Another "accidental" grounding on a reef in Maui's Honolua Bay

[Concerto]

A 94ft motor yacht was not properly tied up to a state funded mooring. They broke loose while the 8 on board were below deck. When theygot back at the helm and started the engines, they accidentally went forward instead of reverse and went straight into the reef. This has caused a massive diesel spill, and will become a big salvage job.

Grounded Luxury Yacht Spills Diesel in Maui's Honolua Bay (gcaptain.com)

 

[Concerto]

During the boat being salvaged, it sank in 300m of water. Do read the comments at the end of the link as one is very critical of the salvage team.

Grounded 28m Sunseeker yacht sinks during Hawaii salvage operation - Marine Industry News

 

[Sandy]

A 94ft motor yacht was not properly tied up to a state funded mooring. They broke loose while the 8 on board were below deck. When theygot back at the helm and started the engines, they accidentally went forward instead of reverse and went straight into the reef. This has caused a massive diesel spill, and will become a big salvage job.

Grounded Luxury Yacht Spills Diesel in Maui's Honolua Bay (gcaptain.com)

Sounds more like human error. Forward is forward, reverse is reverse. Getting them mixed up in a boat that size, according to UK regulations will have a very well qualified skipper onboard, is not an accident.

 

[scottie]

It’s possible that as it was a US boat it had single function controls and somebody put the gear in reverse thinking that they were closing throttle

 

[dancrane]

Anybody see this?

 

[Stemar]

"The boat's insurance does not cover salvage"

WTF? That's going to get expensive for the owner. Won't do the skipper's career any good, either.

 

[veshengro]

Shame, a nice yacht lost, but at least all hands are safe.