Whoops!! Years of Boating Blunders!

in the newspaper they wrote: "it was snowing and the view wasn't that good (...)", why do they have a GPS onboard, when they don't use it?!

well, lets blame it on the u.s. army: they shutted down the GPS

guess, who has to pay this? german public, just because somebody wanted to drink a coffee

@ Loren: germans build everything stronger, than it should be! try a crane offert to take 200 tons, you may take 350 tons with it without that it breaks

Austenitic Steel

Loren
There are quite a few Non-magnetic steels with very good properties as hull materials.

I didn't know they used those to look for land mines, too.

Lars and Codger-- you guys are a wealth of information!

And, Brunick, per your quote above, that's why I'm looking to buy a Boxster S in the near future--schtrong schtuff!

Just came across these photos never seen them before...could be new...85Ft Royal Denship showing how to securely dock your vessel without needing any lines! Turns out the yacht was going through trials before delivery.
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=351507
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=351505
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=351504

OUCH!!!

Another brand new yacht bites the dust...this time its a sunseeker! Article is in Italian, found it off another yacht website. I bet somebody had a bad day...My Italian is a little rough but here's a little translation "72Ft Boat falls after crane collapses...anyone looking for some Man engines low hours bring chain saw if your seriously interested, for sale immediately! I think even a boston whaler would explode from that height!l

http://www.deluxeblog.it/post/2923/un-sunseeker-predator-72-sfortunato

It's been said that every yacht has a "face".
This one has the worst case of 'overbite' I've ever seen.

i saw this on my way to work last week,


after a closer look, i noticed that the thing still had the trailer attached


" now that might explain why we were goin so sluggish today"

A stick gets stuck...

Another angle...

Check out this video...looks like a 35' to 40' Motoryacht getting stuck under a bridge...first hand view too! Reminds me of that saying..."trying to stuff 10 lbs of crap in a 5 lb bag!". Close your office door before watching, my sick humour somehow found it funny to watch, but thats just me!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eleCk3rWMQY

Here's one that got away with it !

[The comments aren't mine, they came with the show]

Hi all, long time reader and first time poster.
This thread has finally made me come out of my lurking in the hope that one of you can help me find a picture I have been looking for.

I remember seeing a photo of a 40ft (approx) sportfisher trying to go out through some large shore based waves, the photo in particular was of it in a vertical position with the wave crashing just over it's bow.

has anyone seen this photo or have a copy of it ? the original one i saw was actually in an advertisement for boat insurance.

Next to Sharky's recent "Splash Seen 'Round The World" photos, arguably the most famous 'ohmygawd' photo is Geo. C. Scott's "Mojo", a 81' Ditmar & Donaldson climbing up a big one:

http://www.mv-dreamer.com/Mojo.htm

Does anyone know where Mojo is now? Did she survive the damage or was she scrapped?

Frankly, I think it was poor judgement on the part of the skipper to try and make it out on such a big day. Yes, it is fortunate they made it out ok, physically. I used to live in San Luis Obispo, about 20 minutes from Morro Bay, and I can tell you from experience that waves that large do not come in the rogue variety. I have been out by the rock (scaled down version of the Rock Of Gibralter) when waves have been breaking over that jetty-- we're talking 25ft+ at that point. That day, the coast guard would not try to get out-- the waves were wrapping around the jetty and resulting in 8-10 ft a-frame barrels rolling through the channel leading into the harbor-- truly amazing stuff.

Mojo was repaired and I see her almost every day now in Newport Beach doing day charters and harbour cruises.
tough old girl I guess!

Thanks Yotphix - it's always good to hear when boats survive. Let's hope the same is true of Legacy!