It’s my understanding that anyone operating a ship is required by law to respond to distress calls. Though it would be something to issue a distress call and have a luxury yatch respond
How enforceable would that be though? Do ships keep logs of received transmissions? Like how hard would it be to hear the distress call and just turn off the radio?
If the transmission isn’t recorded there’s no way of knowing if a person deliberately ignored a distress signal or just didn’t receive it.
I think ethics and morals play a bigger role here than upholding the law
All true, but enforcement, and the law itself, are unnecessary. I’ve never known a sailor that would even consider ignoring a distress call.
Asshole passenger maybe, but not the crew. So on second thought, the law gives the crew something to say to an asshole passenger who wants to ignore a call.
Haha that’s a good way to put it
Sounds like it’s hard to enforce, unless after the fact a crew member came forward to say they heard a distress call and the captain ordered them to ignore it.
At the same time though (and this is me speaking from 0 experience) I’d imagine that most sailors understand the importance of “do unto others…” with respect to distress calls. Even with modern technology, the ocean can be a dangerous place.
Its bound by Solas regulations that are legally enforceable. Ships must have two way AIS and its logged, so they know if you were in range similar to the tracking for planes. Boats under a certain size do not need AIS and often only have one way AIS, but I expect thats not the case with DiCaprios boat.
Solas was bought in because of the Titanic sinking as other boats declined the help due to the risk of Icebergs, so thats a further link to DiCaprio.
I think it’s more of a “don’t be an asshole, cause it could be you” type of situation.
Also there is a financial incentive. There is part of martime law about salvage rights. The person doing the rescuing has rights to the stuff they saved. Obviously it doesn’t apply to just saving some person floating,. A ship with people, you get some rights to the value of the ship and its contents.
One of the more interesting examples https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/oldies-amp-oddities-the-alraigo-incident-10366728/
That’s basically how the Expanse books and show begin. Except the ships are in space
Man, what a great series. I’ve only seen the show so far, but it was so good.
The books are absolutely worth the read.
That’s what I’ve heard. Definitely on my to-do list!
I’m assuming DiCaprio did not hear the call and move in to rescue, but rather the captain of the vessel owned by DiCaprio performed these duties as required by maritime law.
He’ll never let go, Jack
Unless you’re over 25
I love this meme
as he quickly tossed him back since he wasn’t a 20 year old woman
How dare you come up with that joke an hour before me!
The joke is already too old for Leo.
Just throws you a wooden door and slips below the waves.
Where’s my diamond necklace?
And I was promised a tasteful nude drawing
Setting the meme of this aside, it’s nice that he didn’t just report it and fuck off.
I’m curious how marine emergency calls work. Maybe I’ll look into it. Either way, it’s nice that it happened.
Afaik you have to respond if you’re the closest vessel.
So I need a dingy and the marine traffic app and to have an “accident” while a certain vessel would be imposed to save me? Then I get to do some yachting and chumming it up with gilbert grape and some <25 year old babes?
You have to do something really stupid though in order for them to take it seriously, like claim you’re going to cross the Atlantic on a pool float, level of stupid.
Yeah? Who enforces that? What happens if you just pretend you didn’t see the distress call? Has anyone ever had real consequences from doing this?
I mean I doubt it. But if you’re in the ocean you probably have more of an incentive to keep that going since it could be your ass pretty easily.
But I imagine big enough vessels are tracked by coast guards in lots of areas.
Well don’t they know where everyone is with radar so presumably they know you were the closest boat. You could claim that you didn’t hear the distress call but then questions start to get asked about why you were out with a non-functional radio? It’s probably illegal to have non-functional safety equipment.
I guess it’s possible but it’s not really worth it. I don’t think anyone expects you to put your life in danger so if you turn up to a boat and it’s on fire or something i don’t think anyone would expect you to take action then.
My radio started acting up after we left port and failed overnight while on the water… What do I do.
Go back to port if theres no emergency, otherwise use your emergency rescue beacon or backup radio.
But I’m already a day out and a day away. So …
… Nah, hallucination, you can fuck off. I’m staying in the lifeboat.
Why was DiCaprio on that man’s yacht
Because he pulled the ol’ yachtaroo!
Hold my anchor, I’m going in!
Hello future people
In my head cannon Phil Collins was watching the scene unfold
🤣 I’m dying over here, you deserve this 🥇
Or Celine Dion
TI rollin a blunt in the back because he knows his call of duty is near
With Michael mc Donald just because and yes I do want a ti ft Micheal McDonald.
I would just assume I actually died and Leo was God and his yacht was heaven
Certainly understandable with all the young maidens about.
Getting back to his roots - I like that. hopefully he didn’t die in the freezing water this time.
Then he invited him aboard the yacht and threw lobsters at him while looking suave.
Somewhere there’s a joke about him freezing in the water to save someone else. I can’t see it yet, but it’s out there.
EDIT: Disregard that, I found them. Aye there be many in these seas, aharr
He better call me Rose
Rolling a 20 on your luck throw
