Made me think of Lucy and Ethel at the Chocolate Factory..

I remember that episode :..................................................................... probably because I wet myself.