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Boat submarines (stuffs) at Jupiter Inlet as seen by a drone.

Discussion in 'General Yachting Discussion' started by chesapeake46, Oct 31, 2017.

  1. chesapeake46, Oct 31, 2017
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  2. olderboater, Oct 31, 2017
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    Latest report says a 26' Stapleton and that the bilge already had tons of water in it before the approach with that water rushing forward as you'd expect. Not caused by the condition of the inlet as much as the condition of the boat.
  3. captholli, Oct 31, 2017
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    I watched this on the local news in Hobe Sound, Fl. last night. Technology caught this in real time via a drone. Surreal footage of burying the bow and broaching. Lucky the outcome was positive as far as no loss of life. Drone was in the right place at the right time as was the grommet surfer, Pretty quick thinking on his part for a 13 yr old.
  4. YachtForums, Oct 31, 2017
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    Links of this nature are perfectly acceptable and encouraged. We don't allow links to other yachting sites that have tried to exploit YF over the years. Thanks for sharing this with the community, Chesapeake!
  5. Beau, Oct 31, 2017
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    Looks like he was also slowing down. He should have kept in front of those following seas?
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    Parallels my thoughts. If the bilge was full of water, the drain holes in the bulkheads should have prevented water from rushing forward?
  7. olderboater, Oct 31, 2017
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    You could see how deep in the water the boat was sitting.
  8. PacBlue, Oct 31, 2017
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    Free surface effect
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    I watched the video a few times a couple days ago and something just looked wrong about the boat. While it looked liked the operator didn't time the waves as best as he should have, it looked like the boat was bow heavy

    I guess a large mass of water in the bilge would explain it. Problem is that most production boats do not have enough bilge pumping capacity as well as no visible/audible high water alarms.
  10. saltysenior, Oct 31, 2017
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    water in bilge and a load of ice up forward..also the wave that pitchpoled him seems to crest and rise just at the wrong time for him..
  11. captholli, Oct 31, 2017
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    A broach at best but certainly not a "pitchpole" more of a wallow maybe... Pitchpole, swapping ends vertically , not pretty.
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  12. Beau, Nov 1, 2017
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    That was an aggressive wave that the operator allowed to get under his stern. It looks like he slowed down to let that happen. Once he did that, the rising stern with it flatter/larger hull surface was enough to hold his narrower nose down? Also, in the first few frames the vessel seems to be riding as if its still trimmed down. Maybe bilge water was a contributing factor but IMO the capt made that stuff happen. How did we decide that significant bilge water was present?
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  13. Capt Ralph, Nov 1, 2017
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    26' Stapleton? I thought they were commercial fish boats. Also assumed built a lil better than to let it's bilges flood and become un-stable.
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    Good point, we didn't. At the beginning of what ended up to be a rollover the operator should have waited outside and timed the swell, picked the best slack period and entered accordingly with an approach at appropriate speed and also giving him the space to keep a slight angle to the swell even if that means S curves. While the editing leaves us guessing for those details, his approach looked to be straight on and the later shot with floating debris the swell looked to be in a significant slack period to me. Bilge full of water? Who knows.
  15. Capt J, Nov 3, 2017
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    Jupiter seems to claim several boats/people. Remember the SF Captain that got flung from the helm and had a heart attack and died a few years back. Odd thing is you never see this happen with Boca inlet or Boynton which are both far worse inlets.
  16. Capt Ralph, Nov 3, 2017
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    Complacently.

    Big rich hood, Lots of new boats, not a clue among them.
    Mix that with an every changing inlet.

    Amazing we don't hear more from this inlet.