"Crew Forget to Close Door' - $55 Million Superyacht Starts Sinking | SY News Ep2359

[@AshMcFarlane]

My 7 year old VW Estate wont let me pull away if one of the doors is open, so what happened to this 55mil boat is mental

[@kevinmobile]

Safety has clearly moved on. My 14 year old VW Passat WILL allow me to pull away in such circumstances ;~}

[@kenmay1572]

@@kevinmobile My 17 year old Jag wont let me drive away if a door is open

[@elizabethcarrington5819]

@@AshMcFarlane excellent point! lol.😊❤️

[@majorlaff8682]

My friend's 70-year-old wife won't let him drive away if her mouth is open.

[@VagabundaGypsy]

Perhaps he wanted to sink his yacht. Perhaps it is insured for a higher value than trying to sell it. Maybe there aren't keen buyers around at the moment. 🙄

[@harkinsclark1417]

I made a stupid mistake at work today, cost my business €295, I don't feel so bad now😂

[@igamehard8860]

@@harkinsclark1417 you should. That's like 30,000 in Canada

[@SuperRede4u]

Or in the real world - $440 CAD.

[@hessranch]

@@harkinsclark1417 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@buckystarfinger2487]

Only people who don't make mistakes are the people who do nothing.

[@Joshuaeway03]

@buckystarfinger2487 but in that there is a mistake that was made. Which is taking the action of rest, slumber, or being still when it is time to move. This is a mistake some want back.

[@andrewnaylor3965]

There has to be alarms on the bridge to show that the doors are not locked MCA requirement. Someone will be getting sued and the insurance company will be looking for negligence on the crews part.

[@obsidianjane4413]

Alarms, and watertight bulkhead doors, and pumps, and... yeah.

[@Confidentk9sCa]

@@andrewnaylor3965 Proper liability insurance should cover employee negligence. I believe it’s only when someone does something on purpose or illegal when they won’t cover a liability, or if it’s an issue that’s been repeated. Insurance is supposed to cover accidents and one off mistakes.

[@byteme9718]

The insurance company has an obligation to pay the owner but they can abrogate the claim and sue the negligent party to recover their costs. Just how much do you think a deck hand earns in order to pay for this?

[@Confidentk9sCa]

@@byteme9718 where I come from, employees are not liable for acts of simple negligence. Anyone can try to sue for anything, but law and legal precedents take priority. However management can be slightly more difficult to argue in courts but is most often the same. Intent is usually the biggest obstacle for either side.

[@byteme9718]

@@Confidentk9sCa Yes, that's why I agreed with your comment.

[@my2cents945]

LOL. My 40k Toyota has an indicator for any open door, it even tells me which one. Why not this tub?

[@rjl9707]

Agree, and so does my 17yr old Nissan, $3500 on a good day. Door lights still work and beeps.

[@styldsteel1]

The boat should have been made by Toyota. Everyone knows Toyota and Honda are the best

[@CrunchyTire]

That yacht cost $56 million with the door ajar alarm

[@jlovell4419]

Needed a few cans of FlexSeal.

[@DonFarmer-hq5sw]

Ok ok that did it ! I spilled my beer 🍺 laughing 😆😂 Great comment ❤

[@surfstarcc1]

I also laughed out loud when I read this comment. 🤣🤣👍

[@geehampton9363]

😂😂😂 yup says the flex seal man in the boat

[@mefirst4266]

i bet the captain get fired for leaving the flex seal at the dock.

[@MysticaSigma1]

😂😂 Instantly saw the informercial

[@phiberoptik232]

Inexcusable. Where are the technological safeguards that should prevent such a thing from happening in the first place?

[@Perurikun]

that's what i was thinking. there's no alert on the bridge to warn crew that an outer hatch is open when u try to get underway?

[@csjrogerson2377]

@@Perurikun Yes, there are systems on the bridge that will tell the Officer on watch that the door is open.

[@macbook802]

The technology is called "blame game"

[@pm1104]

Honestly….it doesn’t look very good for the crew.! 😂😂😂

[@phiberoptik232]

@@Perurikun exactly 💯 %

[@avayu2289]

And this is why a sober and ultra competent crew is crucial to prevent negligence such as this.

[@Gilan4983]

When this yacht was launched I was brought in as Captain. It was probably the worst experience of a 36yr career dealing with the shipyard. There had been a build captain who resigned a few weeks before launch which was a huge red flag. On proving trials we lost the generators that had to be rebuilt, we had 2 electrical fires while in Palma and so many other problems it’s hard to recount them all. Throughout the shipyard were belligerent and unhelpful and the whole thing turned into a huge legal mess. 2:16

[@johnc2438]

...and this yacht was built in Italy? Hmmm... 🤣

[@flockofone9214]

Thanks for the perspective. Do you think the door became unlatched rather than forgotten?

[@Gilan4983]

@@flockofone9214 that's unlkely it needs to be actively raised into position

[@sbdreamin]

sorry for my ignorance, but what in the heck is a 'door' on a yacht that can be left open and sink the boat? I'm not familiar with this type of craft.

[@Gilan4983]

@@sbdreamin Its a door in the hull that opens to launch tenders and jetskis stored internally. When done properly they are self draining i.e. the floor is totally sealed an water can just run off withour affecting the stability. On this yacht its not sealed and water can run into the bilge and is meant to be pumped out by an electric pump. But even with some water in the lazarette bilge it should not be listing that much which makes me think another section has also flooded.

[@petervanderwaart1138]

The weather doesn't look threatening.

[@--Valek--]

yeah, someone f'd up

[@MsMatty-oj1jb]

It’s the calm before the storm

[@Paul37Ontario]

That side tender garage area should be a water tight compartment, same for the rear garage. Captain fault for not making sure doors are closed, should be alarms. Last year a similar partial sinking was seen due to rear garage door left open at sea on a 100 + foot yacht.

[@G-ra-ha-m]

I'd think the water tight compartment itself should have an auto-release to shut the internal door if it detected water.

[@brentfarvors192]

The sensor will fail in the first 6 months, and the dooe will.never work.again...

[@G-ra-ha-m]

@@brentfarvors192 I'm sure a reliable system could be invented, that idea took me £0 and 10 seconds, so it's probably not the best :D

[@brentfarvors192]

@@G-ra-ha-m Imagine the engineers designed such a system, and installed it on that ship...

[@tomriley5790]

So nobody heard of the hearld of free enterprise? This is why the navy started using checklists when they began operating submarines...

[@pilkipilki4472]

@@tomriley5790 what could go wrong if you left the door open on a submarine?

[@byteme9718]

I think you'll find submarines existed before the Herald of Free Enterprise. Check lists too.

[@yankee1235]

And they banned screen doors.

[@getstuk87]

@@yankee1235 also cardboard, and cardboard derivatives

[@wildnis5219]

@@pilkipilki4472 British K12 Disaster

[@mrkman62]

Yacht will now be renamed "Pathos"

[@Buddy869-z9x]

😂😂😂 Good one!

[@alex0589]

take your like and go

[@forresthoward5868]

Love ❤️ this video!! This one was straight to the point and was reported unbiased. The way news is supposed to be reported. I was thrilled to watch and know that my trigger finger didn’t have to be in place for the FF.

[@kathleenogrady8459]

Someone is getting fired........

[@mrcoolluke7850]

Is it you

[@evensvalcin84]

@@kathleenogrady8459 why it's just a little mistaking I will not fired my work for that

[@cicakaki6587]

@@evensvalcin84 master yoda?

[@globalautobahn1132]

Fired, keel hauled, walking the plank….

[@pc8134]

Not if they are a democrat. They will probably even get a promotion.

[@randyneilson7465]

My CAR sounds an alarm when a door is open. Not a multi million dollar boat? 😅😅😅

[@johnc2438]

That's not Italian!

[@thomassen_thomas]

They got action on their holiday... Excitement... Unwanted, but for sure an experience for life...

[@frankblangeard8865]

Well worth the $180,000 that they paid!

[@teppo9585]

And pretty sure they got refund and maybe more to boot!

[@willmad3121]

Forgot the drain plug too I bet. I did that once on Jon boat. Easy correction..just speed up and the water goes out the plug hole.

[@pjritts1]

Even the smallest boats have a manual bilge pump as well as a redundant bilge pump that automatically switches on in case of catastrophe. It’s required for insurance. I can’t imagine a super yacht wouldn’t have something similar. We weren’t told of the specifics, so I can only speculate. But how would any insurer cover a super yacht without such redundancy? Baffles the mind.

[@johnc2438]

Hope they enjoyed their cruise.

[@chevy4x466]

Boat captains don’t get the respect they deserve. As a weekend boater in the Midwest, I can say from experience lives r on the line every time the boat moves. I view sea going captains in the same light as a commercial pilot.

[@ginog5037]

Rich people problems 😴

[@robertmpeterson9755]

Not all marine engineers are the same --Nor are yacht designers.

[@jamescrud]

@@robertmpeterson9755 A simple limit switch is all that would have been required. That's some really shitty design for a multi gazillion dollar boat.

[@lunes-1]

Crew was busy having fun 😅

[@pboperations]

Was just reading about that in the Mail, and I thought get straight on here to Esysmans

[@swaynno]

Well professional assistance, vessel assist for starters. Thank you for letting us know.

[@maxx9384]

Former Airline pilot here: Don‘t tell me, there are no indications for that on the bridge!

[@jeroenvanrixel7980]

😂😂

[@normanboyes4983]

There are stall indicators and stick shakers in aircraft but they still manage to stall and crash aircraft. Now tell me about the ‘Swiss Cheese model’?

[@maxx9384]

@@normanboyes4983 Well, I haven‘t heard that someone took off with a door open lately 😜

[@normanboyes4983]

@@maxx9384 Touché Mon brave 🤣- very few yachts stall either.

[@leonkernan]

@@maxx9384 Boeing would like to know more about this innovation.

[@BabyHoolighan]

I shared this report over coffee with yacht friends. That kept waiting for the punch line. I said, "It's not a joke." They didn't believe me. When I said, "I saw it on the internet" they nearly choked to death with laughter.

[@hardy3559]

Andrews right! No alarm and flashing lights! I won’t lose any sleep over this

[@hrcsourcingltd7858]

And now soon to be renamed “ mv verywetinside”

[@blairhoughton7918]

They'll dry it out and sell it in another state.

[@SiiliViin]

As many yacht reviews in youtube I have watched, side tender garages always are waterproof boxes inside ship and there is only waterproof internal door to that room. Even if they forgot to close big external side door, they still should be able to close internal watertight door, even if there is already a lot of water.

[@blairhoughton7918]

I suspect they did that and this list is just from the water that's inside the garage, but maybe it leaked elsewhere and they can't stop it, because who inspects new yachts for code violations?

[@delgadomd1]

Thanks for the update. Great job. Thanks for sharing.

[@Anthony-h7q6i]

Cheap labor and this is the result. Happy trails to the crew members including the captain who didn't verify all systems go for the travels.

[@trollbot3728]

That's why I designed my megayachts with advanced system monitoring. A VMS screen would show you every single door on the vessel and whether it was open, (green), closed (blue or yellow), or secured (red) on Hull Doors, Watertight Doors, Hatches and Weathertight Doors. This would never have happened on one of my projects. Heck, you would have even seen it from the wing station mounted CCTV Pelco HD Camera. Very poor design for situational awareness.

[@brigitkarlsen4294]

Glad I checked in with u … great story / footage & voice over ….. 💕

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

Exactly! I find it hard to believe that there isn't some kind of alarm, blinking light, and probably even a cctv camera the captain or whoever started up the engines would have seen.

[@ericvonwiegen5672]

Thanks for sharing 👍👍

[@extendedp1]

For Sale: 2014 314ft Super Yacht. Super nice, well appointed. Pick up only, no delivery, no backsies.

[@Agent77X]

Yacht converted into a submarine before our eyes! Will be in upcoming James Bond movie!😮

[@peterevenhuis2663]

A simple panel on the bridge with indication if watertight doors are open or secure, is a solution

[@rjl9707]

"Alexa"...... please close the darn door !! - for the 10th time.

[@nortonmolly]

There should be an internal water tight door(s) which should remain closed at all times, unless you open it to walk through. And then close it behind you.

[@johngibson3837]

Hey up sysman there has to be something more than a red light on the bridge to say water coming in if stationary or let alown open if underway, looking forward to what you find out mate

[@Bailey-k2j]

Awesome!

[@bsb11kat25]

Erm, no expert, but what happened to inter locks? go to start engines and alarm comes on to show what is open?

[@cordinarcher1054]

We're missing A LOT of details here. Any update on this case?

[@YachtReport]

All details available were released at the time of this video being made.

[@griptopia]

Dude, love your news on an industry we would otherwise know nothing about ;) If the door was open and left open how comes the safety features / procedures didn't cover this.

[@teppo9585]

The often petty and silly warnings our cars and stuff give are there mainly to annoy us, not to protect. Someone in a boat like this isn´t like that. It´s all about annoying and inconveniencing the riff raff.

[@ashishpatel350]

What weather ?looks pretty chill 😂

[@DCGreenZone]

More doors at or below the waterline are needed. Tell the engineers.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

WHAT A DEAL !!....Thanks my friend .....Shoe🇺🇸

[@donalddepew9605]

Oh well s-t happens. Must be a real professional crew. At least the captain was smart to run it aground. Stupid is as stupid does! Great Video!

[@George-xb5ey]

That's crazy that yacht was there last year in kefalonia when I was there it was parked in one of the ports in fiskardo, it's a shame for the vessel

[@johnandersonjjr]

Who knew there was any possibility of having a door anywhere near the waterline.Are there (below waterline)screen doors on yachts for mosquito free summer cruising?

[@LearningFast]

Ethos was featured on the TV show Below Deck. I wonder if this was the Below Deck crew that made the mistake?

[@Fester_]

I hope they save it. Good luck folk.

[@chelseadean6386]

This is the second “Super yacht” that I’ve heard of this week. The other one was in Italy and happened a few days ago, I believe 5-6 people were recovered, one being a multimillionaire. Apparently they said his super yacht was unsinkable.

[@chrisvalford]

About the technology; there should be a mimic panel showing the state of all watertight and fire doors, but I don't know the requirements for this yacht size and registration. Had a task once of getting one of these systems working on a Chinese build where they had fitted the incorrect wiring.

[@blairhoughton7918]

Is there an authority to do structural code inspections on new pleasure boats?

[@0bm31770]

My 24 year old motorcycle stalled every time I put it in gear yesterday, because I forgot to raise the kickstand. Driving with the kickstand down is nothing compared to sinking a $55 million dollar ship.

[@blairhoughton7918]

Yeah but it'd still look way dorkier than the boat does even with its tail dragging in the water like this.😂

[@corneilcorneil]

My 1980 Honda Prelude had already a safetu warning when a door was closed not correct.

[@cestusfr]

We need a follow up on the who's gonna pay up aftermath!

[@jordanmunn2286]

YACHT CHEF HERE!! This is what you call… INSURANCE SCAM. Happens all the time. This is absolute bollocks. There is NO WAY that door was left open by accident, and no alarms (the entire boat is on sensitive alarm systems) that didn’t go off in the bridge or engine room. This is a classic method for owners to claim insurance and rid themselves of their old boats to purchase new ones. Absolute BS.

[@suewalker8586]

@@jordanmunn2286 I was just thinking the same thing!!

[@scuffmacgillicutty7509]

I hate it when I forget to close the door.

[@lumberpilot]

Similar to "We forgot to check that particular roof."

[@jonathancost4927]

In one of the shots I think I can see the tender garage door in an open, horizontal position.

[@Glen-uy4jt]

As a retired captain I know that it is the officer of the watch to give the orders and confirm that they were carried out. Before encountering foul weather the whole vessel must be secured for it’s protection. It is hard to blame a deckhand for leaving a door open unless it was gross negligence. The captain is also responsible to hire only qualified crew members. I have worked on vessels, for very short periods, where expenses were put before vessel integrity.

[@GH-oi2jf]

My modestly priced compact automobile gives me an alert if a door is not securely shut.

[@GM-cq6ez]

My 2000 Toyota does the same. I dream of a world where equality reigns and modesty is valued. These expensive toys remind me of how far humanity has deteriorated.

[@dmora2386]

A super yacht worth millions doesn't have a simple door ajar alarm? You've got to be kidding me.

[@richielittlewood867]

Dam DEI Crew hires 😮😮

[@itsmePassport]

My kids sometimes leave doors open in my car, but there is a red light on my dashboard that tells me. So i dont move until all doors are shut and seat belts on.

[@aahangar123]

Fancy home for the fish!

[@FrankRussell-y2x]

"SO WET" is now the new name

[@SarcasticLittlePrick]

Happy 2see this 😊 😃

[@jfmezei]

Last Sunday, you showed crew quarters in MY Legacy (IIRC) and that yacht had watertight compartments. Would this yacht formerly known as Entourage have such as well, or is that in a class smaller which wouldn't have them? Would the deck where tender is located be considered above water and not have them? Interesting how come images make it obvious there is a tender garage, while in other images the vertical distance between water line and deck above seems too small to have one. If, when running, the wave/wake along ship is higher than door sill and would flood the tender garage, would just stopping ship cause water to drain out? Or would this fllooding be so quick that it is catastrophic and one way trip to sea floor?

[@salimerdem7544]

There should be a certain height above the water for such doors, which ofcourse limits the access height drastically for the tender operation. I have seen cases by Italian boats, where this is provided by a movable part and removed for easy operation. Looks like RINA was accepting this solution. A similar incident has happened to a Benetti a couple of years ago, due to a failure with aft door. From the picture of the aft door, seems this might be the case with the side door.

[@ETr4d3]

Arent 24+ meters boats supposed to have multiple water tight doors and compartments to prevent them from sinking?

[@scottslomka240]

Gotta have the beach club

[@alex0589]

insurance companies should force better, basic safety sensors lol....maybe a couple more bilge pumps ahah. damn.

[@noeltarr8834]

There are safety features on a public train that will not allow the train to move an inch if any of the doors is fully or partially open . The train usually cost only $1 millon

[@crisdimkos2276]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣classic 👌

[@LongStep]

Wouldn't there be an alarm/ alert light in the bridge if significant doors are open? At a minimum, I would expect an alarm if doors are open when the ship is put into gear. In larger aircraft we know when cargo is open, we can acknowledge the alert (on arrival) or ask the ground crew to close or re-close the cargo door, if we are trying to depart. Something similar would be so easy to do in a yacht.

[@info-m8p]

😂😂😂...beyond funny....no door alarm then

[@pattieh5118]

Like someone else mention I can’t believe there wasn’t a alarm in the wheelhouse

[@20truck]

I believe this yacht was on the TV show Below Deck

[@jobturkey7418]

Damn that’s so sad. How will they go on

[@brettymike]

Come on!, there would have been a flashing light alarm in the skippers face on the bridge!.

[@andy99ish]

Strange. A hull usually has no doors close to the waterline. The exception is the tender door, which gives access to the tender garage. That garage is usually self-draining plus isolated from the hull. Whatever the use of that door on the starboard side in the forward section is, it surely is also self-draining. It is hard to imagine how that yacht could have taken more water in a rather calm sea than its bilge pumps could handle. BTW the rear tender garage door is not on the "stern starboard side". There is no such thing as a "holiday island". There is no such place as "the bay near Kefalonia". Kefalonia is a rather large Greek island, with numerous bays around it and inhabited year-round by people who are not on holidays.

[@robertbcope]

I'm surprised they don't have pumps or something that can control that flooding. Assuming they were able to close the door eventually. Obviously, I have zero actual knowledge of these things so I'm probably sounding very ignorant... because I am.

[@bigc8300]

All good mate.

[@csjrogerson2377]

They do. Each section below the waterline is connected to the bilge pumping system. It becomes a question of can you get the door shut and watertight, and if not, who wins the water in versus water out battle. There is also a portable emergency pump.

[@christophb2736]

There are pumps to get rid off water from a leakage. However the capacity of those pumps is limited. It‘s like applying a bandaid to a slit throat.

[@robertbcope]

@@csjrogerson2377 Thanks. That was basically what I was thinking!

[@DonFarmer-hq5sw]

Ethos threatening to meet Neptune 😮

[@EagleArrow]

Rut Ro!

For the sinking to get that far wouldn't they have had to leave an internal watertight door from the tender garage to the interior open too?

[@GoodToGoIndustries]

It seems like if it can sink from a simple open door that like others said, there should be safeguards in place. I mean it's 2024 how hard is it to install a sensor.

[@thomasaccuntius9946]

Are there not any alarms for the door beeing open? Wouldn't bilge pumps be working ? Does the crew have a checklist to go by before debarking? Air plane pilots go thru a pre- flight check list with both verifying. Someones going to be fired.

[@Brookspirit]

No CCTV cameras showing the doors are closed? Seems odd.

[@naneekad3960]

"On another note - this yacht is currently for sale" 😅

[@armageddonready4071]

Seems kinda like a DESIGN FLAW? Don’t those rooms that have doors like that, also have another sealed door going into that room?

[@BlackheartCharlie]

No worries. I expect the captain will be able to get a job, even after this debacle. Him: "You want to super-size your order of fries, sir?"

[@0e32]

I have learned that the water should be on the outside of the boat 🙂

[@richardgiles2484]

This sort of thing seems more common and extremely worrying 😢😢

[@devonnabrown1234]

No one is asking about faulty equipment. That's my first question. I hope there is a "black yacht box" that shows all activities. I hope there are some cameras installed on this yacht.

[@jota3732]

If I leave my car boot open the car makes a sound and a light pops up. Why doesn’t a Yacht of this calliber have an alarm seeing as it’s more than likely to sink.

[@ExploreTheUKWithMe]

I'm sick for days when I loose a tenna I couldn't cope 😂 that really is an epic fail