That sinking feeling. Yacht goes down in Bahamas
 

2/5/06.
The 124' Trident Yacht "Princess GiGi" (ex. Full Bloom) goes down 60 miles N.E. on Samana Cay in the central Bahamas. It was reported that the garage door (where the toys are kept) failed or the engine room door was left open. Carnival Cruise Lines "Glory" diverted course and rendered assistance.
I have been following talk on a yachting board & there are two captains talking about their experience with the yacht. One of them quit the first day on the job because of "unsafe conditions". The yacht was only a few yrs old.

On another note, "Electra", a 100 foot yacht hit the reef entering Liford harbor. A storm kicked up that night & the aluminum hull broke in two.
Not a good month for the yachts in the Bahamas!

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Holy Crap!!! :eek:

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Can you say OUCH! Hope old Goldberg didn't have the insurance policies on those puppies :drink:

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wow, you can see the liferaft in the first pic.

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did it barrel roll? is that a stepped hul?

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whoops

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I am just curious but leaving a door open seems like the compartments would be sealed off just incase, either way WOW, who is the MFG??? I bet their worried, this won't be good for sales

WILL

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Note to self," Keep Garage door on Yacht closed" :cool:

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Is that going to be the new diving attraction this summer for the Bahamas?

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Man that sucks, I guess it about the equivalent of having your home burn to the ground.....everything lost.

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That was expensive......

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Anyone wanna go snorkeling.....I here there is a new reef :drink: :evilb:

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most likely an ins co. will salvage it and invesigate.

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Crap I Need To Check My Garage Door

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Thats enough to make a grown man cry, shame really. Some crew guy is going to get a kick in the junk.

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Isn't that guy from Canada on his way over there in his Baja?

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Hey Chris...Maybe your house ...my house would fit on the foredeck!! :eek: :D :D

I get what your sayin' that would flat out SUCK!!!! :eek:

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Oooopppps :eek: :eek:

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:D

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I could just hear the wife now, "Honey, did you forget to close the garage door again?"

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:D:D:D


Another nice day at Loyds of London...

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Whatever...there's more where that came from :eek: :p

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Sounds like dual insurance jobs, coincidentally after the Miami show! Saw something new that they liked and oops the old one is wrecked...................................

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Happened well before the Miami Show

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shoulda called...

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2/5/06

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lmao!!!! :D:D

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You would think with todays technology, because this would be very difficult to design :rolleyes: and the price of these yachts,.......................they would have a cheap little $5 switch that would prevent the boat from moving with the door open.

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Not my clients and I'll bet the captains were busy entertaining newly found girlfriends and showing them the features of "their" yacht. :evilb: :evilb:

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Ok so it happened a little before the show.....maybe because they knew they would find something they wanted more??

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:D :D

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:D true

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What board is that ?

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ouch

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Salvage rights $$$$$$$$$