Re: Boat Crash off Marco Island Today
my condolences to the famlies :(
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Re: Boat Crash off Marco Island Today
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Re: Boat Crash off Marco Island Today
Thoughts and prayers to all those involved
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Re: Boat Crash off Marco Island Today
Originally Posted by yzbert
(Post 1986721)
On a side note I for one am sick and tired of the florida powerboat club making videos like the one that is posted on oso today. Complete disrespect for safety in this video and many others i have seen from them.:( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGk5H...elated&search= Wear your jackets people! You might be the best captain in the world but the worst one might be right beside you. |
Re: Boat Crash off Marco Island Today
Originally Posted by Ms PatriYacht
(Post 1987248)
What makes you feel like you know the reason the thread was started, all I read in the first post was "not looking good" and a link to the article. That sounds pretty open ended to me. Four people died out there and not only is it an extremely sad sad tradegey it's also a mystery because there was no crash, no bad weather, no high speed cat flip. This could have been any one of us out there having fun and hoping a few waves. Hell I have been on a ton of poker runs with older boats 8' feet or so shorter in huge waves and they came back in one piece. Of course people wonder what happend and since this is Offshore Only, not the funeral home, why shouldn't people be allowed to discuss it. I sometimes think there are more experts here than the so called ones the insurance companies call in.
Life vests are great and I have even sent letters to the mags about it, but they don't always save lives, sometimes they just make it easier to recover. I hope we find out what happened and that is probably something that the grieving father and sister wants to know as well. Nice post! :) |
Re: Boat Crash off Marco Island Today
Talked to a member of the recovery team the other day:
Water depth - 20 feet Tabs - down all the way Trim - negative, tucked all the way in Location - 3.8 miles from the cut or .8 mile offshore Just an FYI |
Re: Boat Crash off Marco Island Today
If it was an outgoing tide the wreckage might have been recovered in much deeper water than the incident occured in.
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Re: Boat Crash off Marco Island Today
Originally Posted by ActiveFun
(Post 1987253)
Is there a "life" span for the fiberglass? Does it get weaker after a certain period? Are boats not as safe a certain number of years?
As far as fatigue, fiberglass is a very forgiving material- especially in a well-engineered boat. It also gives plenty of telltale signs of fatigue. Unlike steel and many other metals which can develop microscopic fissure and all at once fail, FRP will usually show signs of over-stress prior to failure. As an aside, when Kevlar first hit the market, it got a bad rap for being less forgiving than FRP. I didn't give off the same tell-tale signs of impending failure. That of course has been proven over the years to be BS. There were some isolated incidents of broken raceboats but lamination schedules and inexperience with the material were the true culprits. In the end, having a boat professionally surveyed before purchase and subsequently having it examined by a qualified pro on a regular basis makes absolute sense. In the Powerplay mishap, it seems to be a recent purchase that was showing outward signs of distress. Problem is, many times what you need to look at in a performance boat is covered up by a cockpit/cabin liner and lots of luxury stuff that can't easily be removed. In short, if you're dealing with a well-made boat that has not been stressed multiple times close to its yield point, it should have a fairly long lifespan. If it has been pushed hard, there will definitely be telltale signs. The older resins can deteriorate over decades- if your intention is to run very hard in big water, an older boat most likely is not a good choice. |
Re: Boat Crash off Marco Island Today
Thanks for that post Sunkin- very insightful.
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Re: Boat Crash off Marco Island Today
Originally Posted by Springbrook
(Post 1987622)
Talked to a member of the recovery team the other day:
Water depth - 20 feet Tabs - down all the way Trim - negative, tucked all the way in Location - 3.8 miles from the cut or .8 mile offshore Just an FYI |
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