Rescue off Western Australia, crew ok, boat lost.

[Wotname]

Originally Posted by GILow

On that point.. any areas I should be worried about when approaching Tassie?

Just the hard bits .

[GILow]

Originally Posted by LittleWing77

Okay, everyone, all this talk about scuttling is making me nauseous...

Please let's not talk about (potentially) sinking our boats!

LittleWing77

Actually, I feel just the same.

[GILow]

Originally Posted by Wotname

Just the hard bits .

That helps. Thanks.

Since the aft cabin will be stacked to the deck line with South Australian reds I reckon you'd be applying yourself more to this issue.

[Wotname]

Originally Posted by GILow

That helps. Thanks.

Since the aft cabin will be stacked to the deck line with South Australian reds I reckon you'd be applying yourself more to this issue.

Opps... my bad - I'll get onto it right away. Standby

[GILow]

Originally Posted by Wotname

Opps... my bad - I'll get onto it right away. Standby

Not too much effort, they’ll most likely be cheap reds.

[Reefmagnet]

Originally Posted by GILow

Well, I feel a little better about mine now... but... err... how the heck did she manage that? (Asking so I don’t so the same.)

Easy. First and last time she ever swapped it out. I suspect it was a cunningly well calculated and executed maneuver.



Although, to be fair, it's a circa 2013 DST800 triducer which had somewhat of a reputation for having a week flapper mechanism. I suspect it just got a bit of a twist during insertion that ripped the hinge pin out of the through hull. Of course it broke going in, so pulling the transducer out a bit later and expecting a trickle but receiving a geyser is an experience best described in colourful language!

[LittleWing77]

Originally Posted by LittleWing77

Okay, everyone, all this talk about scuttling is making me nauseous...

Please let's not talk about (potentially) sinking our boats!

LittleWing77

Originally Posted by GILow

Actually, I feel just the same.

You're good people, GILow.

Yes, let's do everything we can to keep our boats happily sailing on top of those rolling waves! (teenagers in hammocks regardless...)

LittleWing77

[AKA-None]

Originally Posted by LittleWing77

Okay, everyone, all this talk about scuttling is making me nauseous...

Please let's not talk about (potentially) sinking our boats!

LittleWing77

Considering how many threads are about how not yo accidentally scuttle your boat I’m surprised by the number of people who ask how to actually do it ;-)

[JPA Cate]

I feel bad when people don't want to talk about it , like they're pretending it is something we don't need to think about. The fact is, scuttling is what you SHOULD do, if you're going to leave the boat and it is not already sinking. An out of commission boat floating around at night is a potential serious hazard to any other cruising sailor who may have difficulty seeing it on a dark night.

If you don't have a plan, it makes me think your default plan is to leave it out there and hope to recover it, which only very rarely happens, and unnecessarily endangers others. Once the batteries are flooded or run down, the boat is not lit at night, the AIS is not broadcasting; no one is forewarned of its presence. That's not acceptable.

At any rate, if it is already sinking, it will continue, unaided. If not, you don't want to leave it too late, so that you can get out. The timing could be tricky. Watch the video in this case, to me it seemed fairly sudden when she sank stern first, in terms of being able to get away from the suction. If it is all happening at night, it will be even more disorienting.

Ann

[Uncle Bob]

Originally Posted by Wotname;3261212[B

]Sydney is a special case - always has been [/B]

You make fair point though, I guess it all relative. Further north, the shelf gets gets very wide and remains extensive right across the top of Oz.

https://www.environment.gov.au/syste...hic-report.pdf

Glad to see that you recognise our special status.

[Uncle Bob]

Originally Posted by GILow

Not too much effort, they’ll most likely be cheap reds.

Matt, please, language..... I just know you meant inexpensive, not CHEAP, really.

[GILow]

Originally Posted by Uncle Bob

Matt, please, language..... I just know you meant inexpensive, not CHEAP, really.

Mate, after a few years as a student I ASPIRE to inexpensive.

Sadly I can only afford cheap.

[Jim Cate]

Originally Posted by GILow

Mate, after a few years as a student I ASPIRE to inexpensive.

Sadly I can only afford cheap.

Ahh, but after rising up through the ranks of teaching, as you surely will, you will likely aspire to cheap, only being able to afford metho...

Good thing you are a sailor at heart, so it won't matter!

Jim

[GILow]

Originally Posted by Jim Cate

Ahh, but after rising up through the ranks of teaching, as you surely will, you will likely aspire to cheap, only being able to afford metho...

Well, that just made four hours of teaching differential calculus seem so much more rewarding.

[mercater]

Just a comment. If my boat was severely damaged and I had to disembark to a life raft, it would make sense to scuttle as the risk to other shipping is hazardous.
Also the risk of costs incurred in a recovery or salvage not to mention the repairs if the boat was brought to harbour.
Insurance would be a better option.

Philip. Lady Adelaide ( gaff cutter)