85 Foot Yacht Sinks At Launch
 

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Hmmmm... I think a naval architect made a miscalculation. If that thing rolled while being launched it has some serious stability issues.

Wannabe

I read somewhere an architect working in the project had serious concerns over stability, and when he issued a memo over it, was let go a short time later from the project. Guess he was right.

Our company did the sound system. We told them not to add the extra subwoofers as the boat would be too top heavy....Just Kidding. One of our guys that worked on the design said that the ramp that they were using to launch had a large hole that the tires fell into. By the time they tried to adjust the ballast it was too late. The stabilizers where on the ground and the boat tipped. Lots of money wasted.

Glad I'm not the only one that forgets the plug :drink:

Somebody's gonna be looking for a new job.

Sadly Northern Marine closed its doors shortly after the accident according to YachtForums.com

I suspect pending litigation was going to get expensive anyway......that was a 10mm boat.

Guy claimed to be a Captain "of unlimited tonnage ships" and may have been a Jim Darr character of the yacht business. Others have disputed if he even worked on the boat, what his credentials were, etc. He did post a note on his blog about the design flaws after the sinking.

http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/ge...-launch-2.html
Scroll down to see pics, read the report

If they used a side slide to launch that thing, they likely swamped it in the launch which would explain the roll over. I'm thinking they would have been much further ahead to have gotten the cranes and slings to launch it....wouldn't have been a need to retrieve it.

It's simple math. "Learn" to build this yacht, sink it and get the insurance money. It's a decent paycheck. Then build a second one for less cost as the learning curve is done, and sell it to the client for a ton of money. Now close the doors and open under a new name. Two for the price of one.

"Submersible Fire Boat"

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gee,,lets lower a 100 ton yacht down a crooked launch ramp and let gravity take over... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEBJjsdTyWY#t=309

This only works if:

1. Insurance company pays.....10mm is a tough check to write (big loss) and plenty of excuses not to pay
2. New Company- When customers see a company bail on liability once, doesn't make them warm and fuzzy to sign up for a 10mm build with a new company. Vendors will be hesitant to do business with the new company as well.
3. Hull failures- tough to get orders on a new yacht when the first one didn't float. Notice there isn't a Titanic II in the cruise industry!

After seeing the video that was all ramp and launch related. Stability only counts when vessel is actually floating. They should have stopped going backwards long before it tipped over and tried to realign

Not sure they had the ability to pull that vessel back up the ramp......looked like a gravity powered exercise!

The vid makes it pretty clear that it was not so much a stability issue, it looks to me like the whole trailer flipped into the hole before the hull could displace enough water to right it self. What a shame.

Now there was no excuse for them not knowing the condition of their own ramp. That is the part that blows me away.

How in the hell can you not know the integrity of the ramp you are using to launch a 10 million dollar boat. On a side note the guy in the video with his dog kind of remind me of this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD-j4eIjQ5c :lolhit:

Well I know which one I'd rather stroke

That boat would have gone down in the ocean if it hadn't there. Looks to me like the ramp had it leaning past its ability to right itself. As soon as it floated free of the trailer it rolled over. If it had been launched straight it would probably have been ok, then first time out in some rough seas it would have gone down. Not much draft or beam for such a tall boat. It would have been dependent on ballast and stabilizers. $10mm of junk.

Surprised no one else has said this...

Was this one of geno's new rides??

Kind of seems that way doesn't it.

The latest on the other thread is that it has been re-floated and is incapable of remaining upright without support from the crane.

yhey took to much water out of it lol..

Is the guy in the video talking about it going to cry? He acts like he's watching the Kennedy assassination or the Hindenburg disaster.

For sale: $10 million yacht, free crane included.

That is exactly what I was thinking

Is there a crane that can lift that thing????If so why can't it assist in the launch:confused:

I saw that it is already back on dry land. From what I read all the lead ballast was not in. nobody seems to know why.

Geezus!

I tought I was only one that noticed that guy was a tool bag.

X2. It's just a boat dude!

He's a guy? :p

Anyone know the link to this vid? Can't find it.

I'd check the first page of this thread.

http://www.yachtforums.com/forums/at...ch-photo-2-jpg
Here's a link to the vessel as it now sits. It will be very interesting to see what happens next.

Just ran across this video while falling into that "dark place" I always seem to find myself going down.... Its almost looks like the same boat, and I thought of this thread instantly...

https://youtu.be/zcLbRk3sdQc

a beautiful boat that could easily be repaired anyone know its current status?

Some people think 3500 Dually's can back anything down the ramp.