Chinese engineering

[jeepinmatt]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/luxury-chinese-boat-launches-sinks-immediately

Details of what actually went down in this incident are bit fuzzy being that most every report is in Chinese, but from what we gather, a highly anticipated luxury leisure boat being built by the city of Lanzou located in the Gansu Province of China nearly sank immediately after the vessel was launched on September 29th. The vessel, the SS Jiugang, reportedly cost over 17 million RMB (over $2.5m USD) and its launch failure was salt in the wounds for the already expensive and highly questioned project.

I think this is a great representation of both chinese engineering AND government projects!

 

[GubNi]

Too much weight on the rear for the angle which it was launched.

 

[HAPPY]

Shallow hull + bad launch angle + FAIL

 

[levellinebrad]

Godzilla ate that bitch

 

[UncleWillie]

That is what happens when you build a boat out of chopsticks.

 

[y2kcrawler]

Whats funny are the fellas holding on to the front of the boat as if they are going to stop it... Did it sink to the bottom?

 

[dmoore714]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/14/chinese-yacht-fail-sinking_n_1011693.html

This article said the problem was "improper handling from the builders, who mistakenly estimated the water level causing the water level to exceed the limit."

Translation: We thought it would float

 

[UncleWillie]

I don't see how a boat with that shallow a hull and that tall a structure would be very stable in the first place. Looks like a luxury swamp boat.