Pin Mill gaffer sinking?

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Anyone know anything about the gaffer that sank at Pin Mill the weekend before last? I am pretty sure I was there when it went down.

We sailed past at about 0030 Saturday morning (11th) and my crew said, "What's that weird noise." Like a fender squeaking in distress. Then he said he had heard a sort of wooden thud and seen a mast tip over (it's midnight, remember). I looked thru the bins and could see see something odd at an angle. When we came back Sunday there she was, several feet under. Seems to me she was going down exactly as we sailed past in the channel. We didn't hear any voices or see any lights. I hope all is well there.

I would have posted this before but for some reason have been locked out of ybw's brave new world for a while.

Regards, Mudhook
 
Just a thought, but if I'd seen a boat sinking I'd have VHF'd the Coastguard or have I missed something in the story?
 
Saw the awful sight of the top mast poking out of the water weekend before last. I checked at the sailing club that the owners were aware. Really feel for them - they told me at the club that they spent a long time rebuilding her.
 
The boat concerned was the smack 'Transcur'. She has now been raised and is ashore in King's yard. My sympathies to Pete and family - I hope she is back on the water soon.
 
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Horatio said:
The boat concerned was the smack 'Transcur'. She has now been raised and is ashore in King's yard. My sympathies to Pete and family - I hope she is back on the water soon.
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i took this photo of her the other w/e
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kin new system how do i post photos :-(

http://www.yourboatpix.co.uk/pix/medRes/85839139.jpg
 
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kin new system how do i post photos :-(
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So Sorry

Horatio said:
The boat concerned was the smack 'Transcur'. She has now been raised and is ashore in King's yard. My sympathies to Pete and family - I hope she is back on the water soon.
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Many sympathies from me too.

This is a wooden (or any) boat owners worst nightmare! I am quite taken aback, as I understand Pete has taken years to get Transcur in the concourse shape that she was in. For me she was an aspirational example of how perfect a wooden boat can get.

Would be interested to see what the cause was and if there is anything we woodies can learn.
 
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I sail and out of Pin Mill and Kings Yard and briefly spoke to Pete (although didn't know that was his name at the time).

Apparently a skin fitting broke and sunk her. He reckons it must have got so brittle it just snapped off on it's on accord.

I understand from Kings that there is a possibility she might be afloat again in a couple of weeks.
 
I saw this as well, got some photos, will post them up when I can find them, came back a few days later and it had been taken out and was out of the water at Pin Mill
 
Here is picture as promised ( me on rib) Dad took pic! Just out of intrest how did you manage to get it ashore?

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Transcur was floating normally on Friday eve at 8:00. At the borrom of the Orwell at 1:00.

The engine intake skin fitting failed catastrophically. We had heard that there were some boats making a large wash in the Pin Mill area that afternoon evening. Likley that the Flare box, quitre heavy slipped and hit the strainer causing a unknown seriously corroded skin fitting to fail.

Very depressing, worst nightmare. We were to be crossing to Holland for three weeks on Saturday. Could have been interesting in the middle of the North Sea!!

The mess down below has to be seen to be believed.

Should be up and running again soon.

I must add a huge thanks to the 18/20 people who helped on Monday eve when she was brought to Kings yard stripping her of anything that moved, washing the removed contents.

And to the other help recieved over the past few days.

I suspect there will be a lot of people checking skinfittings this winter. Highly reccomended.

Recovered by Mistley Marine and a team of 5 divers.

Pete
 
I was away on my 1951 boat with original seacocks when I read this; a close examination is required on lift out!

However amazed (in the EC OGA newsletter) to see Transcur is the boat which Frank Mulville almost sank in the book "Terschelling Sands", fantastic when you hear of boats featured in old sea going literature being still around.

IanC
 
good news, just wondering if anyone has any pictures of it being recovered out of the water?
 
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