"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote in message
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On Apr 16, 2:14 pm, Vic Smith wrote:


The facts of this incident aren't in yet. It's possible the boat
didn't get hit by a gust, but plowed into a wave and flipped.

--Vic


We had some pretty nasty, high wind fronts come through that night.
50-60 kt winds here for a few minutes.

Any boat in the wrong situation will capsize.
This one, less than a year old, capsized and suck in the north sea a
few days ago killing 4 crew members and a 14 yo boy, the skippers son.

http://www.bergenships.com/Bourbon%20Dolphin.html

They are not sure what happened yet, but my guess is they tripped
while setting anchors. IMO the boat was a bit small for anchor work in
the north sea. Most anchor boat here in the gulf are in the 220 ft
range, also note no trip preventers on the headache rails. Sometimes
you live and learn, sometimes you don't.

Joe


That's about the most unseaworthy looking design I've ever seen. How
stupid to put all that weight forward with so little astern to keep it
from nose diving right to the bottom. The architect who designed that pile
of crap should be taken out and shot.

Wilbur Hubbard

I guess you don't get out of the swamp and out to offshore oil rigs.
That's the design of the supply boats used around here.
http://www.btinternet.com/~derek.mac...vessels01d.htm