Deep Purple 530 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Jon 412 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 We were one of the closest boats to the top mark and not far from incident We heard a bang when it crashed down, we thought at the time that it was the rig slapping the water, but with sound taking longer to get to us, and now looking at that hole, if looks like as the whole weight landed on the end of the port foil, which looks to have blown out the side of the hull were the mechanism is. maybe, but guess we won’t ever know Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,312 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 From a source closer than most of us " always secure your batteries" 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Romany 163 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 drive it like you stole it gone wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 That is going to take more buffing than normal to 'buff out'. Clearly a 'sub optimal' outcome. Just wow. I was out on the water yesterday and planned to be back home before the front (had the kids onboard). It felt like an unstable kind of weather, a lot of mixing of warm and cold air. Predict Wind's CAPE index was up to 0.8 - Convective Available Potential Energy. A geeky way of saying it would be squally and unstable... The kind of weather where at home it would be dead calm, then doors and windows would blow / slam shut. From all of that, I was secretly expecting some kind of carnage with these super powerful boats if a squal hit. Not saying that was the cause, but it was certainly contributory, I think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waikiore 501 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Looks a lot like where the torqeedo battery sits that runs the foil cant mechanism and size is right to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Romany 163 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Good on Hutchinson - backing the helmsman & says it like it should be... "when you're racing the boat, you're racing the boat.." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waikiore 501 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Oh well the official powerboat of the Prada cup was out there, the old Azimut now branded Yanmar -so probably had some Yanmar powered crash pumps aboard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 Interesting that in the presser terry seemed to suggest cutting out panels from defiant to repair the hole in patriot Possibly also suggested in the early comment "we'll fix it but it won't be pretty" Guess they don't care too much about the hydrodynamics at this stage But considering the boatbuilding facilities in Auckland I doubt they'll need to do that But if they think getting the electronics tested and systems settled will be the bigger challenge they will need to get back in the water again asap Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CarpeDiem 535 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 10 hours ago, Island Time said: From a source closer than most of us " always secure your batteries" Seems this rumor has been doing the rounds today. Just caught up on the press conference and Terry Hutchinson advised it was not the batteries. [due to the external pressure] "the structure inside just guillotined the panel and out it came.” and he also says: "we got both batteries off the boat" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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