jimi
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just as we were picking up a a buoy at Portscatho we caught a mackeral and the flipping line got dragged into the prop so we lost it and the fishing line then the kettle started whistling and mayhem ruled!
Funny how things happen at precisely the wrong time!
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BlueSkyNick
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know the feeling !! Not so much catching fish, but when we were 3 miles off Cap Finisterre, quietly very relieved that we were motoring in flat calm, I spotted that the bilge pump was running. Further investigation revealed water pishing in from the exhaust mixer box.
It had a screw in plug supposedly for draining the system, which had worked loose and disappeared into the bilge. Wooden bung knocked in and braced with a wooden spatula from the galley worked a treat.
But why did it have to happen just there ??
It had a screw in plug supposedly for draining the system, which had worked loose and disappeared into the bilge. Wooden bung knocked in and braced with a wooden spatula from the galley worked a treat.
But why did it have to happen just there ??
Searush
New member
It's Murphy's law. If something is going to go wrong, it will do so at the most inconvenient/ dodgy time possible.
It's a basic rule of life, amplified by being at sea where help & assistance are not readily available.
It's a basic rule of life, amplified by being at sea where help & assistance are not readily available.
jimi
Well-known member
Yikes Nick, at least it was flat calm, not the problem to have in a lumpy sea!
TeamSpirit
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Heading into Chichester Harbour from a great weekend in the Solent - oil pressure warning sounded and engine stopped in the middle of a huge group of unforgiving racing dinghys. Gasket had blown 3/4 of sump contents into the bilge.... Despite kids on board they made their displeasure known, hope they all came last !
BlueSkyNick
Active member
it wasn't quites so bad, as I could stop the water ingress by closing the inlet seacock, which obviously meant shutting down the engine. We had the main up at the time, but close to zero wind. We left Goodge up on deck as look out because the vis was down to a mile, and got on with fixing the problem.
WHen I looked at the snail trail on the plotter afterwards, we had actually drifted about half a mile towards the Cape. !
WHen I looked at the snail trail on the plotter afterwards, we had actually drifted about half a mile towards the Cape. !
MarkJohnson12345
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If it can, it will.
Mj
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silver-fox
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Only one thing to do when everything kicks off at the same time
- hand over to the missus
- if she is like mine then she will be good at multi tasking! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I shall now retire to the bunker for safety reasons....
- hand over to the missus
- if she is like mine then she will be good at multi tasking! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I shall now retire to the bunker for safety reasons....
gjbentley
New member
I call it the domino effect. One thing goes wrong, then another, then another, etc.
I have lost count of the number of times as Skipper this has happended. It is is real test of of keeping calm, making decisions to resolve the here and now, whilst looking at the whole situation overall to guage the inter-realtionship of what the hell is going on !
Not something that can be taught in the classroom.
I have lost count of the number of times as Skipper this has happended. It is is real test of of keeping calm, making decisions to resolve the here and now, whilst looking at the whole situation overall to guage the inter-realtionship of what the hell is going on !
Not something that can be taught in the classroom.