Crew of S/V 'Sanctuary' Abandon Ship

[rgesner]

CG PR says "Coast Guard ...helped coordinate the rescue of five people ...with the assistance of the cruise ship Norwegian Gem..."

WTH, "assistance of" should say "heroic effort by the crew of the cruise ship"

Originally Posted by YADO

Coast Guard Rescue Video is posted on line

You can view it or download it from here.

*VIDEO UPDATE* Coast Guard coordinates AMVER rescue in high seas

[sailorboy1]

So ................ it appears that the crappy production boat wasn't sinking after all????? That's whatI'm gettting out of the talk about salvaging it.

Guess the boat just wanted to get rid of the carbon based units inflesting it!

[mbianka]

Originally Posted by Don Lucas

So ................ it appears that the crappy production boat wasn't sinking after all????? That's whatI'm gettting out of the talk about salvaging it.

Guess the boat just wanted to get rid of the carbon based units inflesting it!

Yep, the boats are usually tougher than those who sail them. I always have to remember when someone asks about going for a sail that a lot of people think they want to go sailing until they actually get on the boat. I've had guests come on board who actually got queasy while we were still tied to the dock. Others freaked out just walking on the floating dock while heading toward the boat. That's why I tend to sail alone most times. Less worries and the beer and provisions last much longer too.

[sarafina]

Originally Posted by S/V Antares

Ok.. tough situation , bad weather, however... Mainsail was still in the cover and the only headsail was wraped up nicely. How much water? from where ?

The rescue team instructed them to furl all sails for the pick up, so they were under (if I recall correctly) a small head sail prior to the arrival of the Gem, and then furled that in preparation for the rescue.

Per the Captain they were manning the pumps 24/7 and had not identified where the water was coming from. He was concerned that delamination was an issue and that what was a small(ish) leak would become a critical one under the stress of the incipient bad weather.

[Pete7]

Phil, it' headed our way, what you doing next August? fancy a sailing trip out into the Western Approaches

Pete

[sailorboy1]

Originally Posted by sarafina

Per the Captain they were manning the pumps 24/7 and had not identified where the water was coming from. He was concerned that delamination was an issue and that what was a small(ish) leak would become a critical one under the stress of the incipient bad weather.

Yet after all this time with no one manning the pumps the boat is still floating along. And still I've not seen anything about this "delamination" other than the the above.

I'm not saying a wrong decision was made, just that I'm still waiting for the info in order to turn the whole thing into a learning one for me.

[SaltyMonkey]

SaltyMonkey was laying low hoping no one caught that the delimitation issue wasn't an issue afterall, and also instructing friendly sock puppets to say that wineglass full keel gaff rig boats would never have a problem and they should have listened to SaltyMonkey.

SaltyMonkey needs a boat...and this one looks very tasty for the price!

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by Pete7

Phil, it' headed our way, what you doing next August? fancy a sailing trip out into the Western Approaches

Pete

Sounds good to me Pete.....
Could also maybe end up off the Portuguese coast... if it takes the Southern split...

[chala]

Originally Posted by mbianka

Others freaked out just walking on the floating dock while heading toward the boat.

At least they did not blame the structure and ask the body corporate to rigidify the complete floating dock. True story!

[John A]

Originally Posted by chala

At least they did not blame the structure and ask the body corporate to rigidify the complete floating dock. True story!

For awhile SF Bay area was considering a requirement that all boats in a marina be wheelchair accessible.

[MacG]

Originally Posted by Don Lucas

Yet after all this time with no one manning the pumps the boat is still floating along. And still I've not seen anything about this "delamination" other than the the above.

I'm not saying a wrong decision was made, just that I'm still waiting for the info in order to turn the whole thing into a learning one for me.

If this is one of the older ('88 onwards) "Kevlar energised" hulls, delamination is not THAT unrealistic. Mme Beneteau' s factory decided to experiment adding a layer of Kevlar in the hull laminate.

Point is that Kevlar bonding with glass laminate requires minimal the use of vinylester resin - but this was not executed by Beneteau.
On the '88 HISWA Symposium we made a remark about this to Peter Dehler,
to whom we showed our bonding experiments. Even epoxy at that period was hardly used in production yachtbuilding. Dehler decided not to use exotic fabrics.
Later on Dupont gave Kevlar a different surface treatment so that it could used in regular glass laminates.

So, if this Beneteau is one of the 88-90's production boats I would not rule out delamination alltogether.

[GeoPowers]

Originally Posted by MacG

If this is one of the older ('88 onwards) "Kevlar energised" hulls, delamination is not THAT unrealistic. Mme Beneteau' s factory decided to experiment adding a layer of Kevlar in the hull laminate.

Point is that Kevlar bonding with glass laminate requires minimal the use of vinylester resin - but this was not executed by Beneteau.
On the '88 HISWA Symposium we made a remark about this to Peter Dehler,
to whom we showed our bonding experiments. Even epoxy at that period was hardly used in production yachtbuilding. Dehler decided not to use exotic fabrics.
Later on Dupont gave Kevlar a different surface treatment so that it could used in regular glass laminates.

So, if this Beneteau is one of the 88-90's production boats I would not rule out delamination alltogether.

She is a Beneteau 393, which I believe were built from 2002 through 2006.

[MacG]

In that case - Beneteau knowing and aware the difficulties with Kevlar bonding - I do not think delamination in the hull to be that feasible.

The real cause can only be found when the boat is lifted out of the water. If that will be ever the case depends on who is finding the boat in time.
Fishermen, although not that sophisticated, have sometimes powerful pumps on board and the required cool brainers to bring a yacht unscratched to port.

[goboatingnow]

I dont believe for a moment the boat was the issue. Beneteau build them strong.

Dave

[MacG]

There are reasons that you might be right.