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13-12-2010, 10:22
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Netherlands / Brazil
Boat: 50ft mono hull. SOLD!!
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Cat Breaks Up
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13-12-2010, 11:02
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Northern British Columbia, part of the time in Prince Rupert and part of the time on Moresby Island.
Boat: 50-ft steel Ketch
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What a shame. It appears from the article that the owners were ashore when high wind and waves caused the cat to drag her anchor and be hurled onto the rocks.
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13-12-2010, 12:46
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Wherever our boat is; Playa Zaragoza, Isla Margarita
Boat: 1994 Solaris Sunstream 40
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Thanks for the translation Astrid. Judging from the photo, nothing short of steel construction could have saved any yacht in those circumstances.
Brad
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13-12-2010, 14:13
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Eternal Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Las Brisas Panama AGAIN!
Boat: Simpson, Catamaran, 46ft. IMAGINE
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Maybe a lot more chain would've saved her from dragging? We put out 10-1 in the Bahamas, because those pesky squalls come through whenn you're not on the boat....... i2f
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14-12-2010, 06:43
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Wherever our boat is; Playa Zaragoza, Isla Margarita
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I2f, my point was in reference to the title of the thread 'Cat breaks up' and the fact that it was placed in the multihull, rather than general sailing or destinations section - ie, the same would have happened to any boat, not just a cat, that did not have a steel hull: once she was on the rocks in pounding waves, she was going to break up. As to avoiding the situation in the first place, you are no doubt correct.
Brad
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14-12-2010, 07:11
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Oslo, Norway
Boat: Beneteau 373
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From the looks of it even a steel hull would have been in trouble.
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14-12-2010, 13:28
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Eternal Member
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Brad I understand. My point being if there had been a lot more scope it may have stayed at anchor? Multi, mono, plastic, or steel it may have made the difference?.......... i2f
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14-12-2010, 13:31
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Agreed.
Brad
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14-12-2010, 14:58
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Bourbonnais, Illinois
Boat: McGregor venture 15 "IMP"
Posts: 506
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The picture is tough to look at. I feel terrible for the guy with his hands on his head in disbelief.
Spencer
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14-12-2010, 17:01
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Phuket, Thailand
Boat: Converted local trawler.
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That was the same day that 11 boats in Kings Cup regatta washed up onto the beach just north of there. Unseasonal westerly (onshore) winds and swells that were forecast some days before. Local scuttlebutt has it that this boat was left on someone else's mooring and also did not have insurance.........
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14-12-2010, 17:10
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: W Florida
Boat: Still have the 33yo Jon boat. But now a CATAMARAN. Nice little 18' Bay Cat.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by imagine2frolic
Brad I understand. My point being if there had been a lot more scope it may have stayed at anchor? Multi, mono, plastic, or steel it may have made the difference?.......... i2f |
Not without a Rocna! 
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14-12-2010, 17:15
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Eternal Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Port Ludlow, WA (NW corner of Puget Sound)
Boat: 30' William Atkin cutter
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I cat that dragged anchor here in Port Hadlock Washington (taking a couple of boats with it) ended up against a cement seawall....it is trashed.
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15-12-2010, 06:43
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Eternal Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Las Brisas Panama AGAIN!
Boat: Simpson, Catamaran, 46ft. IMAGINE
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Therapy
Not without a Rocna! |
TROUBLEMAKER.  .......... i2f
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15-12-2010, 19:41
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Sydney Australia
Boat: Lavezzi 40, Pourpre
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That's very bad to look at but at least no one seems to have been onboard unlike the refuee boat that was smashed up on Christmas island yesterday.
Asylum seekers | Christmas Island
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