throwaway bavaria 50 & co.? yes, capt fatty said this

In my more salubrious moments, I like to watch the blue collar TV station. Tonight's program was "Towies" (auto & marine salvage) and it featured the recovery of a $750 000 yacht. She had struck bottom while motoring through the Great Sandy Straits by Fraser Island, lost her keel and sank. 
   Cap Fatty details this in one of his books; how modern, lightweight, fin Keeler's are made so poorly that you literally throw them away if they run aground. Fatty provides evidence, that a single bottom bump will compromise the structure. Yep, the entire boat! The once speedy Bavaria 50 on tonight's show did it in one go; bump, snap and gurgle. The weather conditions were benign and the sea state was flat calm on enclosed waters. 

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