Comentarii la: Urgență pe mare, cea mai proastă noapte a noastră, ever!! În mijlocul pustiului [Ep. 34]

De: Gordan Brkic

Gordan Brkic — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:18:48 +0000

There are so many things that can go wrong at any time. I had once the port engine stuck in forward gear in the busy harbor as the cable detached itself.

Just a question, was there a way to fix the rudder in a forward direction and steer the boat with the engines?

De: Bob Scaggs SV Chimera

Bob Scaggs SV Chimera — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 12:14:25 +0000

Great job recovering from this incident! Y’all are awesome. I am now adding to my training procedures actually sailing with the emergency tiller once every 6 months (for now). On my last trip up from PR to Charleston I walked my crew through locating the tiller and where to install it but we never actually practice it. I am adding this to my drills. I have a couple questions for you and maybe you cover in the future video so I can wait if so. During the onset of the emergency you all started the engines to maintain propulsion, which I believe I would have done as well, did you find that later once the initial emergency was “resolved” and maybe once it was light, that the sails were able to help balance the boat? I know this helps on a monohull but on our cats this might not make a difference so just curious. Second question, do you have emergency tiller access on both port and starboard sides? I have the Lagoon 450 and we have access to each rudder post so just curious? Again, awesome job saving your family and the boat!

De: jordan0brown

jordan0brown — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 15:50:15 +0000

How is the hull shield working? I see videos of ppl adding but never long term follow ups.

De: Greg Fisher

Greg Fisher — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 04:26:25 +0000

Amazing video…thank you so much for sharing. How quickly things can change for the worse at sea. Your preparation really paid off. Glad you and the family safely made it. Very inspirational.

De: Mike Ferguson

Mike Ferguson — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 15:56:17 +0000

I had the chain snap on my Leopard 40 also at night, about 02h00 in the morning beating into 27 knots apparent wind. We needed to trim the sails a bit and the boat sailed in a straight line on its own. This was then great to be able to climb into the system. The chain broke near the end which seems to be where it brakes. I put the chain back on to when and tied up the section of broken chain with dyneema and within 30 minutes were sailing again. In the morning we removed the whole chain whilst still sailing and used a dremel to cut off the broken links and joined the rest back again. I sailed the boat another 500nm til I was able to get a new chain. We never bothered with the emergency steering as a balanced sail works much better especially if you have loads of water. Do some trials next time out. Take the pressure off the main my moving the boom to leeward and it reduces the pressure and the boat will sail more straight. You might need to fool in the Genoa as well til you are balanced.

De: Border Collie

Border Collie — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 12:56:53 +0000

I’m a new sailor. Thank you for sharing your experience on this matter. I researched and discovered chain and wire systems require maintenance and in certain locations like Florida and Caribbean the chain and wire system is required to be replaced every 3-5 years. Jefa system appears to be best.

De: Tomer Dvir

Tomer Dvir — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 04:39:37 +0000

I heard the story long ago, but seeing the footage is quite the experience. Also made Noa and I go over where’s that tiller and how do we open our caps. And we want to see more of Maki here!!

De: krionic

krionic — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 20:41:47 +0000

we have a similar emergency tiller. I had a breaker bar sized for it to extend the tiller length and give more leverage. You could also use your cockpit table leg to slide over the tiller to give more leverage. our tiller post is located further up the transom and does not have the 45-degree angle yours does (which i think would be very helpful.) I would get a 2-foot breaker bar to attach to it and position it so the tiller points forward like a traditional tiller so that you aren't standing on the lowest part of your transom. nice job getting it under control and getting your family to a safe place to do some field repairs.

De: Brien W

Brien W — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 20:03:13 +0000

Wow, well handled. Seems unusual for this to break, is it common? I'm guessing you'll cover a lot of this in video 2.

Thanks,

De: Geoff Strebel

Geoff Strebel — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:18:58 +0000

Gang, thank you for the video. Did you establish root-cause for what caused the chain to break? Seems like it would take a lot of pressure. Also, isn't there an extension for the emergency tiller? Maybe use a dingy oar and some 100mph tape? Also, if the autopilot is disabled, couldn't you remove some of the gear from the pole keeping the rudders aligned and make you effort require less muscle? I'm imagining your fighting some hydraulics or something.