This is an "oops" on a yacht

[Jaxfishgyd]

Worker Pulled From Yacht Elevator Shaft

POSTED: Monday, September 19, 2011
UPDATED: 3:09 pm EDT September 19, 2011

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Harbour Island
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- A worker was pulled out of an elevator shaft of a mega yacht at a St. Augustine marina on Monday afternoon.

The man fell about 20 feet down the shaft in the yacht in the 400 block of Riberia Street, rescuers said.

It took firefighters about an hour to get him out.

The man was taken to Flagler Hospital in stable condition.

The mega yacht is called the Harbour Island and is 180 feet long.

 

[Avenger]

That's one thing I will never have to worry about on my boat.

I'm not sure if that makes me happy or depressed.

 

[OBXTucker]

Last winter my engine mechanic was coming down from the flybridge face first and missed the second step. He fell into the pilothouse, hitting his head on the corner of the corian countertop, knocking him unconscious. The momentum kept him falling down the staircase below deck by the forward staterooms. Someone walking the docks happened to hear him moaning about 20 minutes later and came aboard to find him barely conscious.

The rescue squad spent 30 minutes backboarding him and getting him back up the stairs.
He spent 2 days in the hospital, but fully recovered.

It's the things we don't expect that can take us out of this world. Be careful out there!

 

[captddis]

Last winter my engine mechanic was coming down from the flybridge face first and missed the second step. He fell into the pilothouse, hitting his head on the corner of the corian countertop, knocking him unconscious. The momentum kept him falling down the staircase below deck by the forward staterooms. Someone walking the docks happened to hear him moaning about 20 minutes later and came aboard to find him barely conscious.

The rescue squad spent 30 minutes backboarding him and getting him back up the stairs.
He spent 2 days in the hospital, but fully recovered.

It's the things we don't expect that can take us out of this world. Be careful out there!

I did pretty much the same thing coming down from the bridge on a 61MY facing forward with a step ladder in my hands. I landed on one foot and layed there for half an hour. That was 13 years ago and I am having lots of problems with my foot and ankle now. I did hold on to the ladder as I went down and did not mark the boat.

 

[Jaxfishgyd]

"I did hold on to the ladder as I went down and did not mark the boat. "
At least you had your priorities correct...... Ouch

 

[rsmith]

Back in the late 70's I was running charters on a friends 42 bertram. The 42 has the ladder right behind the helm seat. The boat had one of those bar stool seats that are more a butt rest than a chair. I had a rod on the bridge doubled over and when I turned to look the boat lurched and I took a header into the cockpit. Just missed the chair and a bunch of stuff in the cockpit. I dont think anyone who fishes hasnt come down a ladder too quick and missed some steps. But thats the first time I missed the whole ladder.

 

[MikeP]

That news story highlights the exact reason I have never considered putting an elevator on our 53!

 

[Walter P]

About 25 years ago, I was carrying my brief case and some boxes down from the aft deck to the salon on my then 43 DC. The stuff was stacked high in front of me and blocked by vision. I had forgotten that I was working in the engine room and the hatch was left off..... you guessed it..I went right in and crunched the boxes I was carrying. Very fortunately I was only bruised but nothing broken. The lesson here as in the prior posts is that we really need to be ever vigilant of our environment..anywhere, but especially on a boat.

Walt

 

[krush]

Growing up my dad was always "a pain"...."that can poke an eye out", "don't leave that sticking out, somebody may hit it or fall over it", etc etc. As a kid it was always annoying.

Of course we turn into our parents HAHA. Now I'm actually worse than him when it comes to stuff laying out, open hatches, etc. I harp on my boss quite a bit sometimes and annoy her sometimes LOL.

I've picked up some from experience, but one thing that made me notice was flying, especially IFR. I realized that we all will do seemingly STUPID things when our mind is occupied with other things. I don't even let people I'm traveling with set down their passport or important documents at airport security...in the pocket or money belt. One is very vulnerable when the mind is occupied elsewhere.

It took many deaths in the airline world to figure this out (procedures and checklists).

 

[MikeP]

"It took many deaths in the airline world to figure this out (procedures and checklists)."

But apparently they don't teach airline pilots how to recognize when an airplane's in a stall...

 

[krush]

stall warning and stick ........ignored

 

[MikeP]

Ignored..yeah but the question is, why was it ignored? A lack of training is the only possible answer.

 

[krush]

as a group of pretty smart folk we often overlook theobvious.. stupidity