Wrecked Wednesday.

The cargo freighter TS Taipei had a bad day......a really bad day.

Monday Mishap.

Some Mondays are better than others.

Wrecks On Wednesday. Ah-Oh, Joe. It Looks Like Snow.

The Tall Ship Sloop Providence, Rhode Island’s Official Flagship and Tall Ship Ambassador, has suffered damage after toppling over in blizzard conditions at Newport Shipyard on Tuesday.

The vessel is a 110 foot fully rigged sailing vessel and a faithful replica of John Paul Jones’ famous warship that sank or captured 40 British ships during the American Revolutionary War. It had been hauled at Newport Shipyard and apparently tipped over during the peak of a blizzard that brought gusts upwards of 60 mph to the coast. Read more here.

Hat tip to Matt

Wrecks On Wednesday.

Down she goes to the bottom of Davey Jones' locker.

Wreck: The Amoco Cadiz
She was a very large crude carrier that ran aground on Portsall Rocks, 5 km off the coast of Brittany, France on 16 March 1978.

Mishap Monday. "The Hawai'i Aloha."

At approximately 5:45 AM on Saturday, January 3, the HAWAI’I ALOHA, a 75-foot sailboat operated by YWAM Ships Kona, capsized 4 miles offshore from the Kona coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. One of the vessel’s crew remains missing and the captain is currently hospitalized in Waimea with non-life threatening injuries. Read more here.

No More Freaking Excuses!

USS Port Royal aground on a reef. No excuses. Poor watchstanding, navigation and piloting. Result: Loss of command. 

On 2 June 2009, the Navy disciplined four Port Royal officers for the grounding. In a hearing presided over by Vice Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, commander of the United States Third Fleet, John Carroll was given non-judicial punishment for "dereliction of duty and improper hazarding of a vessel." Port Royal Executive Officer Commander Steve Okun was also given non-judicial punishment for dereliction of duty at the same hearing. In a separate hearing, Rear Admiral Dixon Smith, commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, imposed non-judicial punishment on two other, unnamed Port Royal officers and an enlisted seaman for dereliction of duty and improper hazarding of a vessel.

USS Guardian aground a reef. No excuses. Poor watchstanding, navigation and piloting. Result: Loss of command.

The U.S. Federal Government has apologized for the incident and have relieved from duty four officers, Lt. Cmdr. Mark A. Rice, his executive officer and navigator Lt. Daniel Tyler, the ship's assistant navigator and the officer of the deck at the time of the mishap. "The initial investigation findings clearly indicate that (the four) at the time of the grounding did not adhere to standard US Navy navigation procedures," the Manila Bulletin quoted the U.S. Navy as saying. The U.S. Government has acknowledged that the grounding was entirely preventable and caused by human error and a failure of leadership to provide adequate oversight and direction in planning and executing the Navigation Plan

"If the quickest route takes you through reefs or shallow water, you follow it, There’s no such thing as being more careful, You’re out there to win a race.” - Ken Read

“We are offshore in the middle of nowhere, and on the chart, if you don’t go on the maximum zoom you can’t see anything.” - Charles Caudrelier

I've been reading people making excuses for this mishap left and right. Just stop it!

Wrecks On Wednesday.

Team Vestas Wind weren't the first cowpokes at the rodeo to run aground on Cargados Carajos Shoals.

Photo from the crew of the Haere Maru via Wingssail.

“We are offshore in the middle of nowhere, and on the chart, if you don’t go on the maximum zoom you can’t see anything.”

"It is far better to have absolutely no idea of where one is - and to know it - than to believe confidently that one is where one is not." - Jean-Dominique Cassini

Zoom.

Zoom, zoom.

Zoom, zoom, zoom!

I guess paper charts aren't so old fashioned after all.

Of course, this ribbing is all in good fun. I'm glad that everyone from Team Vestas Wind were rescued and unharmed. To quote Fredrik Lönegren, "Shit happens!"

Mishap Monday.

Barkeep, I like it straight up, not on the rocks!

Photo of Team Vestas Wind after grounding on a charted atoll in the Indian Ocean. Yes boys and girls, even the experienced guys screw up sometimes. To quote Fredrik Lönegren, "Shit happens!"

Mind you, I think the navigator is looking for new opportunities. Maybe he should leave his stint with Team Vestas off his CV. I'm just saying.

Wayback Wednesday.

Where are we going today Mr. Peabody? Sherman, we are travelling back to 2011 to see for ourselves why it's not a good thing to play chicken with a ship in a channel.

Munchola! 

Ah-oh, mast fall down and go boom.

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Fall off, fall off...too late! Nice sail shape.

Former Naval officer and skipper of the Atalanta of Chester, Ronald Wilson and his crew of serving or former Royal Navy personnel managed to collide with the tanker ship, Hanne Knutsen. The yacht's highly experienced crew - which consisted of serving and retired Royal Navy officers - had failed to correctly anticipate the tanker's movements. Do tell! A big red ship, balsting it's horn and sailing up a narrow channel, damn near impossible to tell where it's going.

Hubris is not a good thing.

What Did You Do This Past Weekend?

Go sailing or swimming?
I do see sails ..... in the water, Baydog. But, I wouldn't call it sailing. Chesapeake defined!

Wrecks On Wednesday. Adrift At Sea, Hanging On For Dear Life.

The Ninth Wave is the best known painting by Russian Romantic painter Ivan Aivazovsky. He is considered one of the greatest marine artists in history

I'm back, no thanks to the thugs who swarmed Typepad with DDoS Attacks.

Thickhead Thursday. (Moving Pictures)

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How to win friends and influence people.

Wrecks On Wednesday: Spanish Ship Splits In Half. (Moving Pictures)

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What happens when your engines give out and you're next to a seawall? Munchola!

The Spanish cargo ship Luno collided into the sea wall at Anglet, after its engines failed. More at the BBC and Hybridcar.com.

Mommy Monday. (Moving Pictures)

Wait a second, Joe. This doesn't cry out Mommy. It looks so pleasant and peaceful. What a nice little marina. Ah, my friends, looks can be decieving.

I wonder what happens out past the breakwater? Hm, I wonder?

Hm, I wonder?

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Velero volcado en Zumaia from Gabi on Vimeo.

You've probably seen the photos from a few years back of our brillant band of heroes attempting to sail past the breakwater into the marina at Zumaia, now see the video. Via our friends at Pressure Drop.

On The Rocks!

Don't shake or stir! Mishap starring the Kent Reliant.

Did Someone Say Car Wash?

I hope that's not salt water.

At the car wash, woooh
Talking about the car wash, yeah
Come on y'all and sing it for me
Car wash, woh, car wash yeah

Wreck On Wednesday.

I said, "neat," not "on the rocks!"
In case you folks have forgotten, this is "Safe Boating Week." 

Let's Play A Game Of Chicken! (Video)

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Wednesday Wipeout. "Double Trouble."

T-bone stake, right through the heart.

All that open water, and out of nowhere this thing jumped in front of us and dismasted our boat!