Trinity Yachts: "Mine Games"

Marmot is correct in post #15

I know the Captain and am pretty sure there are some serious tie down points - he has been in this business for a long time and is an experienced seaman. I guess that when the pics were taken they had merely tied it up temporarily while washing. I think you will find there are some pretty hefty eye bolts that screw into some of those pads in the deck.

Hi,

The Eye Bolts can be as big and heavy as you like, the real strength in the whole system is how the Stainless Bits they screw into are secured.

I have seen some that were routed in and secured with screws and Sikaflex ( like 5200), I have seen others that were made to screw through the deck material and into a retaining nut the same diameter as the fitting o.d. visible from above deck, I know for sure which ones I would rely on in heavy weather with a big chunk of gear like that attached to them.

Link of Mind Games hitting the dock the sub appears to be covered and on the dock. From the hit to the Dock it would appear that the tie downs work very well! Looks like the wind got the best of the captain!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNkqOQ5GGKI

The Captain became better since his docking in Ais marina
in Split
do you know which video I mean?

Look again. I'm not sure it's the same video but both are taken from the same location. It looks like the video you just posted has the frames reversed. The yacht they almost hit has moved from the port side to the starboard side. Also same pony tail girl moving right to left in front of the camera after they hit the dock moves by the camera in the second video going left to right. Weird.

Nice catch. That is indeed the case along with a decrease of video quality.

Yeah, saw that. Ooops!