Yacht sunk in Port Erin

[Neddie_Seagoon]

The catamaran Celtic Gold sunk whilst on a visitors mooring in Port Erin last night. She had been on the mooring for over 24 hours, held in Port Erin by strong westerlies and was having a rough ride in the swell when we saw her yesterday. Today there is only her bows in view, I suspect a deck hatch may have failed allowing her to be inundated by the breaking waves.

 

[Bajansailor]

Oh dear, that is a sad photo.
She looks like a 9m. Catalac (or rather that clipper bow sticking out above water does).
There are two 9m Catalacs here - one sank in the fishing harbour last year, but that was just because she had been abandoned, and I think she filled up with rainwater.
The deck hatches on these boats in to the lockers do not appear to be very watertight, and these cats were built in the days before watertight bulkheads and subdivision on cats became popular.
I hope that she will be recovered successfully.

 

[Neddie_Seagoon]

Yep. 9M Catalac.

 

[monkfish24]

thats a bit drastic for not paying your mooring fee's!


Is a sad sight to see though and i know i would be gobsmacked if i ever saw my pride and joy like that!

 

[Neddie_Seagoon]

Recovery in progress, she has been towed up to the beach, should dry at low water.

 

[whipper_snapper]

Very sad, but Port Erin is totally open to the west, I have only ever thought of it as a temporary stop over in settled weather. Why would you leave a boat there in strong Westerlies ?

 

[savageseadog]

I've been in Port Erin. It's an extremely exposed anchorage. Given the current weather and forecast to which it's completely exposed I'm amazed that anyone would consider stopping there at all.

 

[Seagreen]

In settled weather, its a great and joyful respite after an overnight passage from 'pool or Preston if you're heading north and fancy a few hours kip. I have very fond memories of that particular bouy...

 

[Jacana]

I agree, nice stop-over but definitely not if there is any more W than a SW and quite a bit of swell even then.

I was on that very buoy 3 weeks ago but gave it a miss on our way back earlier this week. With 5-8's S & W this week he would have been better to hole up in Peel.

The benfits of hindsight................

 

[Neddie_Seagoon]

Harrumph! Didn't say Hallo did you Could have had a pint at the Bay.

Anyway, high & dry now.

 

[TQA]

You could not recover a monohull like this. An advantage of a multi I had not thought of.

A serious wash down and bocoo WD 40 should save a lot of the kit. I have even seen a submerged VHF come back from a day underwater.

 

[Seagreen]

Ditto. Immerse the electrics in buckets of fresh, then distilled water, dry out quick, and you may well save them.

 

[photodog]

Is it just me.... or does that bloke look a bit miserable.

 

[Seagreen]

At least, apart from the electrics, a bust rudder and a lot of cleaning, he still has a boat. not the best end to a cruise but it could have been so much worse.

 

[dmmbruce]

I have taken refuge in P.Erin many times in the past when I lived there and had a MacWester 26 bilge keel. It was always a problem even in good (by IOM standards) weather. Anchors tend to drag in strong winds. I have never known before or since such violent and fast rolling. But never have I seen seas there that would sink a properly set up boat. What could he have done to cause it? Catalacs are good as far as I know. There would never have been waves coming over her. I don't understand.

Good luck to him now! What a mess.

Mike

 

[BurnitBlue]

You could not recover a monohull like this. An advantage of a multi I had not thought of.

There is a possibility that the catamaran straddled the mooring bouy and trapped it between the hulls. If the bouy has substantial contruction it could hole one or both hulls.

My catamaran (previous boat) once straddled a mooring bouy but I was aboard so no problem.

This would never happen with a monohull.

 

[Neddie_Seagoon]

There would never have been waves coming over her. I don't understand.

The wind and swell was such on Thursday morning when I last saw her afloat that she was being lifted to the end of the (perfectly reasonable) mooring strop and the crests were regularly breaking over her.

My fear then was that she would break her mooring lines, instead she was obviously inundated, I think a deck hatch failed.

 

[Jacana]

Harrumph! Didn't say Hallo did you Could have had a pint at the Bay.

Anyway, high & dry now.

Sorry - didn't realise she was yours. Anyway best of luck with the dry out - an optimist would say your are lucky to still have her.

I was in Port St Mary on the Monday and spent the night adjusting lines with other boats against the quay to avoid destruction by the swell. I escaped back over to Conwy overnight on Wed which was the only weather window we could see. Even that was a bit wild in parts.

Is that immaculate Gilera 4 still in the shop window on the sea front?

Brian

 

[Rigger]

Not the first yacht to suffer on that mooring:http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/Dramatic-rescue-after-yacht-runs.3201870.jp
Does anyone know what eventually happened to this yacht as I owned her for 10years and would love to know she survived.

 

[photodog]

Sorry - didn't realise she was yours.

Dont worry,, thats not one of Neddies boats.... he's just reporting!