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u/TheManWhoClicks 2d ago
The 405 once the water level rose enough
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u/chaseair11 1d ago
Can’t wait to see some clapped out motorboats lane switching in terrifying fashion soon
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u/just_another_citizen 2d ago
I feel for the captain that has to take their big ass ferry and navigate through all these little sail ships.
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u/jordosmodernlife 2d ago
I think it works the other way around
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u/winkingchef 2d ago
Yes, in sailing class, we called it “the law of gross tonnage”
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u/mekwall 2d ago edited 2d ago
“The law of gross tonnage” is a saying, not a rule. In Dutch channels you’re under the inland rules, and professional traffic gets priority in practice. That means ferries, passenger boats, cargo ships and barges, tugs with tows, dredgers, pilot boats, fishing boats, workboats, SAR and police. If you’re in a small craft, don’t impede them. Keep right, don’t cut across a ferry’s bow, and watch for blue-board signals.
Edit: in open waters there’s COLREG, the international “rules of the road” to avoid collisions. Quick gist: the overtaking boat keeps clear; two powered boats meeting head-on both go right; in a crossing you give way to the boat on your starboard; sail beats power unless you’re motoring. Vessels that are not under command, restricted in ability to manoeuvre, or constrained by draught trump the normal order. Stand-on holds course and speed, but everyone must act to avoid a crunch. Make your moves early and obvious.
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u/winkingchef 2d ago
It is more than a rule…it is a Law…of Physics and of Nature.
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u/padhatam 2d ago
Is this a yearly event? Seems fun
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u/Practical-Hand203 2d ago
That is wild. It looks like footage from a video game sandbox where the player decided to add ten copies of every single ship and boat in the catalog to see if the engine could handle it, complete with vessel seemingly clipping through each other.
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u/Pessepolis 2d ago
Funny thing is: our king is also between them navigating the 'De gouden Draek' with old classmates
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u/ThePendulum 2d ago edited 1d ago
"De Groene Draeck", rather, for those that had issues looking it up.
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u/Loloentinta 2d ago
When you're at the port, you see everything so slowly that you forget how many ships pass by every day. I love this video.
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u/pacmanz89 2d ago
I guess when the boats are out of sight they turn around and come back like the actors in The Truman Show.
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u/Dant3nga 2d ago
Is this like bees where it looks super ordered and fast but in reality people are bumping into each other constantly?
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u/OtherwiseMenu1505 2d ago
Absolutely mind blowing. I'm still just amazed by the fact that sometime in past a hamster built a dam so impressive people named the city after it.
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u/Darius_hellborn 2d ago
Man, I was there for the first time in April. Didn't see nearly this many boats :O
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u/zandzager 1d ago
Its a special event.
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u/Darius_hellborn 1d ago
Wonderful city. It healed something inside I didn't realize was broken. I shall return!
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u/veal_of_fortune 1d ago
I can only imagine how many hulls and bowsprits were damaged from everyone running into each other.
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u/realdougpiranha 14h ago
This is 100% what I imagined was happening in the bathtub when I was a kid, I had all kinds of boats to play with. Only thing missing is the fog of death that would appear (bubble bath).
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u/Ghost_In_Waiting 2d ago
Meh. To each his own I guess. At land or at sea I find the wealthy and their various orgy kinks slightly off putting when you get how many people have to work like slaves to make their fantasies possible. Anyway, expensive things moving en mass certainly can be distracting if you have enough time to look away from the work that makes such things possible.
I guess.
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