Fastnet Yacht capsizes off Baltimore

[kesey]

16 sailors were on and recovered from upturned hull. 5 from life-raft.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0815/yacht.html

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0815/breaking49.html

Rambler must have gone over very quickly. No may-day received. Apparently an Epirb signal. Weather not particularly bad (gusts of 31 knots reported by buoy M3), but visibility down to a mile.

 

[rwoofer]

It was Rambler according to the RORC website.

 

[Racecruiser]

It was Rambler according to the RORC website.

Sudden capsize - got to be the keel gone hasn't it? Thank goodness all safe but it might have been different in the Atlantic race which they completed last month I believe.

 

[sailorman]

Sudden capsize - got to be the keel gone hasn't it? Thank goodness all safe but it might have been different in the Atlantic race which they completed last month I believe.

http://www.charterworld.com/news/transatlantic-race-2011-sailing-yacht-rambler-100-wins-line-honors

 

[flaming]

I hope they mark it well. The reports say it flipped between the rock and the Pantaenius Buoy. That part of the course is not going to leave a lot of room for cross track differential. And there are a lot of boats heading that way....

 

[Richard Shead]

Glad they are all safe, that's one beast of a boat with many things to go bang...

 

[pdunlop]

Picture Here

http://www.regattanews.com/photo.aspx?eid=187&cid=17811

 

[BlueChip]

Shown here when she was the right way up - http://www.regattanews.com/photo.aspx?eid=187&cid=17799

 

[2700]

Shown here when she was the right way up - http://www.regattanews.com/photo.aspx?eid=187&cid=17799

And here the wrong way!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rescue-117/151481018225758

Is that a daggerboard or the keel.

 

[CKDexterHaven]

Daggerboard--here's a link to some lines: http://nuttyrave.blogspot.com/2011/07/rambler-100.html

 

[Twister_Ken]

Ooooh. That will be expensive.

 

[Sybarite]

http://www.charterworld.com/news/transatlantic-race-2011-sailing-yacht-rambler-100-wins-line-honors

" “Flying along at 28 knots is an exhilarating experience but one that concentrates the mind. Rambler is a finely balanced machine and anything can go wrong and there are huge forces opposing each other."

(from your reference)

 

[chippysmith]

She's a Canting Keel Hull,, or was

 

[TQA]

Well looks like the keel is missing then. Just the daggerboard left.

 

[boomerangben]

Do canting keels attract higher insurance premiums?

 

[awol]

Do canting keels attract higher insurance premiums?

... like Bavarias?




Well, someone was going to mention them so I thought I'd get in first

 

[flaming]

Seems like 5 crew (including the owner) had become detatched from the boat and were in the water for 3 hours.

They very sensibly roped themselves together for visibility and warmth, and were eventually found by a photo boat out to get pictures of the fleet rounding the rock.

That must have been very, very scary.

 

[Deleted member 36384]

Seems like 5 crew (including the owner) had become detatched from the boat and were in the water for 3 hours. ..... They very sensibly roped themselves together for visibility and warmth,

Its also worth noting (from the news on YBW) that the search was in the area indicated by a personnel EPIRB. Great news indeed that everyone is all accounted for.

 

[Richard Shead]

http://www.yachtingworld.com/performance-world/news/529474/rambler-100-capsizes-in-fastnet-race

 

[Pinnacle]

http://www.yachtingworld.com/performance-world/news/529474/rambler-100-capsizes-in-fastnet-race

Richard - just delighted everyone is ok.