R/V Petrel (formerly Paul Allen's) toppled over in drydock

Some of us didn't miss it. Just didn't value the snews.
Was on Gee Captain a week ago.
Some wind supposed to have blown it over.
Rite,,,
Ho Hum.
The good snews, All are still alive.

Of course it fell over. It has no stabilizers. Easy fix, add a gyro and it will self-right.

Like rolling over in dry-dock...
I'm sorry my friend, I just had to type that.

The devil made me type that...

Hard to imagine this was wind. The minimum requirement for side blocks is based on applying a 100 mph wind broadside to the entire sail area of the vessel. This is the standard calculation in the industry. We also use .2g acceleration as a basis for seismic overturning moment. Blocks have to meet both these criteria, whichever requires the highest side block support. More likely a structural failure of the side block base material or wood caps from rot. Perhaps even issues with the dock floor. This is not a Navy combatant but if they followed typical Navy docking standards (known as standard item 1625) all the wood caps would have been new.
Wonder if we will ever hear the real story of what happened here.

It’s becoming the norm with so many YouTube videos. Lots of blabber, not a lot of content.

Won't be the first time a yacht tipped over in dry dock. Off the top of my head...the last major one was the 90-meter "Nero".

The more I read Yacht Forums the more I am thinking about ditching Facebook, but addicted because it makes it so easy to stay in touch with old friends and mates from previous countries, jobs, ships, etc:
Everybody and his grandmother are on Facebook.
How to cut the cord?

It may take a guillotine for you my friend.
We never were on. Don't miss it a bit and have no problems keeping in touch with those I want to stay in touch with....

Aye, no guillotine for this cowboy but the French had the right idea back in the day.
Now, before we get scrubbed and banned here on this thread, back on topic:
A big boat fell over in a dry dock and 25 crew/workers got injured and then some:
Unbelievable in 2023, this is low tech and old tech.
Back in the day I worked on big steel ships and went dry docking twice:, Durban, South Africa and Sandefjord, Norway.
My ships were pretty much flat bottomed but still had the wooden supports wedged in both sides, just in case, like 50-60 each side.
We were secure enough sleeping onboard, knowing that a hurricane or an earthquake could not rock the boat.
No idea how this explorer ship fell on it's ass, but guessing human error would be involved, or force majeure, aliens, whatever.

I do so agree.

But what do they do in Scotland??
Minimum casualties, do they care?
The private sector shuns the yard?
Heads roll?

Naw, the boat gets fixed and everybody keeps doing what their doing...
I'm sure the same outcome for Nero..

Not uncommon. They even have full on combatants like Destroyers drydocked in Rota Spain, Yokuska Japan and other places as a matter of routine.