Unknown Sea Story lob sinks

[Jai Bar]

Because several posts mention it happened in the shallow area.

So there are mooring locations next to hundreds of meters depth wall in Sataya reef?

Take a look at Yolanda. She sunk in shallow reef, until late 1980s when she dropped off the wall. Now she rests at some 150 meters..

Have a look at the map: you can see some parts are shallow, others have sheer wall drop-off several hundred meters.. The beauty of the Red Sea.

 

[Jai Bar]

Because several posts mention it happened in the shallow area.

So there are mooring locations next to hundreds of meters depth wall in Sataya reef?

Yes, there is a shallow area, and after short sloping, it drops to a wall of 100 meters.

 

[scubaozy]

That 100m thing, is it confirmed in any way? Not sure whether a capsized boat will float 36+ hrs in rough seas.

 

[JustSurfaceInterval]

Here's a map with depths and indication where the drop off is.
The sea did not stay that rough the whole time, and yes, it is confirmed that the capsized boat stayed floating that long. That's why the rescues divers were able to save people.

 

[Dan]

That 100m thing, is it confirmed in any way? Not sure whether a capsized boat will float 36+ hrs in rough seas.

Michael Miles was able to open his cabin’s port hole without losing his 20cm air space indicates that the boat floats upside down. If the rescuer were not able to get him out through the cabin door underwater, they should have been able to saw that port hole off to a bigger hole to get him out without sinking the boat. It’s made out of pinewood as @John Bantin puts it. Basic physics that divers should understand.

 

[Umuntu]

That 100m thing, is it confirmed in any way? Not sure whether a capsized boat will float 36+ hrs in rough seas.

Take a look at some nautical charts for the area.

Think of the Red Sea as having a submerged mountain range.

The Maldives archipelago is also a long submerged mountain range with many pinnacles, some pinnacles above surface (islands) and some don’t break the sea surface with submerged ridges which are reefs. Depths between the islands can be below 100m. But a little way east or west from the outer islands and the depths drop below 1000m.

 

[Dan]

Not sure whether a capsized boat will float 36+ hrs in rough seas.

According to this article:

Trapped in a dive boat for 36 hours, survivor's daughter raises red flags over rescue

As more time passes since the Egyptian dive yacht sunk on November 25, survivors are asking questions of how so many things could have gone wrong. Fro

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“The boat didn’t sink, it floated at the surface. My father had a window but it was too small to get out from and it was high above him. He was able to open it to get some air to it, so it was definitely outside the water. The thing is that in order to get out of the boat, they had to dive down the boat and into the corridors. That was maybe 10 meters. His cabin what as the bottom of the boat but as it got overturned he ended on the top at the surface…”

“He couldn’t see outside, the boat window was too high. He had to climb to open it to get some air inside because the water had some fuel from the boat. It was complicated and he got injured doing it.”

Once you open the window and get outside fresh air into the cabin without water flooding up the cabin, shows that the boat floats even at upside down position.

 

[Dan]

That and the design of the boat was only good for operating the in a lagoon.

Yep. This article leads to the same conclusion:

Egypt dive boat sank because it wasn't built for open water, sources claim

A dive boat sank off the coast of Egypt last week. Several people have died, seven are still missing. Faulty construction and lax safety standards, ac

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“Diver Emad Omran from Egypt reached out to Green Prophet and said that the boat was built too high for its size, and was “easily controlled by the wind” making it an easy target when the sea gets rough: “It wasn’t built for rough, hard seas,” he says.

“Actually it was built for easy kite surf live-aboard in a sheltered island environment,” he tells Green Prophet. Omran says that the owners of the boat “have no idea about diving or safety standards or even tourism creating a negative environment for dive operators in Egypt.”

Linda Korres, familiar with the dive company and friends with member of the crew who died last Monday, eulogizes her diver and friend Aladin. He was credited for rescuing people.

She said she felt something was wrong with this company when she went diving with them three years ago, on the boat My Tillis.

“I am sure the reason the My Sea Story had to go out in the storm was out of reckless greed with some bribery involved,” Korres says. “Sending these cheap and quickly built and remodeled multistory narrow ships out, that are not suitable for open sea is a death sentence! Any time. But especially in these weather conditions. These ships are too shallow, aren’t going deep into the waters, have no keel to keep them upright in wind and waves, which makes them likely to tip over.”

She adds that the “motors aren’t strong enough, they have no anchors, the rescue islands are often old and useless, the zodiacs broken. Often there are no life vests and the few that there are, are not suitable for open sea, as they have no collar. There are no smoke detectors, no evacuation routs lit with emergency lights.”

 

[Biotech Diver]

^Wow!

 

[Dan]

What new boat design needs to add is Gyro boat stabilizer. Check out this video: