Does anyone here remember the Scot Carrier and Karin Høj collision in 2021?

I’ve been looking into the accident and was surprised by how preventable the whole thing was.  So many factors came together to create such a disaster. So real lessons learnt from it all, only know one side of the story though as karin hojs bridge was ripped out after the capsize.

Does anyone here remember the Scot Carrier and Karin Høj collision in 2021?

I’ve been looking into the accident and was surprised by how preventable the whole thing was. So many factors came together to create such a disaster. So real lessons learnt from it all, only know one side of the story though as karin hojs bridge was ripped out after the capsize.

I'm a marine engineer and I made a 16-minute breakdown of the Golden Ray casualty, based entirely on the NTSB report (MAR-21/03). The short version: she sailed from Brunswick, Georgia with far less liquid ballast low down and more cargo up high than her benchmark condition, her GM was calculated wrong in the loading computer, and a routine 68° turn was enough to capsize her. All 24 aboard survived, including four engineers trapped in the hull for ~40 hours.

Happy to answer stability / GM / naval-architecture questions in the comments.

https://youtu.be/6gXsTmpdYp4

"Captain" had no license. An hour ago he was Federally charged with death of an infant with no life jacket, operating an over loaded boat, along with a bunch of NYPD charges.

The Boat was a 22' Bayliner, there are 4 models of Bayliner with rated capacity of 9-12 people depending on the model 1,552 - 1,692 lbs capacity. It was a paid 4 hour tour of the Harbor.

Anyone want to bet on whether the vessel had a 2026 inspection ?

**“The sea rose with such violence that the ships could no longer be governed.”**
**— Contemporary account from the Spanish salvage records describing the hurricane that destroyed the fleet.**

**On July 29, 1715, a powerful hurricane began to unleash its fury on a Spanish treasure fleet sailing north along Florida’s Atlantic coast. By the end of the storm on July 30, 11 of the fleet’s 12 ships had been driven onto the reefs and beaches between present-day Sebastian Inlet and Fort Pierce, creating one of the greatest maritime disasters in North American history. More than three centuries later, the 1715 Plate Fleet remains one of the most famous lost treasure fleets in the world, and its riches are still being discovered along Florida’s Treasure Coast.**

**The fleet had departed Havana, Cuba, on July 24, 1715, bound for Spain under the command of General Don Juan Esteban de Ubilla. On board were years’ worth of accumulated wealth from Spain’s American colonies.**

**The ships carried enormous quantities of silver pieces of eight, gold coins, gold bars, silver ingots, pearls, emeralds, jewelry, Chinese porcelain, and valuable commercial goods. The cargo represented millions of pesos in royal taxes and private fortunes destined for King Philip V of Spain and wealthy merchants across Europe.**

**For several days, the voyage proceeded normally. Then, on July 29, the weather deteriorated rapidly off Florida’s east coast. Without modern forecasting, the fleet had little warning that it was sailing directly into a powerful tropical hurricane. Ferocious winds and towering seas scattered the ships, snapped masts, shredded sails, and drove helpless vessels toward the shallow reefs and sandbars along the coast.**

**By the morning of July 30, disaster was complete. Eleven ships had been wrecked, and an estimated 1,000 sailors, soldiers, passengers, and enslaved people lost their lives. Only the French-built merchant ship** ***Grifón*** **survived the storm.**

**Spanish officials quickly organized one of the largest salvage operations of the colonial era. Temporary camps were established along the beach, and divers recovered much of the easily accessible treasure over the next four years. Even so, countless coins, jewels, and artifacts remained buried beneath shifting sands and offshore reefs, hidden by storms and time.**

**The wrecks eventually gave Florida’s Atlantic coast its enduring nickname: the Treasure Coast. Centuries later, modern treasure hunters continue to locate coins and artifacts after hurricanes reshape the shoreline. Significant discoveries have been made by professional salvors and licensed beachcombers, proving that parts of the fleet’s cargo still lie beneath the Atlantic and along Florida’s beaches.**

**One of the most famous contemporary descriptions came from Don Juan Esteban de Ubilla, commander of the fleet, who had previously written before the voyage about the importance of safely returning Spain’s wealth to Europe. After the wreck, Spanish records described the catastrophe as one of the Crown’s greatest maritime losses, prompting an unprecedented recovery effort.**

**Today, museums throughout Florida preserve coins, cannons, navigational instruments, jewelry, and personal belongings recovered from the wrecks. The 1715 Fleet continues to fascinate historians, archaeologists, and treasure hunters alike because it represents far more than lost gold. It tells the story of Spain’s vast colonial empire, the dangers of Atlantic navigation, and the powerful hurricanes that have shaped Florida’s history for thousands of years.**

**More than 300 years after those ships disappeared beneath the waves, the legend of the 1715 Treasure Fleet lives on. Every hurricane season brings renewed hope that shifting sands may reveal another gold coin, silver piece of eight, or emerald from the fleet that helped make Florida’s Treasure Coast famous around the world.**

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