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[Rangie]

Just seen it on the late news still 1 body to be recovered.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

The 18 year old Daughter is still missing. Probably in a cabin that hasnt been searched yet. 

[Kevin Wood]

Three things seem strange to me...

1) I would have thought that a modern yacht like that would have so much buoyancy built in that should the worst happen it would become a semi submersible, rather than drop to the sea bed.

2) The only way I can see a boat like that going down, is that all the hatches were wide open, and it was totally swamped, but see above.

3) Is it feasible that a sudden storm happened, but only affected this boat. Apparently all the other yachts moored in the vicinity were unaffected?

It displaced 540 tonnes and had a metal hull. No amount of buoyancy is going to stop that sinking if it fills with water.

It had a 240 odd foot mast. With a mast that size, it's going to depend on a bloody great heavy keel for stability, and the keel was retractable.

A hot evening, a bit of complacency, maybe an intention to take it into the harbour followed by CBA... I know the square root of eff all about boats, but I can imagine how it might have unravelled. :'(

[Doctor Gollum]

At €195,000 a week to charter, you'd like to think that the crew would have been reasonably competent.

Certainly the builder has taken it personally...

https://youtu.be/OFOpw5UCn8s?si=Zerc4wdmZ2sPK2S8

[TheBoy]

Its the coincidence of the other Autonomy geezer getting mowed down in rural Fenshire on the same day that makes it a conspiracists wet dream.

I worked for HP at the time of the utter mess that 3 CEO's in about 1 year that ended up in the state that HP couldn't pull out of the stupid Autonomy deal, and during the aftermath of having to write down $8.8bn the following year. And how cross the silly tart from Ebay was over it, despite her completing the deal and saying how they had no option to go through with it.  That said, she had similar form at Ebay over the Skype takeover.

A lot of investors were mighty pissed at how HP managed to become a cash rich company to one in masses of debt in such a short period, and HP deflected all that to the Autonomy deal.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Three things seem strange to me...

1) I would have thought that a modern yacht like that would have so much buoyancy built in that should the worst happen it would become a semi submersible, rather than drop to the sea bed.

2) The only way I can see a boat like that going down, is that all the hatches were wide open, and it was totally swamped, but see above.

3) Is it feasible that a sudden storm happened, but only affected this boat. Apparently all the other yachts moored in the vicinity were unaffected?

It displaced 540 tonnes and had a metal hull. No amount of buoyancy is going to stop that sinking if it fills with water.

It had a 240 odd foot mast. With a mast that size, it's going to depend on a bloody great heavy keel for stability, and the keel was retractable.

A hot evening, a bit of complacency, maybe an intention to take it into the harbour followed by CBA... I know the square root of eff all about boats, but I can imagine how it might have unravelled. :'(

Ah didn't realise it is a steel hull. Thought it was a big plastic gin palace type thing with sails. 

[Kevin Wood]

Ah didn't realise it is a steel hull. Thought it was a big plastic gin palace type thing with sails. 

All accurate apart from the plastic, I reckon.

[Doctor Gollum]

Ah didn't realise it is a steel hull. Thought it was a big plastic gin palace type thing with sails. 

All accurate apart from the plastic, I reckon.

A l u m I n u m*, but yeah...

https://youtu.be/KbdidVAbxhk?si=9eVgh5Vkj_gn1Sg1

* aka aluminium