Boat capsizes on launch

[Bouba]

I doubt I’m the first to show this...but I couldn’t find another thread
Luxury yacht tips and sinks minutes after launch as terrified passengers jump overboard

 

[dunedin]

Here, badly titled Oops !

 

[SC35]

Comparatively narrow deep V hull plus a lot of weight up top and not much ballast ... who signed that one off?
At least it happened at launch and not offshore with 10 people on board.

Contrary to reports, it looks to me as if water ingress / flooding was a major part of the story.

 

[markc]

Props still spinning when it was on its side. Quite a bit of snagging to do

 

[Farmer Piles]

There will be a lot of buck passing and a major blame game I would imagine.

 

[KevinV]

Comparatively narrow deep V hull plus a lot of weight up top and not much ballast ... who signed that one off?
At least it happened at launch and not offshore with 10 people on board.

Contrary to reports, it looks to me as if water ingress / flooding was a major part of the story.

Immediately on launch it looks low in the stern, which only gets worse. It'd be awful to think you could lose a vessel like that over something stupid like an insufficiently secured exhaust hose or the likes.

 

[Minerva]

It looks like she is listing immediately. I wonder if the launch stern wave pushed a load of water into the cockpit & downflooded? Or perhaps the designer never done their sums right!

It'd be heartbreaking for the new owner

 

[dunedin]

It looks like she is listing immediately. I wonder if the launch stern wave pushed a load of water into the cockpit & downflooded? Or perhaps the designer never done their sums right!

It'd be heartbreaking for the new owner

Yes, I did wonder that.

Clearly with more modest boats nowadays (and with big boats at other yards) they tend to lower into the water, and then check for water ingress (missing hose, leaking fitting etc) before removing the slings fully.

 

[Clash]

Yes, I did wonder that.

Clearly with more modest boats nowadays (and with big boats at other yards) they tend to lower into the water, and then check for water ingress (missing hose, leaking fitting etc) before removing the slings fully.

It looked like a very amateurish launch method. Was that a loader pushing the boat down the very shaky looking ramp?