I agree with peejay that it could be storm related. I have seen more related to storm activity than stupidity of the captain. Len

Hi back in the 90's my son lived in Munich and he belonged to the sailing club on the Amersee. You had to get in a queue to have a license to have an i/c powered boat but if I remember correctly there was a steamer service as the lake is quite long.
I think that it was proposed to get new ferry boats but everyone wanted the steamboats working and that is what happened. Maybe Doug can put me right if my memory has failed me or I have the wrong lake.

I have travelled at over 30 kph on that lake, overtaking an astonished motor boat! We were in my (now) daughter in law's 21 foot catamaran. Son was on the helm and the wind had got up a lot. It was on the return journey the bows had dipped 300mms lower in the water due to wind pressure on the sails. Manoeuvering was out of the question, but the lake was 7 miles long and the boat house was directly ahead.

You just sat in the howling wind and hoped for the best! We made it safely but he got a severe telling off from the 'owner'! However his street cred went very high in the club for not capsizing!

On calmer days I used my weight usefully out on the trapeze, got some photos somewhere.
Roy

Roy, you read it . .
You see things the way I do. Also, the personal relationship with an object, no matter what kind, has turned into a throwaway society. To the chagrin of all . .
I'm sure we're all in agreement here. 😔😔😔😔
As crazy as it sounds, our Swiss lakes are full of sunken ships! Let's take Lake Constance with the steamer Säntis, which was sunk in 1933 instead of being dismantled because it was unfit to sail. Our grandfathers weren't saints either . . .
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Michel-C.

https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/friedrichshafen/schiffsfriedhof

How sad! Looks like it was and still could be a very nice yacht. Not sure where the sails and sail boom are. Lets hope the insurance will pay for a re-work and get her floating again. The yacht does look 40+ years old and perhaps not salvagable.

I dislike the modern shapes of yachts, the design is I am sure efficicient and the maintenance minimal but they all look the same! Even worse are the power boats which look like big plastic bath toys!
I am getting old and grumpy with my ideas but once we had designers without computers and they turned out some beautiful yachts and boats.

The numbers were low as was the production but they were personal and featured things the owner wanted. There was a personal relationship between the owner and the builder and yard staff.

Things are changing and although I am willing to observe and adapt I do not have to partake. So I am choosy in what I like and over the years it is people first, then understanding and then "model yachts"! After all what else matters?

Next time you visit a marina take a look at the waterlines of the boats, a clean waterline so often shows a well loved and used boat.

Regards to all
Roy

Having recently seen videos of fishing boats and yachts piled on top of each other from hurricanes and tornadoes, I’m thinking that “beached” boat may not be the result of carelessness, but it is still very sad to see. 😔

Always sad to see 😔

What a pity!

Hey friends!
When my son from near St Raphael / Frejus above St Tropez / France sent me this picture,
I would have liked to know how this ship's life ended.
How careless is mankind?
A shake of the head on my part.
Greetings Michel-C.

>>> Even Captain Haddock is outraged!