[newfreep]

The ship made a HARD RIGHT TURN into the pylon.

If it had no steering control, any turns would have been more gradual as dictated by currents.

[hardspunned]

A hard right is right! Must have been a heck of a current. Check out the video at 8X speed.

https://x.com/richardstiller4/status/1772639173058482191?s=46&t=oXM3QUNDayEotvdo1W-zQA

[KEVLAR]

Or initiated by the port side anchor that was dropped at the order of the harbor pilot who was on board.

[shotgun]

That’s what I can’t get past.

If the initial change in course was based upon current drift, then why didn’t the current continue to push it further to the right?

Look at the video. The camera is lined up directly on the piling and the ship is on a direct course. Focus on the side of the ship and you see no movement at the bow or the rear. The side stay directly in line with the video angle.

[Augie]

If it had no steering control, any turns would have been more gradual as dictated by currents.

Have you ever operated a watercraft? I'm gonna guess that you haven't.

[Robert DeLong]

Actually, there is evidence that the power came back on. If you look at the video with this perspective, you will see a plumb of black smoke and lights. Depending on the rudder position, the vessel would indeed jerk immediately to the right if the propellor was suddenly reversed.

But what remains unanswered is why were both tugboats not still present until the vessel had been safely moved beyond the bridge.