[kellyhound]

Anacortes, Wash. They broke a bottle across the bow of the Baden, and from there the launch of Northern Marine's new yacht was a disaster.

Video shows the 85-foot yacht as it started to lean going down the Anacortes ramp.
In the background, you can people shouting “come on” and “oh, no.”

There was almost a panic as the vessel capsized. It wasn’t deep enough to sink completely.

On the video, someone says, “Get a hammer or something to break that window.”

Windows had to be broken on the yacht to get several people out safely.

Some witnesses felt uncomfortable with the way the boat was launched, without any support on its sides.

Brian McCulloch said, “It seemed unusual to me.”
A former leader of the project, Aaron Pufal, expressed grave concerns about the safety of a dolly system used to move the boat.

It appeared to be crushed under the weight of the vessel. Its tires were flat.

There are other questions about whether the boat had enough ballast to stay upright during its launch.

Coast Guard investigators will ultimately provide some answers.

[Faline]

[dirty ike]

Engineer that designed that top heavy pile of crap is an idiot with a piss poor education, 3 decks above a shallow hull like that , way to top heavy.

[Shakey]

They should have pumped some water into the bilge first.

[Photoplay]

Is it me? Or does that boat look like a top heavy Tupperware container? Just didn’t have much style looked all plastic somehow

[commondenom]

lol...amatuers

[Desensitisation]

Oh, I know exactly what the engineer was thinking.

"Ballast! It'll float fine once you've got ballast water deep in the hull. Will keep it perfectly upright."

The only problem being... you don't launch a boat with ballast. What a fucking moron...