PILOT REVEALS FINAL MOMENTS OF CAR CARRIER GOLDEN RAY TO COAST GUARD INVESTIGATION PANEL
In testimony before a U.S. Coast Guard investigation panel, the pilot on the last voyage of the car carrier Golden Ray described the vessel’s final moments – an account never before released to the public. Capt. Jonathan Tennant, an experienced pilot with the Brunswick Bar Pilots Association, brought the car carrier Golden Ray into port on September 7, 2019. The transit proceeded in a typical manner and she handled as normal, he testified.
When the vessel reached Buoy 20 in St. Simons Sound, she encountered an inbound tidal current, and Capt. Tennant ordered 20 degrees right rudder to offset it. At that time, “the vessel immediately took off to starboard, more so than I’ve ever experienced before,” he said.
“When I went back to midships she leaned into the turn a little bit and started to over-rotate to starboard. Therefore, I applied counter-rudder [but] it wasn’t an adequate amount, there was no deceleration of the turn to starboard,” he said. “At this point I’m still level, I have no idea that I’m about to capsize.”
Given the ship’s strange behaviour, Capt. Tennant asked the captain what was going on. He also made a quick call to the pilot on the inbound vessel, saying “Watch out Jamie, I’m losing her.” Then he applied maximum counter rudder (hard to port) as the vessel went over
Even after the vessel’s propeller and rudder were out of the water, Capt. Tennant continued to give manoeuvring orders. Once he realised he was aground, he stopped trying to pilot the ship and switched to coordinating rescue operations with the U.S. Coast Guard.
SMALL CRAFT STANDARDS BULLETIN PUBLISHED BY ICOMIA
The International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA) has released its latest Small Craft Standards Bulletin. The bulletin provides industry stakeholders with early notification on changes to existing standards or new work items that are developed and maintained by the ISO Technical Committee for Small Craft Standards (TC 188).
This edition includes an additional appendix at the end which covers various platforms available to use to access the ISO TC 188 Small Craft Standards.
The ICOMIA Small Craft Standards Bulletin is issued bi-annually and can be downloaded at
https://bit.ly/3dMJXRS.
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