50 foot Yacht with a big hole in it....

[Matata]

Out yesterday bouncing around Cardigan bay and on the way in on the hardstanding ? firmhelm? Pwhelli was a 50 foot yacht with a bow torn off back to the chain locker rear bulkhead. apparently he bumped into a container in the irish sea. RNLI escorted him home. this hole was so big you'd need a field of carrots to block it up !!!!. Have a picky on my phone but cant get it on to my pc..sorry. Anyone know the storey??? Nik

 

[Juggler7823]

Out yesterday bouncing around Cardigan bay and on the way in on the hardstanding ? firmhelm? Pwhelli was a 50 foot yacht with a bow torn off back to the chain locker rear bulkhead. apparently he bumped into a container in the irish sea. RNLI escorted him home. this hole was so big you'd need a field of carrots to block it up !!!!. Have a picky on my phone but cant get it on to my pc..sorry. Anyone know the storey??? Nik

Its an Irish boat that was competing in one of the ISORA races last summer. Its almost certain that he hit a container at speed. Its a Jeaneau 54DS called Quite Correct. The owner wanted to sail it back to Ireland but his insurance company would not permit it.

 

[Matata]

Thanks juggler. Having seen the size of the hole the guy must have been mad to even jet wash the boat!!!

 

[Searush]

Nah, bit of clingfilm over a former & fill it with builders foam - what's the problem? Might leak a bit but nowt a frightened crew couldn't cope with given a bilge pump & a couple of buckets . . .

 

[Juggler7823]

This was a BIG hole with 2 others further back behind the chain locker bulkhead! If the insurers say don't go, you ..........

 

[Sans Bateau]

Thought I recognized the name, this was the yacht that rescued Phillip Watson and his crew when his boat, Megawatt, sank after losing his rudder in May 2005.

 

[Matata]

I'm with Searush, strips of parcel tape but hadn't thought of the builders foam. 80 wet/dry used wet and bang on a load of duct tape and your sorted!!!!!. I'm going to have to upload this photo to let you see this.. It's not an everyday hole!

 

[Billjratt]

We got holed this year and will have builders foam aboard from now on.
It will fill the gap between the hull and whatever almost fills the hole, certainly enough to allow the pumps to beat the flow.

 

[bikedaft]

what do you mean by "builder's foam"? cos i'm off to buy some!

 

[VicS]

what do you mean by "builder's foam"? cos i'm off to buy some!

Cans of expanding foam gap filler .. any DIY store or builders merchant will have it.

 

[bikedaft]

thanks

 

[prv]

We got holed this year and will have builders foam aboard from now on.
It will fill the gap between the hull and whatever almost fills the hole, certainly enough to allow the pumps to beat the flow.

I know spandy-foam doesn't have a problem with wet surfaces, but will it expand into an actual flowing stream of water?

Pity they didn't try it on the Crash Test Boat

Pete

 

[ratbag]

i've sailed on 'quite correct'
the owner is a nice guy & excellent sailor,

 

[Simondjuk]

Pity they didn't try it on the Crash Test Boat

Pete

They did. When he shoved the piece of ply over the hole, he then squirted some foam round the edge. The in rushing water just washed it away though, so I guess how much use it is depends on how fast the water is flowing.

Sorry, my mistake. He actually squirted the foam onto the board before he applied it to the hole. Maybe the order is critical in so much as that if you've stemmed the flow somewhat with the board, the foam has some chance of staying put when you apply it to the remaining gaps.

 

[Searush]

I doubt cans of squirty foam would work at sea, but this boat was on the hard so a temp'y repair wouldn't be hard to do. It only has to last a couple of days & a hundred miles or two.

The Insurance have little to gain from him getting the boat home & potentially a lot to lose, whereas the owner has a lot to gain by getting it home for repair & little to lose if the insurers accept the risk - which may help explain why they wouldn't!

 

[ratbag]

just spoke to a friend of the owner , luckilly he had a crash compartment fitted when she was being built, so no water ingress as it did its job. jeanneau are building a new bow for her, she hit a submerged container that wasnt spotted on the radar , you never know what lurks out there . i once passed a floating mini skip, took about 20 buckets of water to sink it.

 

[Matata]

I just read the article about the Hanse 34 that he took the crew from in 2005 in the irish sea. He's got a few stories to tell !!!!. i'd poo myself if a skip or container floated by!!! thanks for filling me in. Nik

 

[ratbag]

http://www.hyc.ie/news/newsview.asp?newsid=285

scary stuff,