new 2.5million luxo boat
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Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
Shiester, Ripov, Gouge & Crookshank ...1-800-OOH CRAP.
That really stinks.
'Hope the 2 dudes tossed overboard were alright. :willy :willy :willy
DANG .....................
That really stinks.
'Hope the 2 dudes tossed overboard were alright. :willy :willy :willy
DANG .....................
STORMCAT
GT
I'd like to know what that dude in the back of the boat is thinking at that moment it Snapped !! He's in the locked mode for the ride. That splash will not score good with the diving judges !!!
Neilda
GT Owner
isaakgt
GT Owner
Who in their right mind would want to ride that thing down on the end of a rope anyway. I hope they all got out of it ok.:slap
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
'Zackly. I was really surprised when I noticed that dude trying to super glue himself to the transom! The other guy musta already hit the drink by the time that photo was taken.
The boat launches around here don't allow anyone to be aboard a boat that's being "sling launched" ... or at least they didn't 'back in the day' when I was concerned with such things. 'Couldn't even walk along beside one being launched. This mishap is a grade "A" example of why.
'Wonder if the yacht's name is "Titanic II"? Yuh think? :shrug
PL510*Jeff
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FlorIdaho Chris
Yeah, I've got one.
Standard deal to have crew on board. The boat was being unloaded from a large freighter after the trip across the Pacific. There are no docking facilities at the commercial ports where these boats are unloaded. You can watch this kind of operation at the port of Miami quite frequently. I've never seen/heard of this kind of mishap before.
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! 'More descriptive! :thumbsup
(Hmmmmm. How 'bout "Bow Down":bow ... or, "Down in Front"? :shrug )
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isaakgt
GT Owner
Apparently they don't have the kal-osha types to deal with in that part of the country. I don't think they allow that stuff here in the PRK. Here in the PRK you need a college degree to drive a forklift. :confused
BlackICE
GT Owner
No, you are mistaken. You don't need a college degree in CA to drive a forklift, you just get paid as if you did!
isaakgt
GT Owner
But you must admit that there is some extensive training for the job. And yes the do get paid well.
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
Do you have any idea why, Chris?
It would seem the yacht could be lowered over the side of the freighter next to a ladder with a passenger platform at it's base ... and when the yacht's in the water, the crew could decend the ladder & board it B4 the slings were detached.
That'd sure seem to be a much safer way to do it! :bang
Mr. I. B. Spineless
S592R
GT Owner
- Dec 3, 2006
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Can answer that one.. Its due to likelihood of damage being done to the smaller boat. Most boats would have huge damage if they even touched a freighter of that size. Think of it as your gt bumping a tank at two miles an hour.... who loses? Most boats under X foot are fiberglass and over x are steel or aluminum. Either way its paint work for the smaller boat at minimum which means down time in the yard.
So its cheaper to risk injury of a crewman than damage to the yacht.
So its cheaper to risk injury of a crewman than damage to the yacht.
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
Please understand, I ain't arguin' with ya here, Steve, but I fail to see where a crew aboard any yacht suspended by slings is gunna be able to fend off damage to said yacht if the crane/boom operator "boo-boo's" offloadin' it. If the yacht hits something - it hits something! Dat's it. Done deal. 'Seems to me the crew being aboard it at the time would change nothing. :willy
Mr. Dullard
FlorIdaho Chris
Yeah, I've got one.
With the crew aboard, they are able to start the engines and get underway immediately after release from the ship's crane. The yacht initially docks nowhere near the freighter. In my boats case, the boat was dropped in the water at the Port of Miami with two aboard and then run for two hours up the ICW to a yard in Ft. Lauderdale for commissioning. The freighters that move these boats are standard container ships. They might have 500 containers on board and only one yacht to deliver. They are not set up to put a man in the water alongside the yacht, nor do the commercial docks where these container ships dock have appropriate facilities. The process works well [though obviously not in this case].
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
Well then, there you go. (I assume you ment they don't have ladder/'platform setups from which crews can board the yacht at water level.) If they don't have the gear to do it any other way - then they're obviously just a wee short on other options! :biggrin
Hummmmmmmm. But, if they don't have ladders, etc, how do PILOTS get aboard??? (Choppers?) Aaaaaaaaaaah, never mind!!!!!! Fergiddit! 'Duzzunt matter! :lol
Larry, your fixated on this aren't, talk about a dog with a bone...
Sure hope the owner had Marine Transit Insurance.
Sure hope the owner had Marine Transit Insurance.