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25 knots right through a rocky point at low(ish) tide.

Couldn't even make it to the beach, which was very close. Location is Barkers Point, just east of the Throgs Neck Bridge. I've fished inside of the buoy there for 20 years. The buoy is about 60 yards off the hard and the really nasty rocks are 25 yards inside of that, so he was pretty close to shore when he hit.

Sank, stern down, in about 30 feet of water. Bow sticking out of the water.

Probably his first boat......

Hopefully his last.

Any pics?

Azimut has to be in the top 5 of worst built boats.

Big $$$$$$$$ down the drain.

$2,100,000.00, I believe.

OUCH!!! Thats my great grandmothers house in the backround at the point.

Brewster Minton wrote:OUCH!!! Thats my great grandmothers house in the backround at the point.

Is she single?

mike ohlstein wrote:$2,100,000.00, I believe.

I believe you could pick this one up for alot less...

May 10, 2012
.A Miami boat captain has been arrested on a first-degree grand theft charge for allegedly sinking a $1.86 million yacht in 2009 off the Bahamas.

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced the arrest of Robert Figueredo by detectives from the Florida Department of Financial Services Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF).

“There is no such thing as a victimless crime,” CFO Atwater said. “Those who reap the spoils of perpetuating fraud victimize every Florida consumer. Those who cheat their fellow Floridians out of their hard-earned dollars will be captured and put behind bars.”

The division initiated an investigation into the sinking of the 80-foot yacht “Star One” reported stolen from Key Biscayne on May 4, 2009, one day after it was discovered scuttled in an area known as the “Tongue of the Ocean” offshore from the Bahamas.

Atwater said suspicions of Figueredo’s involvement were initially raised by a statement from Figueredo’s ex-girlfriend, who told police that he had bragged to her that he had sunk the boat deliberately.

Figueredo gave a sworn statement to the insurance company that he had no knowledge of the theft, and he was completely unaware of who had taken the Star One, according to officials. Federated Insurance Co. received the claim for the sunken boat.

Figueredo was booked into the Miami-Dade County Jail. If convicted on the charge, he faces up to 30 years in prison.

Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle is prosecuting the charge

Nothing worse than a scorned woman!

Most women complain their men don't talk to them enough. Looks like this guy talked to his woman too much.

Due to ass___ like "Figueredo", we are paying thousands of dollars for boat insurance down here in Puerto Rico.

Is it me or does the first pic show signs of laminating issues in the torn glass?

That is one big ass hole!

Not sure I see anything with the laminate. I know that the non-woven fabrics are more prone to 'delamination' than the old woven rovings because they are simply not woven.

I believe a much smarter man on this board said that as great as the new fabrics are they are more prone to hydrostatic pressures. I think there was a 25 Bertram "Floss-em" with a Suzuki outboard that was completely redone and the whole bottom peeled off.

This was obviously not hydrostatic force at work. Looks like a large chunk of mother earth and the hull collided.

Ian.

The more I look the more the torn fibers look dry.
Which would explain why the hull in-between the engines always sounded hollow when I walked on it.

I think that I see his bottom paint on this bouy

jspiezio wrote:I think that I see his bottom paint on this bouy

Those are some bad ass buoys, the navy should use them as weapons

Raybo Marine NY wrote: Those are some bad ass buoys, the navy should use them as weapons

They are extra effective against boats built by Italians.

Port engine was not only ripped from its mounts, but is upside down.....

What I want to know is the answer to the Professor's question -- well, Brew, is she single?

She is long gone.

Sorry Brew - as you know, the kiddie pool is deep compared to me. However, I should have noted, since you close to my age, that great grandmother would be a bit on in her years.

Tom

I do agree- that cloth looks very dry.