Bad Company collides w/ a whale.

Ironman · Post by **Ironman** » Feb 26th, '09, 22:34

Got some pictures of it earlier..Viking not looking good
Ill try to post
Wayne

randall · Post by **randall** » Feb 26th, '09, 22:48

wayne...i posted it in the bertram bow accessory thread. you have to scroll down a bit for the pictures. saw some other pictures today....looks like a bad lay-up.

mike ohlstein · Post by **mike ohlstein** » Feb 26th, '09, 22:50

I'm here in Cabo and saw the boat this afternoon. It totally delaminated upon impact. There seems to be a lot of fiberglass that was never properly saturated with resin. In some places the wood underneath is damp and moldy. Large sheets of fiberglass simply seperated from the balsa core.

I expected more from a 60' Viking. It's a real piece of crap where it counts......

In Memory Walter K · Post by **In Memory Walter K** » Feb 26th, '09, 23:29

Back to the "Core Issue". Like what do you want for a million bucks?

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Feb 27th, '09, 06:17

As one who sees just about every nook and cranny of a boat, I'n not surprised at all.

I've been on boats that are worth 10's of millions of dollars and what you don't see is accidents waiting to happen covered by machinery or expensive decorating..

Its a bookies game with manufacturing for the last 30 years.

Capt. DQ · Post by **Capt. DQ** » Feb 27th, '09, 10:01

I'll be down in Cabo next week fishing with one of the brethern renegademike on the B31...trying for some stripe's.

He had told me they hit a Finback Whale about a month ago all it did was bend the port strut and bent the shaft but they were able get back to port.
No hull damage...you gotta love those B31's.

DQ

Hueso · Post by **Hueso** » Feb 27th, '09, 13:22

the bumped whale is probably saying to his whale buddies:

"....you should have seen the other guy"

Capt. DQ · Post by **Capt. DQ** » Feb 27th, '09, 14:03

http://www.bloodydecks.com/forums/fishi ... today.html

Charlie · Post by **Charlie** » Feb 27th, '09, 20:34

Yea I hit a whale that is my story and I am sticking to it. Otherwise my bookie says he ain't pay'in for latent defects.

jackryan · Post by **jackryan** » Feb 28th, '09, 01:06

Sure looks like a lot of wood in that fiberglass boat.

JR

Brewster Minton · Post by **Brewster Minton** » Feb 28th, '09, 10:19

I hit a whale shark 4 years ago and drove the strut strait through the bottom. The 31 jumped in the air and almost thru me out of the captains chair. It was like I hit a stone wall 2 feet high. Almost sank. Thats why I have so many pumps(6).

randall · Post by **randall** » Feb 28th, '09, 12:36

i almost hit one in the kayak....the only thing i broke was a sweat.

Ironman · Post by **Ironman** » Feb 28th, '09, 15:22

Hi\t a mola mola one night... Bent the prop slightly.
Got 6 pumps also..
Wayne

Skipper Dick · Post by **Skipper Dick** » Feb 28th, '09, 15:38

I hit a killer whale once while cruising around Humpy Cove just outside of Seward, Alaksa. I was running a 28 foot Bayliner. It's a good thing it was just a good bump or I'd probably have sunk in 600 foot of water.

Dick

JP Dalik · Post by **JP Dalik** » Feb 28th, '09, 21:27

Viking hits a whale (I believe this because of the impact damage around the bow thruster) and has less damage done to it then a 630 Bertram hitting waves (you all remember that post)

Guess I'll buy my boats with a built in New Jersey sticker on them.

John Jackson · Post by **John Jackson** » Mar 1st, '09, 23:49

JP, how 'bout "rebuilt" in NJ?

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