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10-25-2015, 08:03 PM
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Guru
City: Sidney
Join Date: Feb 2015
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Whale watchers down
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10-25-2015, 08:08 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
City: Cameron, La
Vessel Name: Baobab
Vessel Model: Bayliner 4788
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Posts: 2,660
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That's sad!
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10-25-2015, 09:49 PM
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Guru
City: Campbell River
Vessel Name: Blue Sky
Vessel Model: Nordic Tugs 42 Hull #001
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,972
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Conrad
Berthed in
Campbell River BC
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10-25-2015, 10:13 PM
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Guru
City: Sidney
Join Date: Feb 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by West
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Tofino water taxi reported 3-4 metre swells, no wind.
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10-25-2015, 10:26 PM
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Senior Member
City: Vancouver BC
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 302
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawgwash
Tofino water taxi reported 3-4 metre swells, no wind.
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Here's a 12 foot sea
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10-25-2015, 11:28 PM
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Guru
City: Bayview
Vessel Name: Puffin
Vessel Model: Willard Vega 30
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,444
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Oh man this sucks.
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What kind of boat is that?
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10-25-2015, 11:39 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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There's conflicting reports on the sea state; on the one hand there was the mention of the 3-4 metre swells, and other reports suggest it was fairly calm. A photo of the upended tour boat taken just before it went under suggests that it was lumpy but not seriously so.
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10-25-2015, 11:45 PM
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Guru
City: Campbell River
Vessel Name: Blue Sky
Vessel Model: Nordic Tugs 42 Hull #001
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http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/multiple-fatalities-after-tour-boat-sinks-off-b-c-coast-1.2627130
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10-25-2015, 11:59 PM
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Guru
City: Powell River, BC
Vessel Name: Northern Spy
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 26
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 4,075
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Whale watchers down
Journalist on Twitter reports 14 missing, but local news is reporting 22 accounted for, so 5 missing.
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10-26-2015, 12:32 AM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Quote:
Originally Posted by West
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Looks like somebody cut & pasted an extra 20' into the middle of the boat...
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"The most interesting path between two points is not a straight line" MurrayM
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10-26-2015, 12:33 AM
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Senior Member
City: San Diego and Gabriola
Vessel Name: Skookum Maru
Vessel Model: Ed Monk design #1924
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 228
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Oh my.
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10-26-2015, 12:45 AM
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Guru
City: North Vancouver
Vessel Name: Phoenix Hunter
Vessel Model: Kadey Krogen 42 (1985)
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 2,877
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Wonder if circumstances were similar?
http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-re...7/m09w0147.pdf
Jim
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10-26-2015, 05:47 AM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Sold
Vessel Model: Was an Albin/PSN 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 28,143
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Wind waves and swells are 2 different animals....without a wave period the info is of not much help.
Can't tell stability from a picture either.....looks like a lot of effort went into her to keep weight lower....no fear of making it look a bit funky.
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10-26-2015, 08:32 AM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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One rescuer reported that he was told the boat rolled over after being hit by a 'rogue wave'.
Might be a situation where the swell rebounded then combined their forces off nearby rocks or islets, and got further concentrated by an underwater shelf...maybe...
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10-26-2015, 08:35 AM
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Guru
City: Carefree, Arizona
Vessel Name: sunchaser V
Vessel Model: DeFever 48 (sold)
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 10,185
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JDCAVE
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Good report JD. Have they posted initial coordinates? Reported weather conditions were good so either inlet surge, vessel issues or a hard strike may come out from initial survivor discussions.
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10-26-2015, 09:20 AM
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Guru
City: North Vancouver
Vessel Name: Phoenix Hunter
Vessel Model: Kadey Krogen 42 (1985)
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 2,877
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They originally reported the location as Plover Pt, on Meares Island, since corrected as Plover Reef, near Vargas Island at the entrance of Clayoquot Sd.
The Explorator incident was found to be due to lack of use of navigation aids (wasn't watching plotter).
Rogue wave or lack of attention to navigation aids.
Jim
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10-26-2015, 11:04 AM
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#18
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Guru
City: Sidney
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,258
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Once again, as was the case with the Queen of the North ferry sinking, we have the First Nations people to thank for preventing greater human loss.
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10-26-2015, 11:18 AM
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Guru
City: Port Ludlow
Vessel Name: Fiddler
Vessel Model: DeFever 46
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 703
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawgwash
Once again, as was the case with the Queen of the North ferry sinking, we have the First Nations people to thank for preventing greater human loss.
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Yes, that was a highlight that I took away from this tragedy too.
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10-26-2015, 12:28 PM
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#20
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Guru
City: Sarasota/Ft. Lauderdale
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 5,438
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Quote:
Originally Posted by West
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There is a big difference between 10-12' wind driven waves a 10-12' long period swells on a clam day.
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