Miami drawbridge span crashes on boat

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http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article4247864.html
 
Interesting. Sierra's story says the yacht crashed into the bridge. Pascal's says the bridge dropped on top of the yacht.
 
The second article refers to "bridge dropping" so it doesn't look contradictory to me. Just a convoluted sentence.
 
It's very hard to picture how the yacht could have caused that accident.
I really doubt the bridge would have ended up at that point on the boat with no other evident damage just farther out or forward of where the end of the span is pictured,if the yacht had previously been close enough to come in contact with bridge related parts. But of course none of us were there.

Looking closely, it's truly amazing the lift span apparently came to rest in exactly the right spot to cause the very least damage to the yacht or POB's.

I wonder if there is some level of braking system involved to substantially limit the drop speed in case of unintended release?
 
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Originally posted by speedo

Interesting. Sierra's story says the yacht crashed into the bridge. Pascal's says the bridge dropped on top of the yacht.

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The story doesn't said th boat crashed into the bridge, it says it came into contact with the bridge

All other reports indicate that span dropped back on the boat... You just need to look at th picture to see that the impact came from the top.
 
The story Sierra posted has been updated. The headline and the first two one-sentence paragraphs in the original clearly said the yacht "crashed into the bridge".

I see what the bridge did, I was merely pointing out the differences in the two accounts published before the revisions.

ETA: Here's a comment on the story before the headline was revised and the article also changed.

"Which was it - did the boat "crash" into the bridge, or did the bridge collapse on the boat? It's pretty clear that it's the latter and not the former, so why go with this headline? It's completely inaccurate."
 
If you stop the video at 1:00 you will see the first place the boat could have contacted the bridge was exactly where the boat hit the bridge. I will wait for the report but I am thinking that the bridge either malfunctioned and did not go up, or the operator left half down and they hit it or the tow tried to go under too soon. I have seen many bridges open the sides at different times leading to one being fully open later than the other.
No one should go under a bridge during the process of opening or closing. Maybe the tow captains rushed into the opening portion of the bridge.
 
The Daily Wail? In the U.K.? Has the best and most accurate copy?
 
It says that the yacht had 15 people on it but was being towed. I see a lot of boats being towed around Miami, more than anywhere else I have been. Why is that??
 
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Originally posted by CurrentSea

So who charters a boat like this for $250K a week. That is unreal!

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Obviously Rock Stars :)
 
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Originally posted by CurrentSea

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So who charters a boat like this for $250K a week. That is unreal!

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It's only unreal if you don't have it.

Besides, you know the old saying...'If it flys, floats or frb2@gr5tks, it's cheaper to charter!'
 
Bruce they probably do not want the liability of moving around in a narrow channel. The New River is just about all tows for large yachts. Or they fired the captain?
 
yikes! This could be a big hiccup for the ICW until they figure out what went wrong with the bridge.

I'm assuming that it will be locked down until its fixed. I seem to recall it is only about 16' of vertical clearance. Anything over 22' vertical draft will have to use Port Everglades to the North to go around it.
 
As of today that span is still locked down and they only open the other span leaving 22' of horizontal clearance. Plenty :)

Most larger boats go outside because the ICW in haulover, just north of that bridge, is always shoaled up Although supposedly a little better year. I also wonder why the boat was being towed, it s bit narrow but straight, unlike the new River. Maybe they had a engine down and needed to get back to FTL for maintenance. It s been blowing pretty hard outside for th past few days.

15 people sound about right for crew on a boat that size...
 
They probably didn't slow down enough for the bridge operator that was concerned for the manatees so she put the brakes on.

Actually there is one operator around Daytona that louds out everyone in a slow speed minimum wake zone telling them it is wrong and should be posted as idle speed no wake.
 
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