One Class40 + One cargo = One half Class40

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Just happened at the Normandy Channel race, both crew safely rescued.
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A few days ago I had several Mini650 sailing in my opposite direction, they were all port tack, no racing just delivery mode, doublehanded: I (starboard tack) had to divert three times to avoid running into them as no one of them (yes, a JAP sail) was ever taking a look behind the sails (ok they are huge, possibly covering a 120deg sector). I reckon when one crosses these things the absence of watch is a prudent assumption.
 
Roberto said:
Just happened at the Normandy Channel race, both crew safely rescued.
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A few days ago I had several Mini650 sailing in my opposite direction, they were all port tack, no racing just delivery mode, doublehanded: I (starboard tack) had to divert three times to avoid running into them as no one of them (yes, a JAP sail) was ever taking a look behind the sails (ok they are huge, possibly covering a 120deg sector). I reckon when one crosses these things the absence of watch is a prudent assumption.
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There is no excuse in my humble opinion for lack of a decent lookout unless every crew member is incapacitated for some reason.

We are talking about the sea and nature and other idiot boats out and about.

Just my opinion.
 
Some more details from the crew: they say they hailed the cargo several times by vhf, eventually it replied, the sailboat said they were racing and asked the cargo to change its course. The cargo said ok, the two sailors say it did not alter course, ''you are too fast to be a sailing boat''; bad weather and visibility, the crash happened, boat immediately cut in two pieces. Their liferaft did not inflate; another racing C40 nearby came to the rescue, they launched their liferaft but it did not inflate either :(
The cargo has been later ordered by the MRCC to divert to a French port for the investigation.
 
Roberto said:
Some more details from the crew: they say they hailed the cargo several times by vhf, eventually it replied, the sailboat said they were racing and asked the cargo to change its course. The cargo said ok, the two sailors say it did not alter course, ''you are too fast to be a sailing boat''; bad weather and visibility, the crash happened, boat immediately cut in two pieces. Their liferaft did not inflate; another racing C40 nearby came to the rescue, they launched their liferaft but it did not inflate either :(
The cargo has been later ordered by the MRCC to divert to a French port for the investigation.
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Worrying details of liferafts.

Service up to date? If yes, then very worrying.
 
I was delivering my boat back to Port Haliguen on March 25th and late evening East of Penmar'ch was confronted by a sizeable fleet of Figaro's beating westward from Concarneau, I bore away to get out of their way but luckily they all tacked back into the thick of the rocks to avoid the worst of the east going tide (which I was thankful for...

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There’s a reason some courts dealing with maritime law dislike vessels radioing each other to make arrangements to ignore the IRPCS - because stuff like this happens when there is a misunderstanding about who is making the agreement and exactly what the agreement is. Even allowing for a misunderstanding it’s hard to see how it could not have become obvious that there was an impending collision coming up late in the incident.
 
The race tracker shows the collision location very near the exclusion zone around Ushant TSS, it might be the sailboat did not want to incur in a penalty by entering the shaded area.


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Also, the ship was most likely ''Ital Bonny'', a containership 211m long x 33m beam; they said they were only seeing each other by AIS, this (image from Opencpn) is how a ship real size (and this is about half the length of Ital Bonny) compares with its AIS icon; other displays of course may be different, there may be room to be confused. I once had the unpleasant surprise to see an anchored ship appear from fog in front of me whereas its AIS ship at anchor icon was on my side, after that I clicked all options ''show vessel real size'' and always zoom in/out to check the target actual position.
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Roberto said:
Both liferafts were ''Waypoint'' brand, apparently chosen by several racing boats thanks to their light weight, a third one did not inflate on a Transquadra racing boat, the Class is thinking about a rule change to forbid that specific model before next race.
Radeaux de survie défectueux : "Si rien ne bouge, je démissionne" souligne le patron des Class40
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Interesting.

Liferafts really should open shouldn’t they?

YouTube is filled with ancient out of date rafts that do open.
 
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