Mirabella V in trouble

I'm sorry to read the news on the International Boat Industry (IBI) E-news that Mr. Vittoria's yacht has dragged anchor and is now hard aground in the Med. Several accompanying vessels are lending aid, but she appears to be damaged significantly.

The update can be read at:

http://www.ybw.com/ibinews/newsdesk/20040816153442ibinews.html

Don Gale
South Salem, NY

 

OMG! I saw this post earlier but I was at work and didn't have time to read the article at the link... I just did now. That's a pretty awful looking situation...

 

They should have invested in charts and an echo sounder to avoid the rocks.

 

That's a pointless remark, and unfounded, because I strongly suspect that you have no idea of all the electronics that's onboard of these kind of yachts!

 

BTW, here's an update:

http://www.ibinews.com/ibinews/newsdesk/20040816191835ibinews.html

 

Maybe he was being sarcastic?

 

New update today: http://www.ibinews.com/ibinews/newsdesk/20040817111903ibinews.html

 

Maybe I was?!

 

Mirabella 5

he he he suckers,
it was blowing force 6-7 i have heard.
maybe they should have anchored a bit further out to sea.
did you know why they had troubles with the rig, i do, one of the crew was a dinghy sailor & thought if they used the halyard to lean the boat over it would help ha ha ha ha eh eh eh

 

ohh yep & check out www.sailinganarchy.com & http://www.sailinganarchy.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8913 to get more information, i did take something off one of the people who wrote on there, see if you can spot it!

 

Thank you for that Sailing Anarchy link - funniest stuff I have read in ages!

 

i didn't know that the anchors dragged, i thought it was moving and hit the rocks.

Anyway it is still the same, the ppl responsible for the boat could have invested some more resources in designing,using appropriate anchors etc.

 

Obviously, someone messed up big time.

What I find disturbing is how many people find the whole thing so amusing. It doesn't seem all that funny to me.

 

I don’t know if funny is the right word for it. But one of the most expensive sailboats in the world with all the modern conveniences that you can have on the bridge and in good weather ends up on the rocks. What does that tell you about technology and the value of the money spent. It doesn’t matter why she is in this predicament, what matters is the fact that she is in this jam.

 

what that tells you is that technology can never eradicate human error. It is a shame that it happened so soon, the boat would have had an impressive career and mark on the sailing world.