 Tour vessel sinks off Tofino, B.C., with fatalities The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria says there are fatalities after a tour vessel sunk off the coast of Tofino Sunday.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 2 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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"The waters weren't choppy so I don't see what could have caused the boat to sink, but you never know in these waters unfortunately," he added.
Sounds like it could have been a problem with the boat......
unless it was rammed by a great white whale.....
At first I thought that it might have capsized but, if the picture is accurate the boat looks to have been to large and stable to do that with just 27 people rushing from one side to the other so unless they got caught by a rogue wave that's highly unlikely. So it must have been something else.
I wonder how much traffic was in the area at the time because most if not all civilian ships don't post lookouts and if the lone bridge watch keeper wasn't paying attention a collision could be one possible cause.
But, if it had just been a problem with the boat they should have been able to get everyone off and into the rafts so, whatever happened, happened quick and given the water temp, the search for survivors is now likely a recovery operation.
�The sea was 3 to 4 metres, a fairly big sea, but not much wind or too unusual for the conditions we deal with on a regular basis out here,�
So not exactly calm water. If the boat lost power and got broadside to the swells, maybe that could do it.
From the pictures I'm seeing the boat went down near some rocks so I'm wondering why people were not able to make it to the rocks to get out of the water. Also, the boat wasn't completely under when rescuers arrived so I'm also wondering why the less-able didn't stay with the boat.
Five people from the UK are dead according to the news.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/ ... 2M20151026
Sounds like that's an idea that needs to change if these whale watching boats are going to be navigating close to rocks - and this one was.
The boat capsize. Probably hard to stay on board in those conditions.
True.
Something else happened.
3 - 4 meters for a 65foot boat is nothing.
Something else happened.
I notice they were in a rocky area - could have hit something underwater.
3 - 4 meters for a 65foot boat is nothing.
Something else happened.
The news at noon gave an update which said the survivors claimed that the vessel went abeam the sea while watching a colony of sea lions, built up momentum rocking back and forth and finally, capsized.
I've gone 54 degrees on a roll in a Destroyer and thought we were goners but, it was a one time thing so to let your vessel slowly build up momentum to a point past that defies logic.
The news at noon gave an update which said the survivors claimed that the vessel went abeam the sea while watching a colony of sea lions, built up momentum rocking back and forth and finally, capsized.
I hope it was worth it.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... -1.3291530
The skipper may have 20 yrs experience, but going abeam to the swells and then everybody standing topside on one side of the boat doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Eastland