A catamaran that "sunk" in 2011 found back.

[yvest]

A catamaran that sunk in 2011 next to the Marquesas, due to a collision with a whale was found back (so remained half submerged all the time) :

https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/polyn...lu-668315.html


No casualties at the time of the accident (German crew), but they were evacuated from the boat.

note : Didn't find any English news about it.

[Tillsbury]

Wow, is that from Ua Pou to Rapa? 1100 miles and hit the tiniest bit of land going...

[Dsanduril]

That's quite the photo of the not-sunk catamaran at the time of the rescue!

[yvest]

Originally Posted by Tillsbury

Wow, is that from Ua Pou to Rapa? 1100 miles and hit the tiniest bit of land going...

Indeed, found back in "Rapa iti" or "small rapa"

[mglonnro]

Originally Posted by Dsanduril

That's quite the photo of the not-sunk catamaran at the time of the rescue!

With a funny caption (google translated):

Their 12-meter catamaran sank quickly. It would therefore be this boat that was found off Rapa a few days ago, more than 7 years after the sinking.

[yvest]

Originally Posted by mglonnro

With a funny caption (google translated):

Below the press release at the time of the accident :

https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Collisi...es_a27163.html

At the time clearly they sought it had sunk (or at least the press release author ..)

[tkeithlu]

It was sunk. It sank. Actually, it didn't sink. Sorry. Too many years grading papers, no enough beer.

[Dsanduril]

Originally Posted by tkeithlu

It was sunk. It sank. Actually, it didn't sink. Sorry. Too many years grading papers, not enough beer.

Clearly

[Hardhead]

Not speaking French at all - am I correct in guessing a whale hopped on it?

https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Collisi...es_a27163.html

[BigBeakie]

Ahhh, no. The photo is of course a stock photo showing a breaching whale in fairly close proximity to a yacht. The title of the article has the word collision in it.

It would be interesting to hear what damage was caused to necessitate a rescue though. Flooding of some sort, perhaps the hull was breached? ( yeah, that's a pun)


Sent from my iPad using Cruisers Sailing Forum

[riki]

Looks fine, just slightly overloaded