Sea ray down!

BurgundyS24

BurgundyS24

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Oct 5, 2014
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Napa, CA
Boat Info
Sea Ray S24. full delta enclosure. Towed by 2007 Chevy 3500 duramax/allison combo.
Engines
350 with closed fresh water cooling
Came across this story in Facebook. Everyone lived thankfully.

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My first thought when I read the Boat US write up was: Happened at night? I wonder what his blood alcohol level was.

Sad to see that bow damage but even sadder to think that if this was a BUI related accident that it was totally preventable.
 
That's not going to buff out.....
 
Boat has GPS and radar antennas. Apparently they don't know how to use any of it. That dike would show up on radar like crazy.
 
That is so tragic. Glad all aboard were ok. That could have been fatal. Reminds me of the accident last year when another Sea Ray hit the Key Bridge

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Gofirstclass said:
My first thought when I read the Boat US write up was: Happened at night? I wonder what his blood alcohol level was.

Sad to see that bow damage but even sadder to think that if this was a BUI related accident that it was totally preventable.
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They said he wasn't drinking. I imagine just not using radar. Apparently there are no lights in the dike and it's happened there a few time.... even claiming the life of a TOW capt


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JVM225 said:
That's not going to buff out.....
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I see a small spot I could probably buff out pretty good :grin:.

Glad all were ok
 
BurgundyS24 said:
They said he wasn't drinking. I imagine just not using radar. Apparently there are no lights in the dike and it's happened there a few time.... even claiming the life of a TOW capt


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The entrance to Mare Island Strait is between two dikes. On the east side of the entrance, Dike No. 9 extends about 700 yards southwest from the mainland and on the west side, Dike No. 14 extends about 500 yards southeast from Mare Island; both dikes have submerged outer sections. Dike No. 9 is marked at the outer end by a light and Dike No. 14 is marked at the outer end by a lighted buoy.

Have a look http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/18655.shtml
 
Well looking at the chart there is not much excuse for what happened. I run at night often enough to be comfortable doing it, doing so takes much more work though. At night if you lose track of where you think you might be you stop and figure it out quickly!
 
So the way the outer laminate peeled away so cleanly from such a large section of the bow doesn't strike anyone else as odd?
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Yeah I thought the same, hoping that is some of the internal framing for the v-berth and not the coring.
 
Being a betting man my guess is there were no local charts on the vessel or the operator was in unfamiliar waters at night running way to fast for the conditions.
 
I bet the piling significantly cushioned the impact. Straight into that wall would be way worse with regard to damage and possible injuries to those on board.
 
I was thinking they may have saw it at the last minute and slowed and turned, making the impact more to the side than straight on and at a reduced speed?
 
Perfect time to replace that Anchor Locker Drain Cover
 
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