Imagine that every time an airliner landed its cockpit was destroyed and you had to build a new one. A fully reusable airplane would be a transformational improvement. That's the level of achievement we're talking about here.
His wife gave a statement about the storm and capsizing. The woman who hit the guy in her car stayed at the accident and is cooperating.
Lot of other nasties running around without repercussions, but Karma/Simulation said nay to these cats. It is crazy hard to just shake off the coincidence at times.
The keel, lifted or not, should be providing enough righting moment to bring the boat back upright in a matter of seconds. Unless…
Unless the keel breaks off, then you’re done for. But the divers said it was still attached, and no mention of any damage to it. Armchair QB, but I’d say this indicates that the keel never came out of the water - it was not tipped over far enough for that to happen. To me, this had to be open hatches and/or broken windows letting in massive amounts of water quickly, with the potential complication of a huge amount of furniture not secured and permanently altering the balance once it tipped (speculation!). The mast breaking off could also alter balance enough to cause problems.
I’ve been on a sailboat that got put on its side by big wind. It’s terribly frightening, and then a few seconds later you’re right side up again. It is really, really hard to sink a sailing boat if the hull is intact!
The mast was the tallest aluminium mast on a yacht, it snapped and fell down which upset the balance of the yacht.
And remembering how those EBay execs went after those people only for bad reviews, one can imagine what the people like this can do when it comes to real money. And the scale of the money involved here can buy impressively "accidental" accidents.
Not that out of the ordinary. There was another waterspout photographed in Italy that same day; they’re not that uncommon.