R66 found washed up on Baltic beach
 

Anyone know the events behind a R66 getting washed up on a Baltic beach? Local Swedish press recon on it being washed off the deck of British yacht Capella C.

Do you have more specifics? Link?

Did a group of sensible people push it back into the sea?

That's one ugly boat. Looks like a fish trawler...

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/os...-gotska-sandon

Oh I just LOVE Google translate!!

TC

Reminds me of this !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWN6XGUAhZU

Safest place to find 'em......beached :eek: rather this than Whales :ok:

AC - I snorted out my coffee at that one:ok::)

Excellent news.

Formerly N7012Z?

I guess someone had a Free-Wheel-ey moment.

Did it jump, or was it pushed? :suspect:

No, just poor Orca-stration.

They're known as 'Expedition' yachts and are, typically, conversions of large Trawlers, Survey/research or pilot vessels. It would appear she is the latter, having been built initially for the Dutch navy.

Helisniper...if reg as suggested would that be the 2nd boat-related w/o for the operator this year?

looks like the Robbie was blind folded then pushed.......

worst case of Helicide I have seen.

If blind folder the root cause is loss of situational awarenes in IWC?
(Inadvertent Water Conditions)

Cheers SLB