Sportfish at Miami Boat Show; Crash & Bash...

Capt Ralph · Feb 16, 2020

wdrzal said: ↑

It would be real interesting if one could get the raw data on engines ,rudder position, throttle position ,RPM , heading and time in forward & reverse to calculate all the energy imparted into the hull. Plus the energy lines after playing demolition derby could be drawn.
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If you could only get on board and downlaod to a thumb drive...
Cue Mission Impossible music..
Da da do da...

I have a couple of Cat customers I can view real telemetry from and down load past history. These are special web logon accounts and my most sacred customers/friends.

I know of no public telemetry options out there.
I can not believe only one video or open witness exist on this.

Oscarvan · Feb 17, 2020

Capt Ralph said: ↑

pointed to the next day marker coming up on the correct side. I had to point out the past day marker not to his stern where it should be but to the after quarter . The easterly breeze (not wind), was blowing his slow pace out of the channel, all he looked at was the next day marker.
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Common mistake.

captainwjm · Feb 18, 2020

Capt J said: ↑

It's the Miami Boat Show move in. There is a good amount of current. The best thing he could have done when he initially got into trouble was just stopped and left it in neutral and had the people on the boat and other boats fender it the best way they could! As all of the boats at the show are for sale, I'm assuming it's going to be a VERY interesting insurance claim from the other vessels as there has to be A LOT of damage and to a lot of different vessels.
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Not the boat show, the Yacht Show. Saw the damage, talked to a neighboring skipper who wasn’t there at the time, but said he was told that the operator of the at fault boat walked off the dock as soon as it was tied up. No meeting w/ the damaged boat crews.

rtrafford · Feb 18, 2020

captainwjm said: ↑

Not the boat show, the Yacht Show. Saw the damage, talked to a neighboring skipper who wasn’t there at the time, but said he was told that the operator of the at fault boat walked off the dock as soon as it was tied up. No meeting w/ the damaged boat crews.
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Yes, because if you immediately walk away the event never occurred. There is no spoon. There is no damage. The power of denial.

Capt Ralph · Feb 18, 2020

captainwjm said: ↑

Not the boat show, the Yacht Show. Saw the damage, talked to a neighboring skipper who wasn’t there at the time, but said he was told that the operator of the at fault boat walked off the dock as soon as it was tied up. No meeting w/ the damaged boat crews.
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So, How bad was all that crunching we heard?

bayoubud · Feb 18, 2020

Oscarvan said: ↑

Common mistake.
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Capt Ralph said: ↑

I was on one boat where the owner wanted to drive, two captains on board.
(I was the guest captain). After putting his 80 high on the bar at The New River and the ICW, he screamed at the both of us for not guiding him. I'm a guest, all knows where I was.
I had a key to another boat at the Bihia Mar and was heading that way (back stroke).
The wife's finally calmed him down. Something about fancy swim suites that could not get wet as he was instructing them onto the bar to push off.

There are owners out there like this. No kidding...
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I hear ya, was on a seatrial as buyer in Palm Bch, owner missed a marker and grounded the boat at cruise speed on a shallow bar on the ICW headed back to his dock. Snatched the props and shafts right out of the boat and folded the rudders horizontal. Later he said didn't know how that happened because he had shaft savers put on the couplings! lol Wife chewed us all out for not watching out for him when she picked us up us at the marina after being towed. No, they did not reimburse me for the survey cost, it was our fault! What a day!

captainwjm · Feb 18, 2020

Capt Ralph said: ↑

So, How bad was all that crunching we heard?
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Pretty significant; several bow rails pulled completely off, much fiberglass damage. Couldn't see all of it as the boats were attempting to cover much of it, after all, they were in the show to be sold. Besides, it started to rain, so lookie-loos like me weren't getting aboard.

Capt Ralph · Feb 21, 2020

Wish we had a ships name and AIS track.
Oh well, show is over and nobody got hurt.
Another fun thread.

RER · Feb 21, 2020

Capt Ralph said: ↑

Wish we had a ships name and AIS track.
Oh well, show is over and nobody got hurt.
Another fun thread.
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The name of the boat is DECISIONS. Price dropped $50K last week. Now $1.25M.

chesapeake46 · Feb 21, 2020

I wonder if she has a new $ 50 K "racing stripe"

Capt J · Feb 21, 2020

RER said: ↑

The name of the boat is DECISIONS. Price dropped $50K last week. Now $1.25M.
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Are you sure it isn't now named "Poor Decisions"? hehehehehehe

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