Unsuccessful Launching

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Can/does anyone know where THIS occurred?

The people taking the video are obviously Spanish speaking. The marking on the boat looks like US Coastguard.

George
 
Probably SOMEONE'S Coast Guard...

Obviously a major screwup. Better they found out now that at sea with a crew on board though!!!
 
That's the cutter designed to be able to go under low bridges.
 
I'm no experts on boats that large, but aren't both props supposed to be in the water?
 
I watched the CG launch a runabout in the Delta one day. They had to go into the water to retrieve the sinking boat: no one had checked the plug! It was a funny sight: a couple of Coasties in their summer whites, dripping wet and beet red faces. Too bad this was before smartphones with cameras!
 
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Originally posted by Flutterby

I watched the CG launch a runabout in the Delta one day. They had to go into the water to retrieve the sinking boat: no one had checked the plug! It was a funny sight: a couple of Coasties in their summer whites, dripping wet and beet red faces. Too bad this was before smartphones with cameras!

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That would make for a good video, but...how many of us haven't done that. Wish I could say "not me".
 
There are two types of boaters. Those that have forgotten the plug, and those that will.

eric
 
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Originally posted by Gregory S

Phillipines?

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You might be right Greg. The colors of the stripes on the bow of the boat blue, white and red are the colors of the Filipino flag.
 
Negative righting arm, isn't that what happens when the center of gravity moves outboard of the center of bouyancy? I think the naval architect that designed that thing should have rechecked his calculations.
 
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