2.4 Million Yacht Aground and Dismasted

[neilpride]

Could be another chartploter disaster??? No one is injured...

Coast Guard, Wayfarer Marine respond to sailboat aground off Lasell Island | PenBay Pilot

The boat is a Hylas 70.... Wonder how a profesional Cap made such a big mistake....

[Scott Berg]

Damn.... Nuf said....

[Cormorant]

There's a green can just a few hundred yards away from those rocks, specifically to guide boats away from them.

[mbianka]

It's a drifting time, people fascinated with screens,
No idea what's on the other side.
We stare at doom like an uptight groom,
And live our lives like a drunken bride. -Greg Brown

What the electronics did not stop this from happening? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.

[JPA Cate]

Another computer assisted grounding, perhaps?

[Crimea Cruiser]

Human eyes. No substitute for them.

A 70 ft yacht with no lookout or watch? On rocks in daylight to boot! Tsk Tsk!

[Teknav]

Maybe he was using the wrong charts! <..."are these depth contours in feet, fathoms or in meters?...don't ask me...it was your idea to buy these charts from Walmart's blue light special"...>

Mauritz
Searching for my halo!

[belizesailor]

Originally Posted by neilpride

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The boat is a Hylas 70.... Wonder how a profesional Cap made such a big mistake....

Oops, bad career move!

[mbianka]

Originally Posted by belizesailor

Oops, bad career move!

Only thing worse than sailing your boat onto the rocks is when you are paying someone else who does it.

[neilpride]

I dont know, reading in the net i see this rock cause to much troubles to other boats in the area, maybe some Cf poster with that area charted in the ploter can show us the rocks??

[Teknav]

That rock was placed there by a towing/salvage company!

Mauritz
Looking for my halo!

[capttman]

I hear there is a job opening up in maine

[LeaseOnLife]

Originally Posted by neilpride

I dont know, reading in the net i see this rock cause to much troubles to other boats in the area, maybe some Cf poster with that area charted in the ploter can show us the rocks??

NOAA chart 13305_1

Edit: added navionics chart screenshot

[Tim R.]

They transited the area at high tide at which time the rocks were about 5' below the surface. The photos are from when the tide went out which is 8 ft. lower than high. The boat was floated off last night and towed to a local yard.

It is thought that they hit the rocks that are NE of East Goose Rock.

[neilpride]

Thx Lease on Life , is the rock at Saddle Island?WTF!! How is posible??