Salutary Lesson

[Elissaar]

For those who moor their pride and joy in tidal river marinas such as Gosport. Since acquiring Elissaar 5 months ago I have managed to sail her a few times (very nice) and have been catching up on maintenance which the previous owners ommitted (less nice). The last item, a new fresh water pump, was fitted last Saturday. On Sunday I was down again (presenting the case that Gunwharf Quays is great for shopping at this time of year...) and looked up to notice the Windex wasnt turning. The reason was a bent VHF aerial. But says I to myself no matter for now, I still have the anenometer, I look up again and notice that it too has gone plus the masthead light.

The reason (having discounted large seagulls and climbing primates) seems to be the wash from passing ships rocking the boats so violently the masts crash, mine seems to have been caught by the fittings on the standing rigging of the boat next door. Considering this is 50 feet up, the boats must have canted at quite an angle. The marina office said there were some vessels speeding in the harbour recently - who knows.

The moral is, when mooring up make sure masts are staggered or you will suffer the same fate. I check this everytime, but the rocking was so bad it made little difference.

Does anyone know someone in Gosport who might be able to repair (replace) the mast head fittings (Silva nexus wind transducer and triclour) without costing the earth?

10 pound notes and showers spring to mind,

one depressed

Simon

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[Talbot]

I am not certain about the nexus range, but I have Silva's cheaper version, and that has a waterproof plug at the masthead and a quick release on the actual mast unit. Suggest a quick query to silva to see if this is also the case with the nexus, and query cost of the replacement, then all you have to do is cajole some passing teenager to slide up the mast!

Never had this problem on my cat /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

One of the biggest culprits is the fast cat, it seems to cause a surge, but there are a number of workboats that just seem to ignore the speed limit.

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[tomg]

I moved to C&N at Gosport in the summer. I guessed it would be a bit bumpier than Ocean Vilaage, especially as I'm near the seaward end of one of the pontiins, but I'm becoming concerned at the amount yacht movement caused by wash. The main culprits, I reckon, are not the ferrys but the large tugs in the main fairwayand the fishing and working boats which come inside the breakwater at high speed. Portsmouth is a lively place with lots to see and do, but I'm not sure I'll stay too long.

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[Evadne]

For mending electronic instruments I was recently recommended AW Marine, who I think are down at Haslar marina. (They are also Simrad agents and I was looking for someone who would provide parts for my ancient Stowe trailing log, I had a nice email from Mr Alan Williams but haven't got around to foloowing it up).

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[qhmportsmouth]

Tom- I am sorry your yacht was damaged alongside - perhaps by wash from a passing vessel. It is just this type of incident I would encourage you to report online at my website www.qhmportsmouth.com. So far this season I have had no formal reports of damage caused to yachts at C & N but I have heard some rumours to this effect. The more owners report incidents to me the better I can regulate the harbour.

One wake damage incident which was reported early in the summer involving another marina in the harbour led to an investigation and the master in question being punished by his company.

My message then is to report problems rather than accepting them. Of course the sooner after an incident that you report it the easier for me to investigate.

Happy Christmas

Tom Herman
QHM Portsmouth

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[castaway]

Tom. My congratulations on making yourself so accessable! Very refreshing!

Nick

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[tome]

Cheers QHM

Really appreciate you taking the trouble to respond to this.

Something for you to think about: whenever I have novice crew onboard and we're in the area I leave the handheld VHF on ch 11 and let them hear how the pros communicate. After ch 16 it's pure music.

Best wishes & Happy Christmas.
Tom

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[Gunfleet]

Tom,
Now that is what I call an answer. Congratulations. I wish more HMs would post. I'm sure they read!

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