Chinese river ship launch failure

[Brian@BNE]

Ouch!
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/viralvacu...-launch.glance

[daiquiri]

The panic was growing proportionally to the water level:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF7h3FGDfY4

Guess the next scene was cut because it was showing the execution of NAs and engineers working on this one.

[Angélique]

Reminds me of the launch of a US yacht that was discussed here





Here how it was meant to be, and here info how it went on . . . . . . .




Cheers,
Angel

P.S. - and another link . . .

[daiquiri]

Guess you are referring to the greatly educative thread "Naval Architects are waste of money". That was the first thing that came to mind too when I saw the video.
I was also thinking of this - if this is the quality of their NAs and engineers, I guess perhaps it's better the thing sank immediately, rather than a month later with 150 persons on board...

[Angélique]

Originally Posted by daiquiri

Guess you are referring to the greatly educative thread "Naval Architects are waste of money". That was the first thing that came to mind too when I saw the video.

Yep, that one . .

But in this case, launch ramp to steep or bad boat or both . . ? ?

Anyway, they gonna fix it, maybe we see it back with some sponsons added, if so than it was the boat to blame . .

I was also thinking of this - if this is the quality of their NAs and engineers, I guess perhaps it's better the thing sank immediately, rather than a month later with 150 persons on board...

Right

Cheers,
Angel

[John1234]

Roflmfao!!!
:d:d:d:d:d

[philSweet]

Suggestion for next time- put the staging under the boat and give the pillows to the reviewers. How do you say "Hey guys, hang on a second" in Chinese? What do they use the big pillows for when they aren't being used to sink boats? Bizarre.

[daiquiri]

Now, to be honest, not that in the other parts of the globe things always go much better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3goRfcrj1WA

[Angélique]

Originally Posted by philSweet

How do you say "Hey guys, hang on a second" in Chinese?

Click speaker symbol on the right and try to repeat . . . . . . .

Cheers,
Angel

[Ike]

Another reason why you should hire a Naval Architect.

[Angélique]

Originally Posted by Ike

Another reason why you should hire a Naval Architect.

Be sure to have a good one, see a lot of ferries with later added sponsons. Heavier load later on in life, new safety regulations, badly designed, I don't know, anyway food for thought . . . . . . . . .

Some examples . . . . . (not from China )


click to enlarge

MS Moby Otta, former Princess of Scandinavia.

‘‘ Launched: November 4th 1975 -- To conform to new safety regulations the Princess of Scandinavia was rebuilt with side sponsons in January–March 1998 at Gdańsk Shiprepair Yard in Poland. ’’


I wonder how good/safe she was without the sponsons in the first place . . ? ?


Tekno Consulting ---> Projects --> Structure




M/V Sardinia Vera, side sponsons added.




M/V Mega Express Five, stern sponson added.




M/V Ile de Beautè, stern sponson added.


Cheers
Angel

[Angélique]

Stena Nautica






Now Corsica Marina II . . . . with sponsons

Cheers,
Angel

[Angélique]

From Haynes world

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Cheers,
Angel

[daiquiri]

So, what's the reason for these add-ons, all so similar to each other? Did the rules for ferry ship stability dramatically change at some point of their lifetime?

[philSweet]

check out 4:45 into this video. What are these things? Filled with water, maybe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=VPGBEI5orIg