diff --git a/src/vesselbase/BridgeVessel.cpp b/src/vesselbase/BridgeVessel.cpp
index bb0715c0362da119678d694ed51969ccd1556321..05b318e38d7fbebd712daa0f99a75c6d951b6d0f 100644
--- a/src/vesselbase/BridgeVessel.cpp
+++ b/src/vesselbase/BridgeVessel.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace vesselbase {
 BridgeVessel::BridgeVessel( const VesselOptions& da ):
 Vessel(da)
 {
+  resizeBuffer(0);
 }
 
 void BridgeVessel::resize(){