Guest Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 And can you tell us some the attempts at steering that failed? A lot of people would be surprised how hard it is to jury a steering system. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 And did the liferaft come with a money back guarantee Ok I shouldn't laugh - that should be bloody criminal. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 a rope and bamboo ladder over the side, was extremely hard with the huge swell running Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 1- floor board lashed to pole = broken spinnaker pole 2- trailing rope and chain and varying the ammount of each on the water = .5kt boat speed 3- warps, pole and different sails = circles 4- chain off the starboard quarter (boat was pulling to port) = straight line away from new zealand and 1.5kts or remotely towards new zealand at .5kts and we just kept trying those combinations with each other all day and night Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 oh and after 30mins with 4 of us in a brand new zodiac 8 man life raft the bottom fell out. That is not good. Any idea what happened? No sharp objects around? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 *censored for personal reasons* Link to post Share on other sites
ex TL systems 63 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 one of the reasons i like cats, 2 rudders, and enough deck space to carry a third,. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 one of the reasons i like cats, 2 rudders, and enough deck space to carry a third,. All very good, 'til your boat looks like this: Link to post Share on other sites
ec12nz 1 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 All very good, 'til your boat looks like this: Yup - give a boat to Tony Bullimore and he flips it yet again - seems to be a personal bad habit he has acquired with 2 multis and 1 mono to his credit - mind you the heavy bit fell of the mono first. Link to post Share on other sites
ex TL systems 63 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 true that is the most stable position for a multihull, the monos most stable position is with the keel down, resting on the bottom of the sea! all a matter of choice of course and how you equip,prepare and sail your boat Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Peter Marsh Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 That doesn't give you an excuse to not come sailing tomorrow night though Jordan... Peter Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 hell yes im keen fishy! Excellent!, Now give Kevin at RAYC a call and tell him you've done your Advanced Sea Survival training, ask him to send the certificate home and don't worry about the theory and paperwork bits. Hell, I've gone swiming in my oilskins and hopped in a liferaft in a nice heated indoor swimming pool, that was hard enough without having to climb a bamboo ladder then scull a bottle of rum and two boxes of Stienies as well... Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Pope 243 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Hi J.H. Would be interested in hearing more re the failure of the Zodiac raft, obviously it was in survey, any idea how old it was and who surveyed it? I remember a name brand of raft back in the late 70's or early 80's that on its first survey was found to have most of the glue lines fail, the surveyor said it was one of a batch that basically all that were resurveyed were found to have failed at the glue line. At the time I wondered why there wasn't a recall from the manufacturer, but no everything stayed quiet. It was about the time that smackwater jack disappeared I wondered at the time if maybe their raft was one of those. Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Pope 243 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Hi J.H. just reread your post saying the raft was new so disregard my query re age and surveyor, good you are well and rearing to go, there's nothing like experience!! Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Welcome back Jordan Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 That doesn't give you an excuse to not come sailing tomorrow night though Jordan... Peter Hay Jordan, how many boats are you sailing on? Perhaps you bad luck isn't to do with you but just the outright probability that if you sail on every boat in Auckland, when one of those several hundred boats has a problem, you get associated with it? Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Glad to see you got home OK Jordan and now have a tale to tell. Could have very easily been the other way around. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 That doesn't give you an excuse to not come sailing tomorrow night though Jordan... Peter Hay Jordan, how many boats are you sailing on? Perhaps you bad luck isn't to do with you but just the outright probability that if you sail on every boat in Auckland, when one of those several hundred boats has a problem, you get associated with it? usually 3 or 4 at a time. im a bit of a boat slut Link to post Share on other sites
Bad Kitty 252 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 one of the reasons i like cats, 2 rudders, and enough deck space to carry a third,. All very good, 'til your boat looks like this: You need your eyes checked mate, those rudders are just fine! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Why was the yacht abandoned ?? Did it sink ?? Was it sunk??? Is it still floating ?? Anyone know ?? L. D. Link to post Share on other sites
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