Part 1: Northern Marine 90' Yacht Capsizes Upon Launch...!

Hi,

If this were really the case then there might well be grounds for an insurance claim which might reduce the losses.

What's with people dissing the man's dog?

Jason is highly respected in the industry, grow up and have some respect.



P.S. I'm not new here, it's been awhile and I forgot my login.

Trim

I think the balast at launch is set up just to get the boat floating safely, after incline testing and seatrials, trim balast is used to fix any issues, I think. But I'm no expert.

Don't be too harsh: it's probably a rat he saved from the sinking ship

How are you privy to this information? And if the owner intended to sell it, then why remove the project lead; Aaron Pufal? It sounds like the owner and Fraser had concerns about Aaron's role...

The list was FAR more than a blown dolly tire.

Why would the engine be running OUT OF THE WATER? Anyone else notice the engine room door was open at launch? Or the amount of air escaping from the transom when the boat hit the water? Looks like a flooding engine room compartment to me...

If you are going to uncover the truth, then one must start with full disclosure, NOT by registering under an alias screen name and directing blame at others.

Apparently you're NOT!

Really? I've never heard of him!

Jason is a fine person and does good work. I only feel he should have published all the video or none. My opinion.

And I've never heard of you...

And you call yourself the admin and let your mods get away with making fun of people in the industry. Now I remember why I left! Disrespectful ***** the whole lot of you!

With respect: "It is recommended that an Inclining Experiment, supervised by Roddan Engineering Ltd., be performed at launch (and after final ballasting) to confirm the stability estimates and determine exact VCG (vertical Center of Gravity) and LCG (Longitudinal Center of Gravity)."

I thought Kevin brought some levity to the thread. How could anyone NOT draw a similar conclusion.... caressing a Chihuahua is downright Evil!

"The list was FAR more than a blown dolly tire. "

Yes, but with the dollies having such a narrow track, loosing the heigh of a tire will result in a much greater list than if the tire had been further out.

True, but the transom was deep enough to sustain hydrostatic equilibrium.

Simple speculation at this point, but I suspect the reason that several workers were trapped inside the engine room is because it filled with water at launch, so they closed the engine room door, leaving one way out... a port window on the starboard side.

Looking at the video again, the aft dolly has a much wider track so scratch my comment about tire and narrow track.

looking at the angle of the boat when she started rolling, the platform had to have been under water. If they had left the door open as it appears to be in an earlier shot, the ER had to have been flooding.

Didn't a 100' mutt sink on the new river a couple of years ago from a tug wake coming in the transom door?

Hi,

If you can remember that, try to remember this.

Don't come back, the forum does not need input like yours in this thread.

We get along just fine without you and will no doubt continue to do so.

Was there any communication between the on board crew and the tow operator?
LIKE: Flooding!! STOP backing us up?

Probably hard to tell and may not be an indicator, but for / aft trim (even on her side after the roll) did not look to bad after the bow jack released her.

Exhaust or air escaping? What was that (and how) blowing from the port stern?