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Old 10-10-2016, 11:34   #1
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34' Sailboat Capsizes in SF Bay 100 Yards From Marina

Has anyone read about this story? Last weekend a 34' sailboat capsizes with 30 people aboard just 100 yards from the dock. One of the children required CPR and thankfully looks like he will recover.

I have read several internet news articles but not a single one gives any details about the boat type or manufacturer. They just reference her name "Khaleesi".

Assuming the boat hadn't taken on a large amount of water, what in the world could cause a 34' sailboat to flip over in relatively calm waters? None of the articles, many of which have quotes from Coast Guard personnel mention carrying too many passengers so it really makes me wonder?

I have heard mono's that lose their keel can do this. I don't know anything about multi's but understand that if they flip they don't come back up?

Here's one of the articles.

https://sfbay.ca/2016/10/10/crews-se...-after-rescue/
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Uhhhh.... maybe 30 people on board? Ya think?
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5,000 pounds of non static weight.
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Uhhhh.... maybe 30 people on board? Ya think?
It depends. 30 Europeans would probably be OK, weight wise. 30 Americans not so much.
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5,000 pounds of non static weight.
Probably closer to 10,000lbs.
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"Hey guys!!, look at that whale off the port side!"
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"Hey guys!!, look at that whale off the port side!"
That's not a nice description of a 4 year old child in the water.



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It depends. 30 Europeans would probably be OK, weight wise. 30 Americans not so much.
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"Hey guys!!, look at that whale off the port side!"

I'm rollin'!
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"Hey guys!!, look at that whale off the port side!"

I'm rollin'!
And since there was no loss of life even the most PC persons would grant us the privilege of a joke for this event.
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Latitude 38 - 'Lectronic Latitude

complete with video .
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Seem to remember a similar event in New York on a Macgregor a few years back.. 15 odd people aboard that time with a more tragic result
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oh ,,btw--this was an overloaded power boat with heavily overloaded flying bridge. guess how the boat went over.
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That's not a nice description of a 4 year old child in the water.



PS To all our PC members - it's a joke.

Was not referring to a person.

The object could have been anything interesting enough to cause all of the occupants to move to one side of the vessel - and cause the capsize.

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...what in the world could cause a 34' sailboat to flip over in relatively calm waters?

Well, for one, it wasn't a sailboat.
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And since there was no loss of life even the most PC persons would grant us the privilege of a joke for this event.
I'm very surprised that so many find this story humorous.

A fellow sailor lost their boat and a five year old boy remains in the hospital after almost drowning.

This was a near tragedy and I was hoping that local CF members might have better information than the news is reporting.

Shameful if you ask me.
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