nauticalnomad
Member
Any guesses as to how this might have happened.
I didnt know Benetau made fenders....
Somebody has broken my boat
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I didnt know Benetau made fenders....
Liz_I
New member
Brilliant photo and well done for your first pic on the forum. What a mess! Thank goodness there wasn't anyone on board at the time! There was obviously something amiss with the thrusters for the peniche to have driven into the visitors pontoon.
The yacht is a total write off. The pontoon seems to be a write off as well!
The yacht is a total write off. The pontoon seems to be a write off as well!
sailorman
Well-known member
is it not a Jen
nauticalnomad
Member
French ****.... Whatever....
Liz_I
New member
We call then Jeneteaus.
oldbilbo
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Oh, dear. Commiserations... 
Garold
Well-known member
If, like many boats out there at the minute, it's up for sale, I think the owners paryers have been answered.
No gel coat repair will bring that back!..
Garold
No gel coat repair will bring that back!..
Garold
Saint Louis
Member
Yes a skilled job driving one of those but they do have a bloody great bow engine, driving the thruster. Perhaps that failed.
Interesting comments on barges and bowthrusters. Some have them, some not. We are definately in the "not" category, and it does make me chuckle to see - and hear - all the tiny hire boats thrusting their way into and out of a berth - where half an ounce of seamanship is all that is needed.
It would interest me to know which barge was involved - anyone know?
Frankie-H
New member
Nobody seems to know the name. I spoke to a few people, who knew it was a barge but no names mentioned.
Interesting comments about bow thrusters. I understand that the deflection on the rudder and the shape of the hull makes them manoeuvrable but I have even more admiration for those that drive them without thrusters. I pride myself on boat handling and do not have a thruster on my Moody 42. That would scare me to death
snooks
Active member
From th look of the pontoon it looks like the oa has dragged, and sat on the pontoon and ther harbour wall in a storm or summut.
Surprised she's still afloat to be honest
Rigger Mortice
N/A
It could really do with a couple of springs. The bow line needs to be taken in a few feet as well.
Whoever berthed that didn't do a very good job.
Whoever berthed that didn't do a very good job.
doug748
Well-known member
A pal of mine had a similar, catastrophic collision.
He was alongside at a Marina in Falmouth, when he heard a load of shouting and screeching. Nipping up from below he saw a gert tug heading directly towards him. Jumping onto the pontoon he watched the tug crush his Hurley 24 which sank like a stone in front of his eyes!
The only things he had were what he stood up in, but as he was unhurt I guess he was lucky - in a way.
ribrage
Active member
Hot liquid skipper ?...just kidding !
BobPrell
Well-known member
You sailed by the lee and had a catastrophic gybe?
Elessar
Well-known member
Any guesses as to how this might have happened.
you loaned it to snooks for the weekend?
davidej
Well-known member
Is this afloat or is the keel resting on the bottom and keeping it up?
If the former (as it looks to me -presumably it was floating along the quay before the collision), I am absolutly staggered.
If the former (as it looks to me -presumably it was floating along the quay before the collision), I am absolutly staggered.
Seajet
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You think you're staggered; there's still a bloke in the aft cabin with his eyes tight shut and fingers in his ears...
sailorman
Well-known member
i think the rudder is through the pontoon holding her stern up
nitchevo
New member
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The 92 year old ketch Helena lost her bowsprit and being semi rolled has damaged stanchions. She's now at PN waiting to be craned out for inspection?
The British couple living aboard the small barge seen in Digbys photo were a bit shaken, in both ways! Helena was berthed between them and Jeanneau. Heresay has it that there was a misunderstanding between barges pilot and captain. Jeanneau has impaled pontoon with her rudder stock and it is the pontoon floats which are preventing her from filling....
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The 92 year old ketch Helena lost her bowsprit and being semi rolled has damaged stanchions. She's now at PN waiting to be craned out for inspection?
The British couple living aboard the small barge seen in Digbys photo were a bit shaken, in both ways! Helena was berthed between them and Jeanneau. Heresay has it that there was a misunderstanding between barges pilot and captain. Jeanneau has impaled pontoon with her rudder stock and it is the pontoon floats which are preventing her from filling....
Erik C
Active member
I love the helm seat on the ketch.