Sunseeker Yacht Destroyed by Crane.

[Mirelle]

Whilst we don\'t know what the cause was...

I've investigated a few of these sorts of incident, the most spectacular of which involved the capsize of a heavy lift ship, and one rather common cause of such mishaps is an error in the stated weight.

I don't know if that was the case here, of course

 

[Alistairr]

Re: Whilst we don\'t know what the cause was...

Just had these pics e-mailed to me:

I do hope thats not the owner standing by his pride and joy in the last pic. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Cheers

Al.
Bu@@er, why won't these view properly??? /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

Sorted, thanks Oceanfroggie.
Al.

 

[oceanfroggie]

Re: Whilst we don\'t know what the cause was...

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Just had these pics e-mailed to me: why won't these view properly?

[/ QUOTE ]Cheers Al. Image URLs must end in 'jpg' (ie remove the extra stuff after the file names). Very sad sight, what a waste. Hope the insurance sorts it all out for the unfortunate owner. Difficult to tell from the pics, but the crane looks to be a little on the small side for such a weight.

 

[Alistairr]

Re: Whilst we don\'t know what the cause was...

Thanks, but i did that with the first pic to try it, and it didn't make any difference.
But now sorted, thanks.

Al.

 

[tcm]

Re: Whilst we don\'t know what the cause was...

the accident seems a bit more "obviously probable" with that one of fallen crane and boat, perhaps?

 

[Nautorius]

Re: Whilst we don\'t know what the cause was...

I think I Agree,

Just because a boat is GRP does not mean it is light. The crane looks way too underspeced to be lifting the Yacht from the height of the deck (100-150ft?)

Cheers

Paul /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Alistairr]

Re: Whilst we don\'t know what the cause was...

Yes, that was my thought.

The crane was rated at 300t, apparently, but as i said to someone earlier, when at full reach the lifting capacity is considerably less!

I think they may have over stretched themselves!

Al.

 

[Nick_H]

Re: Whilst we don\'t know what the cause was...

Whoever chose the number plate for the crane obviously has a keen sense of irony

 

[halcyon]

Re: Whilst we don\'t know what the cause was...

Was it a simple hydraulic failure, support pad on failed side is retracted, did pipe or seal fail ?. If this failed the crane would lean over, increasing load on outrigger as boat moved out, outrigger has failed thus crane falls over.
Next time you turn the wheel and wait for the bow to swing round, think about that crane, and what if a hydraulic steering pipe bursts ?.


Brian

 

[Alistairr]

Re: Whilst we don\'t know what the cause was...

Could be a hydraulic failure, but then the support leg would retract when it landed on its side, cause of the weight of the crane. More likely the surface of the quay may have given way abit, enough for the crane to tilt a bit and with the boat at full strength, it was enough to tip it.

I have other pics of the crane and boat, but not able to load them at the moment, they are in a PP presentation and i can't unlock them, if you e-mail me your e-mail address, i'll send it too you.

Cheers

Al.

 

[spannerman]

Re: Whilst we don\'t know what the cause was...

Especially if you have a Volvo D4 or D6 which has a very weird and complicated steering system with the low pressure side operating the high pressure side which has given us lots of problems over here. The local dealer has a pile of burst hoses and leaking steering cylinders that they have changed under warranty. I went to pick up a Scand 9200 the other day only to find that there was next to no steering as the reservoir behind the wheel was nearly empty, ( it leaks down into the high pressure side and out through the external steering cylinders and into the sea while at rest) I managed to get it back to base with the bow prop, and when we lifted it the steering cylinders were leaking on a 2 yr old boat!

 

[halcyon]

Re: Whilst we don\'t know what the cause was...

If you look to the right of the crane, it looks like the ram and pad, basically bent up at 90 degrees.

Brian

 

[1yppah]

Re: Whilst we don\'t know what the cause was...

Anyhow who lifted the next one off! (the one to the left)

 

[Alistairr]

Re: Whilst we don\'t know what the cause was...

Think you'll see in the pics i sent you, that the support legs looks like they slid back in.

Al.

 

[bigmoose]

Re: Whilst we don\'t know what the cause was...

thanks for the pp.
FYI this was shipped by peters and may they are very reliable .
apparently in this case the actually unloading was the lines reponsiblility.
whilst i have heard of some minor issues ...never soemthing like this.
peters and may have shiiped both both my boats ...one frm southampton to colombo and the other from felixstowe to jebel ali. i ahve insisted that they take the full responsibility and (touch wood)no problem in both instances.
as i metioned earlier lessons to be learnt for all.
rgds
ct

 

[halcyon]

Re: Whilst we don\'t know what the cause was...

Yes got photos. clearer on the one, bent the ram as well.
Be interesting when the full story comes out.

Brian

 

[MapisM]

That\'s the point!

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i cant understand why they are using a wheeled mobile crane???

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For a very simple reason I'd bet: no other crane on the dock, mobile crane available, tight schedules, let's go for it!

 

[bigmoose]

Re: That\'s the point!

just some observations.
the mother vessel doesnt appear to be a container vessel...must be a general cargo.
hence no gantry cranes on shore.
wonder if the owner was trying to save cost taking a slow boat across. i cant imagien it to line service from uk/europe to where ever they unloaded.
a word of advice ..the vessel carrying yr toys should have as little stops as poss.
less to go wrong at each port.
have known of instance where the loading/ unloading around stowed boats hs caused damge.
just my 0.02$
rgds ct

 

[tcm]

Re: That\'s the point!

valid points, quite a mess, agreed Peters and May have a good reputation...though stuff can go wrong, obviously...

 

[ExcaliburII]

Re: Whilst we don\'t know what the cause was...

I think the logo on the funnel of the ship says it all.