BrendanS
Well-known member
Re: somewhat shagged
Would have been better off in nice F10 offshore! <g>
Would have been better off in nice F10 offshore! <g>
New Azimut 116 on the rocks (pics, for broadband)
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jfm
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Re: somewhat shagged
Agreed, skipper should have killed it properly. Last thing you want is a badly damaged - but still repairable, dang - boat. Hence if your boat catches fire in an anchorage, dont muck about with fire pumps and suchlike, get everyone in the tender and go ashore, and let her burn
I dunno how much diminution in value there is when a boat like this is repaired, and many insurance policies will pay for repair but not value diminution. This boat was a one off, there are only 4 built so far and this had a unique interior plus unusual V drives (the 116 will mostly be built with shafts but such is the degree of customisation they will do V on request), so it's not as if he can "lose it" among zillions of 116s on the market
Agreed, skipper should have killed it properly. Last thing you want is a badly damaged - but still repairable, dang - boat. Hence if your boat catches fire in an anchorage, dont muck about with fire pumps and suchlike, get everyone in the tender and go ashore, and let her burn
I dunno how much diminution in value there is when a boat like this is repaired, and many insurance policies will pay for repair but not value diminution. This boat was a one off, there are only 4 built so far and this had a unique interior plus unusual V drives (the 116 will mostly be built with shafts but such is the degree of customisation they will do V on request), so it's not as if he can "lose it" among zillions of 116s on the market
Nautical
Active member
Really can't believe the skipper could be that crap to end her up in that position. One would assume that he must have been ticketed certainly for insurance purposes on a yacht that size in US waters particularly.
Sounds more like a loss of control/power or the electronic trickery shot to hell for some reason. Or me thinks, new crew, lets play with the auto pilot only no one read the destruction book properly and they can't disengage it after some wazack has keyed in the wrong course, panic runs through the lot of them and no one thinks to kill the motors. Maybe a combination of both (which seems to be the case in most accidents, big and small).
I remember a very experienced sea captain telling me about stuffing a ferry straight into the harbour wall at ten knots. Electric'ry whizzy bits just decided to go into self destruct mode and no matter what he did with the command controls she just kept going. By the time he called the engine room to kill everything it was too late even with two hooks out there was too much way on to stop 3000 tons.
Sounds more like a loss of control/power or the electronic trickery shot to hell for some reason. Or me thinks, new crew, lets play with the auto pilot only no one read the destruction book properly and they can't disengage it after some wazack has keyed in the wrong course, panic runs through the lot of them and no one thinks to kill the motors. Maybe a combination of both (which seems to be the case in most accidents, big and small).
I remember a very experienced sea captain telling me about stuffing a ferry straight into the harbour wall at ten knots. Electric'ry whizzy bits just decided to go into self destruct mode and no matter what he did with the command controls she just kept going. By the time he called the engine room to kill everything it was too late even with two hooks out there was too much way on to stop 3000 tons.
tcm
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Re: tight git option
ah, surely he wd have a nice lanyard lashed around the drives and up on to a cleat hm?
ah, surely he wd have a nice lanyard lashed around the drives and up on to a cleat hm?
Lakesailor
New member
Re: Canadian flagged
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the wind is blowing right to left and should have blown them off!
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Well that may account for their lack of attention.
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the wind is blowing right to left and should have blown them off!
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Well that may account for their lack of attention.
Haddock
New member
Definitely more to this story!
The entrance to Port Everglades is pretty large for a wee vessel like that and it's well lit at night - although the condo lights can confuse a novice.
Poor buggers.
The entrance to Port Everglades is pretty large for a wee vessel like that and it's well lit at night - although the condo lights can confuse a novice.
Poor buggers.
Dave_Snelson
Active member
Its on a wall??
Looks like its been run onto a training wall. Is this area at all tidal?? Could they have not sighted the wall at night (there's a beach beyond it).
Anyway - what a bloody waste! Here's me running my ickle boat and frequently bitching about the cost, and these monkeys just run a great beauty onto a wall of rocks.
I have seen a couple of restored boats that have sunk and one things for sure - they are to be avoided like the plague. The problems that arise as a result of a sinking never ever go away. They just keep coming back and coming back to haunt the unfortunate owner.
Unless you can pick this one up for 30 bob, a frog, and an apple core, it is scrap.
Looks like its been run onto a training wall. Is this area at all tidal?? Could they have not sighted the wall at night (there's a beach beyond it).
Anyway - what a bloody waste! Here's me running my ickle boat and frequently bitching about the cost, and these monkeys just run a great beauty onto a wall of rocks.
I have seen a couple of restored boats that have sunk and one things for sure - they are to be avoided like the plague. The problems that arise as a result of a sinking never ever go away. They just keep coming back and coming back to haunt the unfortunate owner.
Unless you can pick this one up for 30 bob, a frog, and an apple core, it is scrap.
Alistairr
Active member
Re: somewhat shagged
Any latest word about whats happened to her??
Any recovery Pics?
Any latest word about whats happened to her??
Any recovery Pics?