Rescued from the rocks
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Wansworth
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Little British built boat ,name escapes me,rescued from the rocks in the Riade Muros in Galicia,toed off by government lifeboat and despite the bashing looks like it not holed……under Spanish ownership
Steve_N
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A Leisure 17.
newtothis
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Well, that was, well, a weird voiceover.
Wansworth
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Sorry it was Spanish …..but basically self explanatory,The man who jumped aboard the yacht owns a sailing school ,he called up the rescue services.
Blueboatman
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Can’t bear to look
Poor sod
Poor sod
Wansworth
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Looks like it was one of those brick shite house builds
Blueboatman
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Or just light enough to bounce?Looks like it was one of those brick shite house builds
There will be a scratch or three I think
Are you going to make an offer?
LittleSister
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A bit worrying that the hatch was open. Was someone lost overboard, perhaps, even though there appeared to be a mooring line trailing from the bow?
Wansworth
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No y all accounts it broke loose fro its mooring
Bajansailor
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Go on Wansy, you should be able to buy her for not a lot of euros?
If the bloke who was doing the filming had simply gone to help the chap who was on board, and trying to motor the poor boat off the rocks, then they might have been able to push her off before the rescue boat arrived?
How cold is the water there at this time of year?
If there was an anchor and cable on board, it might have been worthwhile swimming the anchor out and then have one chap heaving on the cable and the other chap pushing at the stern?
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newtothis
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I can think of far more enjoyable ways of getting legless than coming between rocks and a boat being pushed against said rocks by waves.
Blueboatman
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Yes that was my first thought too .
There is definitely a new street view ‘look’ . That of the one armed pointing statue - which is a phone being held at arms length filming whatever
Poor wee ( tough) boat
Chiara’s slave
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You’ve got to hand it to the boat for still being afloat after that.
LittleSister
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But there could have been someone aboard, perhaps asleep, at the time it broke free from the mooring.
LittleSister
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It appeared that the keels were sitting on a ledge of rock in front of those rocks above water that the hull sometimes touched, and taking the main force of the waves rather than the hull. The keels on a Leisure 17 are solid metal (cast iron?) bolt-ons, not encapsulated.
I think it could have been done, or at least tried, without undue danger. One could have sat on the rock that the hull was hitting and pushed the boat out with your legs above water - either out sideways enough to be able to lower the prop fully into the water, or when it washed aftwards it might have spun round bow more to the incoming waves, then pushed it forwards by the top of the transom into deeper water. Alternatively, one might have tried to pull the bow into the gap in the rocks to the right of the picture and then push and motor the boat out backwards.
LittleSister
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Looks like it was one of those brick shite house builds
They are strongly built, certainly compared to some of the competition (and especially some foreign and later boats of that ilk that I've known), but not grossly or crudely overbuilt, in my estimation. .
I owned one briefly (but never actually got it in the water, due to 'circumstances') and was quite impressed by the build and finish for what was always a budget boat.
I still have a soft spot for Leisure 17s. I think they look jolly. They have an impressive reputation for seaworthiness and decent sailing ability. I seem to recall there have been some impressive voyages made in them, though can't remember any particular examples.
I know someone who has one on the Broads (though he trailed it extensively and international in the past), and regard with some envy its simplicity and low running costs, including being able to trail home for the winter. I wouldn't rule out having one in the future when the bank manager insists that I sell my current boat, assuming I were still agile enough to fold myself into it.
I think Wansy, were he alone, could have a lot of fun doing and having that, but he and Mrs. Wansy jointly have their hearts set on something about 26ft or so and not requiring immediate 'attention'.
Blueboatman
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Aye to your last paragraph
Unfortunately the maintenance free boat has yet to be invented
But the Leisure 17 must come pretty close. And it is plenty big enough to accommodate for day and overnight and pottering and sipping coffee and croissants under a sunbrella awning
Lots of fun there just waiting to be had
Unfortunately the maintenance free boat has yet to be invented
But the Leisure 17 must come pretty close. And it is plenty big enough to accommodate for day and overnight and pottering and sipping coffee and croissants under a sunbrella awning
Lots of fun there just waiting to be had
winch2
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Think I might have asked for the boat hook and tried to give him a shove, there again maybe not.
oldharry
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Absolutely not. Even a small boat like that weighs around half a ton, and there is no way anyone can safelyhold the crushing forces even a tiddler like that can generate bouncing around. It will amuptate or seriously crush any arm or leg in an instant. Poling off would be safe enough, but never ever get between a moving boat and a solid object.
The sailing school bloke who got himself aboard clearly knew this as he made no attempt to get in to the water to shove her round.