Six Russians and Three Thais Rescued after Yacht Capsizes in Rawai

[webfact]

 

Six Russian tourists and three Thais have been rescued after a yacht capsized near an island in Rawai.

 

The Phuket Marine Office told the Phuket Express that at 3:50 P.M. on Tuesday (January 9th) they were notified of the accident by the yacht captain, Mr. Jakkree Kuenkong. He was carrying six unidentified Russian tourists and two Thai passengers.

 

They had departed from a pier in Chalong at 9:40 A.M. in the morning on a trip to Maithon Island and Racha Island.

 

One of the water pipes in the yacht had broken when they arrived at the West side of the Coral Island.

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Full story: THE PHUKET EXPRESS 2024-01-11

 

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[2baht]

Their tourist safety plan leaves a bit to be desired, how many is that this month???

[milesinnz]

I guess sea cocks are out of the question... you would think those in Thailand would all know how to handle a cock...

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

One of the water pipes in the yacht had broken when they arrived at the West side of the Coral Island.

It seemed okay when he bought the yacht .

[hotchilli]

14 minutes ago, milesinnz said:

I guess sea cocks are out of the question... you would think those in Thailand would all know how to handle a cock...

Not a real one..

[newbee2022]

That's s VERY strange story. A water pipe was broken? If it was the water pipe for cooling the engine it's easy to switch off the engine and the pump stops working. No water will come into the boat. If there was a leak in the hull you have at least two heavy water pumps for draining. Maybe they collided with a rock? I would like to hear the truth.🙏

[Grumpy one]

Gilligan has changed his name to Jakkree  

[Adumbration]

1 hour ago, newbee2022 said:

That's s VERY strange story. A water pipe was broken? If it was the water pipe for cooling the engine it's easy to switch off the engine and the pump stops working. No water will come into the boat. If there was a leak in the hull you have at least two heavy water pumps for draining. Maybe they collided with a rock? I would like to hear the truth.🙏

Yes, I call BS on this story also.  Waterpipe would be a maximum of 1.5 inches.  Easy to plug off sufficiently for the bilge pumps to keep on top.  And as another poster has already mentioned, why was there not a shut off valve?

 

Captain and crew were morons, asleep on the job, or both.

[simon43]

10 minutes ago, Adumbration said:

Yes, I call BS on this story also.  Waterpipe would be a maximum of 1.5 inches.  Easy to plug off sufficiently for the bilge pumps to keep on top.  And as another poster has already mentioned, why was there not a shut off valve?

 

Captain and crew were morons, asleep on the job, or both.

Crew?  Are you sure? :)

[brianthainess]

Sabotaged by Vlad. 

[This Guy]

Before the usual Thai bashing begins in earnest stating lack of maintenance. I worked as a commercial fisherman in Western Australia which has some of the strictest maritime safety laws in Oz.
Once on a 68 foot steel long liner, we were 150 NM south of Albany in the Southern Ocean. The vessel had just been surveyed and issued a seaworthiness certificate.
On this trip the raw seawater intake pipe developed a leak. As is usual in a case like this we used a wooden cone to plug the hole. Unfortunately, the pipe was so badly corroded that when we hammered the plug into it, it went straight through and enlarged the hole to about two inches in diameter.
We abruptly turned back and had all pumps running full bore to cope with the inundation.
By the time we got back to port we had less than 12 inches of freeboard!
Sometimes, besides the best maintenance practices, things go wrong. No-one has X-ray vision and it is un-realistic to say a whole vessel should be x-rayed.
Unless we find out the full details in this particular case, it's unfair to start pointing fingers!