Whoops!! Years of Boating Blunders!

Cabo Flats Master

Guys,

Here is the new Cabo Flats Master. At least, it is supposedly a Cabo. Maybe someone knows the story here. This apparently happened last August.

Left a nice wake in the marsh grass.

Looks as though mud and weeds are a decent medium for propellors to provide thrust in. Too bad they coudn't overcome the friction of the grass against the hull.
Still, I think there is an easier way to transport your yacht overland.

Is this skipper out of his mind?

Hi there,

Does anyone know the reason this happened or what the outcome was?

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/63806/boating_videos_small_boat_hit_by_large_ship/

He was forced by the authorities to write on a blackboard one thousand times:

'I will forever more adhere to the tonnage rule--Might is Right'.

This looks like a classic case of panic on the part of the sailboat skipper. It would appear that if he had turned to Starboard that he would have probably been OK.

Testiment to keeping your eyes open and having a cool head.

The new Bagglietto Tin Tin launch goes wrong
Anyone have photos?

It has been said that during docking manuevres the control lost (it is not clear yet whether it was due to mechanical/electronic poblem or bad handling) and a serious scissure occured.

pics of tin tin after the accident

Oh, thats too bad. What a beautiful yacht.
I wonder if the hull is ruptured.
I would assume they'd get some slings around it and lift her up and off whatever she's hung up on.

http://www.ybw.com/auto/newsdesk/20070623110954pbogeneral.html

Above link from YBW has some good pictures. Feel for the skipper not a nice feeling charging towards the a sea wall in a brand new yacht with controls not responding! not a good day at the office

Oops

This is what probably happens when you forget to put the bung in and your bildge pump stops working.

Captain to mate; "Give me that tide chart!"

Talking of 'Oops'on sea trial, has anyone got a photo of m/y Brave Goose stuck under London's Tower Bridge on trials fromToughs yard?

some pictures from Hur. Wilma, 2005, miami.

The ferretti was holed but above water line...











i took these during the storm, so quality isn't that great...

not sure if this belongs here or in its own thread...

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/cruise-ship-grounded/2008/07/08/1215282790823.html


July 8, 2008

A cruise ship with 51 people on board ran aground and was stuck for about nine hours in Alaska.

The ship was eventually towed to safety and a National Park Service vessel was transferring passengers and crew members to a nearby port before they were taken to Juneau, a US Coast Guard spokesman said.

A spokesman for Cruise West, which owns the ship, said the company was trying to get passengers to the Juneau airport.

Officials said the 63-metre Spirit of Glacier Bay grounded just after 7am (local time) today near Glacier Bay in Alaska.

The ship had 51 people onboard. No injuries were reported.

Coast Guard spokesman Lieutenant Eric Eggen said it was unclear whether the grounding was caused by human error or a mechanical or electronic malfunction.
AP

In this photo provided by the National Park Service, the cruise ship the Spirit of Glacier Bay, is shown after it ran aground in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska.
Photo: AP

Another casualty

Delivery gone wrong.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7577843.stm

Another delivery that failed. Hit a rock in the middle of the night, sank in a minute and was lifted from 35 meters depth....

Not something one would be in a hurry to out on ones CV