Brand new yacht capsizes

Hmm, there was no indication in the video of the launch being halted or any inspection being performed.
 
The guy who posted that video was very careful to acknowledge that he promised his viewers that the would show the launch so he is but not showing all of the launch. He was defending the builders.
 
Ok the stbd side was the high side. We really have no idea what happened. Looking at the vid a couple of times, I say a good portion of the hull was in the water before it flipped. If the boat was free to float, and most of the hull that was supposed to be under was, why did it continue to flip?
 
Quite a bit of bubbling in 60 of 116.

BTW there are some references indicating the boat was for sale at the time of launch?
 
After the dewatering while the CG was there, the ballast tanks were filled. As soon as the sling was slackened the boat started to roll. The barge towed the boat with a sling holding from rolling. Sounds like it is just top heavy to me. In the list of features on the boat 14,000 lbs of stone work was mentioned. Could it be on the upper deck on the port side?
 
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Originally posted by boatbum

Quite a bit of bubbling in 60 of 116.

BTW there are some references indicating the boat was for sale at the time of launch?

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Bubbling as in coming from a blown tire(s)?

It does not appear to me water entered the transom entry way until well into the roll.
 
Good question. There are some through hulls located below the bubbles and there may be an exhaust port in the hull on that side also?
 
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Originally posted by boatbum

Quite a bit of bubbling in 60 of 116.

BTW there are some references indicating the boat was for sale at the time of launch?

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Bubbling as in coming from a blown tire(s)?

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I doubt it's blow tires at that point. That whole blown tire story causing it to flip is BS in my opinion.

The bubbles look more like machinery exhaust. I'm wondering if it's the main engine. Since there appears to be no tow boat around it would make sense that they might start the main to move the boat.
 
An interesting speculation. Indeed if the launch needed some help to back it out starting the main would be a consideration.
 
This is an interesting report.
Major failures and crashes always have several causes.
Here, many are listed. Any one of which might have softened the landing.
I have found pilots to be the most aware of these strings of faults.

A string of events and decisions is what sank the El Faro, and will sink the next one.

Our job, should we accept it, is to break the string before it kills us. And that is why learning from these events is much more rewarding than blaming everyone, or anyone.
 
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