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[Dan]

As bad as it might sound in Egypt, but one good thing I can mention that no boat with a single engine is allowed to go beyond 50 miles from shore. In your case, a second engine could made a huge difference indeed.

We had 3 engines, 2 with bent shaft from crushing into uncharted pinnacle and the 3rd one giving so much vibration when we restarted. To prevent it from further damage, we decided to tow the boat to dry dock that can do the repair, 1500 km away from the accident.

 

[e_badawi]

We had 3 engines, 2 with bent shaft from crushing into uncharted pinnacle and the 3rd one giving so much vibration when we restarted. To prevent it from further damage, we decided to tow the boat to dry dock that can do the repair, 1500 km away from the accident.

WOW... This is truly bad!

 

[Bookworm11]

I get out of bed just fine, thank you. I admit to be extremely concerned with safety, and that seems to be lacking on this board. But criticizing others is here in abundance.

What I also did was respond to fallacies in his logic, which he never replied to.

 

[Scared Silly]

Well... Here is a list of the 174 boats sank only in 2024, of which about 40% of them are American made and/or operated.

List of shipwrecks in 2024 - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I would like to know your reference that 40% were American made and/or operated. And of the American operated vessels 5 of the 14 were purposely sunk. Note I did not include the four that sunk off of Gaza.

Stability issues and capsizing, like the Sea Story and the Triton, may reflect basic underlying defects in the construction of these boats, with accompanying additional risk

It is not a construction issue but a design issue.

 

[e_badawi]

I would like to know your reference that 40% were American made and/or operated. And of the American operated vessels 5 of the 14 were purposely sunk. Note I did not include the four that sunk off of Gaza.


It is not a construction issue but a design issue.

The link listed on my comment. I counted the boats has the USA flags.
Without the four you mentioned in Gaza, we are still looking at a staggering 170 shipwrecks only in 2024!
Point is... Ship do sink sometimes!

Regarding the boat constructions or design. I think the design shall be approved by the government inspection office. However, maybe the construction is done differently without proper enforcement to ensure that design is matching the construction.
That is possible too.

 

[Jai Bar]

WOW... Small world. Were you located at Waukesha, WI?
Good old days indeed

I was leading the global SW R&D team for Vscan equipment

The MRI team I worked with was located at Milwaukee HQ and some at GE Healthcare Israel. The ultrasound team was located at Haifa after GE purchased Diasonics and renamed it to GE Ultrasound. At the time, they were developing/manufacturing Vivid imaging machines.

 

[Scared Silly]

The link listed on my comment. I counted the boats has the USA flags.

Your reply does not answer my question. You stated that 40% of the vessel that sunk were American operated or built. ~10% were American operated (including the four from Gaza).

That leaves a large number of vessels that you stated were American built. What is your reference for that? The link to the list of ship wrecks does provide that information.

 

[e_badawi]

Your reply does not answer my question. You stated that 40% of the vessel that sunk were American operated or built. ~10% were American operated (including the four from Gaza).

That leaves a large number of vessels that you stated were American built. What is your reference for that? The link to the list of ship wrecks does provide that information.

In fact, you are correct.
I didn't do the correct math first look.
There are 17 American losses out of 174 which is almost 10% boats globally. And only 2 from Egypt counting for almost only 1.1% of global "reported" boat loss in 2024.

 

[Dan]

In fact, you are correct.
I didn't do the correct math first look.
There are 17 American losses out of 174 which is almost 10% boats globally. And only 2 from Egypt counting for almost only 1.1% of global "reported" boat loss in 2024.

You are comparing apples with oranges. You need to look at liveaboards (dive boats), not with the cargo ship that veered off course due to ice flows and strong winds resulting in her becoming stranded in shallow waters on the edge of VäinameriBay, Estonia, for example.

The 2 from Egypt in 2024 are liveaboard. How many liveaboard wreck in America in 2024?

In fact, I haven’t heard any boats / ships capsized due to a lame weather condition anywhere in the world, but in Egypt. It clearly shows bad design.

 

[e_badawi]

You are comparing apples with oranges. You need to look at liveaboards (dive boats), not with the cargo ship that veered off course due to ice flows and strong winds resulting in her becoming stranded in shallow waters on the edge of VäinameriBay, Estonia, for example.

The 2 from Egypt in 2024 are liveaboard. How many liveaboard wreck in America in 2024?

In fact, I haven’t heard any boats / ships capsized due to a lame weather condition anywhere in the world, but in Egypt. It clearly shows bad design.

I don't even know that in America such diving options are available. Seem to me as a tropical type of vacations anyways.
By all means... My point is "Boats will sink at any given point of time and for many reasons" globally.
If you want an apple to apple, then let's see how many liveaboards went down in Egypt for the past 30 years in comparison to number of "liveaboard" trips.
Then, let's compare such finding to its similar globally.
You have the time to do this, that will be great. I personally need to go meet and greet my guests!