BruceK
Well-Known Member
It's like peeling off a slice of Swiss Cheese and finding it's all hole. I mean you cant make this up so it has to be true even though you wish it wasnt. So there I was just an hour from home after a pleasant 5 day at sea excursion when the waves kickedup. We had been travelling on auto pilot at a pleasant 5 knts feet up on the dash dining on sarnies and pickies when the wind picked up. Time to get on the plane and smooth out the ride I pushed the throttles to the stops and quickly accelerated to 20knts before some evil bastid threw out the chute. That's what it felt like anyway. What had actually happenned was getting onto the plane while in a beam sea the stern had dropped and a steep faced swell had simultaneously come over the side of the tender, swamping it and dragging it's stern offthe tiestrap. This allowed the tender to hang from it's side now tragging a beam tube just on the water surface but enough to allow it to fill and act as a parachute. It didnt take long before the dyneema chord it hung from the davits from to then also give way at the stern causing the tender to now whip around the bow davit and lascerate the tube with the biggest Chelsea grin you ever seen.
Coming to a stop the tender is now upside down in the water. Now this is my pride and joy. Doesnt matter what boat you have we can all afford to wage war with the Jones's when it comes to tender, if not boat, and I was particularly proud of mine. And there she was, upside down, haemoraging air from her lungs and slowly sinking.
Now I did what all men would do. I handed controls to the wife so I could blame her for whatever happenned next and happen it did. While trying to haul in 160 kilo of limp deadweight she thought it would be a good idea to throw Amanzi into astern to bring the boats closer to assist my retrieval, but I deny any such instruction. She was acting captain. In doing so my rather long and study painter (6-7m tides here) got sucked into not just one set of props but both. Now my better half is gutsy and not to be outclassed by some 160 kilo of limp PVC and plastic, not when she's in control of 8 tons plus plenty sports boat. So she gives the throttels some welly in forward now and both leg H frames snap as the drives appluad her in appreciation.
Now I have always boasted my boat has perfectly redundant systems. Separate tanks the works. No one fault could ever cripple me except a very large hole or fire and I have fire extinguishers every 6 foot in the boat. But a woman! Perseveres! A woman overcomes!
Pan Pan
Pan Pan
Calling all vessels to see who can make my day worse!
two drove right on by
Not that I was concerned. Our RNLI drive a huge fender which wont scratch my gelcoat and they're coming.
Madam of course will idly watch and perve over lifeboat crew before any fireman so happily waved them on their way.
Coming to a stop the tender is now upside down in the water. Now this is my pride and joy. Doesnt matter what boat you have we can all afford to wage war with the Jones's when it comes to tender, if not boat, and I was particularly proud of mine. And there she was, upside down, haemoraging air from her lungs and slowly sinking.
Now I did what all men would do. I handed controls to the wife so I could blame her for whatever happenned next and happen it did. While trying to haul in 160 kilo of limp deadweight she thought it would be a good idea to throw Amanzi into astern to bring the boats closer to assist my retrieval, but I deny any such instruction. She was acting captain. In doing so my rather long and study painter (6-7m tides here) got sucked into not just one set of props but both. Now my better half is gutsy and not to be outclassed by some 160 kilo of limp PVC and plastic, not when she's in control of 8 tons plus plenty sports boat. So she gives the throttels some welly in forward now and both leg H frames snap as the drives appluad her in appreciation.
Now I have always boasted my boat has perfectly redundant systems. Separate tanks the works. No one fault could ever cripple me except a very large hole or fire and I have fire extinguishers every 6 foot in the boat. But a woman! Perseveres! A woman overcomes!
Pan Pan
Pan Pan
Calling all vessels to see who can make my day worse!
two drove right on by
Not that I was concerned. Our RNLI drive a huge fender which wont scratch my gelcoat and they're coming.
Madam of course will idly watch and perve over lifeboat crew before any fireman so happily waved them on their way.
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