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20-01-2017, 03:22
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Leopard 48 vs unlit fish farm
A video from a blog that I follow
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20-01-2017, 08:16
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Victoria, BC
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Re: Leopard 48 vs unlit fish farm
So who pays for the damages and other costs involved in a situation like this? Is it legal (in that location) to place an unlit obstruction in the ocean ?
Good Grief !!!
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20-01-2017, 12:18
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Location: Canada
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Re: Leopard 48 vs unlit fish farm
Have to say, as nasty as that was, the boat stood up pretty well. Some serious damage but it could have been much worse.
As the Leopard 48 is one of the boat I am considering, that speaks well for it.
Not so much for fish farms however
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20-01-2017, 14:29
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Re: Leopard 48 vs unlit fish farm
Some questions come to mind - the fish farm was unlit, but was it charted? Was mayday the appropriate distress call to make, if there was no immediate threat to life or loss of vessel? Would also have been nice to know up front what part of the world they were in. Had to wait until almost the end of the video to discover the port they got towed in to. Looks like they are in the Canary Islands.
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20-01-2017, 14:56
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Re: Leopard 48 vs unlit fish farm
Wow, that really sucks, but glad everyone is ok. What a nightmare. Kudos to you, as you handled it very well. I hope it all works out for you, and are back out cruising soon. Thank you for sharing your experience.
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20-01-2017, 17:53
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Re: Leopard 48 vs unlit fish farm
rudder in drum arrangement looks better.
we make the traditional rudder as strong as hell and the strength turns around and bites us.
Engine rooms flooded but nothing further? good design and good build then.
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20-01-2017, 18:13
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Virginia
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Re: Leopard 48 vs unlit fish farm
Wow, we've hit things in the middle of the night, but thankfully nothing like this. Thanks for sharing.
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20-01-2017, 18:42
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Re: Leopard 48 vs unlit fish farm
Kudos to the coast guard and what appears to be a well built and designed boat.
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20-01-2017, 18:52
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Re: Leopard 48 vs unlit fish farm
Yes thanks for sharing. Ill be in Canaries later this year and now know to keep an extra better watch at night around there. Is it a common thing or a one off these unlit farms do you know?
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20-01-2017, 19:06
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Re: Leopard 48 vs unlit fish farm
Does anyone know if those fishfarms throw much of a radar reflection?
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20-01-2017, 20:21
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Re: Leopard 48 vs unlit fish farm
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Originally Posted by accomplice
Does anyone know if those fishfarms throw much of a radar reflection?
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I bet they do. The ones along the NE coast of Brazil are much smaller above water and they did show in radar
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20-01-2017, 20:25
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Join Date: Jun 2009
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Re: Leopard 48 vs unlit fish farm
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Originally Posted by babaluey
Some questions come to mind - the fish farm was unlit, but was it charted?.
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I have not been in those waters for a while but I remember having seen a chartlet with the "poligonos" within which there are permits to install fish/mussel farms.
That said, that does not mean that the specific thing these guys hit was located in a permitted area.
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20-01-2017, 20:36
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Re: Leopard 48 vs unlit fish farm
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Originally Posted by svlamorocha
I bet they do. The ones along the NE coast of Brazil are much smaller above water and they did show in radar
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what type of radar? any type would pick them up?
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20-01-2017, 20:40
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Southern Tier, NY
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Re: Leopard 48 vs unlit fish farm
According to the Youtube description, it appears that it was charted, but that it was over a mile from where it was supposed to be. I too, wonder how that goes about being paid for. I assume they're insured, with such a boat, but I wonder if the operator of the farm is held responsible or if they get off on some technicality somewhere.
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20-01-2017, 21:02
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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Re: Leopard 48 vs unlit fish farm
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Originally Posted by Training Wheels
Wow, that really sucks, but glad everyone is ok. What a nightmare. Kudos to you, as you handled it very well. I hope it all works out for you, and are back out cruising soon. Thank you for sharing your experience.
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Ditto!.. You did a really good job, stabilizing the situation and taking care of family first.
Also well documented and even if Farms were on the charts, they should still require perimeter lights by law
Good luck with the repairs
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