There are three areas in the
boat which could use improvement. The
cockpit lockers on a lot of production boats do not have good
seals or ways to lock them tight. Next, You have a bridge
deck of reasonable height but consider the volume of
water if you take a wave over the stern. Will your drop boards still be there? Last, Now picture the entire
cockpit filled up to the top of the cockpit. That’s tons of
water. How will it find a quick way out. Now it’s rare a
single wave will fill it but ...Look at the size of the foot well Alone in the cockpit. To drain this out quickly, you would need a two or three inch drain straight out the back.
The side
deck drains are nice for a splash but where green water is going to sink you will be by popping a port open or ripping off a forward
hatch. These and a huge cockpit...are the ship killers. Storm shutters out of
Lexan.
Companionway door or slide. Reducing the cockpit volume and or huge drain / scuppers above the waterline. And then there is the
outboard. Will it open a hole in the
hull?
I know you want to help with the video and catastrophic flooding is a very important subject. Your bucket suggestion is excellent and has been pointed out by many experienced voyagers but now often overlooked.Two crew, three buckets or more. Fear and a bucket is old but true. We are seriously looking at dewatering semi trash pumps, not just for our use, but to lend to others in
distress. It’s what the USCG drops to sinking boats and is carried on
commercial vessels. Smaller models are now coming to market and they can move a lot of water.
Perhaps you could video a sailboat really designed for
offshore work and point out the best features. For example...getting back onboard by yourself. Why the lack of a stern ladder can be fatal without a storm. Maybe how to add places to clip into the
boat while going in or out from below.
The manatee crew gives you a hats off gentlemen and a nice wave as this is an important subject and they appreciated your thread. There are a lot of suggestions in
books on heavy
weather sailing and I hope the forum members will add some suggested readings.
Happy trails to you.
Captain Mark and his “we are already overboard” manatee crew.
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