Speedboat Sinks Near Koh Samui

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Speedboat swamped by high waves sinks near Koh Samui

KOH SAMUI: Speedboat swamped by high waves sinks near Koh Samui.

Rescue team rescues eight foreign passengers.

-- TNA 2009/12/28

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[george]

More info as we have it.

[Garry]

Well, I hope they all made it okay.

[perkie173]

Ooh thats not good. Was it one of the dive boats?

[Samui Coconut]

Like George said " more info as we get it"

The Post and Nation have not even picked up the story yet, so your best bet is to stay tuned here.

[philthebook]

High Waves? I just took the 14.30 had rin queen ferry from koh phangan back to samui and the sea was very calm.

[apteraplayer]

The sea is very calm around Samui today

[Yuri]

KOH SAMUI: Speedboat swamped by high waves sinks near Koh Samui.

Rescue team rescues eight foreign passengers.

How many passengers were on the board?

[stevehaigh]

there's bigger waves in my pool than the sea at the moment. i doubt that was the real reason.

[LivinLOS]

Capsized due to high waves ??

Anyone looked at the weather conditions today ??

[philthebook]

Capsized due to high waves ??

Anyone looked at the weather conditions today ??

Well this was bangrak at about 15.30 today, very calm

[george]

8 Norwegian rescued from Surat Thani sea

KOH SAMUI: -- A speed boat carrying eight Norwegian tourists to Koh Samui in Surat Thani capsized Monday afternoon and the tourists were safely rescued, police said.

The accident happened at about 2:50 pm when the boat was between Nakhon Si Thammarat's Khanom district and Surat Thani's Samui district.

The speed boat left the Don Sak pier heading to Samui and capsized apparently because of high seas, police said.

The boat driver and an assistant were rescued along with the five male and three female tourists.

-- The Nation 2009-12-28

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[cinbkk]

Judging by what the other posters are saying, I think a better account of what caused this sinking could be obtained from the passengers, rather then from the police. Glad everyone is safe, anyhoots.

[Oliver Reed]

Probably Evil Kneivel in the driving seat again, not making any allowance for conditions...although, like everybody else has said already, the waters around Samui were calmer than of late today...Thank heavens everybody was safe...theres a subject for their postcards home

[animatic]

Looks like they went to view the 5 islands to the south, right out my window,

but I saw nothing to indicate much of any weather besides gray today.

Can't rule out rogue waves of course, similar to tidal waves or tsunamis.

Glad the people are all safe as, so far, reported.

[Jirapa]

there's bigger waves in my pool than the sea at the moment. i doubt that was the real reason.

Maybe the boat was hit on the side by the dolphin cow on stevehaigh's member photo? Nice one stevehaigh keep your cows on a rope in future! and your dolphins

[samuitone]

Every year !!

[ratcatcher]

High Waves? I just took the 14.30 had rin queen ferry from koh phangan back to samui and the sea was very calm.

I think this is what they meant by high waves.

[Jirapa]

High Waves? I just took the 14.30 had rin queen ferry from koh phangan back to samui and the sea was very calm.

I think this is what they meant by high waves.

Hi wave might mean "stoned driver!"

[Basil B]

With the recent accidents in Pattaya is it not about time the Thai authorities tightened up on licensing small boats and and their skippers.

[mickba]

With the recent accidents in Pattaya is it not about time the Thai authorities tightened up on licensing small boats and and their skippers.

Why do people still have these fantasies?

[dumball]

'Basil B' date='2009-12-28 19:45:29' post='3230093']

With the recent accidents in Pattaya is it not about time the Thai authorities tightened up on licensing small boats and and their skippers.

Any more nasty aspersions similar to this pertaining to persons or authorities , feel assured you will have an immediate sever suspension for a time not lasting more than a millisecond .

Let this be fair warning for all you jokers on this honourable forum .

[Brewsta]

With the recent accidents in Pattaya is it not about time the Thai authorities tightened up on licensing small boats and and their skippers.

Why do people still have these fantasies?

something in the air?

[Foggy Bottom]

With the recent accidents in Pattaya is it not about time the Thai authorities tightened up on licensing small boats and and their skippers.

Why do people still have these fantasies?

Here's another one .....

With the profusion of "accidents" involving small marine craft, when will the Thai authorities derestrict the occupation of small craft skippering on the control lists of the FBA, and allow qualified, experienced, safety conscious farangs to skipper these passenger craft as not just a permitted, but an encouraged occupation within Thai waters?

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[brahmburgers]

High Waves? I just took the 14.30 had rin queen ferry from koh phangan back to samui and the sea was very calm.

The sea is very calm around Samui today

Does the Gulf of Thailand get high waves? I guess it depends on one's definition of high waves. High waves don't bode well for Bkk's future.

Glad the survivors kept cool heads and could tread water and/or swim. If they were Asian passengers, they'd be less likely to have had a 100% survival rate. Moral to this story: teach your kids to swim.

[HakimKlunker]

As a professional boat builder: It is surprising to me that we do not see news like this EACH DAY.

The building quality and and maintenance standard of local operaters usually is at its lowest.

Qualification of the drivers is in most cases only determined by the size of their bizeps (the brain is too small to take a measure).

Together with certain ruthless expat cowboy-entrepreneurs (write to me and I will tell names!) the lifes of holiday makers are risked daily.

Thailand has quite relaxed regulations regarding naval business operations and until this changes (if ever) we will see the above news over and over again.

THIS time no people bit the dust

- - - next time ?

B.T.W.: Happy new year to all who survived 2009

[sbk]

Since when do speedboats run from Don Sak to Samui?

[HakimKlunker]

With the recent accidents in Pattaya is it not about time the Thai authorities tightened up on licensing small boats and and their skippers.

Among insiders it is well known, that there is a - hmm - 'organisation' in the background that has a sort of control over who is operating and how much 'fee' this costs him. (write to me and I will tell names )

[dom samui]

Since when do speedboats run from Don Sak to Samui?

Since speedboats have engine and gasoline!!! And a couple of friends to rent it for a half day or more...

[dom samui]

As a professional boat builder: It is surprising to me that we do not see news like this EACH DAY.

The building quality and and maintenance standard of local operaters usually is at its lowest.

Qualification of the drivers is in most cases only determined by the size of their bizeps (the brain is too small to take a measure).

Together with certain ruthless expat cowboy-entrepreneurs (write to me and I will tell names!) the lifes of holiday makers are risked daily.

Thailand has quite relaxed regulations regarding naval business operations and until this changes (if ever) we will see the above news over and over again.

THIS time no people bit the dust

- - - next time ?

B.T.W.: Happy new year to all who survived 2009

I'll send you back my wishes in four days!!! Think i'll survive ....