1000s of miles away from your boat and ... happy ending and Thanks! to everyone.

[Zen Zero]

Email from Marine and Coastguard Agency today at 3:30 pm:
Subject: Nereide SSR147493‏
Dear Mr Zero, this email is in connection with the above vessel which we have you recorded as the owner.



We have been informed by a yacht owner in the Greek Islands that this vessel is currently adrift in the bay between M & S We are unable to verify whether this information is valid, so it will be at your discretion whether you choose to act on this information.



Regards

RT@mcga.gov.uk

1. A million thanks to RT, the MCA and the unnamed yacht owner
2. And to Mike of Cara Yachts who went out in a small boat to salvage her.

Nereide SSR147493 is now safely tied to a pier. And for sale at a very interesting price.

The other owner who was supposed to be on her, was called away for a family emergency and left her in a sheltered anchorage. I don't know yet what went wrong.

 

[LittleSister]

Phew! That email must have been a shock to receive.

Glad it turned out OK.

 

[Tradewinds]

So, is this an advert or a vote of thanks?

Email from Marine and Coastguard Agency today at 3:30 pm:
Subject: Nereide SSR147493‏
Dear Mr Zero, this email is in connection with the above vessel which we have you recorded as the owner.



We have been informed by a yacht owner in the Greek Islands that this vessel is currently adrift in the bay between M & S We are unable to verify whether this information is valid, so it will be at your discretion whether you choose to act on this information.



Regards

RT@mcga.gov.uk

1. A million thanks to RT, the MCA and the unnamed yacht owner
2. And to Mike of Cara Yachts who went out in a small boat to salvage her.

Nereide SSR147493 is now safely tied to a pier. And for sale at a very interesting price.

The other owner who was supposed to be on her, was called away for a family emergency and left her in a sheltered anchorage. I don't know yet what went wrong.

 

[Zen Zero]

So, is this an advert or a vote of thanks?

The advert will be on Apollo Duck in due course. This is a vote of thanks and of appreciation for the MCA, who had no obligation to notify me in as much as my SSR registration has lapsed and I am no longer in a position to renew it (being officially resident in a different country now).

And to let forumites like you know the value of MCA registration.

 

[FullCircle]

I am amazed at that service. Pity we cant up that include boats being stolen!

What is Nereide?

 

[Zen Zero]

What is Nereide?

Nereide is my boat!

and a category of water nymph - Νηρείδες - daughters of Νηρεύς (Nereus) and Δωρίς (Dôris); one of them was the mother of Achilles - Θέτις (Thetis).

 

[langstonelayabout]

Nereide is my boat!

and a category of water nymph - Νηρείδες - daughters of Νηρεύς (Nereus) and Δωρίς (Dôris); one of them was the mother of Achilles - Θέτις (Thetis).

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I think he means what sort of boat is Nereide

 

[Deleted member 36384]

I think he means what sort of boat is Nereide

Maybe but that was a great answer.

 

[RichardS]

Maybe but that was a great answer.

+1

and a lot more educational than knowing she's a Halberg Rassy 42, or whatever.

Richard

 

[Javi-Miss Regina]

Congratulations for the good end! :encouragement:

Javier

 

[Zen Zero]

Oh sorry!

She's kind of unusual. Officially she's a Sibma EM830, which could be delivered as a box of plywood shapes that you could glue together at home or, in Nereide's case, as a shell to be fitted out at the buyer's leisure. The fitting out was done by a furniture maker at Imperia in the region of Liguria in 1994. The other owner is the second owner and I am his second associate.

She goes! Quite amazingly in fact. She's able to get 6.5 kts off a 10kt breeze and maneuvers very nicely. She had been a bit weather helmy, quite viciously at times, but a new mainsail (that had previously belonged to a Soling) and a bit more experience on my part seems to have tamed that. She has a practically flat bottom with a stainless steel fin that the first owner chopped off at 1.4 meters and attached a ton or so of lead to.

In fact the ton of lead and the 5 year old Lombardini diesel (18hp) might be worth more than we might get for the boat as a boat.

 

[LadyInBed]

Congratulations on a good outcome.

She goes! Quite amazingly in fact. She's able to get 6.5 kts off a 10kt breeze and maneuvers very nicely..

Even with no one onboard, apparently

 

[Zen Zero]

Congratulations on a good outcome.

Even with no one onboard, apparently

Funny!

I'm not sure how far she got with no one on board to be honest. I haven't had the chance to interrogate the boatyard owner but she was still in the general area where the other owner left her something like 4 hours after I got MCA's email so something must have been connecting her to the bottom. The other owner is dealing with a family tragedy at the moment and so I can't debrief him on how he left the boat (or why).

I'm just very glad and comforted by the extraordinary service from the MCA and constantly delighted by how things work in Greece!