Full Bloom sinks ??

Full Bloom

It's either true or I received some really good Photoshop pictures.

One of our members was interested in buying Full Bloom last year. Not sure what came from it. Sure hope this isn't him.

Post those pics!!!

Pictures Of Princess GiGi (ex. Full Bloom)

Word is that everyone was safely rescued by the Coast Guard.

Unreal...I wonder why it sank? Thanks for the pics.

Read more about this at Triton's website. I sent them the pictures and they were able to get some details.

Anyone know why it sunk?

The articles says the garage doors were compromised in heavy seas. Engine room flooded.

I can't see heavy seas in these pictures......................

YCHTCPTN... What was your experience with the Full Bloom?

I was once hired as her captain (I resigned on day of arrival). I think you may have called me about it last year.

Suffice it to say that she is no Feadship...

When you can buy spare parts in Sears or Home Depot it says a lot about the internal workings of some vessel's out there?????

Home Depot????

Glad everybody is OK.

Who will be next................

I had the opportunity to tour Full Bloom at the FLIBS 2004 with someone looking to upgrade from a similar-sized aluminum yacht to a composite (fiberglass) yacht. Although at the time we were a bit uneducated with respect to Trident's overall build quality and reputation at the time, she deserves more than just a casual shrug by yachties. She had a Don Starkey Designer interior that was simply stunning! All high-gloss grain-matched mahogany walls, a floating mahogany spiral staircase and several flame mahogany cabinets and entertainment centers. After touring 140' $20M yachts and even a 177' priced at $35M, their interiors all paled in comparison to Full Bloom's and her price had just been lowered to under $10M!

Although her floorplan seemed a bit chopped up and lacked flow, we felt that she was the bargain of the 2004 show. The hydraulic transom garage doors that stowed the tenders did seem a bit hoky, but those compartments were sealed off from the rest of the hull and the only way that the engine room could have flooded even if those doors broke off is if the engine room door (on the transom btw the two garage doors) was left open in rough seas (NOT smart).

She was still for sale at the time of FLIBS 2005 and must have changed hands shortly thereafter. The new crew may not have had the necessary experience with that design and made a costly mistake that lost the boat. Terribly sad, terribly sad.

ThirdHatt,
Firstly- Happy Mardi Gras!

You shouldn't have let that fancy interior fool you. There is a reason that boat was on the market for so long that the price dropped to below $10M.
I wonder if that mahogany staircase is still "floating"?