Apparently a submarine appeared in the middle of the Opti fleet, mid-race, at the 49th International Yachting Week, Mar del Plata.
link: http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=155009
and some more photo's:
http://www.clubracer.be/2014/2/8/duikboot-komt-boven-ten-midden-optimisten-wedstrijd
Haha, What if this happened to You .
Grtz, André
Edited by catmodding on Feb 09, 2014 - 10:48 PM.
André de Bruin, Amsterdam,the Netherlands
P 18-2
wow , that captain should lose his command
lets not condemn the sub skipper -
optis don't show on radar or sonar .... if you are coming up from depth .... you can't see until you breach the surface
If the optis had better sonar onboard ... this could be avoided!
MN3
they are suppose to clear the area with the periscope right ? at least thats what they said when they sank that japanese ship in hawaii
it was a bit tongue-in-cheek
this was the 49th annual event, the sub surely should have had some info to this...
it is not an uncommon snafu world wide
MN3
MN3 wrote: lets not condemn the sub skipper -
optis don't show on radar or sonar .... if you are coming up from depth .... you can't see until you breach the surfaceIf the optis had better sonar onboard ... this could be avoided!
The SONAR guys would have heard multiple "Starbord!" calls and protests. With my 18's dagger boards and rudders, they would be deaf from the singing and humming.