(Note also that the bulkhead separating the head in the aft port side of the boat has been torn off. - DHP)
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| TP-0 is the photo that we discussed last fall. It came off the Web. TP-1 is the same view but shows more detail. The name can be seen. It turns out that TP must have been modified after the brochure photo's were taken, but before she was introduced at the Annapolis Boat Show in the fall of '84. Either Pearson, or Annapolis Yacht Sales (Curly Burgreen) must have installed the smoked plastic covers to make the boat look more "EurostyIed" for the show. That was the buzzword those days. If no other P-36's had this cover, they must have thought it was a bad idea in hindsight. |
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| This is the view from astern. The name can be seen clearly now and compared with that in the brochure. My friend changed the home port to his address from that of Pearson (Grumman). Note that the stern ladder is deployed and underwater. Both of these boats are setting on the bottom. This accident happened on July 3, 1988, in the evening as TP was about to turn into the Islands anchorage off of the Rhode River south of Annapolis, MD. |
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| E-2 is a close-up of the penetration taken immediately after the accident. Note the name of the powerboat is "Eliminator". How prescient! The driver survived. He was traveling at an estimated speed of about 70 in the opposite direction of TP when he lost control. I understand that he ended up in the water on the other side of the sailboat. Luckily he was not caught in the standing rigging as he went flying by airborne. No one on TP was injured, since they were all on deck as they were approaching the anchorage. Anyone below would have probably been killed. |
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| TP-3 is a shot of the starboard midships deck. The sponson has broken out the smoked plastic cover and shards can be seen laying on deck. Note the centerboard pennant lying on the cabin top. The damaged (bent) stainless conduit for the pennant can be seen in TP-4. |
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TP-4 is an interior shot prior to the removal of the powerboat. Note that the port sponson of the powerboat penetrated the starboard window before dropping back. The effect of this can be seen in the next picture TP-3.
(Note also that the bulkhead separating the head in the aft port side of the boat has been torn off. - DHP) |
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| E-4 is a photo of "Eliminator" after it was removed from TP, which can be seen sitting forlornly in the background. The narrow pointed sponsons of "Eliminator" seem to have prevented observable damage to the powerboat. The foreward deck of the stbd sponson might be missing? |
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