I can swear I hear a High water alarm going off at 3:30 into the video. 
Serious!!!
Reminds me of a boat involved in the âwhat happens nextâ issue.
Old wooden thing about the same dimentions as this thing, long weekend in Eygpt and we are off Hurghada ( on passage back to France) sunny day every man and his dog on the water.
We are anchored lee side of an island and all the local boats lined up alongside as per us, the port calls us and says there is a boat in trouble and people in the water can you assist.
We cant find the problem, apparently a boat along from us had too many punters on the top deck and a manta ray or whale shark swims around so all these punters move to one side, boat goes over and they all fall in the water and the boat pops back up but as you can imagine about 20 of the punters drown as they cant swim, ugly day.
Boat was overloaded and the owner/captain was arrested as believe it or not they actually have a licensed number of persons system running 20 years ago.
Moral of the story is , better to buy wooden boat in Egypt as they are self righting?
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The yard has built quite a few commercial fishing vessels as well as successful yachts. The ground tackle is polished stainless, making it shiny probably paid the rent or a couple of pickup truck payments for the blue collar guy with the polishing wheel.
Ok SteamerâŚlet me have it.
I donât take much joy in the loss of 250 jobs plus all the other supplierâs losses and the income that came directly out of the bank account of some uber rich guy. Like I always say, I canât think of a better method of redistributing wealth than supporting a few thousand working folks and their families by building a large yacht. Would you rather see that money go down some politicianâs favorite defense contractor rathole or get shipped on a foreign bottom to some illegal war to support an oil company?
hereâs the screen caps of the launch in 10 second incrementsâŚthey clearly show a dangerous list immediately forming once the hull starts to float
so the launch boss had 30 seconds to call stop and get a line up onto the boat to get time to figure out why she is heeling over. Did they actually think she was going to upright once she became fully afloat? WHAT KIND OF LUNACY IS THIS!
Did someone forget a port main shaft?
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so the launch boss had 30 seconds to call stop and get a line up onto the boat to get time to figure out why she is heeling over. Did they actually think she was going to upright once she became fully afloat? [/QUOTE]
I think it is an excellent illustration of the duration of the denial phase of a fuckup.
[QUOTE=Steamer;138065]Like I always say, I canât think of a better method of redistributing wealth than supporting a few thousand working folks and their families by building a large yacht.[/QUOTE]
I can 
Hear, Hear! I say socialism all the way⌠Fuck the rich!
as a man from Louisiana once saidâŚâEVERY MAN A KING!â
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the stoopid boat is single screwâŚ$10M and they couldnât afford a second main!
[QUOTE=Steamer;138065]The ground tackle is polished stainless, making it shiny probably paid the rent or a couple of pickup truck payments for the blue collar guy with the polishing wheel.[/QUOTE]
So thatâs the modern world now eh? The working stiffs can only make a living polishing the anchors of the super rich? Might as well also serve the 1% cocktails on the afterdeck with polished stainless steel swizzle sticks too!
FUCK THIS SHIT!
[QUOTE=c.captain;138104]Hear, Hear! I say socialism all the way⌠Stick it to the rich!
as a man from Louisiana once saidâŚâEVERY MAN A KING!â
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the stoopid boat is single screwâŚ$10M and they couldnât afford a second main![/QUOTE]
Have to wonder what happened 1976 in the US?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribution_of_wealth#In_the_United_States
The 1% is impressively good at fooling the rest.
The very foundation of capitalism is ruined by rich people hoarding money!
[QUOTE=Kraken;138106]Have to wonder what happened 1976 in the US?
The 1% is impressively good at fooling the rest.
The very foundation of capitalism is ruined by rich people hoarding money![/QUOTE]
Ever since Ronald Raygun was President, the rich in American have amassed greater political power by using their wealth to fund the election campaigns of the candidates who will further their being able to keep their wealth and to grow it. The unwashed masses being basically numbed by their having just enough cheap crap available to buy at Walmart and Dollar General have not been willing to take any form of a stand with the exception of the very few who tried a couple of years ago with the âOccupy Movementâ and we see where that one went. Basically, one can only blame the mindless American masses who sit in front of their huge flatscreens watching âDuck Dynastyâ instead of demanding political campaign finance reform! America is a land of the STOOPID!
The top 20% who own 80% of all the wealth of the nation has always made sure that the middle 40% are mollified enough to never give a shit and be happy with their 3.5%, bass boats, big trucks and tract houses. The bottom 40% have no money and hence no political power whatsoever unless they rise up in revolt with pitchforks and torches. We all know what would happen to them if they even tried? They would be shot down in the streets at least with teargas and rubber bullets if not live ammo! Thus the corrupt rotten system is perpetuated for far too many decades already and appears to be in place for many decades yet to come. Only the public funding of public campaigns can ever hope to even begin to change this!
This is an excellent graphic showing the distribution of wealth in the USA.
and so it isâŚthere is NO distribution of wealth in the great U. S. of A. The very wealthy have it ALL!
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[QUOTE=c.captain;138105]So thatâs the modern world now eh? The working stiffs can only make a living polishing the anchors of the super rich?[/QUOTE]
Donât worry, that job is gone now and since yachts are such a symbol of class hatred, the next man polishing that anchor will be a Chinese guy in a boatyard next to the factory where the rest of American industry went to live.
We all work for the super rich in one way or another.
[QUOTE=c.captain;138107]Ever since Ronald Raygun was President, the rich in American have amassed greater political power by using their wealth to fund the election campaigns of the candidates who will further their being able to keep their wealth and to grow it. .[/QUOTE]
Undoing that treachery is far more productive than just ranting against people who own yachts, we need to root out the corruption that creates the condition. If I were king I would make it a felony for anyone to send money to a politician he cannot vote for, and it would be a felony for a politician to accept money from anyone who cannot cast a vote for him. Political corruption should be punishable as a felony and convicted politicians should be banned for life from any political activities or contact with political parties or candidates. Political contributions should be limited to some ridiculously low figure like $500. Politicians should not be allowed to resign and keep their pensions and benefits in order to halt the legal proceedings when they find out they are being investigated or charged with criminal activities.
Bankers and financial manipulators should be held personally responsible for their actions. When convicted of financial incompetence, or ethical wrongdoing, they should be banned for life from ever having access to anyoneâs money in any form, this goes as far as prohibiting them from working at a fast food checkout counter. Let them dig ditches or mow lawns since they have proven themselves unworthy of the public trust.
The CEOs and upper management of large corporations should have to hold a business license like we hold our professional licenses, when the are shown to be incompetent and responsible for decisions that cost billions and destroy lives, they should lose their licenses at the very least and join the politicians, financiers, and child molesters in the same prisons and find manual labor when and if they are released.
[QUOTE=Steamer;138116]Undoing that treachery is far more productive than just ranting against people who own yachts, we need to root out the corruption that creates the condition.[/QUOTE]
agreed but the stainless steel anchors on the big shiny yachts are just too symbolic of the power of the rich and such low hanging fruit to not just reach up and grab. Btw, I imagine all the anchor rode is stainless as well? How much would all that cost for such a vessel? Many tens of thousands to be sureâŚ
anywayâŚglad to see a pequeno socialista in you there mi amigoâŚ
[QUOTE=c.captain;138120]agreed but the stainless steel anchors on the big shiny yachts are just too symbolic of the power of the rich and such low hanging fruit to not just reach up and grab. Btw, I imagine all the anchor rode is stainless as well? How much would all that cost for such a vessel? Many tens of thousands to be sureâŚ
anywayâŚglad to see a pequeno socialista in you there mi amigoâŚ[/QUOTE]
Naw, the stainless bit of chain, if any, is usually just long enough to clear the windlass and go down the spurling pipe.
Usually it is just galvanized chain.
It is a MF to get LR or ABS certified stainless anchor chain, but it is possible âŚ
Most polished stainless hardware for yachts comes out of Taiwan. They got real good at it a while back.
Most of the stainless guardrails however, are made right at the yacht yards in US or elsewhere.
And Bravo to Steamer.
[QUOTE=Steamer;138116]Undoing that treachery is far more productive than just ranting against people who own yachts, we need to root out the corruption that creates the condition. If I were king I would make it a felony for anyone to send money to a politician he cannot vote for, and it would be a felony for a politician to accept money from anyone who cannot cast a vote for him. Political corruption should be punishable as a felony and convicted politicians should be banned for life from any political activities or contact with political parties or candidates. Political contributions should be limited to some ridiculously low figure like $500. Politicians should not be allowed to resign and keep their pensions and benefits in order to halt the legal proceedings when they find out they are being investigated or charged with criminal activities.
Bankers and financial manipulators should be held personally responsible for their actions. When convicted of financial incompetence, or ethical wrongdoing, they should be banned for life from ever having access to anyoneâs money in any form, this goes as far as prohibiting them from working at a fast food checkout counter. Let them dig ditches or mow lawns since they have proven themselves unworthy of the public trust.
The CEOs and upper management of large corporations should have to hold a business license like we hold our professional licenses, when the are shown to be incompetent and responsible for decisions that cost billions and destroy lives, they should lose their licenses at the very least and join the politicians, financiers, and child molesters in the same prisons and find manual labor when and if they are released.[/QUOTE]
The USA could take some lessons from IranâŚhttp://www.salon.com/2014/05/24/report_iran_billionaire_executed_over_2_6b_fraud/
Now that is a deterrent the CEOs and too big to fail boys for Citibank, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs would maybe pay attention to. Right now they are âtoo big to failâ and literally have a license to steal from everyone. Privatized profits and socialized losses.
some countryâs use drugs, some religion, some soccer and some guns and abortion but its all for keeping the muppets from noticing that their future has already been spent by the those in power and laws designed so that you can never get out of that situation.
Since the last couple of wars and mass printing of money/debt the relative advantage the top end has has elevated them to a new league.
They wont be left holding the baby
[QUOTE=tengineer1;138144]The USA could take some lessons from IranâŚhttp://www.salon.com/2014/05/24/report_iran_billionaire_executed_over_2_6b_fraud/[/QUOTE]
Wouldnât it be loverly?
China does, or did, the same thing. No bent politician or white collar criminal ever got another chance to repeat the offense. I am afraid justice was bought and stuffed away where the 99 percent will never see it. It would be a great deterrent to hang the bastards on Wall Street or the Washington Mall in full view of the people they betrayed.
All those drones and the military concentration on urban warfare and âanti terrorismâ is aimed at what the self appointed royalty sees as threats a lot closer to their own homes and necks. As ignorant as most of them appear to be, they are aware of the French Revolution and are making damned certain it will never be repeated in this country. Our own government has become what our fathers and grandfathers believed (or were told) they went to war to prevent.
Even as a radical, knee-jerk Liberal I can say that welding and polishing SS pays a lot better than MM&P Ship Bumping wages⌠Crank up the tunes, grab a beer and build something some rich guy thinks he canât live without⌠No 0300 call outs, no idiot Pilots, no freakinâ Dispatchers⌠Ahhh, but maybe if there wasnât so much shiny stuff topside it would have stayed on top of the water. No worries, it donât rust, and if it does I got a 30 pack and a wheel⌠Hereâs a three way, 12 to think it up, 12 to build it and 12 to Polish itâŚ(People Pick Point) to clear an 835⌠Edit, aww, jeez Rob & John, no way to delete Fupped up Foto Busted links?