talon Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Caught this on Friday as I was leaving my marina for the weekend. I know it's not automotive related, but everybody can appreciate carnage It appears that the 'captain' had a couple drinks the night before to celebrate the purchase of his new boat and decided to try and get home in the dark. At a high rate of speed. With the lake at record low water levels. Drunk. I came back by after they pulled the boat off and could see the footprints in the mud where the crew had tried to push it back into the water. Granted, it's only a 27 foot boat but the repairs will still be costly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 ouch! lol It has been known to happen on the South coast, but at least with it being tidal, all you can do is sit back, relax and crack open another bottle and wait for the tide to return! LouX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talon Posted September 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 As a result of a motor letting go, I dumped my last boat onto the beach once, although nowhere near that hard. Fortunately I was able to back off using the other motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atle Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Happens every second day now, in the Oslofjord during summer. Several fatalities. Police now asking for everybody to have a boating licence. About time. Power boat sales have exploded, owners mostly new-money asset players, seafaring experience limited to party cruises, yelling at the waiters for more drinks. I have had the same 24-foot sailboat since 1987, still happy with it. Drive fast on land, take it easy on the waters. Quote This way to ship models! http://www.modelship...user-index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talon Posted September 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 (edited) I'm the same way. I've been sailing for most of my life, but due to injuries had to switch to powerboats. I've gone through 3 boats in 3 years (27ft, 32ft, and the current 41ft) and take it very seriously. I just earned my US Coast Guard Captains license and am looking for another boat - one to live on. Edited September 26, 2007 by talon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwilhelm Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 so.... will the next one will have a helicopter pad or submarine dock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talon Posted September 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 I wish... No, I want something that a couple can easily manage. I am actually looking at a used 53 ft Carver this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molemot Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Last year I was on a Sunseeker Camargue en route from the upper Thames to Ramsgate. I'd been at the helm all the way from Penton Hook to the estuary itself, then handed over to a very competent South African chap, and went below for a cuppa. I was sitting at the saloon table reading a newspaper when we ran aground at 24 knots. I ended up somewhere near the bows, picked myself up off the floor and scrambled up to the cockpit. The South African guy had handed control over to the boat's owner, who had passed the wrong side of a cardinal buoy " to give the boats coming the other way more room"!! We managed to get off the sandbank, but the wheels were nicely mangled and much bending had taken place to all the underwater working bits. Took nearly a year to sort it all out...and I'll never forget what it felt like to come to a dead stop from 24 knots in a few feet!! Thank heavens it was the owner wot dun it... Quote Scientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that which has never been." - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talon Posted September 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Sunseeker make a lovely boat. Very pricey over here in the states though, especially with a weak dollar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyp Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 During WW2 a sub (one of ours) came out of Cambletown & turned a bit too sharpish out into the Clyde - & promptly ran aground on a shoal with a falling tide. Quick as a flash the skipper got all the crew out & with the tide out had them scrubbing away at the weed & barnacles etc. He got away with it ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talon Posted September 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 I've heard of similar things stateside, although not invovling a submarine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 (edited) so.... will the next one will have a helicopter pad or submarine dock? Perhaps something a little more spacious? I may know a man who can help you. On a serious note, I ran aground on a 40,000 tonnes cruise ship, not a very nice experience, especially the accident investigation branch interviews afterwards. I am a firm believer that if you are in command of a vessel you have appropriate qualifications, that means aircraft carriers down to the scourge of the sea, Jet skis. Stuart. Edited September 28, 2007 by Stuart Quote Driving Automotive Aristocracy Since 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAndretti42 Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Ouch! Was that on Lake Norman? Plenty of room to get up to speed on there. I read there's some concern about boating and drinking after someone was killed when their boat was cut in two by another one one evening a couple of months ago. Quote S4 Elan, Elan +2S, Federal-spec, World Championship Edition S2 Esprit #42, S1 Elise, Excel SE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talon Posted October 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 (edited) That's right, it was Lake Norman. There is always concern about the drinking on the lake, but this year the rumblings have been a little quieter than normal. Last year we had something like 12 fatalities, all alcohol related. This year the number is much lower. The cops have managed to contain most of the idiots to one small portion of the lake and really cracked down on it this year. This time of year is great on the lake, most of the morons have already hauled out for the winter (wimps - I go year round) and the weather is cool enough to make it comfortable. I was up at the state park this weekend - the trees are turning color and it's quite pretty. Edited October 1, 2007 by talon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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