Another electronic helm system fails to work? (video)

i Dont understand this obsession with the horn. Yes it should be sounded but most captains only have two hands.... juggling engine controls, thruster controls, a radio or hailer to issue orders, a steering wheel plus possibly attempting to reset controls or even shutting down and restarting engines.

this fixation on the the horn while entertaining is as silly as measuring distances in google earth

M.Y. "Unforgettable" was captained by an ex Norwegian Merchant Master with many yrs of commercial Azipod experience. Not only could he not control the Schottel pods in two long videos depicting the Lyford incident but he didn't sound the horn once as I would think that he would have needed ten arms in a situation like that dealing with communicating with crew and the engine room all the while hitting the thruster using the pod controls. Horn in this case is irrelevant. Correction on my post #40, Albany Marina is on New Providence Island and not G.B. / My bad, My mistake, was still on my first cup of coffee.

I remember one of those videos when it was pin-balling down a canal. No explanation with the vid, assumed a drunk. but instead of stopping, it kept going.
There was another vid recorded by a lady in her boat. The out of control boat hitting some marina boats and the canal bank across from the docks.
I assumed different boats and thought another drunk in that vid also.
These videos were minutes long.
In both cases, if the operator was sober and realized he had rudder (pod) problems, why does not anybody just turn the mains off. It was obvious standing by the helm was doing nothing, just mosey down to the ER and hit that big red button.

i think it is a human reaction to believe you can regain control where as if you shut down the engines you become a passenger. I also think it will take a few seconds to double check yourself and make sure you didn’t cause the problem, like not transfer control or something

I'm glad that you found my contribution entertaining.
At least that's some result, as opposed to reiterating something everybody already agreed with, myself included.

Ref. my silly measurements, I did that only because I had already checked out that spot before Capt J posted his estimated distance, and I was puzzled by his numbers - nothing else.
It took me three minutes, if that.
If in my boots you would have taken an eleven hours flight to go there and measure by hand, well, THAT is what I call silly, if you ask me.

Whatever

I really wish air pilots and a 5 minute boat pusher comparison was not made here.