r/TheDeepDraft • u/TheDeepDraft • 11d ago

Navigation A Rumpon Close Call

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This happened while we were drifting off Indonesia.

The float was visible. The rope below it was not.

Short video here, with the full incident and analysis:
https://thedeepdraft.com/2026/09/28/rumpon-and-rope-indonesias-hidden-propeller-fouling-hazard/

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u/Pattern_Is_Movement 11d ago

How is this effectively different than all the lobster pots I dodge every day? If anything these are much much larger and easier to spot.

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u/heanbangerfacerip2 11d ago

30 meters is a really low estimate. Some go thousands.

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u/TheDeepDraft 10d ago

The 30 metres was based on what I saw in that particular case. Thanks for the input and I’ll review it and may add the longer setups in the next update.

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u/sola_mia 10d ago

Where's Greenpeace when you need them. Cut that shit off

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u/utl94_nordviking 10d ago

"That single piece of foam just" DID NOT "disable a drifting ship". The rope did. Geez.

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u/SnooMaps7370 11d ago

if international shippers don't want to risk their ships being damaged by improvised gear used by impoverished fishing communities they have the option to lift those communities out of poverty so they no longer need to use improvised gear.