Recent content by boomerangben

Lots of great advice here. We did Hamble to Stornoway in 7 days, 4 experienced crew stopping for only one night, fuel and a pud meal in Bangor waiting on the Tide for the MoK. We did Hamble to Brixham in one long day (5am to midnight) but we did stop in Weymouth for fuel so that added 3...

So you are aware of Bystander Effect, you know there is lesser chance of the alarm so you chose to become victim to a known effect and not raise the alarm??

That’s is why if you perceive an emergency, you report it. If channel 16 not being used, it is fair to assume that it hasn’t been reported. If when you do call and they say thank you they know, then no problem. If they say thank you yes we will investigate and a life is saved then your call...

As I understand it, Falmouth hasn’t been involved for nearly 10 years. It’s all handled at the NMOC in Fareham. Maybe the satellite ground station is in Norway. I don’t know Posts crossed

As already said, mini flares or a day night. Either or both easy to put in a pouch on a life jacket, next to the PLB of course. Also a bright yellow or orange neoprene balaclava with reflective strip. Keeps your bonce warm too. And you’ll be waiting in vain for a tow off a Seaking…..🤪🤪

No assumptions on my part, just can’t be definitive as I don’t work at ARCC, but visited a few times and was on the other end of the phone for a number of years. For further comfort, the Homer on SAR helicopters can receive the DSC, AIS and 406 GPS messages and plot it on their moving map once...

I am pretty sure that if the CG see a PLB beacon hit in the water, they will send a helicopter and lifeboat whilst they phone around. I know for a fact that an American tourist was rescued in the UK within half an hour of activating a PLB. Phrases like person in water and CPR on going gets...

It all depends on the over all geometry of the cleat, height above deck etc. for perspective, using the weakest A2/A4 grade steel for your M10 bolts, 2 will support the entire displacement of your boat (just). A piece of your deck (assuming it’s solid and not balsa/foam cored) 4” wide will...

Upgrade to a Contessa 32, appoint her the bow hand and buy her a pair of ladies sallopettes.

Many ways of skinning the cat indeed. But if you are having to compromise the strength of your rode system because of the bow roller, either you are specifying too strong a rode or your bow roller is too small. Classic case of system design breaking down at interfaces. Agree about bolt shackles...

Is that the CQR with a hinged shank that allows some movement to follow the shearing of the vessel 😉. The shackle is also much bigger than hat you might use for a slotted anchor Yes the Crosby shackles are marked as such but it is good engineering practice to reduce the SWL of a shackle for...

To be clear, I used to design lifting systems for offshore construction. We only ever used bow shackles because D shackles are designed for in line loading. They are not supposed to take any bending. I did some maths on how much leverage a 3/4 te bow shackle would be subjected to by my fortress...

I apologise for not reading your previous post carefully enough. You did say it’s a stern roller and narrow. Over the weekend, I did some calculations to see what side loads are put into shackles used as you plan and was quite surprised. The leverage is substantial and an offset of only about 20...

D shackle with pin through anchor shank is a big no no. Bow shackles are termed anchor shackles for a reason. Pin through the shank is not what shackles were designed for. You need a bigger bow roller

if we agree that tides are caused by the moon and the sun and that the sun and moon only move a relatively small amount relative to the earth between two tides, then how can we question the video? it doesn’t explain tidal currents, but then it does set out to do so