Twister_Ken
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There have been some hints that one, maybe more, multihulls capsized on the RTIR, but I haven't found anything very concrete. Anyone got, or seen, chapter and verse?
Multihull capsizes in RTIR
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Flying Penguin
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In the BBC video posted up there was a shot of an upturned trimaran, don't have details though.
Jamie
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There was one capsized just by St Cats and 2 more around between Bembridge and Cowes.
r_h
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I passed an upturned tri - a Dragonfly 28 I believe - just before St Catherine's, then saw the cat capsize between Bembridge Ledge and Seaview.
WayneS
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We past 3 that were on their roof.
A Tri that the rescue folks had secured to a set of lobster pots. Apparently 3 were rescued from that.
Off Bembridge there was a cruising cat over. not totally inverted because the masthead was on the ground. There are some pics of it here.
Then there was a 2nd Tri/Cat somewhere up near Ryde I think. It was all getting a bit exciting for us around that time and so I tried not to look.
There are some pics of the St Cats tri and the cruiser here. http://www.pbo.co.uk/news/529011/shooting-round-the-island-2011
Boomshanka
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The cat in the first PBO pic was a charity (disabled?) boat I believe
r_h
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That's correct, fortunately I understand they got everyone off safely and put ashore in Seaview - there were a lot of spectator RIBs in the area at the time and it was relatively flat water.
Bosun Higgs
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Yet a 24 ft racy cat came in 4th in elapsed time. Skill issues?
Boomshanka
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If it was this one, then without word of a lie, I saw it completely airbourne coming off a wave on the way to the Needles
Flying Penguin
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If it was this one, then without word of a lie, I saw it completely airbourne coming off a wave on the way to the Needles
Going through the Needles it was airborne most of the time!
farmerdan79
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yep 2 Tri's upsidedown and a cat. one of the tri's had been towed to royal clarence (still inverted) and was secured by the tugs when we returned on Sunday PM.
I suspect that anyone commenting on "lack of skill" of the crew of the 3 unfortunate vessels was not taking part in the event, - it was a true challenge in every respect...!
I suspect that anyone commenting on "lack of skill" of the crew of the 3 unfortunate vessels was not taking part in the event, - it was a true challenge in every respect...!
flaming
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Saturday was a day when things could very easily go from in control to Wipeout in a matter of seconds. Whilst it would be entirely wrong to speculate that the crews of the multis that flipped weren't up to it, it would be entirely accurate to state that the crew of Orion are possessed of talent in abundance.
fergie_mac66
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RCD
wonder if the inverted were RCDed ! Seems that boats were more seaworthy before the RCD was invented!
wonder if the inverted were RCDed ! Seems that boats were more seaworthy before the RCD was invented!
mcframe
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Might have helped if there had been some "RNLI/CG aware" stickers on 'em[0] - we heard several reports where CG had to work out if it was the one they already knew about.
I felt /slightly/ sorry for the well-meaning bloke who called in a dismasting after St Cats[1] and was asked (after usual procedure) "Are you able to give assistance" and sheepishly replied "Err, no, we're now a mile and half downwind, I don't think we can turn round and help - we plan to continue the race."
[0] IIRC a fender tied to the mast signifies an abandoned dinghy where all occupants have been recovered. What should be done for an inverted multi?
[1] Was 3-4 miles ahead of us, and we'd just seen Bembridge LB take off in that direction, but he wasn't to know.
prv
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Dunno, but I saw a bloke on an anchored Westerly hoisting a fender up his mast yesterday.
Clearly he didn't own an anchor ball, and may even have overheard me saying "****, he's anchored" as I realised that he wasn't in fact motoring towards us and hence wasn't going to keep out of our way.
Pete
E39mad
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Orion looks like a Firebird 26
Anyone knowing anything about cats know that these were one of the best designed micromultihulls built and were the tiny sister to the Freebird 50. Very light & reportedly capable of over 25 knots.
Contrary to many other cat/multi designs the bows are designed to lift when planing downwind which can assist enormously in preventing digging a hull in the water and pitchpoling.
As Flaming states the crew also probably knew exactly how to handle the situations presented on Saturday - I wonder how many other of the multihulls sailers who had serious problems had been in seas such as that before & probably in many cases they had little room to manoevre to prevent calamity?
Anyone knowing anything about cats know that these were one of the best designed micromultihulls built and were the tiny sister to the Freebird 50. Very light & reportedly capable of over 25 knots.
Contrary to many other cat/multi designs the bows are designed to lift when planing downwind which can assist enormously in preventing digging a hull in the water and pitchpoling.
As Flaming states the crew also probably knew exactly how to handle the situations presented on Saturday - I wonder how many other of the multihulls sailers who had serious problems had been in seas such as that before & probably in many cases they had little room to manoevre to prevent calamity?
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Scotty_Tradewind
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I watched the early boats past Bembridge Ledge and Orion looked so quick.
Put me in mind of a hornet chasing down its prey as it cut the corner inside No Mans.
Put me in mind of a hornet chasing down its prey as it cut the corner inside No Mans.
alahol2
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This is the capsized cat heading into Portsmouth yesterday (Monday).
Flying Penguin
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Please excuse the daft question, but does anyone know how they went over? Pitchpoling from an excess of downwind bravado? Or were they just plain old knocked over sideways?
Jamie
Jamie
r_h
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The cat in the pic above was on a close reach, almost close hauled. It started flying a hull, then gradually started heeling further and further, before slowly going right over.