andlauer
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Bonjour
The number of cases where full crewed boats were surprised by sea water invasion is rather important. The critical issue is the time necessary to detect the flood.
Single handed is worse. When single handed most of the time sea invasion is discovered once the water level is rather high. A foot or more.
A good exemple happened in Sir Chichester 4000Nm record attempt, where a small leakage at deck level turn to an important sea water invasion.
As you are by definition alone to remove the water the situation may become rapidly uncontroled.
When the sea invasion is a consequence of an other issue, as for exemple, a mast fall, it's even more critical. I know a case where the story continued in the liferaft and a rescue.
So don't forget to put the sea water invasion very high in the operation security "check list".
Eric /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
The number of cases where full crewed boats were surprised by sea water invasion is rather important. The critical issue is the time necessary to detect the flood.
Single handed is worse. When single handed most of the time sea invasion is discovered once the water level is rather high. A foot or more.
A good exemple happened in Sir Chichester 4000Nm record attempt, where a small leakage at deck level turn to an important sea water invasion.
As you are by definition alone to remove the water the situation may become rapidly uncontroled.
When the sea invasion is a consequence of an other issue, as for exemple, a mast fall, it's even more critical. I know a case where the story continued in the liferaft and a rescue.
So don't forget to put the sea water invasion very high in the operation security "check list".
Eric /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif