They ruined my boat!!

[Wheel-Nut]

http://www.cargolaw.com/images/disaster2007.crane-yacht001.GIF

http://www.cargolaw.com/images/disaster2007.crane-yacht003.GIF

http://www.cargolaw.com/images/disaster2007.crane-yacht7.GIF


http://www.cargolaw.com/images/disaster2007.crane-yacht14.GIF

http://www.cargolaw.com/2007nightmare_crane-yacht.html

[nissan gtp]

woops :eek:

[greenie]

[Al Czervik] Hey, you scratched my anchor! [/Al Czervik]

[extramundane]

That's what Spiccy gets for buying a boat in Indiana. :gomer:

[devilmaster]

change the Z to a D and its about right.

;)


This website reminds me of one of the old captains we called captain crunch. Guaranteed once every summer he commanded a boat he hit something.:laugh:

[Methanolandbrats]

Some rich guys blood pressure is probably a little on the high side :D

[emjaya]

Ummm, did the crane driver live? :confused:

http://www.cargolaw.com/images/disaster2007.crane-yacht003.GIF

[cameraman]

Must have, the scene would have been far more taped off if the operator had been killed. There is no way that is a 300 ton crane. It is a light duty crane, 35 or 40 ton at best.

[Spicoli]

Oh my ****ing jeeebus H. :shakehead

That boat is one of the MOST coolest boats in the world. A Sunseeker Predator.

http://i10.tinypic.com/66msgw4.jpg

At our Summer house (start hatin Ziggy) in MI, the old man Van Andel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Van_Andel had one that went by the name of Griffin. Sunseeker makes an incredible boat, work of art.

That's just ****ing sad.:cry:

[rocket]

That's a sweet ride, I've only owned one boat in my life....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunfish_(dinghy)

Believe it or not, they are a blast to mess around with.:D

[skidmarks]

Meh, a little bondo and some new decking that baby will be back in great shape. :gomer:

[Methanolandbrats]

Here's a boat like mine
http://www.geocities.com/fastboat_com/Alumacraft.jpg

I dropped mine a couple times and it did'nt break.....must be made better than that broken one :gomer:

[Sean O'Gorman]

That's a sweet ride, I've only owned one boat in my life....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunfish_(dinghy)

Believe it or not, they are a blast to mess around with.:D

"Quit playin' with your dinghy, boy!"

[Warlock!]

That's a sweet ride, I've only owned one boat in my life....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunfish_(dinghy)


I imagine you had one *slightly* bigger than that one???

[rocket]

I imagine you had one *slightly* bigger than that one???

Nope, they are all the same size....I'm trying to be serious here dammit:p :D

[grungex]

We've got one at my Mom's place in Cape Cod. Fun, and easy for a non-sailor like me... :cool:

[Cam]

This is similar to what I used to own... :cool:

[Don Quixote]

Where does the bow babe go?
http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/00/81/23058100.jpg

[oddlycalm]

There is no way that is a 300 ton crane. It is a light duty crane, 35 or 40 ton at best. Exactly right, a light duty lattice boom mobile. The tells are the light boom and the counterweights (or lack thereof) which can be seen where they fell off. The counterweights from a 300 ton crane would make a stack bigger than this entire mobile truck crane.

They probably had enough crane, marginally, as they were able to boom up nearly vertical, but didn't have enough if the load swung out, shifted or the wind took it when they were near the top of the lift. The boat isn't all that heavy, but it's huge and makes a nice sail.

Since OTS has larger cranes and since they've been there since 1947 we can probably assume they were double booked, had a larger crane go down, etc. and the ship was sailing so they tried to get by with the smaller crane. Costly decision.

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