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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/08/disabled-sailing-vessel-sinks-coast-massachusetts/
 
I guess that they did not check the weather forecasts before they left port.

It is a shame to lose a vessel like that. I can certainly sympathize with the Captain as my son has been wheelchair bound his entire life because of Cerebral Palsy. He has not been able to boat since he was small enough for us to lift him into the boat.

George
 
There are long threads about this boat on the wooden boat forum and THT. Bill's first tag line definitely applies here.
 
3rd time in a few years that the uscg has to assist them

Got to wonder what they were thinking crossing at the time of the year with only 2 crew in a boat like this
 
Well, the CG won't have to assist this vessel anymore.
Does sound like someone made some very poor decisions regarding this voyage.

But you do have to admire the guy for building the boat and it's purpose.
 
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Originally posted by cwms

Well, the CG won't have to assist this vessel anymore.
Does sound like someone made some very poor decisions regarding this voyage.

But you do have to admire the guy for building the boat and it's purpose.

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It's purpose? To put innocent lives at risk? Sorry, nothing admirable about that.

For clarity, I am not referring to the CG lives but rather anyone that ever stepped foot on that thing as a passenger.
 
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Originally posted by In the know

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Originally posted by cwms

Well, the CG won't have to assist this vessel anymore.
Does sound like someone made some very poor decisions regarding this voyage.

But you do have to admire the guy for building the boat and it's purpose.

Click to expand...


It's purpose? To put innocent lives at risk? Sorry, nothing admirable about that.

For clarity, I am not referring to the CG lives but rather anyone that ever stepped foot on that thing as a passenger.

Click to expand...


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G
 
Just a sad loss. People do get tangled up in their dreams from time to time...
 
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Originally posted by gcolton

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Originally posted by In the know

quote:
Originally posted by cwms

Well, the CG won't have to assist this vessel anymore.
Does sound like someone made some very poor decisions regarding this voyage.

But you do have to admire the guy for building the boat and it's purpose.

Click to expand...


It's purpose? To put innocent lives at risk? Sorry, nothing admirable about that.

For clarity, I am not referring to the CG lives but rather anyone that ever stepped foot on that thing as a passenger.

Click to expand...


????????????????

G

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Well we both know links to other forums will be deleted, but lets just say that there is some discussion (one may even be an 21 page thread on a wooden boat forum) about this so called ship.

Heck even the Coast Guard had the thing under some kind of port arrest forbidding the ship to leave Rockland Harbor until it was deemed structurally sound.

search the "Raw Faith" on youtube and you will see some great videos showing the "quality" of craftsmanship.

We can claim the onwer had great intentions with what he was trying to do. The reality is though that the ship itself is not, and was never safe. The Captain is a complete and total mental midget (just look at the last attempt to fight with mother nature).

A ship is lost, and that is a tragedy, however, the best place for the Raw Faith is the bottom of the ocean for she will never again have the ability to put innocent lives at risk.

Ahh heck, here you go - click on the link before it gets zapped.

http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?78375-Raw-Faith
 
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Originally posted by In the know

quote:
Originally posted by gcolton

quote:
Originally posted by In the know

quote:
Originally posted by cwms

Well, the CG won't have to assist this vessel anymore.
Does sound like someone made some very poor decisions regarding this voyage.

But you do have to admire the guy for building the boat and it's purpose.

Click to expand...


It's purpose? To put innocent lives at risk? Sorry, nothing admirable about that.

For clarity, I am not referring to the CG lives but rather anyone that ever stepped foot on that thing as a passenger.

Click to expand...


????????????????

G

Click to expand...


Well we both know links to other forums will be deleted, but lets just say that there is some discussion (one may even be an 18 page thread on a wooden boat forum) about this so called ship.

Heck even the Coast Guard had the thing under some kind of port arrest forbidding the ship to leave Rockland Harbor until it was deemed structurally sound.

search the "Raw Faith" on youtube and you will see some great videos showing the "quality" of craftsmanship.

We can claim the onwer had great intentions with what he was trying to do. The reality is though that the ship itself is not, and was never safe. The Captain is a complete and total mental midget (just look at the last attempt to fight with mother nature).

A ship is lost, and that is a tragedy, however, the best place for the Raw Faith is the bottom of the ocean for she will never again have the ability to put innocent lives at risk.

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+1
This world can and does require much much more than good intentions. It was a mark of the "captains" arrogance to think that such a vessel had not been built previously simply because nobody else cared.
 
quote:
Originally posted by In the know

quote:
Originally posted by cwms

Well, the CG won't have to assist this vessel anymore.
Does sound like someone made some very poor decisions regarding this voyage.

But you do have to admire the guy for building the boat and it's purpose.

Click to expand...


It's purpose? To put innocent lives at risk? Sorry, nothing admirable about that.

For clarity, I am not referring to the CG lives but rather anyone that ever stepped foot on that thing as a passenger.

Click to expand...


I haven't read any other forums so I don't know any other details of the ship or the captain.
My comment about admiration was strictly about building a boat that people tied to a wheel chair could sail on.
 
Marathonman.,the marine underwriter who knowingly took a piece of this risk does not exist.
 
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