stantheman
the underlying thing,,very easy
TOTAL INcOMPETENCE OF AUTHORITIES IN eERY RESPECT,, plus a whole bunch of stupidity on top of it from shore side. and may be I can tell you a little about it because I sail since 28 years as capt.
Just now,,2 month ago I left the Rio la Plata,,we had to stop engine and check something
we had anchorage abeam montevideo, pilot just off, and 0.5 nm distance to drop anchor ,,check and repair/keep going
Harbour control denied the request, instead we were direted 22 nm to the east for another anchorage. We made,it but don,t ask how,, I would say 80% od final disasters (Erika and the other famous one off the spanish coast which was towed around until it broke apart !!) caused the disaster after shore authortities denied them help !!!!!!!