Sorry Cisco, too many witnesses (me and Havefun).
I put running up on a reef at 19 kts in a different category than hitting the sand doing 3 kts in a crowded harbour. Vestas prang was a serious case of incompetence/negligence that had the potential to cause death/serious injury but, fortunately, only resulted in the loss of the boat.
Select to expand quoteMorningBird said..
Sorry Cisco, too many witnesses (me and Havefun).
I put running up on a reef at 19 kts in a different category than hitting the sand doing 3 kts in a crowded harbour. Vestas prang was a serious case of incompetence/negligence that had the potential to cause death/serious injury but, fortunately, only resulted in the loss of the boat.
I'm impressed the keel is still there. Seriously good engineering!
Select to expand quoteRamona said..
I'm impressed the keel is still there. Seriously good engineering!
I'll go out on a bit of a limb here and say that possibly the keel was canted to nearly horizontal and when she hit the keel acted like a lever and spun her around on the rocks.
Whereas had the keel been in the upandicular position and hit the rocks it would have pulled the bow down as the stern reared into the air, under those conditions the keel possibly would have ripped out the bottom.
But as you say Ramona, seriously good engineering and building.
Select to expand quoteRamona said..MorningBird said..
Sorry Cisco, too many witnesses (me and Havefun).
I put running up on a reef at 19 kts in a different category than hitting the sand doing 3 kts in a crowded harbour. Vestas prang was a serious case of incompetence/negligence that had the potential to cause death/serious injury but, fortunately, only resulted in the loss of the boat.
I'm impressed the keel is still there. Seriously good engineering!
Well Cisco does say the Lotus is very well built. 
How many pages did you have to go back and find that???
Select to expand quoteFreeRadical said..
Well Cisco does say the Lotus is very well built.
There is no doubt about that but whether she will survive a 19 knot hard grounding is another question as, it would be for any yacht.
We can do the experiment on your yacht if you like???
Been posted before but this is interesting.
The 2009 CYCA report is interesting and valuable reading for those who venture 'out there'.
My reading of the report is that a lack of knowledge/experience with the aids used and therefore a total reliance on one point of failure, the Garmin chart plotter and in particular the display on the stbd side, and crew competence were the key lessons.
The report spent a lot of time on the system issues but only gave passing reference to the crew fatigue, tiredness, affect of any drugs/alcohol (standfast a passing reference that there was no alcohol at dinner). The crew organisation covered extensively is very pertinent but I still wonder how the crew were operating at 0300 after maybe 20 hours since the last sleep.
Looks like they recovered it. Could just drop it straight back in the water?
Maybe not?
