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dunedin said:
Certainly an interesting forecast to attempt to sail north towards Ardrossan.
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Especially as I believe they’d only owned the boat for a week. Went and had a look at the wreck this morning which has washed up on the shore. Only two turns of pot line around the prop, a shaft mounted rope cutter would probably have saved the day.
 
Pot layers should be required to be secured to their gear at all times IMHO!
My first boat was especially vulnerable to floating debris and I must have had to remove trash from the prop once a fortnight, often at night.
As for the people laying gear off Lands End with markers that submerge when the tide runs, they should be chained to a half-tide rock with a spoon for company...
 
all the pictures I have are too high a resolution to post on here.
 

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claymore said:
You must be joking.
Big tides as well so half the passage likely to be wind against tide. 10 hrs trip in snotty horrible wet cold conditions.
Agree about Douglas being a better option but not setting off at all would have been far better
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And I thought that Claymore's motto was ...........
"Smoke me a kipper ,I'll be back for breakfast" :)

They are all ok . That's the important thing.
 
The most important thing , but not the only important thing , the people have lost their boat , i expect that is quite important to them , i dint understand how fishermen can get away with some of their careless no thot for other users and their environmental behaviour , some waters / areas are virtually no go areas at night or in heavy weather
 
claymore said:
You must be joking.
Big tides as well so half the passage likely to be wind against tide. 10 hrs trip in snotty horrible wet cold conditions.
Agree about Douglas being a better option but not setting off at all would have been far better
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No joking . Do you not think you should anticipate meeting those conditions if you do a transat, which many 12m boats do? Not suggesting it's a suitable passage if you're sailing with your maiden aunt but it's certainly not reckless.
 
I suppose the whole go or don't go decision was made by the skipper with knowledge way outside anyone on here is privy to. So subjective and in my opinion (see what I did there) can't be criticised.

Pot markers are a hazard in coastal waters world wide and one of those things we, as yachtsmen, have to put up with. Will never change.

As I see it, the crew had awful bad luck leading to an entirely unpredictable hull loss. If it was me I would be flippin annoyed. But very happy the crew in my care were safe.
 
Unfortunately there is plenty of stuff in the world's oceans that can get wrapped around your propellor. Its happen to me on three separate transats.....
 
capnsensible said:
Unfortunately there is plenty of stuff in the world's oceans that can get wrapped around your propellor. Its happen to me on three separate transats.....
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Yes, but losing the use of the engine off soundings is just another job to do in the next calm spell. Losing the engine close inshore in the dark can be goodbye boat and perhaps crew.
 
Awful for anyone to lose a boat.

I am surprised the RNLI left the boat at anchor. Maybe it was not their decision, but I would have expected, if conditions are too much for the inshore LB to tow a 12m yacht, said yacht is more than a little at risk at anchor. Was there no possibility of a commercial tow?

It seems obvious that what's needed if a rope stops your prop is sails working pronto, but as has been said above, we were not there and can only speculate.
There is usually a lot more to a story than what's in the papers.
 
capnsensible said:
Unfortunately there is plenty of stuff in the world's oceans that can get wrapped around your propellor. Its happen to me on three separate transats.....
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Not to mention floating stuff to bump into - apart from the popular stories about the semi submerged containers, there are also a lot of massive tree trunks floating around out there - I counted three that had been washed up recently on the east coast here when I took my dogs for a walk one evening a few days ago.
And some of them are proper trees with branches - if you sail into them, the only way to escape might be to go backwards.
 
Kukri said:
Yes, but losing the use of the engine off soundings is just another job to do in the next calm spell. Losing the engine close inshore in the dark can be goodbye boat and perhaps crew.
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Indeed. Sailing out of a situation as you indicate is a challenge with reprecussions if you get it wrong. I'm all too familiar with engine failure....
Offshore you may need to free a propellor off to get the engine started to re charge batteries if the alternator is your sole source. Jammed in gear.
All part of the game!
 
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