Pictures of Damage to Donzi 43zr From Jumping Wave

[Indyblackhawk]

For those of you who haven't seen the video yet....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwsCyRol4TA
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[maddad]

Wow, that will not buff out.

[CHACHI]

Well, that left a mark, ouch.

Do you know if everyone was ok?

Ken

[Offset]

Lots of damage to that boat. I still would like to know if it was running on its own power after the jump or was it quickly towed? You would think if it lost power it would have been caught in even more wave action that may have even rolled it over.

Hope no one was seriously hurt. Thanks for the photo update.

[Ghost]

Unless I'm mistaken, it had to have gone out under its own power. Otherwise, it never would have maintained its head-on angle to the surf, not even through the next two waves we saw it cross on the video. I think it limped out at low RPM and that might well have been the difference between some people living or dying.

[John C in PA]

Wow, that will not buff out.

Now that's funny, I don't care who you are!

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John C in PA

[biggiefl]

Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.

[gcarter]

I wonder if both sides look like that?.......................

[gcarter]

Ya know, that's pretty dramatic...................

Glass boat sides generally don't have a lot of beef in them, they depend on the fairly cylindrical shape of the hull and deck (monocoque) to maintain strength.

I'm thinking it would have had to hit something pretty substantial to do that (I think).
Maybe skidded sideways into a rock in the bottom of a trough.

[gcarter]

Mind you, I don't want to know so bad that I would have willingly been on board to find out!!!!!!!!

[katanna]

gcarter

"I wonder if both sides look like that?"......................

Inside and outside?

[Carl C]

It looked like the boat dropped about 40'. Maybe it landed on the port stern hard and snapped the boat in half on that side. Is this repairable?

[gcarter]

Katana; port and starboard. Of course, it depends on how it landed. It just seemed possible it could have stressed both sides..............

Carl, yes, it's repairable, but I don't know if the insurance co. wouldn't total it first.

[scippy]

With a boat of that size in free fall the impact force must have been tremendous!
To me (and I can't say what the FRP tolerance's are) but it looks like the hull cracked
right on a hard spot probably right beneath the bulkhead....maybe a testament to
what a 43zr is built from.....or lack of.

[mattyboy]

Pete,
just imagine the forces exerted on the human body