Yacht sinks in Suffolk marina

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Does raise the question of why the cctv was there in the first place dunnit?

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So we'll be able to watch it on YouTube tomorrow.

Vince
 
Funny it should happen to another NEW boat innit? One does wonder who has a duty of care to ensure that the vessel is seaworthy? Do sellers do a pre-delivery/ post launch check? Or is it up to the owner to sleep on board in a lifejacket? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
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Does raise the question of why the cctv was there in the first place dunnit?

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So we'll be able to watch it on YouTube tomorrow.

Vince

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do you have 3 hrs to spare then /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Horrible sight. I think we all dread the kind of phone call this poor bloke must have had.

Would a bilge alarm have helped ?

Something must have 'popped' during the night. Have to think that all the seacocks could not have been turned off for something like this to happen. Lots of stuff can 'happen' after them. If this turns out to be the case, will the insurers still pay out ? Lets hope so.

From my experience of boatyards, most will not launch a boat without the owner being there or having keys to check below.
 
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From my experience of boatyards, most will not launch a boat without the owner being there or having keys to check below.

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I trusted Dickies of Bangor to launch mine for me this year as we couldn't sort a mutually suitable date. I must admit to a little anxiety, but I had checked everything over the previous weekend. They did have a set of keys & I arrived that evening to spend the night aboard (no, I didn't sleep in a lifejacket!)

Following day, thro' the Swellies to Caernarfon to pick up new mooring. Planned trip so that everything could be tested in safe environment before putting anything at risk - but it could have gone wrong at any point.
 
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Following day, thro' the Swellies to Caernarfon to pick up new mooring. Planned trip so that everything could be tested in safe environment before putting anything at risk - but it could have gone wrong at any point.

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CCTV came in useful I notice *not*, perhaps if there were someone watching it they would have noticed quicker... for all the money people pay for moorings you'd think they could afford to employ some teenager to watch it at least?

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I thought about this comment a bit yesterday and you know what? For all the money the owner spent on the boat, you'd think they could take batter care of their own boat and not rely on others to do so? Is is too much to expect the buck stop with the person who's name is on the paperwork?

If your boat goes in the water after time and work ashore, go down 6 and/or 12 hours later just to make sure all's well...
 
Yes this is a good reason for turning off all the seacocks..at least if you do get a leak and start going down it doesn't accelerate as the level goes over your sink or toilet bowls.

Nick
 
A similar incident involving an Oyster happened on the Hamble recently. Seems that the log impeller had not been inserted after winter storage. Luckily is was spotted before the boat sank but there was a considerable amount of damage anyway.
 
As I understand it the owner was on board asleep, at the time of sinking! and was woken by the water invading his sleeping bag!.... Told that the cause believed to be:- Engine water inlet strainer cap, not screwed down tightly enuff! and below waterline!.......Not a nice alarm call!
 
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Told that the cause believed to be:- Engine water inlet strainer cap, not screwed down tightly enuff! and below waterline!

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Heard that too today.

Inlet strainer below the waterline /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Who's bright idea was that /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
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Following day, thro' the Swellies to Caernarfon to pick up new mooring. Planned trip so that everything could be tested in safe environment before putting anything at risk - but it could have gone wrong at any point.

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The Swellies is just a matter of timing, usually a jolly jaunt. But Dickies to Swellies is about 2 miles - so plenty of time to test engine/ steering/ etc in smooth water with plenty of moorings to pick up in the event of any doubts. That was the implication of my statement, but I don't mind explaining to those without a local chart . . .
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My strainer is below the water line. It has a top with a rubber seal which is screwed down with butterfly screws, (or whatever you call them). If we leave the boat for more than a few hours, we close the seacock, and hang the engine key on one of the butterfly screws, (so we dont forget to open the cock before starting the engine).

Thought long and hard about cockpit drains. The physics says that in torrential rain, the cockpit could flood, then the cabin etc., (not sure how much rain it would take to sink the boat). Having said that, if the pipe, or the seal with the seacock, failed, below the waterline, I guess she would sink - bit of a dilemma, but I leave them open.
 
That's a fair point, I checked mine 5 mins after I put mine in for the first time, thats when i found out i'd left the bung out /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Bl00dy good job I checked or she'd have been underwater, luckily never reached the engine, just noticed the back of the boat a bit lower in the water than it seemed before... bilge worked fine and bailed quickly after I jusmped into the water to put the bung in /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
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