Superyacht Nourah of Riyad capsized during lifting operation at a shipyard in Greece on March 8, reported Maritime Bulletin.
The vessel was being lifted out of the water for maintenance work when something went wrong and it capsized on the starboard side.
"Something." The boat yard knows exactly what went wrong.
The vessel has an approximate value of $79 million and is owned by Saudi Prince Turki bin Mohammed bin Fahd Al Saud. It was built in 2008 and measures 230ft long. Similar yachts can be chartered for $500k-$650k per week.
Have no fear, my yacht lives on safely in my imagination.
Lift it? It's 230 feet long & pretty darn tall! I'd have thought a dry dock but what do I know.... Maybe they lift ships that size every day?
ReplyDeleteThese guys do it a lot - even one that size: https://www.united-yacht.com
DeleteI was hoping that you'd say that somebody blew it up with a couple of limpet mines. But no.
ReplyDeleteBeen doing boat lifts a long time & that is no way to lift any boat that big. Anything over 125ft around here goes in dry dock. That boat yard is going to be a landfill.
ReplyDeleteMeh. It doesn't have a seaplane.
ReplyDeleteYour new slogan should be "Daily Timewaster: Now more than ever."
ReplyDeleteThe only words that I remember from high school French class:
ReplyDelete"C'est dommage"
My yacht lives in the garage where it never gets close to tipping over. Even on a wet and slippery day.
ReplyDeleteI thought his harem of goats heard a zipper to port, and all ran to the starboard side.
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