Off the coast of Washington, USCG rescuing Benetti

[klee wyck]

Water ingress by design?

Oops....

https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-coast-guard-disabled-yacht-washington-coast

 

[SteveK]

All electric? Turn on the breaker

 

[BandB]

A 143' Benetti can't close it's stern door. No one ill or injured. Seven aboard. Flooding under control. CG has a vessel on the way to tow it the 45 nm to Grays Harbor. Very rough seas.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-coast-guard-disabled-yacht-washington-coast.amp

 

[Comodave]

We entered Grays Harbor one time. CG sent a 47 MLB out to escort us into the harbor. It was pretty sporty that day.

 

[READY]

The obvious question is why would they open that transom door at sea? With only 7 onboard that sounds like it might only be the crew? Hope it ends well.

 

[Benthic2]

It seems a little premature to have deployed the liferafts. Wouldn't the "garage" be seperated from the engine room ? Did they lose propulsion too ?

 

[Comodave]

Maybe a mistake in dropping the hatch???

 

[BandB]

The obvious question is why would they open that transom door at sea? With only 7 onboard that sounds like it might only be the crew? Hope it ends well.

7 sounds like the crew. Not even a full crew on that boat. Why the door was open is perhaps something we'll learn when they reach shore.

We made many trips in and out of Grays Harbor. Learned from all the charter fishing boats there how to best do it.

 

[OldDan1943]

The obvious question is why would they open that transom door at sea? With only 7 onboard that sounds like it might only be the crew? Hope it ends well.

 

[Bmarler]

we heard they were going north to juan de fuca, not into the harbor. CG is going to hand them off once they get to inside water. that's the smart choice, better repair facilities for a vessel that size. platypus marine in port angeles seems like a likely choice.
that area should have watertight bulkhead doors, right? no real sinking danger at this point.

 

[AlanT]

7 sounds like the crew. Not even a full crew on that boat. Why the door was open is perhaps something we'll learn when they reach shore.

We made many trips in and out of Grays Harbor. Learned from all the charter fishing boats there how to best do it.

Full crew is apparently 7. No guests/owners on board so no idea why the stern door would be open at sea. There is something fishy about this.
~A

https://www.yachtcharterfleet.com/luxury-charter-yacht-48377/domani.htm

 

[BandB]

we heard they were going north to juan de fuca, not into the harbor. CG is going to hand them off once they get to inside water. that's the smart choice, better repair facilities for a vessel that size. platypus marine in port angeles seems like a likely choice.
that area should have watertight bulkhead doors, right? no real sinking danger at this point.

Apparently no real sinking danger and Port Angeles makes sense as I'm sure in Grays Harbor, Westport would provide them emergency assistance, but nothing more and would then need to tow it. I'd be shocked if the door is still open. Surely someone has figured out the emergency methods by now and gotten them to work.

 

[BandB]

Wifey B: This goin to take some splainin.

 

[tiltrider1]

There is more to this story. I would assume a sea tight door between the toy room and the rest of the boat. However that could have been left open and then water could have flooded the engine room. So it appears that there were multiple errors to cause this boat to become stranded.

 

[BandB]

There is more to this story. I would assume a sea tight door between the toy room and the rest of the boat. However that could have been left open and then water could have flooded the engine room. So it appears that there were multiple errors to cause this boat to become stranded.

Or multiple failures, which could be linked or could be independent of each other. Apparently, looks far more ominous than it turned out to be.

 

[gsholz]

Not a fan of those humongous toy barns at the water line. They tend to not be water tight. All it takes is one of those interior access hatches to be left open. A boat this size should have a "Ocean Passage" checklist. Luckily, the Pacific is behaving itself.

 

[BandB]

Not a fan of those humongous toy barns at the water line. They tend to not be water tight. All it takes is one of those interior access hatches to be left open. A boat this size should have a "Ocean Passage" checklist. Luckily, the Pacific is behaving itself.

I'm sure they have an extensive checklist. Now approaching Cape Flattery at 3.8 knots, traded to a large CG boat. It's my understanding that the boat was originally headed to Port Angeles so still on course, just delayed a bit.

 

[hollywood8118]

Those yachts certainly roll around when not underway and with the stabilization working. Video looks like they were trying to manually close the garage door.. but there was a fair amount of water in the garage. Looks like they made the mistake of breaking rule #1. Never deploy the raft(s) until you are about to swim. What a **** show.

She must of lost power and or the ability to make way and then events cascaded out of control.
HOLLYWOOD

 

[SteveK]

I wonder if they were able to recover the seadoos after the joy ride.

 

[rochepoint]

Looks like the hand off between CG Active has been completed to the tug Lauren Foss about 45 minutes ago, CG Active is heading back out to the Pacific and the tug is heading down in Juan De Fuca.

 

[BandB]

Looks like the hand off between CG Active has been completed to the tug Lauren Foss about 45 minutes ago, CG Active is heading back out to the Pacific and the tug is heading down in Juan De Fuca.

It appears to be just outside Neah Bay with a CG vessel, Sea Fox, coming in to meet it. Will be interesting to see if they take it in there.

 

[Benthic2]

I thought the CG would only get involved to save lives. Why didn't they have to get a commercial towing company for the entire journey ??

 

[BandB]

I thought the CG would only get involved to save lives. Why didn't they have to get a commercial towing company for the entire journey ??

No commercial towing companies in the area. Entirely different situation off of Washington and Oregon and the CG regularly assists. In this case they towed to where a commercial tow was available. Very different than East Coast where we have dueling tow companies. Perhaps the benefit of shoals and shallows in the ICW that build a good business.

 

[rslifkin]

I thought the CG would only get involved to save lives. Why didn't they have to get a commercial towing company for the entire journey ??

They'll tow, but only if there's either no commercial tower available or they decline the job. On the East Coast they rarely end up towing as they have few opportunities where they wouldn't compete with a commercial tower.