Any info on this accident?

[Seaslug Caravan]

https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/N...rbour-20181126

[daletournier]

They get some very very strong gusts of those hills.

[Seaslug Caravan]

Luckily only one inside.

From https://www.nsri.org.za/2018/11/upda...ran-capsizing/

One female has suffered a fractured shoulder in the ordeal and she is being treated for the fracture. They were bruised and shaken up by the ordeal but full of praise for NSRI and the emergency services rapid response and after care, said Quentin Botha, NSRI Table Bay station commander, and we remain at their disposal should they require any assistance further, said Quentin.

It has emerged that the one female had been below decks when the Catamaran capsized and she was trapped in the galley where water was rising as the cabin filled with water causing a fast diminishing air pocket that had provided some relief. From what we understand we believe that the skipper of the Catamaran had free dived under the Catamaran after she capsized and he was able to bring the mom out from below decks.

The skipper of the Catamaran is commended for this effort.

[Hoosierdoc]

Any word on how long the boat is? Sounds like they had a professional crew and not just some goober tourists like me.

Makes me nervous for our March trip to BVI...

[Seaslug Caravan]

Originally Posted by Hoosierdoc

Any word on how long the boat is? Sounds like they had a professional crew and not just some goober tourists like me.

Makes me nervous for our March trip to BVI...

Scape 39.

Charter with pro crew?

[Factor]

And in a link on the same news article referred to we have a reported 21 people dying on a boat capsize, but that isnt a big deal apparently, - oh yeah, the one that people died on wasnt a multihull

https://www.news24.com/Africa/News/2...vices-20180803

[mark_morwood]

Originally Posted by Hoosierdoc

Any word on how long the boat is? Sounds like they had a professional crew and not just some goober tourists like me.

Makes me nervous for our March trip to BVI...

I wouldn't worry. From my understanding there are very different conditions between BVIs and Cape Town. The BVI's have mild tropical tradewinds (from personal experience), on the other hand Cape Town is down towards the southern ocean along with interesting local winds off the mountain (second hand).

[CliveVO]

Originally Posted by mark_morwood

I wouldn't worry. From my understanding there are very different conditions between BVIs and Cape Town. The BVI's have mild tropical tradewinds (from personal experience), on the other hand Cape Town is down towards the southern ocean along with interesting local winds off the mountain (second hand).

I’m far away now so just guessing.., several guys operate boats out of Cape Town harbour giving sunset cruises etc. That’s probably the professional crew.
Cape Town gets a VERY strong South Easter generated by the South Atlantic high through the summer months which often causes the ‘Table Cloth’ clouds you can see in some of the pictures of this incident. There is usually a wind shadow behind the mountain which creates a very visible wind line running straight through the middle of the harbour out into Table Bay. So you can be sailing in nearly calm situation and then be hit by 30 to 50 knot gusts as you come out of this shadow.
I’m guessing he crossed this line on the way in with too much sail up and no one tending the sheets... but that is a pure guess!

[Cheechako]

Isn't that the normal orientation for a catamaran?

[MartinR]

Originally Posted by Cheechako

Isn't that the normal orientation for a catamaran?

A stable orientation in any case

[Factor]

Originally Posted by Cheechako

Isn't that the normal orientation for a catamaran?

Originally Posted by MartinR

A stable orientation in any case

Yeah Yeah, and the highly original comment is always followed by the equally original, Yep stable upside down on top of the water, rather than stable right way up on the bottom of the sea.

[Factor]

Normal orientation for a mono

[Bean Counter]

Looks like a 39 footer :
https://vacationinspire.com/wild-hor...nto-cape-town/

[Paul L]

Originally Posted by Factor

Normal orientation for a mono

True but clearly it hasn't sunk by the definative CF definition. No reason the crew couldn't scamper up the mast and comfortably sit on the spreaders awaiting an easy rescue.

[JPA Cate]

Looking at the photo the OP posted, I would say that that could not be the vessel in the article--look how beat up it is. This is not a charter boat that got caught out, this is a boat that had been floating around for quite some while, and possibly in the pointy side up orientation.

Ann