Super yacht tender accident - no kill cord

[nikster]

Le Grand Bleu was in the solent a few weeks back..... Flashbacks of Padstow... It doesn't bear thinking about if they had had famous super yacht charter guests onboard... Luckily for the rib crew no harm to them. Even on super yacht tenders even though it doesn't look cool...
Wear your kill cord....!!!!!!!!!

https://yachtharbour.com/news/tender...into-yacht-928

[Lee argyle]

There was a thread about this last week and all over the news

[John Kennett]

I don't think there was. At least, I can't find it.

That could have been really nasty. Lucky to get away with only a bit of expensive damage.

[breezeblock]

pop rivets and sikaflex dash off paint and nobody will notice

[mick]

I will try and take a pic of it it's boarded up with a sheet of ply at the mo.
My lad saw it happening it was in a crowded bay lots of boats moored up and people in the water
It smashed into the master cabin.
None of the tender drivers bother with kill cords though

[Akira]

They call THIS a tender?!

It looks do desperately damaged, as a good will gesture I could swap it for my dinghy with 2.5 Toha

[mick]

[Akira]

Some 18mm ply and a staple gun, good idea!

[Poly]

Interesting design of tube with the "boarding step" right at helm to make it easier to fall out! Will presumably result in main report?

Is it a jet or outdrive?

Originally Posted by nikster

It doesn't bear thinking about if they had had famous super yacht charter guests onboard...

I'm not sure why it would be any worse if the guests were famous?

[mick]

A lot are jet drive on the tenders not sure about that one though

[Tim M]

Nobody on large yacht tenders bothers with the kill cord!