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Stamm’s Dream IMOCA 60

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IMOCA 60 Cheminees Poujoulat has been recovered broken and partially and the sight was a rather sad one. It was a dream of Bernard Stamm and seeing the boat broken into two parts aptly describes what Stamm must be feeling. Stamm set sail with his crew Damien Guillou and was rescued on Christmas Eve. Fortunately none of the crew members were missing but his Open 60 was gone and broken into two halves.

Once they were rescued the search for their boat started but with little results. Recently some parts of that boat came up and that was how the whole thing was recovered. People who recovered the boat said that it is in a very bad condition and it is almost non repairable now. Everything including the cargo vessel has been destroyed and nothing can be done with the boat. A video of the recovery was also uploaded for people to see the condition and it clearly shows that main hull and the bows has been completely detached from each other and after the whole thing was dragged to recovery only bits and pieces are left from them.

In an interview with Bernard Stamm he said about the experience of that sail and how the watertight bulkheads came to their rescue. He also went on to point that every yacht should have a proper watertight bulkhead that would at least let the crew members survive in case of any unforeseen incident. He was very upset on seeing the video of the recovery and thinks that it would be difficult for him to go back to the waters again. He also left a question into the minds of people when he said that it is unusual for a yacht of that stature and one that is participating in a Grand Prix to break down into parts.

Mulder 34M To Be Released In 2015

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A deal has been singned by the Mulder Shipyards in Netherlands to build the biggest ever motor yacht. Mulder Shipyards is the Netherland based builder of motor yachts that has built motor yachts from 11 meters (35 feet) up to 27 meters (90 feet). The new mot yacht for which the deal has been signed is the Mulder 34M, and it has been reported to be a transatlantic capable motor yacht.

The biggest ever transatlantic capable motor yacht is supposed to measure 11 feet. The project will have its interiors and exteriors designed by the British firm Claydon Reeves. Claydon Reeves is a known name in the yachting industry which creates unique as well as progressive designs through flexible and customized process. The naval architecture of the Mulder 34M has been decided to be done by Dutch Van Oossanen Naval Architects. They are the members of the Netherlands Society of Yacht Designers and Naval Architects and possess immense experience in designing of sail and motor yachts, advanced marine vehicles and commercial ships. They specialize in ship hydrodynamics and performance.

The Mulder 34M is being told to be the first motor yacht from the yard that will weigh more than 300 gross tons. It will have specifications to MCA Code and RINALY3 classification. Along with the Mulder 34M, now the shipyard will have seven yachts under construction. Mulder 34M has been scheduled to be delivered in the summer of the year 2015.

The key role was played by IYR in Monaco to bring the owner of the yacht and the shipyard together. As stated in a press release, the IYR briker William Molloy said, “We suggested suitable Northern European yards renowned for their quality for a project of this nature”. He also added that the brand new facilities of the Mulder Shipyard, was extremely impressive for them as well as their clients.

Navy Officer Proved Guilty In Yacht-Tanker Collision

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In the Solent a navy officer belonging to the royal class was proved guilty who failed to keep a proper lookout and impeded the path of a yacht leading to a collision of his yacht with an oil tanker. The officer named Lt. Roly Wilson who was 32 years old, was skippering a yacht measuring 32 feet smashed his yacht with a 120000 tn oil tanker called Hanne Knutsen when the 2011 Cowes week was going on. He was on trial at the Southampton Magistrate court.

As the tanker navigated the Solent, the officer also flouted the laws that are made by maritime authority and made a cut at his Corby sloop called Atlanta of Chester. He denied the three charges that was stated against him at an earlier hearing. Adrian Wheal was one of the crew members who jumped to the water from the vessel just a moment before the accident took place and the boat being completely devastated, one the crewman was seriously injured. The guilty was captured on camera from the accident footage during the final stage of the Cowes Week event. The footage also was the hit in the internet that year.

Wilson & his crew were all included as the members of the Royal Naval Sailing Association. Mike Shrives, the former RN commander who is was yacht master, examiner and instructor gave an interview to the Yachting Monthly where he said that they all thought that they are taking their last breathe just when the collision was about to take place. One charge was put forward against Wilson of not keeping a proper eye & 2 charges were brought for impeding the path of the 830 feet tanker. But all three charges were denied by the guilty. The prosecutor of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency, Mr. Peter Handley explained the magistrates that the exact place where the accident occurred is the halfway of the channel.

Mr. Handley also added saying that as because there were contacts between the yacht and the tanker, the yacht went and scraped the port side of the tanker.