That was great - thanks! What I still don't fully understand, why the ship almost fully turned on to her starboard side.

I would guess after the water started to pour in from the port side, the vessel started to tilt towards port. When she approach the rocks at the end, she must have been still tilted towards port? Then going all the way to the other side.. maybe something to do with the seabed formations and the current?

Very well done! Thank you and that pretty much explains what happened for me IMHO too. Whatever that knocking noise was distracting BTW. I'm wondering why initially 15 knots though, which is too fast for so close to shore.

Interesting to watch, thanks for the info. What is the strange knocking sound in the audio background? Detracts from the overall video.

Wow. That was a fantastic explanation. Are all ships tracked that way and the data retained so that the route can be replayed? glad they don;t have that technology to watch me drive! :)

Ah, thanks for the explanation of the sound John. I thought it might have been a construction site pile driver.

I really appreciate you providing this information and explanation online. As a former Naval officer specialising in hydrographic surveying and bridge watch keeping (including countless hours of coastal navigation) with 20 years experience I have an abiding interest in such things.

I feel the Captain was going too fast perhaps to maintain an arrival schedule at the next port whilst having an unplanned detour for his friends. Perhaps he was distracted on the bridge by a group of guests, but no matter what, there should have been other observant people present. Given the modern navigation aids on the vessel and the well charted coastline, what occurred is in my mind quite unforgivable.

Perhaps he needed to brush up on his COLREGS Rule 6...
"Any vessel must proceed at a safe speed at which she can to take action to avoid collision and be able to stop within a distance suitable to the prevailing conditions. These conditions include the visibility; traffic density; her manoeuvrability (e.g. stopping distance and turning ability); background lights on shore, dazzle and backscatter from her own lights; the state of the wind, sea, current and nearly hazards; and draft in relation to the available water."

In fact just about all the rules in Part B Section 1 were broken on that day...

Info for those unfamiliar to the above:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Regulations_for_Preventing_Collisions_at_Sea

thank you so much! that's terrific explanation of what happened. my question is: shall we think that was the captain and his crew to perform that manoeuvre (with bow-trusters) or was the wind and current to take the vessel where it is now?
This is crucial now to better understand the liability as well.