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06-05-2007, 03:05 PM
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| Quote: | Originally Posted by Lars It is always easy to say after it has happened, but by securing the straps to the boat, as we do here, it feels a lot safer. And I have always kept people out of the tenders when lifting them as well. |
Lars, I wonder how effective tieing ropes to the straps and to the railing would be on a larger boat... I'd wonder why the straps themselves dont have fittings to be cross-tied, so instead of having just the 2 straps, you'd have something like a # with the 2 straps holding the weight of the vessel, and a smaller strap holding each strap to the other just so the boat cant "slip out" like this one seems to have...
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06-05-2007, 03:15 PM
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#47 | | YF Moderator
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On sailing yachts you often connect the straps. If you secure them to the yacht as in my picture, you need something to attach to, but then it is as safe as it can be.
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06-05-2007, 03:57 PM
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|  WOW, incredible pictures, incredible accident.
Glad the guys on board weren't seriously injured, could have been much worse.
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06-05-2007, 04:15 PM
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| Quote: | Originally Posted by Quads Looking at the first few pictures, you can see the "M" badge up towards the fly bridge. Indicating that it would possibly be a Meridian? |
Hello Quads,
Refer to my post #13. This unfortunate boat is a Marquis 55 which is built by Carver. The one I posted has the optional hardtop. The best way to compare is to look at the hull side white tinted windows.
By the way this boat was designed by BMW. Yes, the car company is now designing boats  .
A question for Lars. Do you know if BMW has designed any other boats?
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06-05-2007, 04:24 PM
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Quote: | Originally Posted by Quads Looking at the first few pictures, you can see the "M" badge up towards the fly bridge. Indicating that it would possibly be a Meridian? | FYI: Please click on 'Models', then click on 'Photo Gallery' for each model, you will be able to see the 'Marquis Yacts' M emblem, also on the upper left side of their main page. She  is a Marquis Yacht http://www.marquisyachts.com/index.aspx. No affiliation, usual disclaimers. Hope this helps.
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06-05-2007, 04:29 PM
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| Quote: | Originally Posted by lwrandall
By the way this boat was designed by BMW. Yes, the car company is now designing boats .
A question for Lars. Do you know if BMW has designed any other boats? |
I hope not...  But they have marketed marine engines.
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06-05-2007, 05:37 PM
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| Quote: | Originally Posted by AMG I hope not... |
They were involved with a certain ACC boat.... that didn't work out too well either. | |
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06-05-2007, 06:55 PM
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#53 | | Senior Member
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| Carl drumming up business....
SPLASH!
Quite possibly, the most amazing picture ever taken in yachting…
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06-05-2007, 08:11 PM
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This picture keeps getting more interesting. In checking the image properties, the picture was taken with a Motorola RAZRV3x... a cell phone.
Add that to Ripley's database!
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06-05-2007, 08:50 PM
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LOL! oh dear...looks very clean for a cameraphone?
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06-05-2007, 08:55 PM
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RAZRV3c & m both have 1.3 megapixel cams.
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06-05-2007, 10:16 PM
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#57 | | YF Associate Writer
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| Quote: | Originally Posted by Kevin They were involved with a certain ACC boat.... that didn't work out too well either. |
Bimmer diesels in the early eighties made a very short/quick debut due to overheating problems here in South Fla.
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06-06-2007, 02:46 AM
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#58 | | Senior Member
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| Quote: | Originally Posted by Kevin RAZRV3c & m both have 1.3 megapixel cams. |
the RAZR V3x has a 2.0mega pixels camera onboard - the pictures would be too clean for a 1.3mega pixel camera
and that the pcitures where taken by a cell phone explains the wrong white balance @ "Splash"
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06-06-2007, 03:50 AM
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#59 | | Registered User
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I think Dockwise float all the boats on and off their semi submersible ships, this is more likely to be Sevenstar that do deck cargo yacht transport.
The bloody idiot on the stern has no business being on the yacht during the lift.
An expensive accident, one just hopes that everyone was OK. Sevenstar lost a couple of Sunseekers over the side during a Bay of Biscay gale a couple of years ago and that was an avoidable accident given the weather routing that is available to shipping these days. I hope it wasn't the owner taking the pics!
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06-06-2007, 03:50 AM
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#60 | | Registered User
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|  starting to make sense !
If this was taken on a cell phone that explains much, did someone mention they had the original picture in full size?
Is it the correct size for the cell phone?
If so, then i am happy to withdraw my doubts as to its authenticity - in any event its still a brilliant picture.
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