17,5 m cat pitchpoled in marina berth by wind

[elenya]

We do have some strong winds here in NZ but a recent micro burst pitch poled a 17.5 m lwl cat, and lay flat a super yacht. A wee bit unusual by any standard.

Link below to our local NZ yachting forum

http://crew.org.nz/forum/index.php/...ight-including-westhavenhows-your-boat/page-3

 

[Baggywrinkle]

Here's some video of it being flipped ...

 

[Tomahawk]

Fortunately we don’t get many tornadoes in Essex.

 

[JumbleDuck]

Fortunately we don’t get many tornadoes in Essex.

I saw a couple at Southend Airshow a few years back.

 

[Spyro]

Difficult to say for sure but it looked like it had a sail up. Maybe an unfurled jib

 

[Kukri]

Fortunately we don’t get many tornadoes in Essex.

I’ve seen a slide of a waterspout in Hamford Water...

 

[[70521]]

Mother nature is pretty impressive when she wants to be.

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Difficult to say for sure but it looked like it had a sail up. Maybe an unfurled jib

The main halyard was still attached to the head of the sail & was a 2:1 ratio. The wind broke the zip on the sail cover, the windage on the halyard was sufficient to hoist the sail a third of the way up the mast, & that was sufficient to pitch pole the boat.

 

[Kukri]

The main halyard was still attached to the head of the sail & was a 2:1 ratio. The wind broke the zip on the sail cover, the windage on the halyard was sufficient to hoist the sail a third of the way up the mast, & that was sufficient to pitch pole the boat.

Thank you! There is a moral in that story...

 

[Tomahawk]

I would guess even Alex would have not put up the big kite?

 

[Spyro]

Thank you! There is a moral in that story...

And also a get out for the insurance company

 

[JumbleDuck]

Thank you! There is a moral in that story...

God thinks catamarans are ugly too? After all, He is only known to have designed one boat, and that was a monohull.

 

[AngusMcDoon]

And also a get out for the insurance company

I would expect the insurance to pay out; they allow a certain amount of ignorance, laziness & stupidity! It's gross negligence where they'll decline to pay. Leaving your halyard attached to the sail I would not describe as gross negligence.

A 200 mph microburst coming along, pulling on the halyard, hoisting the sail causing a 60' boat to pitch pole is not something anyone could reasonably expect to happen as a consequence of the slight laziness of not fastening the halyard somewhere safer. At worst you might expect a damaged sail cover!

 

[elenya]

In the top right of the video you can see the mast of the 44m super yacht as it is knocked down just after the cat flips. A tad breezy indeed.

 

[RichardS]

God thinks catamarans are ugly too? After all, He is only known to have designed one boat, and that was a monohull.

But that one had a Perkins diesel rather than sails. :ambivalence:

Richard

 

[JumbleDuck]

But that one had a Perkins diesel rather than sails. :ambivalence:

But only two horsepower. And two kangaroo power, and two pangolin power, and two shrew power and two haddock power and ...

 

[scottie]

But that one had a Perkins diesel rather than sails. :ambivalence:

Richard

No it was a Kelvin

 

[snowleopard]

Fortunately we don’t get many tornadoes in Essex.

Not many, but some. In 2000 I was sailing past the Essex coast when we sighted a waterspout descending from a cloud less than a mile away. A column rose out of the sea and they met, continuing for several minutes. We were ready to drop the sails and motor like hell if it came any closer. Fortunately it dissipated without getting any closer.

 

[JumbleDuck]

Not many, but some. In 2000 I was sailing past the Essex coast when we sighted a waterspout descending from a cloud less than a mile away. A column rose out of the sea and they met, continuing for several minutes. We were ready to drop the sails and motor like hell if it came any closer. Fortunately it dissipated without getting any closer.

I've see a waterspout off the Mull of Kintyre and two or three years ago I saw, from Port Bannatyne, a tornado touch ground in the hills behind Wemyss Bay. Very impressive.

 

[Stemar]

I don't know about over the sea, but apparently, the UK has more tornadoes per unit land area anywhere in the world - except the Netherlands

In deference to another thread, here's my evidence https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/ar...NP0G/do-you-live-in-the-british-tornado-alley

Sorry, I forgot, the BBC is just another fake news & remoaner misinformation site