Posted on 09/03/2025 9:34:09 AM PDT by lowbridge
A luxury yacht worth nearly $1 million plunged into the waters off the shore of Turkey just 15 minutes after its maiden voyage as panicked passengers and crew jumped overboard.
Dramatic amateur video shows the vessel, named Dolce Vento, ease into the waters off the coast of Zonguldak in northern Turkey’s Eregli district Tuesday before lurching to one side and slowly sinking into the depths.
It was the first time the approximately 85-foot boat, worth around $940,000, was launched after being delivered to its owner from Istanbul.
The owner, captain and two crew members jumped overboard and safely swam to shore without injury, and the Coast Guard and port teams responded to set up a security perimeter around the flailing watercraft.
Officials at the shipyard said the cause of the sinking was under investigation, and that technical inspections of the yacht will be carried out to determine what happened.
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Yep. For a million bucks you'd at least expect the damn thing to float!
“Luxury” yacht, LOL. As opposed to the other kind? Basic utility yachts?
Not very seaworthy. Drat!... Back to the drawing board.
Next time maybe they’ll test a model in the bathtub.
Displacement, balance, and center of gravity still rules the waves!
A lot, lol!
Muslim “engineering”?
Any 85 foot new yacht for $940k must be junk. A new Tiara 50 foot is > 1.5mm. Cheapest on Yachtworld, new, over 80 feet is $4.2mm
https://www.yachtworld.com/boats-for-sale/condition-new/length-80,85/page-5/sort-year:desc/
DEI hires rather than math capable engineers.
Another Homer Simpson moment DOH.
“1m luxury yacht? That’s like calling a timex a luxury watch.”
pretty much my thought as well ... 1 mil MIGHT buy a small yacht, but not even close to a “luxury” yacht ...
Henrik Hybertsson had the good sense to die before the warship he designed was launched
Sinking a ship is easy. One hatch open that should be closed, or vice versa, ship goes down.
Going to have to look Henrik Hybertsson up :)
Average yearly pay in Turkey is equivalent to about $5000 US.
Got it. The Vasa sank immediately because King Gustavus Adolphus kept demanding more ship, more cannons and unnecessary decorations so the highly unbalanced ship was immediately blown over by a gust of wind.
Today, we’d call the king a vacuous, belligerent Democrat.
Maybe the Turkish builders used MDF sheets for bulkheads to cut costs, instead of some light Finnish plywood that might have been spec’d.
You can buy a 60 FT. Swan for less money than that.
A 45 foot Hatteras I think foes for that much all day long.
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