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[solent clown]

We are just about to walk down to the water, and go for a quick sail. If you see us bobbing about on little Alouette between Ocean village and Netley, maybe Hamble point, give us a cheery wave.
The real trick is going to be getting back before dark.
A quick prayer to the gods of steel and thunder over the outboard should do the trick.
I found a foot of water in the bow this morning so it seems the cabin has developed a leak. For one moment I had a terrible feeling I had missed a crack or hole when we refloated her, but it was clear clean rainwater.
If it was going to fail again it would have done by now, she is a well used old girl.
The boat too

 

[Seajet]

I reckon you'll be OK as long as you have plenty of cup - a - soups.

Sod lifejackets, everyone would have successfuly clambered off the Titanic if only they'd had a mug of tomato and basil.

I reckon you have zero chance of making it back before dark, but most places don't get really dark anyway, there are always streetlights etc.

Tasting one's bilgewater is what separates the men from the boys; and is it true what I was told, Listang's can't dry out resting on the keel ?

 

[Focused1]

Im struggling to find the question or the practical advice im this post...

 

[Seajet]

It's all there if you read it :encouragement:

 

[solent clown]

It wasn't the Listang, it was the little 18ft seafarer. We came back as Karen took fright in a gust. I shouldn't have been winding her up about the stuck keel, as this thing sails Ok without it as the iron skeg is the ballast. It's just hard work doing some things without the centrboard down. I am easing her back in to sailing now after a bad experience, so discretion being the better part of valour and all that...
I cant see where the heck the leak is from, no signs of ingress around the window rubbers, and the vent seems dry so it is probably right up in the bow somewhere. Quite unaccountably one of the shrouds was loose too(but bottlescrew locked off) so something else to look at too.
I think leak location is going to be karen on the deck with a bucket of water and me inside looking for ingesss.
Today was the first time I have really enjoyed sailing that boat, it always felt very sluggish for its small size, and I was always disappointed it didnt feel like a "big dinghy"
Today with more wind than Karen likes, it really came alive. No racer, but fun enough.
It is all one step further on Karen's rehabilitation following the sinking. No panic attacks today, and I didnt push her too hard.
A couple more little forays and I will have my little explorer back to her adventurous self,and the coastline will be ours

 

[lpdsn]

I cant see where the heck the leak is from, no signs of ingress around the window rubbers, and the vent seems dry so it is probably right up in the bow somewhere. Quite unaccountably one of the shrouds was loose too(but bottlescrew locked off) so something else to look at too.
I think leak location is going to be karen on the deck with a bucket of water and me inside looking for ingesss.

These leaks are damned cunning. I had one right for'd in the forecabin. After eliminating all other possibilities I began to suspect the mast boot. Hosing it down from above showed no symptoms, but I wanted to adjust the rig anyway so took the mast boot off, re-chocked and fitted a new one. Problem solved.

I realise you don't have a keel stepped mast but maybe worth looking around any wire guides or block attachments at the mast.

 

[solent clown]

These leaks are damned cunning. I had one right for'd in the forecabin. After eliminating all other possibilities I began to suspect the mast boot. Hosing it down from above showed no symptoms, but I wanted to adjust the rig anyway so took the mast boot off, re-chocked and fitted a new one. Problem solved.

I realise you don't have a keel stepped mast but maybe worth looking around any wire guides or block attachments at the mast.

yes, you might be right, the mast is stepped to the floppy cabin , and load is carried down through a simple steel tube down to the keel. Being as we have a loose shroud maybe something has shifted or compressed in these mad high winds over the last few days.

 

[Seajet]

' Since the sinking she's a bit nervous ' sounds to me like you're in for a truckload of chocolates, comfy fleeces and meals out

 

[mickywillis]

Did you receive the key for the Yanmar engine?? Have PM'd you to find out but nothing back as yet???