Abandoned yacht found of panama coast

[orion21]

 

[SoulFireMage]

Bloody hell, is that the anchor been ripped out the bow there?
Shame, as she looks like she'd be really pretty normally.

 

[savageseadog]

Could do with finding something that that. What's the story?

 

[boatmike]

Another lesson it seems. Never abandon a boat unless it is sinking. Very interesting that the bow roller and pulpit are gone, dismasted, and a forward hatch open..... I wonder what happened...... Also, is that a tyre hanging over the side? Could she have just transited the canal? Bit of a puzzle that one!

 

[Gerry]

I am in Panama at the moment, haven't heard about this here. Do you know where on the coast, caribbean or pacific, she was discovered?
Hurricane John came thru the Pacific side last week, well offshore but battered Baja . There are some serious winds and weather down in these parts. Do you know the name of the boat?

 

[moodycruiser]

V. strange, looks as if the mast and boom have been cut off, and mast is through 180 degs. would like to see the bigger picture to determine what all the white water is, on the far side it looks as if the yacht is being swept towards camera, and on this side see pulpit remains at waterline, looks as if it's going away, also aeration underwater near stern. mmm, mystery .....

 

[BruceDanforth]

Forestay ripped out in the dismasting perhaps?

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Look like all the signs of a boat thats been rolled to me....

 

[26ft_bathtub]

The turbulence looks like the wash of the ship the picture is taken from.

Is she an HR? Anything about the crew?

 

[BruceDanforth]

I saw a Fastnet boat in North Wales many years ago that had a similar look to it. I believe that had rolled. I think it was the Ariadne.

 

[bbg]

Agree not to abandon boat unless sinking - but some of the signs on board suggest she was not at sea. Stemhead fitting ripped out, the diameter of some of the lines and the tire / fender suggest she might have been riding to an anchor during a hurricane? I suppose equally possible she was lying to a sea anchor or warps during a storm at sea.

 

[Sans Bateau]

How is it that those warps or sheets have remained on the Stb side deck? Also there looks to be another pile of warps or sheets on the aft stbd quarter.

 

[bbg]

OK, Orion 21 - let's have the story behind this picture. You post it with a subject line, but no details as to how you got the picture.

What's this all about?

 

[Whitelighter]

Another possibility could be that it was being transported/shipped and fell off? That might account for the de-rigging and some of the damage. The mast looks like it has been removed rather than snapped. Perhaps the rig could be seperated like this and the mast was stowed seperately for shipping?

 

[AndrewB]

Don't know anything about the facts, but it looks as if the boat might be aground. The bow reminds me of the wreck below. Anchored in strong onshore winds which whipped up a swell, the anchor cleat ripped out, taking the pulpit, the forestay and ultimately the mast with it. A problem using production AWBs for blue-water cruising - the cleats aren't strong enough.