Superyacht Sinks

Suggestion is leaky stern door seals .Apparently the cause of few to sink in a following sea when the waves start to bash it .

They can’t plane and outrun the waves .

If you look at the pic of how low the bathing platforms is .
Once a significant amount seeps in it swills about then bashes the door opens the leaky seal more = game over if any internal water tight doors or bulkheads are defeated .

They had time to request tugs / abandon etc .

Something to look out for on any boat with a huge tender garage running slow downwind in big waves , with the waves lashing the stern . Ask your self “ what if ? “
 
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Sad sight, hope that everyone is ok and not to much pollution . But, the headline, British Designed Superyacht Sinks, fails to indicate it was built and crewed by italians . . . . . . . just saying.
 
She was build in 2007 by Cantieri San Marco in Spezia, reportedly uncompleted as the yard went bankrupt before a Monaco firm sold the and then completed it.

She is like fifteen years old blaming the builder for a yacht with that age is very misleading, considering how much maintenance plays a role in the seaworthiness of a vessel.
On the other hand the design does not change, so if she was not so seaworthy cause the British designer went for Gin Palace details that stays there.


The yard is today Sanlorenzo who build the Steel and Alloy series.
 
Portofino said:
Suggestion is leaky stern door seals .Apparently the cause of few to sink in a following sea when the waves start to bash it .

They can’t plane and outrun the waves .

If you look at the pic of how low the bathing platforms is .
Once a significant amount seeps in it swills about then bashes the door opens the leaky seal more = game over if any internal water tight doors or bulkheads are defeated .

They had time to request tugs / abandon etc .

Something to look out for on any boat with a huge tender garage running slow downwind in big waves , with the waves lashing the stern . Ask your self “ what if ? “
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Speculating again
 
Portofino said:
Suggestion is leaky stern door seals .Apparently the cause of few to sink in a following sea when the waves start to bash it .

They can’t plane and outrun the waves .

If you look at the pic of how low the bathing platforms is .
Once a significant amount seeps in it swills about then bashes the door opens the leaky seal more = game over if any internal water tight doors or bulkheads are defeated .

They had time to request tugs / abandon etc .

Something to look out for on any boat with a huge tender garage running slow downwind in big waves , with the waves lashing the stern . Ask your self “ what if ? “
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I would have thought a simple solution would have been to do a 180 and head into the waves. I have to say there are a few too many “incidents” like this eg Formentara, Paxos. Could it be harder times and convenient way to “sell” the boat? Who knows but what is for sure is that all our premiums are going up - again
 
Hooligan said:
I would have thought a simple solution would have been to do a 180 and head into the waves. I have to say there are a few too many “incidents” like this eg Formentara, Paxos. Could it be harder times and convenient way to “sell” the boat? Who knows but what is for sure is that all our premiums are going up - again
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A report by Pantaneus couple years ago (think it was 2020 on Boat International) said that 99% of the claims on totalled yachts, the buyer buys another one.
So sink it and cash it claim leaves much desired.
And even in that 1% you got a lot of variables from people getting tired of boating, not getting out of the shock, etc etc

This report was based on 24 plus meters super yachts.
 
Portofino said:
Suggestion is leaky stern door seals .Apparently the cause of few to sink in a following sea when the waves start to bash it .

They can’t plane and outrun the waves .

If you look at the pic of how low the bathing platforms is .
Once a significant amount seeps in it swills about then bashes the door opens the leaky seal more = game over if any internal water tight doors or bulkheads are defeated .

They had time to request tugs / abandon etc .

Something to look out for on any boat with a huge tender garage running slow downwind in big waves , with the waves lashing the stern . Ask your self “ what if ? “
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It didn't look anywhere near rough enough in the video to cause following waves to swamp the boat.
 
Bigplumbs said:
Speculating again
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“ Suggestion”
There has been a few door incidents , more so as designs of sterns become more adventurous.
Beach clubs and side doors etc .
Recently a side door incident ( not this one another ) Twas a under water seal , a float in tender garage where by the tender sailed into the garage , the door closes with obviously its lower edge below the WL .The compartment is pumped out and the tender secured .
Well eventually PYBs point ,not the builder but the on going maintenance and a touch of Sod’s law , some big seas and hey presto the door starts to leak , it’s already part submerged by design.
Add in stabiliser failure , ballast tank / pump muddles and there you are .

On the gen subject I don’t think there’s any more this yr it’s just heightened public awareness makes theses sinking newsworthy as SY s got a lot of attention with the Russians sanctions recently, so are on the tip of news editors tongues .T
 
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