Ship Simulator
English forum => Ship Simulator 2008 => Topic started by: naauriis on July 04, 2008, 18:38:08
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in real life ships can sever the towing ropes and mooring ropes but when it will be available in ship simulator? This will bee closer to realistic life And also we need river-sea ship maybe you now old russian ship VOLGOBALT and there is link where you can see it http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=598358
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By sever do you mean just to cut them? :P
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I mean when you moor and if you have big speed rope will sever and also when tug very fast go to the rope and rope sever
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so like if you pull something to hard it will break
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Oh I think I get it now... :-\
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Yea I think so
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Yes, it definitely can happen in real life, and if you are caught in its path it can cut you in two.
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Yes, it definitely can happen in real life, and if you are caught in its path it can cut you in two.
well acaly if u wach mithbusters this isnt true thay tryed it with a dead pig and thay allso tryed wier the worst u will get is some brokin bones and a deep cut :D
Chris S
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But it is still possible whatever mithbusters say, not all the thinks they say it's right
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But it is still possible whatever mithbusters say, not all the thinks they say it's right
Yep, depends of Strength/size of ship
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When I go on tug more times rope cut when we very fast go on this rope
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ChrisS1,
If a wire towing rope breaks it CAN and WILL kill if you are in the way. Never mind what it says on Mythbusters (whatever that is). I know for a fact of someone who had both legs severed and bled to death before anything could be done to help. The lethal recoil of a wire hawser breaking under strain is almost unimaginable.
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no dount a rope will kill you i was towing a vermass once and the rope was getting longer when i started the rope was 60m and betime i let go it was allmost 500m
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ChrisS1,
If a wire towing rope breaks it CAN and WILL kill if you are in the way. Never mind what it says on Mythbusters (whatever that is). I know for a fact of someone who had both legs severed and bled to death before anything could be done to help. The lethal recoil of a wire hawser breaking under strain is almost unimaginable.
ChrisS1,
Take a look at these links:
http://www.harbour-marine.com.au/news-articles/LNG-Journal2004.html
http://unols.org/publications/winch_wire_handbook__3rd_ed/12_useful_info.PDF
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzbound/ow5sept1874.htm
(at the foot of the page, there is a report of a death from a rope hawser back in 1874)
I think you'll agree that these may be somewhat more authoritative than a cheaply-made TV program, eh? ;)
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Oh it will kill you!
I've seen a towing wire break and the bare end cut a slice in the steel accomodation of a tug, if that doesn't kill you then the shackle or link from the pennant will come back and cave your head in for you, not a nice way to go.
A polyprop, and or natural fibre rope can do just as much damage depending on the size of it and the strain it's under, it may not cut through steel but it will dent it and take your arms and legs off leading to death, no question about that.
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Isn't there a new kind of rope, that just falls down if it breaks
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iv herd of that its a nilon base but i dont think it just falls its more like a spring so if ur holding it it vbrates a lot thats just what iv herd from a guy i no at the local regata
Chris S
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I heard it something nano stuff, but I'm not sure
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Personally, I still think this is a good idea. :-\
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I have never seen one break, but once when our ship was in a storm we made for the port of Fishguard, they managed to get ropes ashore but the ship rolled so violently in the swell that the rope ripped the huge steel bits (bollards secured by 4 two inch diameter steel bolts) straight out of the deck and then tore right through the steel railings along the ships side like matchsticks, the force acting on these ropes is sometimes incredible.
In another incident while canting ship (turning with ropes) in the River Clyde at Glasgow we used a small rope to keep the main turning force rope out of the ships paddle box, a friend of mine forgot to let go of the small rope as the tension on the large rope came on and was literally catapaulted out into the middle of the river, luckily he was a good swimmer and survived the incident intact.
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I saw one that was broken after a bad storm on the lake that I boat on and the ship was swinging in the wind by one rope. ;D