Wow is right! A good reminder to not even think about riding out a hurricane on board if you have other options.
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I think that this is proof that any well founded boat such as the Alliage can come in harms way. Was it operator error or just stuff happens sometimes or a combination of both. The ocean is big and it can be terrifying at times. Given a crew being tired and a wrong situation can spell trouble for any sailor.
I believe a mast stepped water tight boat is your best possible way to survive an ordeal like this. Once I believed that a keel stepped boat was safer but boats like the Alliage and other aluminum center boarders are the best way to go. Reason being is that a keel stepped boat on a knock down could tear a hole in the cabin top and will let water in. I know that was not Tao's problem as water seems to have come in through the companion way at least that is the assumption.
Our story of being whacked off of Panama is in that link to Morgans Cloud. Though not 30 foot waves we were hit very hard and survived splendidly. Our boat a Boreal 44 is a bit more advanced than the Alliage in that we do have a keel with about ten thousand pounds of lead in it. She draws one meter with center board up. We feel confident that had we been in our previous boat a well founded Mason 44 we would have be knocked down and had some pretty serious damage. What I took out of the Tao story and many other stories posted in this thread is any boat can sink no matter how good they are made. We have great confidence in our boat but I will never believe that for a moment we are always safe no matter how big the waves maybe.
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Holy crap! This one is sketchy...
What kind of boat is that? It almost looks like an Open 40.
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/embed/429231
What kind of boat is that? It almost looks like an Open 40.
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Wow, that's unbelievable...
Hard to tell for certain, but to my eye it looks like a 'Not What I'd Care to Sail 400 Miles South of Kodiak Island in Late October" kind of boat...
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Ouch. Personally I would have thought stepping off the sail boat on that big wide open transom would have been a better place to jump off the boat. Crew could have pulled the sailboat in real close too. Guy made a lucky leap.
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The cat commented back on land "I never signed up for this!"
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“Usually when we tow a boat, we prefer to have someone on the boat that’s being towed — it’s a safer evolution that way,” Ameen said Monday. “Plus we didn’t want the cat to be alone in there.”
Can't leave the cat alone! Major props to the Coast Guard.
Can't leave the cat alone! Major props to the Coast Guard.
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All joking aside that rescue looks HAIRY! From my armchair 2000 miles away the boat looks like it is floating. I'd rather stay with the boat than risk a transfer like that!
Makes me wonder id a handful of Valium tablets is essential storm gear. Deploy the drag device, pop some happy pills and do NOT call for rescue!
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Makes me wonder id a handful of Valium tablets is essential storm gear. Deploy the drag device, pop some happy pills and do NOT call for rescue!
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Just saw where Jon mentioned this in another thread. Wow...
http://www.sail-world.com/Hong-Kong-yacht-missing-on-South-China-Sea-delivery/139011
http://www.sail-world.com/Hong-Kong-yacht-missing-on-South-China-Sea-delivery/139011
The lesson for us all from this one: Do not be stupid. Sailing straight into the path of any tropical storm of any strength went out of style back when they started tracking them...fifty years ago or more.
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Okay - this is freakin' hilarious. SmacklingTheEldest found this one - so credit where it's due:
Looks like they might go back for him instead of finishing the race. Amateurs!
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"Oi - Elliot...you stand there and stay out of the way."
Flick.
Flick.
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The RNLI kinda rocks:
Anybody know what 33'er that is?
Anybody know what 33'er that is?
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Is this one a Bene?
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And here's a nice traditional boat with the chainplates completely ripped out:
http://youtu.be/PP--g_19e8o
http://youtu.be/PP--g_19e8o
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