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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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mike_c
(36,214 posts)...and nothing much below it. I'm not at all surprised that it capsized.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)...not enough, apparently.
pscot
(21,023 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)intaglio
(8,170 posts)The leeway on that thing must be horrendous plus I wouldn't trust her in any real sea.
Basically a gin palace.
pscot
(21,023 posts)tells you it's a bad idea. The designer must be totally incompetent.
Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)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)Might need more ballast? Good gawd.
bullwinkle428
(20,627 posts)looking at that photo of it before it entered the water made my jaw drop.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)"Well no wonder it capsized."
n2doc
(47,953 posts)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?
exboyfil
(17,857 posts)disasters waiting to happen are out there. Open ocean in a storm???
mockmonkey
(2,778 posts)one ugly yacht.
PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)What could go wrong?
GeorgeGist
(25,294 posts)meet Karma.
adirondacker
(2,921 posts)JHB
(37,132 posts)From the photo, I'd say the design part.
Should have named it Vasa.