(Another) boat dropped while unloading from a ship

[jfm]

I know we have done these to death but in case you have a spare 30 seconds and want to see another here is another video of a boat being dropped from a crane while unloading from a ship. It is on Bloomberg this morning, so I guess it is recent. In Russia. It's a Carver I think, and nobody hurt, so not as tragic as it could have been

 

[fireball]

Ouch ...

Looks like the front strap slipped backward ... one advantage of having a fin keel!

 

[Racingfrank7]

Cue one upset owner....
"what do you mean she arrived safe but sustained a bit of water damage during unloading" ??????

 

[Whitelighter]

Looks like the front strap slipped backward ... one advantage of having a fin keel!

Only if it stays attached to the boat...

*runs quickly for cover*

 

[Trundlebug]

Amazing incompetence by both slingers and crane driver.

It was clearly unstable, but no attempt made by crane driver to get on with lowering it quickly to reduce impact or drop height.

Looks like it was too windy for the lift maybe?

 

[fireball]

Only if it stays attached to the boat...

*runs quickly for cover*

I'll have you know the Uhu is still working fine!

 

[Firefly625]

brilliant video jfm, I like nothing better than watching a boat drop from a sling, keep them coming!

 

[stearman65]

Crane Accidents

We were in St Tropez to have an engine changed & the idiot engineer booked this crane to lift out our Moody 40, understandably I refused & told him where to stick his crane. We eventually got the job done in Toulon, but that's another story.
Stearman65.

 

[Firefly625]

We were in St Tropez to have an engine changed & the idiot engineer booked this crane to lift out our Moody 40, understandably I refused & told him where to stick his crane. We eventually got the job done in Toulon, but that's another story.
Stearman65.

well done you, that certainly doesn't look upto the job!

indeed reminds me of this caulker...



or this...

 

[Solitaire]

I know we have done these to death but in case you have a spare 30 seconds and want to see another here is another video of a boat being dropped from a crane while unloading from a ship. It is on Bloomberg this morning, so I guess it is recent. In Russia. It's a Carver I think, and nobody hurt, so not as tragic as it could have been

This may have been in Russia, but I know of an incident not that many weeks ago of a mishap at Felixstowe . The boat did not turn turtle but did a lot of damage to the bow and rails.

 

[Firefly625]

This may have been in Russia, but I know of an incident not that many weeks ago of a mishap at Felixstowe . The boat did not turn turtle but did a lot of damage to the bow and rails.

but no video....... there are just no words to describe my disappointment....

 

[jfm]

This may have been in Russia, but I know of an incident not that many weeks ago of a mishap at Felixstowe . The boat did not turn turtle but did a lot of damage to the bow and rails.

I can believe it. On my last one of these, taking Sq78 to med in early 2011, the ship load in Southampton was done by a team who really knew their stuff. They spent quite a while tweaking the slings so the keel was level as she lifted. The unload in Spain though was awful and the loadmaster was incompetent. It was only luck and my shouting that prevented damage to the boat

 

[John100156]

Frightening, well it makes my maintenance jobs seem all the more manageable.

I just hope all insurances were in place... well, I was going to insure the lift but they said it was an extra £50......

 

[neale]

well done you, that certainly doesn't look upto the job!

indeed reminds me of this caulker...



On that first one it looks like the shaft is hanging out of teh bottom of the boat before they dropped it. Was it a salvage recovery lift? Is that an airbag attached to the front of the boat?

 

[Solitaire]

but no video....... there are just no words to describe my disappointment....

It was a friend of mine who was the delivery skipper. He said the whole thing was a total joke.

I have never had a problem with the guys at Southampton. In fact will taking a boat up there for loading tomorrow.

 

[jfm]

Firefly, just for you, here is the mangusta 105 smash up

 

[Lakesailor]

I know we have done these to death but in case you have a spare 30 seconds and want to see another here is another video of a boat being dropped from a crane while unloading from a ship. It is on Bloomberg this morning, so I guess it is recent. In Russia. It's a Carver I think, and nobody hurt, so not as tragic as it could have been

Wow! That fell quickly. Is the video speeded up I wonder?

 

[Erik C]

A few years ago, Predator 72

 

[gjgm]

I would like to know what WOULD faze the guy in white shirt and black trousers.. maybe a moments concern his shirt might get splashed, but that about it.

 

[Quest]

For those of us with boats on a dry stack, this stuff brings us out in cold sweats and brings on nervous twitches!!!