10 mill$ poweryacht capsize during launch in Anacortes

Bob Perry

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When I first heard this on the news I figured it was a 30 Bayliner with 6 people on the fly bridge.

But noooooo. It's a new 90'er. all on board were rescued. Boat apparently just heeled over during launch and kept going.

Anyone know any more about this? Who is the builder? Designer?

My confidence in the new yacht would be a bit shaken if this were mine.

 
Salazar

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This is all I see in the new so far, no more details that what you've mentioned:

ANACORTES, Wash. - A multimillion-dollar yacht capsized overnight near Anacortes, dumping six people in the water. All were rescued by Good Samaritans and local police and fire crews.

Witnesses said the 90-foot yacht flipped as it was being launched at about 9 p.m. Sunday.

It was a chaotic scene as rescuers rushed in to pull the six people aboard out of the water. There were eyewitness reports that crews had to use axes to reach people near the engine compartment.

Two of the rescued people were taken to the hospital to be checked out, said Petty Officer Jordan Akiyama of the U.S. Coast Guard.

A team has been sent in to assess pollution from fuel aboard the vessel. So far, no sheen has been observed, but the yacht has been boomed off as a precaution.

An investigation is pending as to why the yacht sank, Akiyama said.

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Multimillion-dollar-yacht-sinks-near-Anacortes-6-rescued-259794431.html

Edit: Too slow, QBF already has video up.

 
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Bob Perry

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It was flat ass calm up here last night. This happened about an hour away from me.

I've been drawing little stability sketches here trying to figure out how that happened. I have no idea what the boat looks like but you';d have to have a really high VCG for this to happen. It's not making sense to me.

This builder has built quite a few big yachts.

 
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Very poor stability with nothing in her tanks. I would guess undetected flooding because someone left something open that should have been closed. Tiny heel angle and free surface pulled her over.

 
Bob Perry

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Tad:

How do you combine "nothing in the tanks" with a free surface problem? Are you saying the boat flooded? From the interview with the builder it did not sound like that..

This builder has built quite a few large yachts. There was no fuel leakage so I suspect the tanks were empty or almost empty.

 
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