Gone with the wind

[corkonian1]

The recent storm blew off the companionway hatch from my Mirror Offshore on its winter mooring
It is roughly 60cm square made of grp. It was secured by shock cord and a hasp.
It also had a long piece of shock cord attaching it to the boat ( in case it went overboard ha ha)and this piece remains with frayed end.Iassume it was blown off, hung by this for a while until shock cord chaffed and parted.
I assume the wind as culprit as nothing taken.
The mooring is in a sheltered estuary about 200m wide and tideflow can be quite considerable, bottom is mud, depth 3m
Any suggestions on how to recover it, how far from boat is it likely to be or would trying be a waste of time?

 

[Evadne]

If it were me, I'd make a new one. The amount of time spent searching for the old one may be similar, with no guarantee of finding it. It could be in a tree somewhere or in the mud underneath the boat. Unless it could float, in which case it could be anywhere, full stop. Plus, building something in your shed (or living room) like that is going to be more fun than scratching around in the mud at this time of year.

 

[Boathook]

Think you have lost it. Tide could of taken it anywhere.
Sods law though dictates if you make a new one the old one will surface the next day; but if you wait for it to surface - next year ??

 

[doug748]

I once dropped a dinghy launching trolley overboard on my mooring (don't ask). It measured 8ft by 4ft, water depth 3 mts. I dragged for it the whole afternoon, which is back breaking work after a while. ...Never saw the dam thing again.

 

[kieronriley]

in our river the river alt my boat was ance broken into and all sorts thrown overboard inc.wash boards.i found one board the same day annother the next and after giving up on the final one (about three weeks later)and having new ones made the last one turned up at the boatyard a passer by handed it in,i also found virtualy everything else that was dumped
,all whithin 1/2 mile of mooring never say die Kieron

 

[samwise]

At some point over the next year or so I expect Neptune to return our expensive Turtle mat blown overboard in Brest last Summer. However I am not holding my breath. Dame MacArthur gives her favourite ginger biscuits to Neptune as an appeaser, if I add up the tools, glasses etc that he has received from me over the years I think my aquatic account should be in credit!

 

[Parsonsheath]

Yeh, but no but yeh, the Dame gives edibles and drinkables, your offerings do not sound truly scrumptious, so I reckon your account will continue to operate on the wrong side of the line!

 

[William_H]

Yes you should begin the manufacture of a new one. However a friend moored near mine also lost main hatch cover and proceeded to borow another to use as a mold and copied it for his boat. yes perversely it was I that found the old cover drifting in the water with a fair bit of weed on it but not far from the boat. Now he has 2.
The difference is clear warm water. SWMBO and I swim in this areea with swimming mask most days (in summer) so we find a lot of Neptune's loot. Just make a new one olewill