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Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
Tue May 20, 2014, 11:38 AM May 2014

Shipyard Personnel Freed with Fire Axe as $10M Motor Yacht Capsizes at Launch [IMAGES]

http://gcaptain.com/shipyard-personnel-freed-fire-axe-10m-motor-yacht-capsizes-launch-images/

The 85-foot expedition style motor yacht Bäden took two and a half years to build in meticulous detail, but it was all for nothing as she capsized and sank last Sunday night after being launching at Northern Marine Industries in Anacortes, Washington.

Reports indicate there were four or possibly five shipyard personnel on board the vessel at the time of the incident who became trapped on board as the vessel rolled over. They were subsequently rescued through a portlight after breaking it with a fire axe.

Roddan Engineering, a firm which had been engaged “to review build progress, track weight and prepare an Intact Stability analysis” notes in a letter dated 19 July 2013 that the vessel was “lighter than other Northern Marine builds of similar length, thus requiring more ballast to sit on a desired waterline.” The firm recommended “that partial ballasting be done currently, with final ballasting for trim and desired waterline to be performed at launch.”

What exactly occurred during and after launch however, is still unclear.

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Shipyard Personnel Freed with Fire Axe as $10M Motor Yacht Capsizes at Launch [IMAGES] (Original Post) Cooley Hurd May 2014 OP
good lord, that's three stories or so above the waterline... mike_c May 2014 #1
After the design phase (and during the construction phase), they decided to add ballast... Cooley Hurd May 2014 #3
There was a design phase? pscot May 2014 #7
Whoa. The center-of-mass must be really high above the waterline. DetlefK May 2014 #2
Wow that thing looks 'top heavy'. n/t PoliticAverse May 2014 #4
Dear-F'n-Neptune intaglio May 2014 #5
Just looking at it pscot May 2014 #6
I wonder if those stabilizer wings were an add-on? Old and In the Way May 2014 #8
It certainly doesn't take and engineer to see a disaster waiting to happen. NV Whino May 2014 #9
What I don't know about ship-building could fill a warehouse, but just bullwinkle428 May 2014 #11
I'm not a nautical engineer but when I first laid eyes on that boat the first thing I thought was... ChisolmTrailDem May 2014 #10
I wouldn't trust that monstrosity on a lake n2doc May 2014 #12
Makes you wonder how many more exboyfil May 2014 #13
That is seriously... mockmonkey May 2014 #14
Portholes on the Waterline PeoViejo May 2014 #15
Hubris ... GeorgeGist May 2014 #16
Rock n Roll Forever! adirondacker May 2014 #17
Some part of that fell well short of "meticulous detail"... JHB May 2014 #18
This whole thread deserves a DUzy! n/t ms liberty May 2014 #19
The SS Ted Cruz sailing towards presidential waters Blue Owl May 2014 #20

mike_c

(36,214 posts)
1. good lord, that's three stories or so above the waterline...
Tue May 20, 2014, 11:44 AM
May 2014

...and nothing much below it. I'm not at all surprised that it capsized.

 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
3. After the design phase (and during the construction phase), they decided to add ballast...
Tue May 20, 2014, 11:45 AM
May 2014

...not enough, apparently.

intaglio

(8,170 posts)
5. Dear-F'n-Neptune
Tue May 20, 2014, 11:47 AM
May 2014

The leeway on that thing must be horrendous plus I wouldn't trust her in any real sea.

Basically a gin palace.

Old and In the Way

(37,540 posts)
8. I wonder if those stabilizer wings were an add-on?
Tue May 20, 2014, 11:58 AM
May 2014

If they were, I guess they were undersized to handle the job as well. I'm noy a ship's architect, but even I can see that this would be a horrible design for open seas.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)
9. It certainly doesn't take and engineer to see a disaster waiting to happen.
Tue May 20, 2014, 11:59 AM
May 2014

Might need more ballast? Good gawd.

bullwinkle428

(20,627 posts)
11. What I don't know about ship-building could fill a warehouse, but just
Tue May 20, 2014, 12:05 PM
May 2014

looking at that photo of it before it entered the water made my jaw drop.

 

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)
10. I'm not a nautical engineer but when I first laid eyes on that boat the first thing I thought was...
Tue May 20, 2014, 12:04 PM
May 2014

"Well no wonder it capsized."


n2doc

(47,953 posts)
12. I wouldn't trust that monstrosity on a lake
Tue May 20, 2014, 12:18 PM
May 2014

Unless the white part of the hull is filled with lead. Even then it would get blown all over by wind. Did they have a keel for that thing?

JHB

(37,132 posts)
18. Some part of that fell well short of "meticulous detail"...
Tue May 20, 2014, 12:39 PM
May 2014

From the photo, I'd say the design part.

Should have named it Vasa.

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