Catamaran capsizes off the Portugal coast. Three crew rescued, one lost

[kaj]

Three crew rescued after catamaran capsizes off the Portugal coast.

A somewhat intelligible translation by Google tells the story from the viewpoint of the rescuing cargo ship.

 

[Frogmogman]

Quite a racy looking catamaran.

 

[cherod]

translate ??

 

[Frogmogman]

translate ??

Finnish cargo ship rescues three ocean sailors from the Atlantic - the fourth man in a crashed catamaran drowned | tellerreport.com

Strange that there doesn't seem to be any reporting of this in Portugal.

 

[RichardS]

translate ??

Google translate does a pretty good job. Right Click / "Translate to English" anywhere on the Chrome page.

Richard

 

[cherod]

well done the Finns

 

[Frogmogman]

well done the Finns

Good Finnish.

 

[Tomahawk]

What cat was it?

 

[cherod]

no name so far tho apparently was a known boat

 

[Rappey]

Orca attack !

 

[kaj]

Strange that there doesn't seem to be any reporting of this in Portugal.

The Portuguese Marinha (Navy ) reports "Shipwreck survivors safely land in the Azores". You need to translate it, see #5.

 

[dunedin]

It does seem that, of the very few cats which capsize, a lot of them seem to have dagger boards down.

Is it that daggerboards reduce the ability of the cat to slide sideways when over-pressed and/or hit side on by a big wave, and cause it to trip instead ?
Or is it perhaps just cats with daggerboards tend to be more sporty, with bigger rigs?

 

[RichardS]

It does seem that, of the very few cats which capsize, a lot of them seem to have dagger boards down.

Is it that daggerboards reduce the ability of the cat to slide sideways when over-pressed and/or hit side on by a big wave, and cause it to trip instead ?
Or is it perhaps just cats with daggerboards tend to be more sporty, with bigger rigs?

Likely to be both I guess.

Richard

 

[Rappey]

I often wonder why when i see the carnage caused after a hurrican that nearly all the cats end up upside down ?
I wonder at what wind speed they become airbourne ?

 

[RichardS]

I often wonder why when i see the carnage caused after a hurrican that nearly all the cats end up upside down ?
I wonder at what wind speed they become airbourne ?

The monos were upside down as well ..... it's just that they came back up.

Richard

 

[cherod]

The monos were upside down as well ..... it's just that they came back up.

Richard

well some came back up , the rest just the masts are showing

 

[Rappey]

I found this thread. Very interesting.
So many inverted catamarans why?

 

[Frogmogman]

no name so far tho apparently was a known boat

It was Regis Guillemot's Marsaudon TS5 Hallucine.

Le catamaran « Hallucine » de Régis Guillemot chavire au large de Vigo : un mort, trois rescapés

 

[cherod]

dreadfull , that is a well proven boat , and has none of the typical features which would cause capsize in many of the modern catamarans ,, it has the potential for some speed so maybe there is some reason / cause there , or maybe something just gone wrong ,, sad news .

 

[DownWest]

Seems they hit something unknown.