Shredded Headsail - Update

[Lakesailor]

Went for a wander to the Council slipway this morning. Imagine my relief to see Late Arrival on the pontoons. No more flapping headsails to keep our guests awake.
You may remember I asked opinion about whether I should board her and take down the sail. I decided that if I was the last person aboard and she went walkabout I would get the blame. Well, she went walkabout.
The warden told me that it's the 6th time in 2 years it's come off it's mooring. "It holds the record for travelling furthest on Windermere without any crew"

Why does anyone let a boat get into this condition? It was a lovely boat 2 years ago. It costs about £1000 a year to keep a 31 foot boat on a mooring.

 

[peteandthira]

Lakesailor

Slightly different subject - that little boat to the right in your picture looks like it has a tad of forward mast rake from where I'm sitting. Isn't that awfully dangerous? It may be just the perspective, and I may not know what I am talking about, but I recall reading somewhere that one could suffer mast inversion, especially if the main is reefed to below the forestay attachment.

I wonder...Do you know the owner?

Concerned

Pops

 

[EdWingfield]

Knowing that she's come adrift 6 time in two years I'm afraid I'd have more concern for the insurance company than the 'unlucky' owner.

 

[Cornishman]

There's a few like that at Queen Anne's Battery, Plymouth after last Saturday night's hurricane.

 

[Mal113]

If the main sail is shredded and the hull painted black it would resemble the Black Pearl from The pirates of the Caribbean, it may even sail as fast, check if the compass works that will give you a clue.

 

[GBR562]

The spreaders are pretty wel raked and as long as they are fixed it should provide enough support.
The mast is pretty small section so once the main is up and kicker applied, it should prevent inversion.

 

[Lakesailor]

It may not be as you think. I have tilted the camera slightly upwards and the shot my be suffering from converging verticals. If you look at the yacht on the far left of the shot that mast seems to be raked well back. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Twister_Ken]

Most seem to have nav lights. Is there much night sailing onyerpond?

 

[peteandthira]

"It may not be as you think"

Indeed it may not Sir! Just thought I'd check. How is our old sailing water these days? I imagine it is a lot quieter now than when we kept our little Norfolk Gypsy at Low Wood. I recall seeing one or two tattered headsails on the lake then too.

Fond memories.

Pops