Are raggies braver than mobos ?

Are raggies tougher

  • Credit due to him for his bravery but he was a duck egg

    Votes: 11 22.4%

  • Raggies are much tougher than mobos

    Votes: 32 65.3%

  • he should have paid more attention to the forecast.

    Votes: 9 18.4%
  • Total voters
    49
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Hero or duck egg ?

I posted this on the mobo forum and we seem to think he should have booked a hotel for the night and left the boat.

Very impressive, the guy managed to start the engine, up anchor and move to the other side of the Island for shelter.:)
100% for bravery , but was it going too far ?

Are raggies braver than mobos ?
 
Those are pretty well normal conditions for the Pitcairns. That is why the Bounty Mutineers chose them - few boats visit the Pittcairns. The locals keep their boats ashore for that very reason.

Even the Mobo commentators pointed out that losing that boat would mean losing everything they have (as liveaboards) and endiing the dream as refugees on Pittcairn. That does motivate one somewhat.

You would need a pretty large - or special MoBo just to get there.
 
I couldn't work out why he was trying to get on at the stern and not more amidships where the movement would have been less. Bit of a wally if you ask me but I'll not berate him because I wasn't there and you don't know how regular an occurrence something like that is. It might be something they have had to do twice a week and may seem normal to them while to a south coast marina sailor it might seem extreme.
 
Watched my grandad do that in similar conditions at Oban. The boat was on a Highlands and islands moorings and the 20mm rope with chain in the middle had snapped and left only one rope holding the boat to the mooring.
He just got out and the inflatable was full to the brim with water.
He managed to get on board and get another 3 ropes onto the mooring.
All that was left of the back up rope was two threads. If he didn't go out when he did the boat would have been lost against the sea wall.
 
Nasty swell, but it looked uncomfortable rather than dangerous.
My only criticism is that they didn't appear to have any oars or paddles in the dinghy .. one person in the water is the perfect time for the outboard to fail
 
agurney said:
My only criticism is that they didn't appear to have any oars or paddles in the dinghy .. one person in the water is the perfect time for the outboard to fail
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They would need to eat a lot of spinach to row the wee boat in that swell.
 
Nicholas123 said:
I'd have done it if that was my boat but would'nt have bothered for a mobo......Needless to say
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:D:D classic.

I hope all the Hamble sailors/Dylan's have seen the video, the ones that seldom venture passed the River Solent and grumble at petty wash, they should consider it traini9ng and be grateful to all the stinkers zipping by as they get in/out their tenders :cool:
 
There is the old saying, an RN report on a young Officer, " shows great skill in getting himself out of situations he should never have got into ! "

This was later attributed to Miles Smeeton, who along with his equally bullet proof wife Beryl and for the first attempt also rock - hard and skilled crew John Guzwell, got their 47' ketch ' Tzu Hang ' pitchpoled on their first go around Cape Horn, retired to have her repaired, then on the second attempt got rolled 360 degrees.

If you have the delight of reading the life story of Beryl and Miles Smeeton ( their daughter still runs a wildlife sanctuary in Canada, no connection here sadly ! ) ' High Endeavours ' you'll see that the stuff off Cape Horn was regarded as just a minor scuffle !!!

Wonderful people.
 
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The points that I picked up on were
1. lack of paddles
2. dinghy stability, I would have preferred the crew to be kneeling in the middle of the boat fwd and the helmsman kneeling aft.
3. no thought had been given to how they were going to get on board once they were alongside other than their normal boarding positions.
4. there is no way the crewman was going to get aboard at the transom due to the overhang.

Having boarded numerous unmanned vessels under stormy conditions I found that you had to pick your wave so as max wave height would be around the rigging so as you could either get a foot or knee onto the toerail as well as what you had a grip of and then you had a chance of pulling yourself on board but if you ended up dangling, dont! get wet, get back into the launch / dinghy and go round again as in those conditions your strength is zapped from you very quickly. We also use to carry several varying lengths of heavy endless rope which could be attached around chain plates or stanchion bases very quickly to form a toe hold if topsides were high.
Hard to criticise as there was a lot at stake but IMHO it was verging on the foolhardy as even after getting on board there was a lot that could have gone wrong which fortunately didnt
 
As has been mentioned, one might do it differently if experienced with dinghies etc but their livelihood was at stake ( yes I wonder too ) but 10/10 for trying I suppose.

Does anyone know if the boat - cruiser - got away safely in the end ?

DAKA and all Mobo's,

a very Merry Christmas from this sailie type.

Andy
 
Seajet said:
Does anyone know if the boat - cruiser - got away safely in the end ?

DAKA and all Mobo's,

a very Merry Christmas from this sailie type.

Andy
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They managed to board and move to the other side of the island, both very sea sick but made it.:)

Happy Christmas to you too and all forum members :)
 
I'm not sure...

...how this proves that a sailing type is any bolder or dafter than the equivalent motoryachtsman would be?

Was the yacht uninsured? After ten minutes of evidently perilous, failed attempts to board her, I began to wonder whether the possible total loss of the yacht was worth risking a fatality to prevent.

He's definitely brave and determined, but if there wasn't a helpless human or beloved pet at risk aboard the vessel...

...he's possibly one part nut-case, too.
 
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