RJRS1301 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 1 hour ago, ToddinChonburi said: Wow they stuffed 43 people on that boat. Unreal Hope they did not try to serve lunch or drinks on the journey, no room for a steward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRS1301 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 4 hours ago, apophyss said: sam nam na ! Claims on travel insurance?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRS1301 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 40 minutes ago, onlybrad said: Boating safety is atrocious in Thailand. What I would always carry on speedboats and other boats was an empty water bottle with cap. I figured if the boat was going down, one empty water bottle down my pants would provide just enough emergency buoyancy to keep me afloat until rescue. Hope it is bloody big water bottle. What about a life jacket?? I refuse to travel on any water transport without one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttrd Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 9 hours ago, petedk said: It will be interesting to see just why "water was getting into the boat". Overloaded or poor maintenance? …. rather a combination of both and if we add to high speed, uncertified captain and poor trained staff then all 5 boxes are ticked and therefore an accident sooner or later was unavoidable…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiWai Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 "Ok krap, the snorkeling portion of the trip is being bumped up on the schedule, everyone grab a mask and snorkel" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike787 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 No problem, it's just another typical day in the land of smiles...is anyone surprised they are naive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeray Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 12 hours ago, dpeti73 said: All these speed boats are old piece of shit wondering not happening daily That’s quite a generalization on your part. I have owned and maintained boats for half a century. I think that qualifies my judgement a bit when I say that I have used these very same phi phi boats and didn’t see or experience anything that would qualify as “old piece of shit”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 15 hours ago, rooster59 said: 43 foreign tourists from Phuket have been saved after water started pouring into a speedboat they were travelling in and capsized on the way to Koh Phi Phi Let me guess, they were Chinese? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 15 hours ago, NCC1701A said: some ruined iPhones in that group. You will love this one. I was at the golf course with my Chinese wife not so long ago and she was trying to retrieve golf balls from the creek. Funny as all hell when she fell in the creek but not so funny when she got out and said that she lost her phone out of her pocket. Anyway, I ended up going home and getting a fishing net and about an hour later found it. I handed it to her and she rang her girlfriend to say that she found it. It worked perfectly. Samsung S4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AboutThaim Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 17 hours ago, DoctorG said: Pumps? You think they had pumps? ???? Huh? Why you want to put pumps in boat? Water on the outside not in boat. Farang not smart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 19 hours ago, petedk said: It will be interesting to see just why "water was getting into the boat". Overloaded or poor maintenance? Obviously a hole somewhere.....these things are crap from bow to stern! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 5 hours ago, neeray said: That’s quite a generalization on your part. I have owned and maintained boats for half a century. I think that qualifies my judgement a bit when I say that I have used these very same phi phi boats and didn’t see or experience anything that would qualify as “old piece of shit”. Where the boats you used fibreglass or plywood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolf99 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I looked closely at the way these "speed boats" are consrtucted in several boat builders in Jomtien/Pattaya area. Most are made of sheets of 12mm plywood covered in a thin fibreglass gel coat. If the gel coat is compromised with even a small scratch the plywood starts to suck in water and fail. The photo of the upturned boat shows a large sheet of ply has come clean off the hull They should use "Marine plywood" but I doubt if they do as it is more expensive than normal household plywood. There is also no real integral strength in the design of these vessels and they end up carrying far more passengers than they are fit for. They are also fitted with engines far too powerfull for them and driven as fast as possible into pounding waves. This is obvious when you see them aquaplaning when driven with no passengers on board at high speed. They are death traps waiting to eat their victims. The main reason these boats are taken out of the water on a nightly basis is to let the plywood dry so that the boat can be used again the next day and fix any real obvious cracks with more fibreglass sheets and gel. The trouble with modern "tourists" is that they find it "fun" doing things outside their boring daily lives, constantly taking selfies and never seeing the dangers around them in a place like Thailand on the roads and in the seas. Lots of press coverage of the deaths of people on the roads in Thailand but I wonder if they totalled up the deaths/sinkings of marine craft they would be right up there with African ferries....... and Africa is a continent not a small country that should do everything to protect paying visitors........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucko Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 19 hours ago, DoctorG said: Been a long time since I last heard the word plimsolls. Maybe its about time to have Plimsoll Lines made law on these tourist boats ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 13 minutes ago, Bucko said: Maybe its about time to have Plimsoll Lines made law on these tourist boats ???? Sounds like a good idea. Unfortunately here we can have as many laws as we like. Enforcing them is something more akin to science fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolkc Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Did this one slip through the inspection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I have been on a few boats while living in Thailand and seen some dodgy ones and overloaded and I did get of one as it didn't look safe, now we only recommend one company to our guest and I have been on a few of their trips they are not overloaded and seem very professional in the way they run their business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indepth Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, ChipButty said: I have been on a few boats while living in Thailand and seen some dodgy ones and overloaded and I did get of one as it didn't look safe, now we only recommend one company to our guest and I have been on a few of their trips they are not overloaded and seem very professional in the way they run their business. thanks for your informative post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meinphuket Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I am forced to have my car tested for road-worthiness annually, would it entirely defeat any modicum of logic to force boat operators in Phuket to do the same ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 1 minute ago, meinphuket said: I am forced to have my car tested for road-worthiness annually, would it entirely defeat any modicum of logic to force boat operators in Phuket to do the same ? to be seaworthy is a requirement, to be floatworthy is an achievement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 13 minutes ago, meinphuket said: I am forced to have my car tested for road-worthiness annually, would it entirely defeat any modicum of logic to force boat operators in Phuket to do the same ? How many fathoms can your car operate down to? (sorry!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stevenl Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 9 hours ago, lonewolf99 said: I looked closely at the way these "speed boats" are consrtucted in several boat builders in Jomtien/Pattaya area. Most are made of sheets of 12mm plywood covered in a thin fibreglass gel coat. If the gel coat is compromised with even a small scratch the plywood starts to suck in water and fail. The photo of the upturned boat shows a large sheet of ply has come clean off the hull They should use "Marine plywood" but I doubt if they do as it is more expensive than normal household plywood. There is also no real integral strength in the design of these vessels and they end up carrying far more passengers than they are fit for. They are also fitted with engines far too powerfull for them and driven as fast as possible into pounding waves. This is obvious when you see them aquaplaning when driven with no passengers on board at high speed. They are death traps waiting to eat their victims. The main reason these boats are taken out of the water on a nightly basis is to let the plywood dry so that the boat can be used again the next day and fix any real obvious cracks with more fibreglass sheets and gel. The trouble with modern "tourists" is that they find it "fun" doing things outside their boring daily lives, constantly taking selfies and never seeing the dangers around them in a place like Thailand on the roads and in the seas. Lots of press coverage of the deaths of people on the roads in Thailand but I wonder if they totalled up the deaths/sinkings of marine craft they would be right up there with African ferries....... and Africa is a continent not a small country that should do everything to protect paying visitors........... These boats are not taken out of the water at night. You really have no clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meinphuket Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 1 hour ago, stevenl said: These boats are not taken out of the water at night. You really have no clue. Absolutely right, here in Phuket they are NEVER taken out of the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chama Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 On 1/26/2019 at 12:30 AM, petedk said: It will be interesting to see just why "water was getting into the boat". Overloaded or poor maintenance? I doubt we will ever know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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