HCB 53 Suenos Chaseboat On The Rocks In St. Barths

They didn’t just hit some rocks, as in a reef offshore… they hit the island itself. How the hell can this happen?

Is this even investigated in St Barths?

Yeah you can bet the Gendarmerie is going to investigate. It s a bit like Italy… guilty until proven innocent which in this case may be justified.

this is my old home port. I used to have my boat on a mooring just a mile from where they crashed… no sober operator would pass close to that rocky point.

I'm not sure of what triggers your perception of Italian judicial system, but if you would be interested in a more solid evaluation, check out this webpage.
You will see that, for all its faults, Italy ranks pretty close to the land of the free and home of the brave.
And both of us rank below Korea and Lithuania, just to pick a couple of examples.

But that's just to set the records straight, mind. I'm not complaining about your comment.
As an Italian, I'm always happy when my Country springs to mind to anyone, regardless of whether correctly or not.
As the old saying goes, there's no such thing as bad publicity!

My perception comes from dozens of cases where people involved in accidents ended up in the crosshairs of local prosecutors desperate to get their 15 seconds of fame… the Bayesian accident comes to mind along with the 15+ years case against the Williams F1 following the death of Ayrton Senna at Imola

Why, do you know something we still don't about the Bayesian?
BTW, Italian authorities immediately authorized MAIB to join the investigations based on the vessel registration, so if you really wish to blame a whole Country for something related to that accident, you should as well include the UK.

Regardless, you'll forgive me if I consider the WJP (which is an independent organization, but still headquartered in Washington DC, so you'd struggle to argue that I quoted a biased source) more reliable than your personal perception...

Video update from that guy;

Local rag article, in French but includes a picture of the boat all lit up picking up a pax on the beach. Witness reported erratic operations. One person refuse to submit to booze / drug test

https://www.journaldesaintbarth.com...-rochers-de-lanse-des-cayes-202412221728.html

That Guy confirms this tender was from the Loon.
Also, Crew looking for new jobs??

Also, lil more on that boat fire.

That guy is so annoying, and most of his stuff is speculation or inaccurate.

I'll be the devil's advocate here: I'm an avid viewer of his channel, and have been for some years. Admittedly, I'm on the outside looking in, as I am part of worker-class and presently find myself without a yacht, much less a superyacht. If I was an owner of a vessel subject to his attention, I may feel differently. However, I do appreciate that he recognized the demand for video-driven news and information specific to the yachting world. No offense to YF, but nobody has come close to providing nearly daily yachting news in such detail. Given how often his channel is both cited and "borrowed" from by major news aggregators and providers, I'd say he hit the mark. Additionally, 300k+ subscribers is nothing to sneeze at as far as YT channels go. He's reached a critical mass (monetization) that will hopefully allow the channel to expand and provide more accurate and informative content going forward.

I appreciate what you're saying, and I'm sure you're correct in assuming that Yacht Report is also "borrowing" from forums (such as this one) for topics and details on specific happenings in the industry. After about 17.5 years of enjoying Yacht Forums, I see the need and room for both forums and YT channels dedicated to yachting to exist and compliment one another. Indeed, I hope I may continue to enjoy both for many more years to come. As a avid consumer of information and knowledge on yachting, I'm very grateful for all you do to keep this forum what it is. I particularly admire the way this forum is tightly managed to keep out shills and those who have an agenda that is not entirely genuine.

Happy New Year and Thank You!

P.S. given that I've been here since 2007....do you think you could remove the "new member" appellation from my screen name?