American style boat recovery
- Thread starter Mr Googler
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Bouba
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It’s a good deal....wish we had similar around here
stelican
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The conditions when the vessel lost power was 30knots of wind so quite understandable no one went fwd to release the anchor.They would have had plenty of time off shore well before any surf to manually deploy the anchor(s)
The lack of bow rails is cul d sac , irrelevant .They could have easily tied a line to a guy from a H+S pov .Bare in mind the all the ICEs had stopped so zero prop hazards .
We are all assuming the windlass has a clutch and crew familiar.
I mean did someone go Fwds and was unable ( in a only ever happens in America way ? ) to deploy manually?
This hasn’t anything to do with loverly uncluttered design of the bow.
Preposterous to infer bow rails would have saved the boat as it’s is to say Aliens escaped from Area 51 returning the abducted boat in the wrong place after shutting down all power . The lack of bow rails is in that silo of id
Mr Googler
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Time Out
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Early reports ( and pix) suggest a few scuffs underneath and a bent rudder.
Off to fish another day.
If you ever get a chance, hop on board one. The layouts are interesting.
Off to fish another day.
If you ever get a chance, hop on board one. The layouts are interesting.
PowerYachtBlog
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Yes they are under each other. I
Production sportfish used to have railings, all of them.Okay the majority don’t have bow rails. I’m taking Sportfish in particular.
Viking, Hatteras etc. even Feadship
But the custom builders; Spencer, Jarrett Bay, Bayliss, Merritt, Rybovich etc (there is about two dozens of them in total) started to take over the scene of admiration in the noughties,
Production builders, noting this started to copy the style.
Hatteras was first what it created the custom looking GT option in around 2005 for its 60 model first and then the 54, with Viking following in 2007, when it launched the 60 with the flush deck.
Production sportfish do offer railings as option, for example units sold for the West Coast, are usually spec'd with it.
Time Out
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Bouba
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Diesel bug ?
Bajansailor
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Surely they must have had a kedge anchor on board that they could have slung overboard on a rope?
A 69 lb Fortress FX 125 would have held them nicely, especially if it was a sandy bottom with good holding.
Fortress Selection Guide - Fortress Anchors
A 69 lb Fortress FX 125 would have held them nicely, especially if it was a sandy bottom with good holding.
Fortress Selection Guide - Fortress Anchors
Bouba
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It was a delivery crew...so it’s possible that the boat wasn’t yet fully equipped...or the crew didn’t know if they had one...or where it’s stored....lots of hiding places on a boat that size
Daydream believer
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Minimal damage -----
which is going to take 8 weeks( from date of statement) to repair -- Bit of luck it was not serious.
Fuel interuption----
Surely boats of that type & value, would have fuel supplies with alternative emergency filtering etc. to bypass normal blockages?
Would it not have twin engines with independent supplies?
which is going to take 8 weeks( from date of statement) to repair -- Bit of luck it was not serious.
Fuel interuption----
Surely boats of that type & value, would have fuel supplies with alternative emergency filtering etc. to bypass normal blockages?
Would it not have twin engines with independent supplies?
Portofino
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If it was blocked filters from crap in the fuel ? Then yes very surprised the ended up with 3 ( or was there 2 genys ? ) busted engines .
Del crew a usually go through the boat checking stuff before slipping lines …it’s there cocks or more like lives on the block .
Coming back to filtration if that’s the cause , then yes it would have had twin switchable filters and separate tanks .
Cant see that boat built on a production shoe string .
Even mine had 3 tanks + all interconnected .P + S separate , Racor clear bowls , WIF alarms on the helm etc etc .
My livelihoods not dependant , I am not cancelling clients right now .Or wrangling with underwriters either .
Even a glance in the ER say 30 mins after running or an hr to “ see if everything s ok “ ….you know eye ball the bowls looking for crap etc , draining off if so .
They where lucky this time !
I don’t buy into his woke est theory banded about on here “ theres waves and a bit of wind so let’s stay rooted in the helm seat while the boats engines fail and it drifts aground “ nonsenses .
You get off your arses and deal with it .This inc going Fwds and releasing the anchor(s) .
