I wonder if there playing the winds and swells till favorable to make a port. . Any wind history/forecast available?
In the FL keys / Biscayne bay grass beds, Run aground in that stuff and the fines/rebuild cost will take you and your insurance to the cleaners. I...
So A half day later, everybody is wondering but not asked. Seems I have to; Have you looked into your maintenance manual or asked your Volvo rep...
Agreed.
Expanding on my last line above; I used to be a part of a Sea Tow company. We often talked about different scenarios. A flooded ship (yacht,...
Yes,, all are safe. The most important part of any incident. However; I feel a correctly operating crew could of saved the ship also, IMO.
The visual evidence and their own statements seem to indicate that they did nothing to prevent this event. ... but all we've been told is the...
AND it cost more to keep a class or flagged crew. I think I'm getting some of this and it's where I'm leaning. That statement of the captain...
When you can, load up the movie; The Princes Bride. One of our favs and viewed yearly. Lots of fun quotes as above. AND, we like you ,, you old...
I don't recall myself mentioning anything about any maintenance issues, just re-stating what happened,, class dropped. I'm sure the owner had his...
I think I'm understanding some of this. Let me ask if plausible; A class boat, may require a class crew. The owner did not schedule a class...
Morse dude Take the hint(s), you are short of primary rode. 20 foot depth X 7 scope ratio (pluse freeboard) is over 140 feet. 7 to 1 is the min...
So, 2 weeks later, no real comments from the players (owner, seller, crew, yard). I glad all were well. I'm sure they may still be under a hush...
Yep And the cause for this accident.
Understood and agree.
I got the empty bottle (lots of them).
That Very good. So to surmise; It takes a lot to sink a boat built to some class. A dropped, smashed, broken stabilizer fin/shaft should not...
Somewhere there is a sample table that I can not find tonight. It offers the amount of water that can flow thru a small hole under a couple feet...
Naw, They would just get another bote. Where ever they got this bote from is also funny to think about. I know the seller is not responsible,...
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