i fish the area around sandy hook and you better look out when the sea streaks come thru.they have zero regard out there.knew it was just a matter of time.

I was a "crash victim" this morning. It's important for us to remember that accidents happen every minute of every day. What is the last accident Seastreak was involved in? Machines have problems, fact. People just need to put their prayers or well wishes out there for those who were injured. I certainly will be, and I will be riding Seastreak to get safely home tonight.

I hope those injured get well. I hope their lawyers don't get a third. It's ludicrous to put such high bounties on civil suit "justice" giving a lying lawyer a third. we've sold everything and deserve to pay the price for doing so.

Better to focus on; making sure eveyone is cared for, finding out what happened, making sure the cause is addressed. No I am not a lawyer.

Get your Belford tickets asap

Do you really think they were hurt? Today people cry and moan about bumping their elbows and looking for money It won't stop as long as they are given it-blame the greedy lawyers for taking down our country.

According to tidal charts you had an outgoing tide at 8:45AM...meaning that water was flowing down the East River out into NY harbor, forcing the Seastreak away from it's dock. The pilot would have had to have compensated applying more power to overcome the tidal flow. Maybe when they got further into shore, the tidal affect might have been diminished by other vessels on the opposite side that would have been running their engines holding their ferries up against their docks...in effect over coming the tidal flow. This could have caused the Seastreak to then speed up. The question is: were there other ferries disembarking/embarking passengers at the same time. According to NY Ferry schedules, there were boats there around that time.

I was on the ferry. It didn't slow down as it got to the dock. Assuming mechanical failure. It was horrific. Lots of head injuries.

This particular boat was recently retrofitted (screws versus jet propulsion) and is hated by the crews because it is a bear to handle since the swap. I'm on this boat every day and not surprised by this accident. Docking is a problem everyday on this boat

A few points:

The boat didn't seem to slow down when it got to the dock. The sudden stop caused everyone and everything not nailed down to continue moving.
People were seriously hurt. A lot of blood, head wounds but also injured arms and legs (muscle tears and possible bone breaks)
Most of the injured were those that stood up to line up for the exit before the boat docked. Some were standing in a stairwell and were hurt pretty seriously. I hope people remain seated for now on.
The crew were injured too and some seriously. They weren't in a position to help passengers.
Passengers were helping the wounded everywhere. Nobody ran off the boat to get out. Basic human kindness and caring were witnessed through the entire event. People continued to help and support the wounded even when the fire/police showed. Great people, God bless them.
The police / fire when they arrived took their time getting to the people. There were walking slowly. Maybe this is a necessary precaution.
It was cold outside one the pier. Good thing for the blankets although it did make for a scary scene these folks needed to stay warn due to possible shock.

I take a ferry every now and then and here's what I observe every time.
All the captains are like Docking Cowboys. They come in hard and fast, and then reverse quickly to stop it. This gives you no way to compensate is something goes wrong. First rule of boating/docking...Never appraoch a dock faster than you are willing to hit it. Had they had a nice slow approach, the impact would have been less severe. Especially with all this talk about how the boat did not handle/dock well, you think they'd be extra cautious.
Secondly, everybody's in a rush to get off the boat. Slow down people, wait until the boat stops, then get up to leave. I go crazy when I see everyone getting up while the boats trying to dock. You know its going to reverse and throw you off balance anyway. Why put yourself at risk? I feel sorry for all those that got hurt, but sometimes people actions help cause a worse reaction.

There may be a lesson here for the dubious $100 million + Long Branch ferry pier. This accident occurred in highly protected waters, with a modest-sized vessel that had been operating for some time. (We should know more about the cause after the investigation) The LB ferry pier would jut out hundreds of feet into the Atlantic, where there is no natural harbor and no protection from weather and waves. As I understand it, the proposal would also require huge new ferry vessels of novel design. Leaving aside the (IMHO unjustifiable) cost, how safe would the proposed pier / ferry be?