Oops!! Pics & Quotes

FISHTIGUA · 03-12-2008, 09:37 PM

Talking of 'Oops'on sea trial, has anyone got a photo of m/y Brave Goose stuck under London's Tower Bridge on trials fromToughs yard?

Pascal · 03-12-2008, 10:24 PM

some pictures from Hur. Wilma, 2005, miami.

The ferretti was holed but above water line...

i took these during the storm, so quality isn't that great...

Seafarer · 07-09-2008, 02:06 PM

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/cru...282790823.html

July 8, 2008

A cruise ship with 51 people on board ran aground and was stuck for about nine hours in Alaska.

The ship was eventually towed to safety and a National Park Service vessel was transferring passengers and crew members to a nearby port before they were taken to Juneau, a US Coast Guard spokesman said.

A spokesman for Cruise West, which owns the ship, said the company was trying to get passengers to the Juneau airport.

Officials said the 63-metre Spirit of Glacier Bay grounded just after 7am (local time) today near Glacier Bay in Alaska.

The ship had 51 people onboard. No injuries were reported.

Coast Guard spokesman Lieutenant Eric Eggen said it was unclear whether the grounding was caused by human error or a mechanical or electronic malfunction.
AP

In this photo provided by the National Park Service, the cruise ship the Spirit of Glacier Bay, is shown after it ran aground in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska.
Photo: AP

revdcs · 08-23-2008, 04:24 AM

Delivery gone wrong.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7577843.stm

AMG · 08-23-2008, 04:35 AM

Another delivery that failed. Hit a rock in the middle of the night, sank in a minute and was lifted from 35 meters depth....

K1W1 · 08-23-2008, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by revdcs

Delivery gone wrong.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7577843.stm

Not something one would be in a hurry to out on ones CV

NYCAP123 · 08-23-2008, 09:13 AM

So I just finished going through this entire thread. Part of me thinks this should be required reading for every boat purchaser (naw, guess nobody would buy boats). Maybe for everyone who's thinking of becoming a captain (naw, I guess we'd have no captains). We all know better don't we? Yet here we go like moths to the flame.

Pascal · 08-23-2008, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by revdcs

Delivery gone wrong.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7577843.stm

ouch.. interesting to see that the British press is just as accurate as the US press when it comes to boats... "so new she doens't have a name" when it's clearly visible on the transom and "the UKP 100 000 boat"... yeah right... maybe they meant the current value...

NYCAP123 · 08-23-2008, 11:41 AM

Could be wrong, but don't believe she was built in the US either. Isn't that a Sealine or Fairline?

FISHTIGUA · 08-23-2008, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by NYCAP123

Could be wrong, but don't believe she was built in the US either. Isn't that a Sealine or Fairline?

I hate to take the shine off the BBC but they screwed-up here, Sealines are built in Kiddiminster, right in the middle of Middle England. No other builder is further from the sea, hence they have a rubbish dead-rise and slam a bit. Well built though.

We just had yet another one out this week that went rock hopping, 21 X 29 props and none of my usual suppliers had them in stock. I had to go back to the factory . £595 each plus shipping, not sure of value in $us this week.

Fish

orion · 09-06-2008, 03:57 PM

http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=OMD3jm...eature=related

K1W1 · 09-06-2008, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by orion

http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=OMD3jm...eature=related

Hi,

That's pretty good especially the last one with the boat that don't appear to start straight away. I am particularly impressed by the inverted passenger.

K1W1 · Yesterday, 03:22 PM

Hi,

I guess these are self explanatory. Recently spotted in Cape Coral area.

NYCAP123 · Yesterday, 03:32 PM

Those pilings look pretty good. Since the high tide mark is only about 2' below the dock level I think that could have easily been caused by a boat's wake lifting, then dropping the Bayliner. That's a picture that should be kept in mind while cruising the ICW.

K1W1 · Yesterday, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by NYCAP123

Those pilings look pretty good. Since the high tide mark is only about 2' below the dock level I think that could have easily been caused by a boat's wake lifting, then dropping the Bayliner. That's a picture that should be kept in mind while cruising the ICW.

Hi,

I hope you are not suggesting that the wake lifted the boat over the top of the pilings. I took the photos from a fixed highway bridge about 70 m from the boat. There is no way someone could pass that dock with enough speed to make a big wake without hitting the bridge going one way or not being up to speed the other way.

The boat looked like it had been supported in some kind of boat lift that had collapsed. I have another picture taken from alongside it. I will post it when I find it ( I e mailed those two to someone which is why I have them and not the other with me on the road). I also got a couple of great Iguana pics on the dock there too. One is visible in those two pics above near the bow if you look carefully.