Unknown Sea Story lob sinks

[Russjstewart]

I admit it…I had to look up ‘design savage’.

DoooooHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!Fixed, thanks

 

[Scared Silly]

I freely admit to a limited knowledge of the design, construction and inspection phases of boat building but the quality of any building project be it boats, houses, cars or airplanes is only as good as the regulatory and inspection systems in place. A designer can come up with a plan that ticks all the boxes for safety at the design stage, but unless there is independent oversight at the construction stage then the builder can construct anything. Not to mention modifications added later

The issue starts with the design. The design of the current LOB do not appear to be meeting any design standards.

The next issue is the construction. The construction of the current LOB do not appear to be meeting any construction standards.

The finial issue is the operation. The operation of the current LOB do not appear to be meeting any operation standards.

 

[Thibaut27]

Please do a trip report for us.

Just done it ! Hope it helps: Trip Report - Sea Breeze - My Ocean Lovers - Liveaboard Report

 

[encarnizado]

An open letter from the parents of Sea Story's British victims

Jenny Cawson and Tarig Sinada disappeared when Sea Story capsized. Jenny's mother wrote a powerful letter to the dive community calling for action

divemagazine.com

 

[encarnizado]

Now the seven remaining missing divers are officially declared dead.

Egypt says seven people, including two Brits, dead in November’s tourist boat tragedy

Officials said the boat had passed its last safety inspection eight months earlier with no technical issues reported

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Triple C]

Liveaboard with AIS is one of my diving safety criteria as I carry PAB (Personal AIS Beacon) & PLB (Personal Locatoy Beacon) just in case I get lost at sea. PAB is my fist signal device when the zodiac fail to see my DSMB, but I still can see the liveaboard in the horizon. When I launch my PAB (Nautilus nexGen Merine Rescue GPS), it’ll send VHF radio signal of MOB (Man Over Board) to any boat equipped with DSC & AIS. It’ll also sends my GPS coordinates for their zodiac to locate where I am. No DSC or AIS on the liveaboard, that means they would not know where I am nor aware that I am lost at sea. I’ll be relying on other liveaboard equipped with DSC / AIS to help find me.

If no boat is on the horizon, then I will launch my rescue device of the last resort, my PLB (PLB1), which will send 406 MHz signal to SAR (Search and Rescue) satellites monitored by NOOA, which would relay the distress signal to local SAR organization (in US they are US Coast Guard & Navy, I venture to guess in Egypt would be Egyptian Navy).


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Thanks for your post. How do you take this to depth? It that the jar in the photo?

 

[Dan]

Thanks for your post. How do you take this to depth? It that the jar in the photo?

Yes!

Nautilus nexGen is already waterproof down to 425’ (130m) depth. For the PLB1, I put it in a clear acrylic case (specifically designed by me & machined by Scientific Glass & Plastic, Inc). I have taken it diving since 2018 for over 1000 dives to as deep as deep as 45m (147’).

I had the PLB1 battery replaced early this year after 7 years of carrying it whenever I go diving, skiing & hiking. The PLB tech in Trionics LLC tested it with the new battery and it’s good to go for another 7 years of service.

 

[Triple C]

Yes!

Nautilus nexGen is already waterproof down to 425’ (130m) depth. For the PLB1, I put it in a clear acrylic case (specifically designed by me & machined by Scientific Glass & Plastic, Inc). I have taken it diving since 2018 for over 1000 dives to as deep as deep as 45m (147’).

I had the PLB1 battery replaced early this year after 7 years of carrying it whenever I go diving, skiing & hiking. The PLB tech in Trionics LLC tested it with the new battery and it’s good to go for another 7 years of service.

Looks like Garmin has a case for the inReach. I'm going to check West Marine and my dive store. Leaving in a week so not enough time to mail order. Thanks for the info, this whole RS LAB situation seems dodgy but I've paid my money and I'm going for it!

 

[encarnizado]

The investigative team of stern.de (the website of the major German news magazine Stern) has spent the past few months researching the Sea Story incident and today published the first articles on it.
This evening, a TV report on the subject will also be broadcast on RTL (a large German television channel), with further coverage to follow.

All of it is collected here. Among the articles, two are available in English (scroll down)

Todesfalle Rotes Meer

 

[touny71]

Came here to share it, great!
Hope the broadcast/documentary makes it to YouTube, hopefully with English subtitles. This should be exposed to the whole world.

"To investigate wider industry standards, stern and RTL sent undercover reporters onto 17 liveaboard vessels across three Egyptian ports. Their findings — confirmed by international marine safety experts — were damning:

All vessels had safety deficiencies; most were serious or very serious.
Life jackets were often unsuitable; life rafts were inadequate.
Many lower decks lacked proper bulkheads; some ships had missing or inaccessible emergency exits.
Navigation and communication equipment was missing on some boats.
Unsafe practices, such as smoking in the engine room while the diesel engine was running, were observed."