Iolaire lost off Ibiza

[vyv_cox]

I remember the article quote well. Assistance from powered craft was requested several times and there were at least two collisions with docks. It certainly convinced me that engineless cruising would not be my choice.

 

[DownWest]

Wasn't there something about DS crewing on a UK owned boat with a cranky petrol engine and he and another crew member used to park themselves out on the bowsprit while the others were trying to get the engine into life? Seem to remember it affected his ideas about having an engine?

 

[Ohlin Karcher]

I remember the article quote well. Assistance from powered craft was requested several times and there were at least two collisions with docks. It certainly convinced me that engineless cruising would not be my choice.

For the last 2 years I've 'been there, done that' and got the scars down the side of the boat..my new Beta 43 gets craned in tomorrow :encouragement:

 

[Old Bumbulum]

Good point. They may have been expecting a gentle sail in light airs and not bothered with the preventer, then perhaps it blew up unexpectedly.

In which case the blowup would have been reflected in the 0400 snapshot, which is why I included that info to show it probably wasn't a bad forecast...Indeed, no such anomaly occurred in the entire area so I think it's somewhat unlikely scenario.

 

[Kukri]

In which case the blowup would have been reflected in the 0400 snapshot, which is why I included that info to show it probably wasn't a bad forecast...Indeed, no such anomaly occurred in the entire area so I think it's somewhat unlikely scenario.

Curiouser and curiouser...

 

[Ohlin Karcher]

Wasn't there something about DS crewing on a UK owned boat with a cranky petrol engine and he and another crew member used to park themselves out on the bowsprit while the others were trying to get the engine into life? Seem to remember it affected his ideas about having an engine?

That rings a bell..
Sometimes these singleminded and strong-willed men get very strong fixations from a mistaken impression. I can imagine him going purple and cursing, every time yacht motors were mentioned..

 

[Champagne Murphy]

I believe he was experimenting with a hybrid style engine arrangement on Iolaire some years ago