Full Speed Ahead!! UH? What Rocks?!!

Hi,

He or she might have been enjoying a few too many of your namesakes before or during this incident.

Here is an account of it: http://www.maritime-executive.com/a...from-grounded-ferry-in-the-u-s-virgin-islands

Long way from home, eh? Looks like a Belmar, NJ hailing port. hmm

An American documented boat can use any town the owner desires. What you see as a hailing port has nothing to do with anything other than the owner's whim when he filled out the application.

What do you mean by "hmm"? Do you think painting NJ on the stern caused the grounding?

No, no, no. Not at all, and I didn't mean to come across that way. I am also very familiar with the hailing port process and practices.

Wow! That should have been tough to do. I lived on St. Croix for ten years and went to St. John's several times. The captain will most likely be out of a job and probably facing civil lawsuits. Unfortunate experience for all involved.

Not exactly the first time it's happened down there either. I took these pictures of one of the USVI ferrys that hit the rocks in front of Charlotte Amalie in broad daylight. Again with passengers aboard.

And knowing the way things work down there, it wouldn't surprise me if both captains still have jobs.

C'mon guys, resize the **** pictures will you.

We were sea trialing a 68' Azimut about 7 years ago, and were coming into Port Everglades, only to find a 105' Azimut hard on the jetty. Never heard the full story, but I've got some photos around somewhere...if I can find them.

It was heart-breaking.

Sounds like a TV show.

I didn't think mine were to big? Same size as I've posted before here and other sites with out problems.

That must have been the 105' that hit bottom outside the jetties coming in at night on a seatrial then ended up on the jetties.

It was a brand new boat on a seatrial for a potential buyer. The salesman allowed the potential buyers Captain to run the boat. The potential buyers Captain ran it onto the rocks coming in the inlet.

The Bridge seriously lack observational skills .. took the risk that could have been a lot worse

on the rocks

Engines had just been serviced / overhauled and a sea trial was being completed prior to rushing down to ? Mexico if I remember, coming back into the inlet in the dark to drop the mechanics off the skipper did not realize a freighter was leaving, he had to take a hard turn to starboard followed by an even harder turn to port and the azimut went onto the rocks. not sure how old it was but it was repaired at LMC over about 3 years.

Many years ago an Infinity went up on the same rocks during a sea trial, actually coming back from Miami boat show with clients on board and they decided to do a high speed turn in the inlet to go back up the beach to look at the bikinis. Maybe a few drinks involved as well.

Your pictures were 800p wide instead of 640p. Besides, they were not even posted here, but on Photobucket and hotlinked...

It was a brand new Azimut 116

Boat was actually named "TV".

Wrong.

Close. The boat was just delivered, it was actually hull #1 of the 116 series. The captain claimed that he lost all engine controls while he was coming into the inlet and sat by helplessly as the boat hit the rocks.

The boat went to bradford after being salvaged then over to LMC where it was rebuilt. What's scary is that after being "rebuilt" I'm told that the boat sits 4" lower in the water then when it was new.

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