A yacht accidentally ran into a Royal Caribbean cruise ship on Wednesday.
Cruisers on Allure of the Seas witnessed the moment a boat slowly hit the port side of Allure of the Seas.
The Royal Caribbean ship was in Nassau, Bahamas at the time of the incident.
Videos of the incident circulated on social media in the aftermath, as multiple passengers filmed the moment the ship collided with the yacht.
Dayanni Devi Bhagwandin posted the video to Facebook of the incident with the caption, "Yacht just crashed into us!".
Vanessa Walden took video immediately after the incident.
"This boat apparently lost power, or something, and drifted into the back of our ship," she said in her video.
She also pointed out the impact damaged the top portion of the yacht.
Royal Caribbean has not issued a comment on the incident.
Allure of the Seas is one of the biggest cruise ships in the world, with a length of 1,187 feet and gross tonnage of 225,282.
Allure of the Seas has a capacity of 6,780 guests and 2,200 crew, bringing her total capacity to 8,930 passengers!
The impact did not appear to do much damage to the ship, and some passengers noted they had no idea anything had happened.
"Didn't feel a thing," wrote Frank Burton in response to the video.
Keisha Lipford added, "We didn’t either and my son was standing up surfing."
Nassau is a major port of call for craft of all kind, including cruise ships and pleasure craft. It's not unusual to see vessels in close proximity as they navigate the waters.
Incidents of small craft hitting cruise ships is quite rare. There's sophisticated navigational equipment to warn of other craft in the vicinity.
In this case, Allure of the Seas appeared to have been docked while it occurred.
The most recent incident involving a vessel hitting another Royal Caribbean ship occurred in 2022 when a cargo ship hit Mariner of the Seas while docked in Freeport.
It was another slow speed impact, as the cruise ship's stern was contacted by the slow-speed navigating cargo ship Tropic Freedom.
No injuries and only "minimal damage" were reported.
Technically not a collision
If you want to get technical, the impact to Allure of the Seas was not a collision, but an allision.
Commander Don Goldstein, Retired United States Coast Guard, pointed out when one ship is moored and is hit by another vessel, it's considered an allision.
"Only the Coast Guard investigators and lawyers use that word, but it means a moving vessel hits a stationary vessel, dock, etc."
