URGENT Boat sinking

[MOBY2]

Hi, bit of a long shot but just got back from walking the dog at Dell Quay and up towards the Fishbourne end of Chichester harbour is a small red fwd wheelhouse boat that looks very bow heavy... She is about 21-22 feet at a guess, have seen the her before so I know how she normally lies, asked around the boatyard but no one seems to know, not sure how quickly she is taking on water but shes not right, I will attach a pic, they ain't great but someone might know who owns her, will help if needed to sort her out, as I say a long shot but may save someone some grief...
PS cannot upload pic... Any advice.

 

[C08]

I do not know the boat but good on you taking the trouble to post this and hopefully will avert a big problem!

 

[dom]

Yes very thoughtful of the OP. I'll pm Seajet in case he has any ideas

 

[prv]

Worth informing the Conservancy office, or whoever it is that allocates moorings? They ought to have contact details I'd have thought.

Pete

 

[Just_sayin']

I'll pm Seajet in case he has any ideas

Probably a "chum" or "pal" of his followed by a convoluted story of how it once happened to him.

 

[VicS]

Worth informing the Conservancy office, or whoever it is that allocates moorings? They ought to have contact details I'd have thought.

Pete

Yes definitely.
The Conservancy office will know whose boat it is if its on a conservancy mooring, who owns the mooring if its a private one or who else should know if its a yard or club mooring.
They try to keep tabs on whose boat is on all the moorings regardless.

They should in any case be able to identify the owner from the number on the harbour dues plaque.

 

[PhillM]

I do not know the boat but good on you taking the trouble to post this and hopefully will avert a big problem!

+1

 

[MOBY2]

Thank you to the majority of you for the helpful comments, will get onto the conservancy Monday l have a friend at Dell quay sailing club will give him a call in a bit again a long shot but you never know, will look up the number for the yard there as well,.

 

[MOBY2]

Been in touch with the conservancy and they are going to investigate, hopefully it will be sorted before it's too late.

 

[Vanilla]

Well done. I'd like to think I would be as helpful to another sailor. Hope there's a happy ending.

 

[MOBY2]

Hi just thought I'd let you know I have just got back from walking the dog and saw the boat against the jetty, spoke to the owner and the bilge pump had failed, someone from the conservancy got hold of them so luckily a happy ending and he was very great full.

 

[PaulRainbow]

Hi just thought I'd let you know I have just got back from walking the dog and saw the boat against the jetty, spoke to the owner and the bilge pump had failed, someone from the conservancy got hold of them so luckily a happy ending and he was very great full.

Glad to read it ended well. Well done to you for pursuing it :encouragement:

 

[oldharry]

Yes, always worth contacting the Conservancy who are very much on the ball nowadays on this sort of thing. Apart from anything else they seek to avoid a pollution incident from leaking fuel/oil from a boat that has sunk. Salvaging a sunk boat is much more difficult than towing it into the shallows anyway, which they may have to do if the owner cant be contacted.

 

[Deleted member 36384]

Good effort, saved someone a lot of hassle for just a bit of effort on your behalf, good result.

 

[MOBY2]

Yes just glad it was a good outcome... Could happen to any of us, I did drop it in to conversation with the conservancy about the clear up and pollution aspects of it... Just pleased it all turned out OK.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

It is easy to say "Anyone would have done the same" but the sad fact is that nowadays such help seems to have become a rarity rather than the norm (at least in my country). Well done, Sir!

 

[MOBY2]

Unwritten rule of the sea but thank you for the compliment, would like to think someone would do the same for me.

 

[Seajet]

It is easy to say "Anyone would have done the same" but the sad fact is that nowadays such help seems to have become a rarity rather than the norm (at least in my country). Well done, Sir!

Moby2 - the sort of top bloke who we all want around when we're miles inland, worrying about our pride & joy. :encouragement:

 

[maby]

Certainly a big well done to the OP for drawing attention to the problem, but am I alone in wondering about the wisdom to relying on a bilge pump to keep your boat afloat? Don't you stop the water getting in in the first place? For more than a year we were berthed next to a 30-odd foot mobo that seemed to be totally dependent on the bilge pumps - they were running for hours every day chucking out large quantities of water. I asked the owner on one occasion and he explained that a seal somewhere around the drive shaft had failed.

 

[Seajet]

it's not just mobo's, there are plenty of lovely sailing keelboats left on moorings relying on somewhat dodgy covers - or no covers at all - and a lashed up solar ( or in the old days, wave ) powered bilge pump.

When the October 1987 Hurricane hit Chichester Harbour, Itchenor Reach had rows of keelboat masts sticking out of the water - a heartbreaking sight.

You'd think anyone who can afford such a boat and the running costs ( talk of 2 suits of sails a season is not unusual ) would look after them, and nowadays more care seems to be taken.

One still sees boats in trouble even in the rather well funded Chichester Harbour though - it's a shame the Conservancy concentrates on up to date harbour dues stickers - they're very good at tying snotty notices onto boats while leaving others with flogging, self destructing sails etc to it.

So we all owe a debt to people like Moby2, who actually can be arsed and care enough about boats to help !