Crunch

[rsmith]

Saw these at Witticar yesterday a large Norde like trawler ran up and over a submerged shipping container. Put an 11’ long slice in the hull. I guess engine driven crash pumps are of value

[Glory]

They could be used, in a pinch!

[bigbill]

aint nothin a hammer and torch wont fix

[SEVEN]

Garden trophy

[Passages]

Curious - where was the container? Gulf Stream?

Reason I ask is I have been warned against crossing the Stream at night for this reason.

[Pascal]

We often cross at night but I Never run on plane at night. If you hit a container at 10kts you have a chance... at 22kts you ll barely have time to deploy a raft...

Supposedly most containers are just below the surface and hard to spot even in daytime especially with waves and swells

[Freeebird]

I'm just glad it was someone else.

[SKYCHENEY]

We met a couple this year that lost their sailboat while transiting from Bermuda to the Bahamas when they hit a container. It ripped the keel off and they barely had time to get into the dinghy. Their raft had just been recertified and it was deployed and immediately started to deflate. They had no choice but to get into their inflatable dinghy. Luckily a freighter picked them up after about 12hrs out there and they ended up in Belgium. Quite a story and quite a scare. They were lucky.

[Boatsb]

I'm just glad it was someone else.

For once.

[Freeebird]

For once.

I'm hoping that's one thing that never shows up on the ole resume.

As many of these things that are lost, why can't they install GPS trackers or at least strobe lights on them that pop up when they go overboard?

Is there any liability whatsoever on the part of the shipper who lost them?