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[zt260]

http://mindcrap.com/media/962/Yacht_launch_fail/
sorry if this has been posted before,
i beleive there is a vacancy for a sling man
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[zt260]

Any body know what the guy says at the end?
could it be oh shxt there goes my bonus

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[RobWales]

Glad I saw that this week and not prior to my crane jobbie last week! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[maybh1]

I have visions of this happening to my boat every time it is lifted /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

I usually go and hide somewhere

May
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[Deleted User YDKXO]

Hardly surprising. I'm regularly amazed that boats are lifted with the sort of sloppy and downright dangerous lifting techniques that would get you an H & SE prosecution if used on a UK construction site. In this case, there were no longtitudinal spreader bars and, seemingly the slings were not tied fore and aft to cleats, so, surprise, surprise, the slings start to slip inwards because of the angle from the hook blocks and, hey presto, one expensive non-self righting boat in the water. Don't blame the guy operating the hoist, blame whoever was in charge of the operation

 

[Mymobo]

Ouch that was an expensive mistake.

 

[stownsend]

at least he had fenders out !

Cheers

Stu

 

[RobWales]

Mike,
I'm convinced having watched it a few times that the arse end clipped the mother ship tilting her forward out of the strops!
2 points of note.....Yep totaly agree with you and should have been tied to the cleats to stop fore to aft slippage....
2nd point where the hell was the banksman? there should have been at least a tagline on the bow cleat and one on the stern???????
Rob

 

[jfm]

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... the slings start to slip inwards because of the angle from the hook blocks and, hey presto, one expensive non-self righting boat in the water. Don't blame the guy operating the hoist, blame whoever was in charge of the operation

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Agree it looks shoddy but as for angles and the crane driver (singular) I don't thing that's right. Boat was being lifted by 2 separate cranes, in a synchronised swimming job.

 

[strakeryrius]

I agree with Rob - looks like the aft touched something that upset the balance, tipped her forward so that the sling there gave way and down she went. Mine's been craned in and out 4 times in the last 8 weeks so its always a worry until she's safely back in again.

 

[Firefly625]

what horror you would feel if that was your boat! Never seen that video before so well found.


This video I saw on youtube a while ago, similar, but much smaller boat!
Still makes me wince every time I see it!

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