7 M Rollinator Real Facts.......

[Outer Edge]

Approx 10 months ago i was the skipper of Markahm Whaler ( DOMINATOR 7M ) that rolled in the bay 2 mile out of Clontarf.......Stay tuned .

[bay_firey]

Stay tuned for ??

[fishing111]

Stay tuned for what...why the suspense??

[Mr__Bean]

Approx 10 months ago i was the skipper of Markahm Whaler ( DOMINATOR 7M ) that rolled in the bay 2 mile out of Clontarf.......Stay tuned .

Stay tuned for what????

If you have got something to say then say it.........

- Darren

[Wahoo]

all in good time i suppose, im sure the thread will be good

Daz

[steveg1100]

We have gone through this before unless you have something new to say stop teasing>>

[fish-freak]

Maybe he's still working on his story!
If i was the skipper of a capsized vessel, i'm not sure if i would want to share it with any one!!

[Greg P]

I'd certainly like to hear what happened.

[walruss]

[Outer Edge]

Stay tuned for what????

If you have got something to say then say it.........

- Darren

Due to legal reasons, I must be careful of what is said. Friend of mine asked me to give him a honest opinion of a 7m dominator, which we took for a test ride with the sales rep from Northside marine. He asked for my opinion because I have had many thousand hours experience in cats. On this day of the test run, we had 25knot SE, so it was definetely a good day to get a performance rating. We pushed the boat on a cross wind of about 4000rpm (powered by 150 Hondas). The boat dipped starboard side down into a hole of white water, this allowed the portside motor to stall. As she began to correct, a second set found its way to the back deck and slowed to a grinding hault and lay on its side......before gravity took over. Two passengers were thrown out, and myself and potential buyer (mate) were trapped underneath for some time.

Whe she pitched the first time to the starboard side, she seemed to want to stay in this position and was slow to correct. I have since done some research after this 10 months and have found 7 other instances of a similiar occurence. I have recently received a phone call from the maritime services (can't name person) about their concerns for this hull design, RIGHTLY SO!!

[Spaniard_King]

gawd... it must be good if he has to rack up an audience before droppin the story

Garry

[Lovey80]

Damn legal reasons...... You know we all want the dirty stuff. 7 Sounds a lot. I wonder how many of this design have been sold?

Keep us updated

Cheers Chris

[finding_time]

Due to legal reasons, I must be careful of what is said. Friend of mine asked me to give him a honest opinion of a 7m dominator, which we took for a test ride with the sales rep from Northside marine. He asked for my opinion because I have had many thousand hours experience in cats. On this day of the test run, we had 25knot SE, so it was definetely a good day to get a performance rating. We pushed the boat on a cross wind of about 4000rpm (powered by 150 Hondas). The boat dipped starboard side down into a hole of white water, this allowed the portside motor to stall. As she began to correct, a second set found its way to the back deck and slowed to a grinding hault and lay on its side......before gravity took over. Two passengers were thrown out, and myself and potential buyer (mate) were trapped underneath for some time.

Whe she pitched the first time to the starboard side, she seemed to want to stay in this position and was slow to correct. I have since done some research after this 10 months and have found 7 other instances of a similiar occurence. I have recently received a phone call from the maritime services (can't name person) about their concerns for this hull design, RIGHTLY SO!!

Thanks for the report!! I for one have been waiting for the skippers side for a while( were you the skipper at the time?), all we seemed to get on this incident were various reports from various sorces including northside marine that blamed driver error( eg when we righted the boat the throttles were in the fully open position, the driver must not have known what he was doing!) I have also heard of other reports , surely they cannot all be driver error.

Ian

Ps. It will be very interesting where this thread goes.

[propdinger]

F & B have a articale in the book this month on the rollovers of the CATS worth a read

[peterbo3]

Outer Edge,
The libel & defamation laws in this country allow you to state what happened. You can identify people, report what was said & what occurred. As this happened to you personally, unless there is a court order (injunction) or you have signed some form of non-disclosure agreement preventing you from speaking, then you may tell your story, providing that you do not come to conclusions which may be deemed to be outside your sphere of expertise.
You CAN even name your source in Qld Transport..........just make sure that you have a record of your conversation with that person.
So give us the full story. You chimed in with some new info so go for it.