a Yachtmaster question....

[Malcb]

OK, so now you've left under sail with basically very little, or no electric power. So nothing to power up your Nav Lights, or radio and no way of putting any charge into the batteries unless you can start your engine, which you can't.

Is that responsible?

 

[Guest]

Depends where you're going... If it's just downriver, or round to the Walton Backwaters so no night sail is on the cards then why not?

 

[duncanmack]

Ooaarrrr me hearties.

None of yer scurvy dogs has suggested the obvious answerrrr.

Cut the warps of the dogs afore ye and abaft ye and see if ye wind or tide be stonger.......... /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Woodlouse]

Every one seems to forget that as the boats ahead of you are moored fore and aft, their stern ropes are going to be attached to the same mooring as your bow rope. When you release that bow rope they should all be swept down stream untill the slack is taken out of the mooring chain. This will give you probably at least double the room you had before. So then you hoist the sails, let slip the stern rope and sail past.

 

[DeeGee]

Nah, I reckon you release the bow (on a long slip, just in case things go pear-shaped) keeping stern line on. With 1 kt current up the aft end and 5 kts of wind on the port bow, my boat would end up pointing about 20deg off straight ahead, and would be raring to go with hydrodynamic flow over the keel, if sussed correctly, let go fore and aft and away we go. If not, can't believe that turning the boat will get you much better off. With a knot on the bow, and a bit of light wind on hte quarter, you would have steerage for a liltte, then probably lose it and bang. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[AlJones]

Inflate the tender,

If nose to tide.

Place the anchor in the tender and row your anchor out to be in line with your 1/4 and about a boat length and a half.

Drop your anchor, let go your lines and by 'Gilling' manouvre your vessel until the anchor lies up and down, taking in the slack as you fall astern and come to your cable. Sheet in your sails and away you go!!!!!!!!!!!

Only know it works 'cause I've done it! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[jb2006]

Another possibility - but more risky than turning on warps ( and more likely to work with a fin than a long keel) Loose the bow. Hoist the jib but dont sheet it tight to increase the windage on the bow and blow the bow well off the line. Then drop the stern line and reach clear under the jib - get the fenders ready tho' /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif If it's not working you can still turn on the warps up till you drop the stern line.

 

[bumblefish]

I agree with the suggestion of of warping her about so she is head to tide, but then the wind is on the starboard quarter, is it around enough to use a backed head sail which would swing you around very quickly to port enough to cast off and head away downwind?

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Assuming you have a handheld on board, and that your not planning to night sail as Simon says, then why not?

Besides... I never said that they didn't have solar panels.... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

That would be another option, but it doesn't allow for the uncertainty as to whether there is enough wind to stem and overcome the tide..... once you've slipped, your off, and if the tide proves stronger than the sails, then your in trouble, and almost guaranteed a coming together with the other boats, only this time, beam on!.... One other observation, is that this will be very boat specific.... certainly Magna Carter was never a great boat for weather cocking, and would mostly lay to the tide much more than the wind, but some are the reverse... hence our communal challenges in busy anchorages!... she was also heavy, so wouldn't get way on very quickly... at least by reversing the boat on the buoys, you can check to see if there is enough drive before slipping... perhaps your suggestion would be the appropriate one if there was just a few more knots and certainty of making enough way quickly enough to clear the boats in front....

 

[ashanta]

Move off initially with a backed jib, as you move foreward temp let fly the jib whilst altering the tiller to avoid your sides/stern colliding. At that time bring in the sheet for the jib on the windward side, you will have steerage and should be clear.

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

That sounds like another good option to me..... only downside for me would be again be the uncertainty over whether sailing against the tide is even viable, so i'd still want to be checking that out first.... and perhaps, in the part of the world I had in mind for this scenario, there is a risk of the ground being foul, which might put me off.... but thats not fair to bring into the equation, as I never mentioned it in the original brief....

 

[Koeketiene]

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Besides... I never said that they didn't have solar panels.... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

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In that case, I'd just wait till there's enough in the batteries to start the engine. Assuming there's enough booze on the boat. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

PS: stop moving the goalposts

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Will,

You know which bit of water I am referring to....

Its sufficiently close to Sailorman, that there is very little chance of there being enough booze onboard...... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Twister_Ken]

Hand start the engine (oh, the joys of a 10 horse Bukh)

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

only tried it on Magna Carter once...... after a while SWMBO suggested I stop because she wasn't certain of the correct emergency first aid for exploding craniums

 

[Koeketiene]

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Will,

You know which bit of water I am referring to....

Its sufficiently close to Sailorman, that there is very little chance of there being enough booze onboard...... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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No attention to detail (battery switch) and lack of forward planning (not enough booze) - how did this bloke get to be a Yachtmaster in the first place /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Slow_boat]

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Assuming you have a handheld on board, and that your not planning to night sail as Simon says, then why not?

Besides... I never said that they didn't have solar panels.... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

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I would add that if you can't sail without electrickery and without a handheld should you be sailing at all?

No one's mentioned the idea of rigging a new stern line to the forard bouy and coming alongside the boats rafted ahead for a moment before sailing off.

 

[awol]

How many "g"s in plagiarism?

 

[Slow_boat]

So turn to page 49.