Seattle Fauntleroy Terminal and ferry Cathlamet Crash

[RobLL]

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/ferry-crashes-into-fauntleroy-dock-sustaining-heavy-damage/

I have not been able to figure out how hitting a dolphin could cause superstructure damage so high up on the ferry. Anyone have any ideas. I have never seen damage like this before, usually, always in a hard landing it is fairlly square frontal impact. And not that hard. Not an LOL, but heart attack or medical emergency?

[ssobol]

Some ferries are taller than others. Depends on the tide level at the time of the crash how high up on a ferry the dolphin would reach. It doesn't say that the ferry hit a dolphin, but says "pilings". It also said the tide was so low that it almost ran aground. The diagram in the paper shows that the ferry hit the back side of the dolphin, not the normal "ship side", so who knows what the piling profile is.

[mutski]

Us foreigners aren't allowed to see the Seattle Times. Got to subscribe to look

[RobLL]

Seattle Times normally allows 2 or 3 articles a month. Open in an incognito window, that generally works.

[RobLL]

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-ferry-hard-landing/281-89d4abe7-e832-4e7b-9e40-8f6825a1f0aa?fbclid=IwAR2Wb4G3-h6EyEDMcKTN7hMXAQFswlyZWowejW4hDx43LRHNX0tVNu_XmM8

This includes a video as the crash happens. The point of contact was well below the walkon/off passenger ramp site. The impact then pulled the upper superstructure down - one passenger is seen running to safety as it happens

[hardee]

Seems like there is very much hush hush about this, but I did see that the ferry captain resigned. Sure will be interesting to get the CG investigation report. All the crew were cleared with negative drug tests . . . so what in the world caused this.

Harvey
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