Comentarii la: ZI DE MAI! Ne scufundam! Lady K Sailing – Episodul 39

De: Captain Pickhardt

Captain Pickhardt — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 19:30:30 +0000

I initially thought – clickbait. Glad that I watched it and that you posted this. Very genuine and I feel like I know have at the very least gained some valuable insight. Thank you.

De: Charles Neuman

Charles Neuman — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 22:49:02 +0000

Well done. I'm glad you got through it safely and the boat was OK. Candice was a monster at bailing. I guess there was no other choice, but still, she is strong.
I can't imagine you'd get any sleep with that wooden bung in there, but I'm sure you'll seal that off soon enough (or did, four years ago when this happened). EDIT: Yes, discussed in next episode.

De: Tim Rivard

Tim Rivard — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 19:43:20 +0000

I know this is an older video – but do you not have a manual bilge pump in the cockpit? I have always had two bilge pumps – DC and manual (as the final emergency pump). I always kept my bungs attached near every thru hull area. These paddle and depth sounder units should have their design changed to install from the bottom with a reinforcment nut on top so they can't be pushed through the hull in rough seas. (my two cents) I've just recently subscribed to your channel as I am now shopping for boat #3.

De: Alon Schaffer

Alon Schaffer — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 15:46:32 +0000

Inspiring seeing the way you handled it.
You were lucky to be were you were at the time.
So you were heard and people could help.
Many years ago we sailed the Med in a First 27.
A small boat with a 8 hp disel..
We were sailing from Israel to Turkey , heading in to the wind in a typical Med choppy sea.
We woke up in the morning about 80 miles from home with the boat full of water.
It was as high as the leawerd bunk.
The boat was sluggish and as you did we began bucketing out.
The sea was coming over the deck, we could not do much but to turn around and head home...
80 miles in a sinking 27 foot boat.
We could not find the source of the leak.
And were convinced it was from the gland.
However after turning around and having the sea come over the stern rather than the bow..
The level of water slowly came down.
As we pumped and bucketed , the boat was controllable agene .
We then realized the leak must be from the upper deck.
As much as we looked we could not Figure it out.
And then I had an idea, I asked my father to open the bulkhead in the forcabin and look inside, I then took a bucket of water and poured it in to the anker well.. in the bow.
The water went rite through giving my dad a salty shower.
The ankor had acted as a hammer slaming in to the fiberglass as the boat pounded through the chopy seas , it caused a hole the size of a fist, the water came in behind the bulkhead and in to the bildge and the maim cabin.
5 dollers worth of fiberglass and some epoxy fixed it and we turned around heading for Larnaka Cypres for a day of relaxing from our adventure .

De: Robert Lee

Robert Lee — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 06:34:32 +0000

Didn’t the boat handle differently? Conical plug. Not triangular. That is missing a dimension! Congrats on surviving that. Imagine being 400 miles off shore and that happening. No 90 seconds.

De: Alexandra Morkin

Alexandra Morkin — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 03:00:28 +0000

Incredible how you worked through this challenge and wonderful the support that come to assist.

De: Ken Whittle

Ken Whittle — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 01:15:45 +0000

I do enjoy these videos. I take applaud you for staying calm. As you've shown you think much clearer when you're calm. I think it really shows how good maintenance is so important. If I could offer some constructive advice to all. Make sure your bilge pump is in top order and consider having a back up. I have 3 (2 electric 1 manual). 1 decent (1000 or 2000gph) bilge pump would have handled this leak and kept the boat dry. They're not expensive ( about $50) and worth their weight in gold when needed. I really like the idea of having an external alarm or light for an early warning. Also, along with your stash of softwood plugs, it's worth keeping one of the appropriate size wooded plug tied to the relevant seacock or hull penetration. Saves having to find the stash and get the right size one in a hurry.
Thanks again and happy sailing to all.

De: David Koran - Sailing Carina

David Koran - Sailing Carina — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 23:07:14 +0000

When I bought my Tartan 30 I had to move it to a boat yard to do some work, and noticed a dribble of water coming from the ST-60 mount. After pulling the boat I tapped the through hull with a hammer and it wedged itself out. After seeing that, I changed everything with a hole in my hull. So many people buy boats with the old transducers still in with the wires clipped. Glad you folks were able to recover from this.

De: Douglas Campos

Douglas Campos — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 20:49:26 +0000

You can always install a RED LIGHT alert outside, speakers only , we just can't hear it

De: Mike Ward

Mike Ward — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 04:15:33 +0000

I've just watched this episode with a little reflection. Back in about 1990 I was crossing the Cook Strait, the often storm tossed strait between New Zealand's North and South Islands on my own in my 25 foot Spencer Stiletto; a glass over ply yacht I had had for a few years. I'd failed to get back north of three previous weekends due to southerly gales and decided that I'd just go this time as it wasn't too bad.

I sailed south of Karori Rock (on the bottom of the North Island) which is notoriously rough and tidal at times and eventually had to start beating up into Wellington Harbour on very strong northerlies. I had a 15 hp outboard mounted in the well in the cockpit and decided that I motor-sail in an attempt to get onto the harbour before dark. The waves were kinda big (I was getting a few in the cockpit!) and I was having a great time.

After a while I heard my boat name on the VHF from Cobar Radio run by a friend who lives up high on the southern coast and who keeps in touch with the fishing fleet, Ron (RIP mate) could thankfully see me. I pulled up the hatch boards and was about to lean into the radio when I saw that the boat was about half full of water. After calling Ron with a brief description and wait a couple of minutes please request, I leapt inside and and learned very fast that a worried man and a two gallon bucket, can move a lot of water.

I had already lashed the tiller so soi got into my work. Five minutes later I seemed to have the water level under some control, so I had another look for a water ingress point. I had already checked my three thru-hulls which were just fine so a bit of head scratching later, I went forward to look into the forward bilges for what I thought might be a hull breach but than thankfully found nothing.
At that point I called Ron back and told him what was going. He'd already called the water Police boat, Lady Elizabeth and advised me that they were planning on going off watch shortly.

I jumped back outside and found that I was closer to the infamous Barratt's Reef (the one that took the MVS Rangatira passenger ferry in April 1971 with significant loss of life! - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEV_Rangatira_(1971)-) so I decided to drop my sails w3ith the intention of trying to gain ground into the harbour. Once the sails were down, I looked back inside and it seemed as though there was more water again.

At that point I decided that I make a PAN PAN call as I was quite close to a beach I could put IMPUDENCE on if worse came to worse. Wellington Police decided they would come and stand off and provide assistance anyway. Also within about three minutes, a helicopter that had been firefighting in the nearby hills was overhead and communicating my situation to the Lady Elizabeth. I continued bucketing water in between watch my forward progress towards the reef and harbour entrance.

The Police launch arrived about 10 minutes later and quickly put a crew mate aboard IMPUDENCE. Between the two of us, we got of the rest of the water as best we could while motoring under the 15 hp outboard around into Evans Bay inside the harbour where the Evans Bay Yacht Club slip way team were waiting to haul me out. At this point the Police took off back into the Cook Strait to rescue a fishing boat that had struck Karori Rock and was badly holed. They got him back into the harbour and kicked me off the Yacht Club slip way because he was at risk of sinking and I had found that I wasn't.

So lessons learned:

1. Patience. Come back again when conditions and much more favourable rather than pushing the boundaries;
2. Maybe consider a crew when crossing Cook Strait - Yeah nah, I love single handing but refer Item 1.;
3. Even though you think all is well, keep checking inside and out regularly;
4. Somehow, I still had VHF comms even though my single battery was under water for some time. I put that down to the liberal coating of Vaseline I had put on the terminals. I still don't understand this one!;
5. And the Biggy. When you are getting smashed with big waves in the cockpit, water is going EVERYWHERE. In my case, it was lifting the forward hatch and pumping a little water into the boat with every wave (I got the fire brigade to put a big hose over the front and was amazed how much water got inside my locked down wooden hatch (replaced a week later with a lovely glass Lewmar hatch);
6. Always have comprehensive insurance which thankfully I did as repairs cost much more than I thought they would; and
7. Don't panic. I always felt in control and my Air Force training taught me to think then act. Despite the drama, it might still be my most fun sailing adventure (Yeah Right!).

Thank you for the reminder and you great coverage of your incident.

Mike, Taupo, New Zealand