I would just assume I actually died and Leo was God and his yacht was heaven
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.
as he quickly tossed him back since he wasn’t a 20 year old woman
Getting back to his roots - I like that. hopefully he didn’t die in the freezing water this time.
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
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.
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.
Why was DiCaprio on that man’s yacht
Because he pulled the ol’ yachtaroo!
Hold my anchor, I’m going in!
Hello future people
He’ll never let go, Jack
Unless you’re over 25
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.
