Unknown Sea Story lob sinks

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The Facebook page of DivePro is no longer existent..

 

[Dan]

“Looking out at the waves, the weather wasn't terrible," says Sarah Martin, an NHS doctor from Lancaster who was on the trip. But, she says, "furniture was sliding around the deck - we asked the crew if it was normal and they just shrugged, so we didn't realise the danger we were in".

"I didn't sleep that night because the boat was rocking so much," says Hissora Gonzalez, a diver from Spain, whose cabin was on the lower deck.

She describes how the boat rolled sharply several times until, just before 03:00, it flipped onto its side with a loud bang, followed by silence as the engines died - and total darkness.”

Eyewitness accounts…………

Red Sea tourist boat sinking: Survivors tell BBC of terrifying escapes

Eleven survivors describe what happened and raise safety questions about the dive boat Sea Story.

www.bbc.co.uk

Unstable boat with furniture sliding across the floor would act like pendulum and magnify the swing. A well designed boat would include anchoring large furnitures and equipments on the floor.

 

[Russjstewart]

Sounds like a bad case of loll, if it was flopping from one side to the other

 

[ReadyDiverOne]

Oh. My. God. That BBC video of the survivors is terrifying. But what is really terrifying is that the video includes a brief before shot of the Sea Story and it looks great, completely seaworthy, like I wouldn’t have had any doubt about getting on it! That is absolutely terrifying.

Makes one wonder how one can trust any Egyptian LOB.

 

[Dan]

Well, if 1.5m waves capsized this boat, there’s something wrong in the boat design, like top-heavy or tall-skinny instead of short-&-fat configuration.

RV Seaventure just went through 9m waves when we were in Antarctica. Dining tables & chairs were anchored to the floor. The back of refrigerators were secured on to the wall behind them. When that huge waves hit, wine glasses were flying & crashing to the walls / windows, but the chairs & tables stayed put solidly on the floor.

 

[Scuba-74]

Well, if 1.5m waves capsized this boat, there’s something wrong in the boat design, like top-heavy or tall-skinny instead of short-&-fat configuration.

RV Seaventure just went through 9m waves when we were in Antarctica. Dining tables & chairs were anchored to the floor. The back of refrigerators were secured on to the wall behind them. When that huge waves hit, wine glasses were flying & crashing to the walls / windows, but the chairs & tables stayed put solidly on the floor.

The boat was top heavy. Had one extra deck added to it compared to the nearly identical M/Y Tillis, that is not very stable either.

 

[Jai Bar]

Well, if 1.5m waves capsized this boat, there’s something wrong in the boat design, like top-heavy or tall-skinny instead of short-&-fat configuration.

RV Seaventure just went through 9m waves when we were in Antarctica. Dining tables & chairs were anchored to the floor. The back of refrigerators were secured on to the wall behind them. When that huge waves hit, wine glasses were flying & crashing to the walls / windows, but the chairs & tables stayed put solidly on the floor.

I am pretty sure that a boat sailing to Antarctica/Southern Ocean is built in different standards than those at the Red Sea and by far much tougher, so I don't think one can compare. Red Sea boats seldom tackle real open water ocean, they move between reefs and anchor overnight sheltered by them most of the time. Although Red Sea can get rough, it is nothing like Antarctica, and a good boat shouldn't sink or capsize so easily. The problem is that these boats are build to make good impression, look large and flashy, rather than sturdy and seaworthy.

 

[Umuntu]

Well, if 1.5m waves capsized this boat, there’s something wrong in the boat design, like top-heavy or tall-skinny instead of short-&-fat configuration.

RV Seaventure just went through 9m waves when we were in Antarctica. Dining tables & chairs were anchored to the floor. The back of refrigerators were secured on to the wall behind them. When that huge waves hit, wine glasses were flying & crashing to the walls / windows, but the chairs & tables stayed put solidly on the floor.

I am pretty sure that a boat sailing to Antarctica/Southern Ocean is built in different standards than those at the Red Sea and by far much tougher, so I don't think one can compare. Red Sea boats seldom tackle real open water ocean, they move between reefs and anchor overnight sheltered by them most of the time. Although Red Sea can get rough, it is nothing like Antarctica, and a good boat shouldn't sink or capsize so easily. The problem is that these boats are build to make good impression, look large and flashy, rather than sturdy and seaworthy.

I believe RV Seaventure is an old naval vessel converted to a dive boat.

Comparing Apples and Oranges.

 

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New interview on divemagazine.com: Sea Story liveaboard survivor tells her story

 

[chillyinCanada]

New interview on divemagazine.com: Sea Story liveaboard survivor tells her story

I can barely stand to read it.