How not to sling launch your boat.
 

My Dad sent this to me this morning.

This happened somewhere in the middle east.
If you look in picture, two, you can see one of the two men aboard riding the boat down. :eek: :eek:

Second picture is of an identical boat.

Those pix are from www.yachtforums.com
There has been an ongoing discussion about the boat for a few days.
If you look closely you can see the left arm of the second man hanging on for dear life.

Thanks for the additional info.
That's a 55' boat!

Bigger pictures and more info are here:

http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/ge...55-splash.html

Riders of the storm: :eek: :eek:

Someones insurance rates are going up.

looks to me from the first pic that the forward sling was too far aft......OUCH....

Was he wearing his lanyard? :D :D :D

See if it was a steped bottom this would of not happened:evilb: :evilb:

For Sale, new upholstery and bottem paint.....

OOPS:p :D

props to the guy taking the pics.

Lmao!!!:d

Yikes

A close look at the pics would tell us.......... NOT!!!

:D

I like that!:D

yup. Everyone's!!!!

illij hi!v'i iyli vi*ji*li !!!!!

:D :D

That is one boat ride I would like to avoid.

is that the new dunk test for racers?:drink:

those crazy middle east guys. always wanting to do something better than us Americans. Ha, HA, :evilb:

The bow of that boat MUST have hit the bottom of the harbor then bounced back up. With the force that thing is falling and harbors aren't THAT deep......bummer. Probably a 1.5M to 2M boat.

None of the marinas around here will lift or launch a boat with people on board. Doesn't matter if it's a fork or travel lift.

I think the forward sling broke.

The front strap slipped forward taking the anchor and part of the bow rail with it. In the picture of it going down, you can see the anchor chain flying up:eek:

That's freakin nuts! WTF! Amateurs. :blaster:

Judging by the cranes in the background __ I'd bet that harbour is pretty deep -- probably didn't hit bottom, but sure didn't come right side up!

Looks like there were 2 guys onboard, wonder where the other guy was riding??

They were both aft, I can see an arm...
see above.

That was one sexy boat!