180 barge turn. With under power thrusters
180 barge turn. With under power thrusters
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I having a problem turning a barge 180 with under power thrusters and strong
Currents , please help
Currents , please help
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180 barge turn. With under power thrusters
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RE: 180 barge turn. With under power thrusters
2. Turn the barge in the still water within the cofferdam.
3. Secure the barge and remove the cofferdam.
Logistical details and such are left as an exercise.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: 180 barge turn. With under power thrusters
You forgot the smiley face.
B.E.
You are judged not by what you know, but by what you can do.
RE: 180 barge turn. With under power thrusters
I also forgot:
OR, call in a pushboat.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: 180 barge turn. With under power thrusters
Bill
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"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter
RE: 180 barge turn. With under power thrusters
RE: 180 barge turn. With under power thrusters
Just tie a hawser between the downstream outboard corner of the barge and a bollard on the dock not far upstream or downstream.
It would be wise to also tie off the shoreside of the barge at the midpoint and the upstream shoreside corner with long hawsers that can be let out gradually to control the rotation.
Then push the upstream end out in the current and let the current do the rotation, using the thrusters to buck the current.
It gets more complicated if something is docked downstream less than a barge length away. Absent that complication, then you just pull the new upstream end, upstream to the original location.
If you're in the middle of the channel, well, if you WERE in the middle of the channel, you're screwed anyway, and maybe you can allide with something soft before you reach New Orleans....
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: 180 barge turn. With under power thrusters
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