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You may have seen my post about the yacht with the shredded headsail.

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The boat is still in the same state and the weekend has violent winds forecast. The flogging sail is disturbing neighbour's sleep, although we don't hear it as our bedroom faces the other way.
Friday is forecast for 10mph winds.
What is the forum's general opinion of my proposal to board the yacht and take down the headsail.
Is it a reasonable course of action? Would the owner be justified to complain, or should he be thankfull?
I've told the wardens who (I assume) have contacted the owner.
 
Phone the warden again and ask if the owner has been informed, and notify him of your intention. Probably no good at all legally, but will at least show your intent if the owner does decide to get funny about it. Can't see why he should tho
 
I would take it down if the noise was a nuisance.
I allways put a short tie around the rolled up genoa passed through the clew eye. Takes a minute or less....

nice looking boat,what is it?
 
It's a Colvic UFO 31 (I think - erm, length that is)
The sail is still wrapped if you look carefully. The wind has torn the leech away.

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I bet you will be pi55ing about for ages sorting that out.

When I took my sails off this year it was 10 to 12 knot winds. Mind you, I was taking care not to let them drop into the water as I flaked then down neatly. You won't have either problem.

Good luck!
 
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Well, since you ask - I wouldn't have asked; I would have just done it! The owner has a problem and, for some reason, can't sort it out himself, so helping him would be a polite thing to do. I hope someone would do the same for me and I'd be very grateful to them.
 
Yes, take a day of and do the decent thing, you will feel good and it will be helpful to the guy/lady who owns the boat. What took you so long.
 
That's my main concern. If I release the furling line and pull out the clew, the remnants may wind-up at the top of the forestay and jam up attempts to drop the sail.
That would mean leaving it up, with even more canvas out, with 40mph winds forecast.
In that case damage may occur or even the increased drag may cause the boat to leave her mooring.


I think I've just talked myself out of it.

Like Brendan suggests, I'll ask the warden what he's done about it. Perhaps they could get the owner to call me.
 
Re: Cumberland Gazette

'A leading member of the tourist community and local sailor was charged today with aggravated damage to a yacht.
'Look', he said when caught red-handed, 'You can just pull bits of the sail off like this...'
The trial at Carlisle Magistrates Court continues tomorrow...
 
Just do it. I am sure I would want someone to help me out if I was in teh same position. Last time I checked Southern Comfort there was a boat that had shed its fore and aft lines so was only being held by the springs. Jumped on board and did the decent thing as I would expect others to do for me.
What goes around, comes around...
 
Re: Cumberland Gazette

I would like to contact owner first but if not able then I would get on and try and lower the sail after informing warden of my intentions .If it was my boat i would wish someone to at least try and sort things out .
I was sat next to a 32 foot boat in summer with no-one aboard when all of a sudden the anchor began to retrieve itself!!!Boat was moored stern to .I looked round as i couldnt quite belive what I was seeing , other folk were also looking in amazement .I jumped aboard and knocked frantically on the open boat to check no-one aboard then dashed up to see what I could do .I lifted anchor lid to reval lofrans caymen winch retrieving anchor at full lick ,there was a remote in the anchor well but operating this had no effect !!With seconds ticking till anchor and boat met i dashed back to stern and dived below looking for power switch .i was unfamiliar with the boat but located switch at same moment anchor hit the bow roller ....................................phew !!Luckily no damage was done.I secured the boat to ours to keep her of the pontoon and waited for owner to return .H e duly arrived and I told him story - he was as you can imagine gob-smacked to say the least .It turned out the remote unit was faulty .May be its worth disconnecting remote to be extra safe ??Any way chap was grateful for my intervention .
 
Just don't do it! The damage is done, there is little else the wind can do to that shredded sail, you don't want to become a complication in the owners discussion with his insurance company.
On the other hand, now that I'm boatless and looking for something on the lakes, is this a good purchase opportunity?
 
Just do it!
And when you've done it can you come round here and take down the neighbour's bl**dy wind chimes? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

BTW - new monitor today, now I can see all your avatars properly! Canibul ... what's your's all about?
 
Whilst you have good intentions, personally I would have to leave it. I would want to get approval from the owner first... there is just far too much compo, insurance, legal crap these days that you could get caught up in. Its a shame that it comes to this. If all goes well, nothing would come of it, but if anything went wrong I imagine they would argue you are liable for it. What marina was it that said you cannot attend to someone else's boat for insurance/liability issues?
 
Do it, probably would have taken you less time than taking all those pictures, posting them on the forum and wating for replies, or maybe I'm missing the point.....?
But do take plenty of ties to lash the dropped sail to the rail, or better yet fold it and lash it in the cockpit well, else the flogging sail could start ripping the guardwires out and then you might be on dodgy ground!
Also, take a knife, a sharp one, I've a hunch you might need it.....
 
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