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

It seems that they have building boats that require ballast to stay upright in that area of the United States for years. My Dad went and looked at a 58' Delta limit seiner for a relative in the late 70's and he thought it was a bad design. I won't repeat what he actually said about it.

When that boat was shown a couple of days ago I tried to find a video of one of there boats but couldn't find it. It looked like it was going to lay over just from crossing it's own bow wake. It's really sad to see. U.S. yacht builders don't need any more problems. Thankfully no one lost their life.

Just received a PDF with the Weight & Stability Report. I'm copying the first page to this post. The PDF is attached...

It is certainly an odd way for someone to describe their ticket. It is meaningless and probably intended to blow a bit of smoke around the marina to impress the natives.

It is hard to be partly licensed, if the guy holds a USCG license, it is commercial, there are no MCA type yacht tickets with "commercial endorsements" for driving private registered yachts around, and "unlimited range" ratings that holders of such tickets toss around as unlimited but with limitations on tonnage or power.

This guy didn't formerly work for a couple of brothers in Thailand did he?

The owners may well be in shock and mourning now, but they should really be counting their blessings that this happened at the vessels launch.
Imagine cruising to places an 85' ocean going passage maker should be sailing and overnight a small storm occurs and we are all left wondering what happened to the ship and it's crew.
Let's say they had "fiddled" the ballast to get past the shakedown (no pun intended) and the owners had felt comfortable and excited to load themselves, their family and crew for a long voyage!
In this day and age I cannot understand how this could happen in a first world country.
I would be checking my build contract with Northern Marine if I had one, and cancelling ASAP.

Blog links are dead - someone has been busy.


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Spending $10million on a new build with a design brief that included:
" breaking new ground in every step, this project would redefine innovation, ingenuity and design in the yachting industry."
Why no tank testing?
I am asking, not accusing. Is a tank test so expensive or worthless?
As this build was breaking new ground, I would have thought the testing would be done before the money was thrown in the fire.

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It would seem there was some editing done.

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Extrapolation, something the biggest boys are involved in, they all like to use something they have used before just tweak it a bit.

It can help to get things pushed through if it can be demonstrated that the same was previously accepted and this is a "Sistership"

A pic at the bottom of the page showing the boat before it fell all the way over. It sure looks narrow.

Uh-Oh! 85-foot yacht capsizes in Anacortes | Q13 FOX News

Mod Edit: Image courtesy of Q13Fox News...

In several areas ... it seems he is no longer claiming an "unlimited" license.

Any "captain" who holds himself out as a prospective employee but will not openly state the level of license held is highly suspect in my opinion.

It is like advertising something but not stating the price ... it's just trolling for leads, usually because the price is not good enough to attract knowledgable customers.

Thank goodness that there was no loss of life, as this report states that 6 people were on board for the launch (a common practice)

Multimillion-dollar yacht launched, then sinks in Anacortes - seattlepi.com

Also mentions the use of axes on the hull area in order to assist in removal of crew members.

I read another report from a "mechanic" who was onboard that the starboard stabilizer seems to have hit some rocks during the launch and that they were trying to "thrust down" when the roll started.

You would hope Northern knew, or checked, the lamp for clearance and that if they did get stuck they didn't just put the yacht in reverse to get it in the water.

They YouTube Channel "YachtVid" shot the owner's last boat for sale (a Marlow 61') and had a video of them moving "Baden" out of the shed. They also did a video of Northern's most recent fishing boat launch, so I would think they have a video of this (failed) launch.

Some of those designs use fuel or water in tanks to adjust ballast. I doesn't happen quick enough unless she laid on her side for a while. It sounds like it took a little time to roll. If those port holes at the waterline were compromised it wouldn't take long to sink.

It has happened in Sweden too, in 1628... The sinking - The Vasa Museum

There are three images at the Seattlepi website. The second image looks like there is damage to the hull. Any thoughts?