Crashed my Sailboat.. Any advice ?

[Gabriola]

Sailboat broke it's mooring on saturday, crashed on rocks. Any suggestions ? salvage estimate is prob more than boat is worth and wouldn't guarantee boat is fixable , besides the fact i don't have the $$ for it.

pics coming in a second

[Gabriola]

[Gabriola]

[jrd22]

Ouch! It looks like there might be enough water at high tide to float it out with a halyard tow. Is the hull holed? The rudder is gone, was it external, kinda looks like it was.
How much water is in it?
Where are you located?

[Faster]

Bummer.... looks like the east coast of Gabriola Is. (bit of a WAG I admit...)

It does look like you might get enough tide to float it off, but you'll probably only get one chance to do it, as the next high could leave it high and dry.

And of course, only if she'll still float.

[ftldiver]

yeah, with some really large air bags. secured to each side.

remove the fuel, and anything you can, drag it back out, and hope it floats. have some tarps ready if its holed, and a large gas pump in case.

if it floats, you may just get lucky... nothing to lose by trying...


whats the displacement?

[carl762]

Hope you get her off the rocks. Best of luck to ya.

[PaulfromNWOnt]

FWIW:

Walk an anchor out as far as you possibly can, and run it through some sort of fairlead back to a winch. Get as many friends together as you can muster, and hand them logs to use as levers. Pump out all water, and plug as many leaks as possible. Remove all unnecessary gear to reduce weight. Be ready with outboard if she floats free.

If you hoist a partly full 55gallon drum of water with the main halyard, you might be able to maintain heel to reduce draft.

Good luck.

[KnottyGurl]

you could put a line to the main halyard as an added pull to keep her heeled so the keel wont drag to much, an anchor out the full rode and placed to a winch with tension will add to the pull outward, have a towboat off the bow to also ready with the tide and keep her tight as tide comes in keep her heeled and you could almost folat her to a good depth and tow her home.

make sure any holes are plugged or covered with tarps, even the water and ice shield for roof would work here, they have a sticky side and could be cut to make patches, and easily removed once you have it hauled.
a gas pump should be on board IF you have holes that could not be or missed.
I have pulled a few boats off the rocks when I was working as a commercial diver. hope this helps
Bill

[Gabriola]

UPDATE: today was really the only day to get it as next high tide as high as when it beached would be 2 weeks.

I kind of took various bits of advice.. First i set a chain on a lowest rock i could find at low tide, tied rope tight to boat, hoping high tide would pull it back a bit, it didn't..I had 2 guys hang off the mast by ropes over the water to bring the keel sideways, i attached a portable 3000lb winch to mast at high tide , pulled on rope while boat was sideways with 2 guys in water in wetsuits pushing from underneath, we eventually spun the boat on its keel around and around gaining a few inches each time until it got out enough to float. It is now tied up in deep water.

Thanks everyone for the advice, wish i had taken pictures of the rescue, no water got inside , keel was very scraped along lead bottom but didn't crack , no major dings , no holes.

I thought this boat was a goner for sure.