Island Time 1,284 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Nah, it was great fun (I did 2010)! Have a go.... It is a commitment though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Toro 105 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Swirly World lost a skeg or part of one and started taking on water, he started heading north from wherever he was and managed to locate a ship. He was rescued and Swirly World sank. As Booboo said, it may have been rudder damage, but he was taking on water and only had manual bilge pumps, plus manual water maker pumps... life would have got quite tiring quite quickly. That's my understanding 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zozza 323 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 4 hours ago, Ex Veladare said: Swirly World lost a skeg or part of one and started taking on water, he started heading north from wherever he was and managed to locate a ship. He was rescued and Swirly World sank. As Booboo said, it may have been rudder damage, but he was taking on water and only had manual bilge pumps, plus manual water maker pumps... life would have got quite tiring quite quickly. That's my understanding Heck. How that has not become mainstream news in NZ marine media is beyond me, but glad that Andrew made it out safe and sound - but of course sad news of that iconic little yacht of his. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 221 Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 Damn, the end of a little legend! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jon 391 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Bit of a lesson for all there, he decided that Cat 1 was too onerous and register Offshore to avoid it. Not saying it wouldn’t have still happened but at least he would have had a set of independent eyes look over everything. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,686 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Jon said: Bit of a lesson for all there, he decided that Cat 1 was too onerous and register Offshore to avoid it. Not saying it wouldn’t have still happened but at least he would have had a set of independent eyes look over everything. Meaningless starement there. We don't know why the skeg was damaged and he was taking on water. We do know he had the resources to get himself to a point of rescue and is still alive. One might as easily say giant success and proof that cat 1 is essentially useless. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jon 391 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Correct we don’t know what happened But we do know for a fact that he did avoided meeting the required NZ safety requirements Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shimmer 43 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Personally having put my boat through cat 3 and now cat 2 with a highly respected boat builder and mentor as my inspector I have found it a really good exercise, they challenge you on details you may have missed and often help with practical solutions to achieving the certification and a safe vessel, I would really recommend anyone using their boat outside the gulf racing or cruising to put their vessel through cat 3 at least once. from reading Fagans books he has some quirky approaches to repairs and did mention in a previous book that he had re built the skeg himself. that said he is a solo sailing hero and I’m very glad he managed to sail himself to a rescue opportunity 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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