$15m Yacht sinks on way to Bahamas

With today's technology, 1,000 feet is a walk in the park. The photos would be both interesting and educational.
 
Gofirstclass said:
Hmmmm, I wonder if he was current on the payments and what his financial condition was.
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Thinking the exact same thing. You leave Port Everglades in that tub, think you hit something and keep going for about another 1/2 hour?
12 miles out????????? Something smells funky
 
I don't know guys, but risking 13 lives to cash in is way too much of a risk. 13NM offshore is not "around the corner" either. Having said that I'm leaning toward mechanical failure or collision with an object scenario. It's possible that while focusing on saving everyone on board, the crew didn't have enough time and staff to save the vessel. Hopefully, we'll hear more details soon.
 
Alex F said:
I don't know guys, but risking 13 lives to cash in is way too much of a risk. 13NM offshore is not "around the corner" either. Having said that I'm leaning toward mechanical failure or collision with an object scenario. It's possible that while focusing on saving everyone on board, the crew didn't have enough time and staff to save the vessel. Hopefully, we'll hear more details soon.
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:thumbsup: I read elsewhere that they thought there was an impact/damaging one of the stabilizers.
 
You can bet his insurance company will take a long hard look at this before they stroke a check. I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't send down an ROV just to see what got damaged before they gave up a dime. They said it rolled over and was upside down when it went under......maybe it is resting that way on the bottom.

The strange thing so far is how much water came in. You would think a bilge alarm would have sounded within seconds/minutes after the "soft grounding" if that was the cause of the water intrusion.

I'm guessing the Sea Tow guy gets to keep the tender and jet ski for his "salvage" troubles. I'm glad everyone got off ok.
 
Scary stuff! A vessel of that size will probably float much larger than our boats. Makes you think more about safety in numbers. We always try to run down the coast in groups...
 
That is smack in the shipping lanes and gulf stream. I have seen large floating things out there and heard radio calls on hazards. Reports also on partially submerged C-Vans. It is quite probable they struck something and breached the boat.
 
One report I read indicated a soft grounding on way out of Bahia Mar. There is a shoal right at that entry and another 2 as you make the turn out of the intracoastal/New River. I've seen many groundings here. If they broke off a stabilizer fin and weren't diligent about checking for water... That could do it. Either way, it sounds like the crew messed up if they couldn't detect any water. It was a Brazillian mfg, but I would still think standard construction methods would have crash pumps, bilge alarms, etc. more to come for sure. Owner was reported aboard as well. I going with an accident.
 
Even our boats have bulk heads. Got to be a big hole to sink the boat. I hit an unmarked pile in 2013 and put a 5" by 2 foot hole in the front port of the boat. The area was sealed in the inside and we did not take on water.
 
northern said:
Even our boats have bulk heads. Got to be a big hole to sink the boat. I hit an unmarked pile in 2013 and put a 5" by 2 foot hole in the front port of the boat. The area was sealed in the inside and we did not take on water.
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That's a really good point. You would think that a risk area, such as a stabilizer protruding from the hull would, would have been in a water tight compartment. The odds of it being ripped off with a grounding or sea container then is contained.

I just don't understand why it took so long for them to realize they had a serious problem. I'm sure the Captain has explained it to the USCG.
 
A 40 foot container just below the water??? Just a thought
 
We boat where there are logs of all sizes and types. If they get cross way in the waves they can be hard to see. Some are waterlogged to the point they just bob above and below the surface. If one watches from the helm and does not use auto pilot you can spot them before you hit them. A container on auto pilot possibly.
 
420 said:
One report I read indicated a soft grounding on way out of Bahia Mar.
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That makes much more sense. The link in the OP that said, "It was reported that they thought they soft grounded just outside of Port Everglades Inlet"

When I read that, I thought, "huh"? Port Everglades is one of the busiest ship ports in the world. Managing a soft grounding on your way through an inlet that accommodates the largest vessels ever made takes some effort. It's clearly marked and deep water. I'm still confused about how they could wander out if ICW, ground badly enough to breach and then make it as far as they did and be surprised to be taking on water.
 
Last spring I was coming out of Government Cut at Miami. Still in the marked channel but probably a mile out of the cut, saw a large timber, 6x6 10-12 ft long. Was floating just below the surface mostly under the surface. With the sun shining at the right angle, the water being clear - it stood out.

That timber would do a significant amount of danger to someone running on plane.

Mark
 
goverment cut? How does the albury docks look?
 
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