re- the failboat.

[mowgli]

we've all seen it & chuckled
http://files.sharenator.com/Failboat_Failboat_Collection-s480x360-80206-580.jpg


here is the story behind it. and its salvaging.

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-03/ff_seacowboys?currentPage=all

[Connor]

Interesting read Mowgli
+rep

[NOV4_SPORT]

I never knew there was such a big story to the fail boat.

Pretty Interesting

iain

[John]

Have i missed how it capsized in the first place?

[Andy]

Have i missed how it capsized in the first place?

lol

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQqooEfOiKQwOrRA1RTKhbQPMlHA226Y-ceTIYXFuTH1KeCqGl8

[mowgli]

there is a law that says you must empty the ballast tanks before entering us waters & refill them with 'local' water so there is no chance of bringing any odd species or disease ashore.. the tanks were part drained & a large wave got it.

[Pistol Pete]

In a nutshell, they take on water to stabalise the ship. They then drain this off, but the tanks failed.

[Andy]

some guy died in the salvage operation also

[John]

My humour misses the mark again! lol Good read mowgers!

[TeddyThom]

That is one heck of a story man, good find Mowgli

[dj_wudgey]

thats a good read just sat here and absorbed it!!

[Spudly]

Aye definately a good read cheers for that mowgli:thumb:

[Lewis.]

interesting read, have some rep :)

aw :(


You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to mowgli again.

someone rep him for me

[Jack]

Ee, I do like a good shipwreck read.

[Alex J]

Ee, I do like a good shipwreck read.it didnt sink:(

[Prey]

Great link - love reading stuff like that!

[Ben]

loling at the dramatic write up, think the journalist is a want to be ian Fleming!

[Jack]

Its written by an American, what do you expect :p

[L14MNP]

OMG all of those Mawzdas. :( No Neesawns? lol

[MK999]

and they all got cubed because they'd sat on a hill for a bit! Do they come with no warranty if you have a sloping drive? lol

[Jack]

It was more the fact Mazda were protecting their backsides.

If one had a completely unrelated accident 10 years down the line, you can bet the prosecution would pin it on the manufacturer for selling them on. The cost of a potential lawsuit outweighed the cost of scrapping a handful of cars.

[MK999]

Waiver signed at sale imo, job jobbed.

[Hobbit]

and they all got cubed because they'd sat on a hill for a bit! Do they come with no warranty if you have a sloping drive? lol

60 degree drive? didn't think Rreading was that hilly? lol

[Jack]

Waiver signed at sale imo, job jobbed.
The reputation of Mazda selling duff cars would stick for years (no comment required about Mobil shares and RX7s pls). Plus, having customers sign a waiver is admittance from Mr M that the cars have faults. Scrapping them all says "Mazda cares about its customers enough that we don't want to risk even a slight chance of quality failure", thus turning negative into positive.

Unfortunately this is the way of the modern world.

[mayhem]

cougar's are ace.

[Derick-Sport]

brilliant read and video

[General Lee]

Titan are the company who are on Discovery channel, i think the program is clled treasure salvage or it might be salvage code red not too sure pretty interesting to watch tho!

[mowgli]

its salvage code red.

[dj_wudgey]

The reputation of Mazda selling duff cars would stick for years (no comment required about Mobil shares and RX7s pls). Plus, having customers sign a waiver is admittance from Mr M that the cars have faults. Scrapping them all says "Mazda cares about its customers enough that we don't want to risk even a slight chance of quality failure", thus turning negative into positive.

Unfortunately this is the way of the modern world.

i hope they were all mx5's less sh*t cars in the world lol

[General Lee]

Was a really interesting read sure kept me entertained at work during the quiet times.

[Andy]

off topic slightly but whatever happened to those motorbikes and gearboxes etc that got washed up on the south coast before?? Were folk allowed to keep them??

[mowgli]

oh yes, they disappeared.....

[Andy]

oh yes, they disappeared.....
How do you mean? they were allowed to keep them under the "treasure law" or did they just keep them anyway? lol

[mowgli]

no they weren't allowed to keep them, but nobody actually physically stopped them for the first few hours of beechcombing.

[Andy]

but nobody actually physically stopped them for the first few hours of beechcombing.
Yeah because of the treasure laws or whatever they are?
here it is....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_law#Salvage_and_treasure_salvage

[mowgli]

under maritime law, as far as i understand it, if someone finds an item on the beech, that is obviously from a known shipwreck, they are duty bound to try to contact the owner of the vessel or their insurers & get a salvage payment. which definitely did not happen in devon...

[Andy]

Yeah,they all left contact details to somebody on the beach iirc
M.Mouse
65 Disney Street
Exeter
F41 LED
lol

[Jack]

Got to beach, picked up stuff, fcuked off.

Thats about the size of it. lol

[mowgli]

so repost time or what?????

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80047000/jpg/_80047418_80047417.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-30671548

[Benn]

Few mins from my house, odd that it looks closer to portsmouth than scum but there you go.

I think the cars moved and then something wasn't adjusted. As online they have the course settings and route...

[mowgli]

these things have massive stabilizer tanks, and a pump or valve might have failed.

but why did it head west, as it was going to germany???? unless, as suggested, they headed for the bank to stop it sinking

[Benn]

From what the nerds on FB say, it was on route to Germany yes. So it would of been weaving between the sand banks that the solent is full of at low tide.