New meanings of fast powerboating

[ggt9]

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There is a brief write up about this incident on the BYM News

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"what appears to have been a control system malfunction cause the unmanned yacht to career off in an unintended direction"

Yeah, right. So we're looking for a 12v connection to the autopilot that's either loose or cross-wired to the hifi, or for a fat seagull that landed - with some style - on the flybridge port engine throttle?

I suppose it's a more acceptable explanation than the one presumably originally offered:

'Honest mate. I didn't touch anything. I was nowhere near it. It just shot off by itself.'

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p.s. not only have they protected the bow from the ladder but the righthand guy on the bow has taken his shoes off just in case he leaves a mucky mark...

 

[MapisM]

Well spot, I didn't notice at first!
He's the skipper for sure. The owner must have ordered the other two crew members to stay on the bow to put some additional weight on his shoulder...

 

[MapisM]

Fat seagull landing on the engine throttle

Jokes apart, you're raising an interesting point here.
My first thought was also along the lines that whoever was helming screwed up something.
But on second thought, we should also consider that:
- the boat was inside a marina; very unlikely to move at anything above minimum speed, but still enough to push it up there;
- nobody in his right mind would spend 38 mio € for a boat without putting an experienced professional in charge of it;
- last but not least, it was brand new, which surely means modern electronically controlled engines.
Considering all the above, would you really be surprised if some electronic throttle failed to disengage forward thrust, or to engage in reverse?
And if so, both MTU and the builder would rather say it was the pontoon to hit the boat, rather than admitting similar faults.

 

[PowerYachtBlog]

this new Baglietto 42 mtr fell during its launch
luckily noboduy got hurt

 

[MapisM]

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this new Baglietto 42 mtr fell during its launch

[/ QUOTE ]That's what someone wrote.
But looking at the pics, it just doesn't make any sense.

 

[PowerYachtBlog]

right
mixed signal from various press

I think the correct one is the Super Yacht going forwad into the pontoon

or may be the pontoon went into it in its own power /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[benjenbav]

They'll be for it when the port authority finds out about the damage to the concrete. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[ggt9]

Re: Fat seagull landing on the engine throttle

Well, I was joking.

It does look like it hit the pontoon at some speed (enough to ride up it). It does look like someone was going too fast in a marina and didn't see the pontoon in the way.

However, the news report in the link says the boat ran off by itself while unmanned because of some unexplained failure of its control systems. I'm in no position to argue and wouldn't think that anyone would really offer such a far-fetched explanation if it wasn't true.

I hope they get it fixed and presume that the damage to boat, pontoon and reputation is only minor relative to the overall project.

Bit worrying that you could have a control system failure that puts the boat into drive though...

 

[MapisM]

Fat seagulls & press reliability

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Bit worrying that you could have a control system failure that puts the boat into drive though...

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Almost as worrying as the fact that we will probably never read on any boating magazine the details about such failure.
Which, for any potential buyer, would be much more interesting compared to many other useless measurements normally found on test reports.
But who would risk to loose even the smaller advertising budget, these days?...