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05-19-2014, 01:01 PM
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City: Campbell River
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BandB
I can't see the trailer. Honestly, having a hard time seeing where they launched it and how. All I see is the docks.
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Check it out on Google Earth and you can see the launch site which matches the covered boat houses in the photos & video. A bit of a tortuous journey just to get to the water. Go to the address 319 34th st. Anacortes.
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05-19-2014, 01:02 PM
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City: Campbell River
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Sorry, 310 34th St. Anacortes.
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05-19-2014, 01:06 PM
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City: Bayview
Vessel Name: Puffin
Vessel Model: Willard Vega 30
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Just bad no matter the reason.
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What kind of boat is that?
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05-19-2014, 01:45 PM
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City: Santa Cruz, CA
Vessel Name: Concerto
Vessel Model: 1980 Cheoy Lee
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oops, capsize at launch
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05-19-2014, 02:05 PM
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City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
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Looks like pretty sad equipment to be moving it to the water on. Down the street on little dollies basically. I don't even understand how they'd get from the street to the boat at the water to the boat in the water. Looks like just the crane in front probably then just lets it ease in. Well supposedly ease. This time, not.
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05-19-2014, 02:07 PM
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City: Nokomis
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05-19-2014, 02:10 PM
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$10 million 90 footer... must have been some spiffy fit and finish on the interior!
Dave
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05-19-2014, 02:30 PM
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City: Vallejo, California
Vessel Name: Mahalo Moi
Vessel Model: 1986 Grand Banks 42 Classic
Join Date: Jun 2008
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Large volume fuel and/or water cross-over valve open?????
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05-19-2014, 02:36 PM
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City: Vermont
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It's really hard for me to see how this could be anything other than a major stability blunder. I can't imagine a boat where some tank imbalance can flip it. And if a cross over line being open can cause a boat to flip, it's got a real problem.
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05-19-2014, 02:37 PM
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City: Jacksonville
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We were in Westport, WA before the launch of a big guy. Two dollies (48 tires), a boat ramp and a loader using a crane as an additional break. Pretty old school with a big wow factor. Lena's standing by the front dolly.
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05-19-2014, 02:45 PM
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City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
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Very interesting read here from the Captain who started the project but was removed a few months ago. Seems he questioned the methods of moving it.
Yacht Captain's Blog (Aaron Pufal)
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05-19-2014, 02:47 PM
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City: Nokomis
Join Date: Apr 2013
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Beginning of the end:
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05-19-2014, 02:53 PM
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City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Larry M
We were in Westport, WA before the launch of a big guy. Two dollies (48 tires), a boat ramp and a loader using a crane as an additional break. Pretty old school with a big wow factor. Lena's standing by the front dolly.
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I could never watch. I'm too chicken.
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05-19-2014, 02:54 PM
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City: Cape May, NJ
Vessel Name: Irish Lady
Vessel Model: Monk 36
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Incredible!!! They said in the video that they saw it was listing, checked it out, they continued, and it still flipped? I wonder what they checked.
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05-19-2014, 03:05 PM
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City: St Louis
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Not a big fan of $10M boats, but I can only imagine the heartbreak at that builder's yard tonight.
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05-19-2014, 03:07 PM
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Guru
City: Santa Cruz, CA
Vessel Name: Concerto
Vessel Model: 1980 Cheoy Lee
Join Date: May 2013
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a real passage maker it is.
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05-19-2014, 03:09 PM
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City: Santa Cruz, CA
Vessel Name: Concerto
Vessel Model: 1980 Cheoy Lee
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05-19-2014, 03:28 PM
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Senior Member
City: Hampton Bays, N.Y.
Vessel Name: Grand Yankee
Vessel Model: 1981 49' Grand Banks Classic
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 328
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I think this will be the designers last vessel. Just waiting to roll over. So little wetted area.
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05-19-2014, 03:37 PM
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City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron T
I think this will be the designers last vessel. Just waiting to roll over. So little wetted area.
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Well, I think that may be the problem, no naval architect involved, or I certainly haven't heard of one. Sounds like more of let's take this one, lengthen it, add this on top, more of this, lighten everything up, do things we've never done before, be inventive, experiment and see what we end up with. A Captain and a builder.
Many builders cause themselves immense damage and lawsuits by trying to do things outside their norm, things they haven't done. Look at people like Burger with Sea Owl or Marlow with the 97's. We may buy boats that some think look dated and there are many others similar but something about getting the 40th of a hull or the 10th since tweaking, or the hundredth. They float and don't fall over. They perform. In fact we know how they'll perform by chartering one before.
First captain sounded an awful lot like he was trying to say "I told you so." Well, he's also the one who pushed all these one of a kind changes too. There will be winners in all this, however. The lawyers.
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05-19-2014, 03:37 PM
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Guru
City: Campbell River
Vessel Name: Blue Sky
Vessel Model: Nordic Tugs 42 Hull #001
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron T
I think this will be the designers last vessel. Just waiting to roll over. So little wetted area.
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Perhaps. Or it may have been, as Tad suggested, a malfunction of the launch equipment. Or, the builder may have deviated from the design. Or a hose failed. Or, something else unknown.
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