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Peter-Blake
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Posted: 18 October 2014 at 11:29 |
My first Mayday relay!
We changed our course to the yacht in distress. It was a difficult course for us as we had way to much sail up and the wind was picking up and we were always near a chinese gybe. But we knew we had to help, maybe someone was overboard - we did not know. Meanwhile the coast guard coordinated a rescue. They send a rescue boat
out. Some minutes later we got the information from the coast guard that the rescue
boat was itself in danger; they had serious motor problems out on the sea.
So they send a second rescue boat out from a different harbor. After about 20
minutes we arrived at the positon of the signal. We found a sail yacht drifting
around. Two guys on board. The mainsail was perfect packed on the boom in its
lazybag. The foresail was rolled without any sign of a problem. The communication
was very diffcult as they had no vhf. We were asked by the coast guard to stay
with the yacht until the rescue boat arrives. About 10 minutes later a rescue rubber
boat arrived. It was not a boat from the called KNRM (Koninklijke
Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij), it was a
commercial rescueboat. So it was the third rescueboat what left the harbour to
help the sailyacht in distress! After they arrived we could leave the scene. |
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r schupak
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Good for you Peter. You did a noble & brave thing & upheld one of the oldest traditions of the sea.
You should be proud !!!! Robert |
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Robert Schupak
Mamaroneck,NY 2004 341 Getting old is inevitable;growing up is optional !! |
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r schupak
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Don't know what happened to that message----only the last part applies.
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Robert Schupak
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silversailor
Admiral Joined: 25 May 2005 Location: South Haven, MI Status: Offline Points: 1021 |
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Blake, Thanks. It's that spirit that gives us all a sense of comfort while sailing. Forget the fact that the particular boat wasn't deserving of the attention they received and that they certainly had no right to put you and others at risk. We must live with those boaters. You did well.
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Silversailor
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lukemi
Commadore Joined: 06 February 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 439 |
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Well done Blake. Just curious. Is there a tow boat service available? In North America we have a subscribed tow boat US service that will come out and tow a boat back to a close port. The service is about 175 dollars per year which is a premium price. For that price tow boat will tow me back to my home port at distances over 150 miles. I admit to using this service two years ago when my engine starter broke and the wind was less then 3 knots. I would have taken 10 hours to get back where the tow was only 1 hour. It's also hard to believe someone would be out on the open water without a VHF.
Mike Stella Maris |
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samuel
Admiral of the Fleet Joined: 26 December 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2683 |
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Sailed for 35 years without one, or a GPS, or a wind instrument, or a log, etc & come to that, this year is the first year I have had a chart plotter-- oddly enough this year was also the first time I have run into a rock!!!!!! Edited by samuel - 20 October 2014 at 07:22 |
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CharlesP
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Well done Peter. Glad things all worked out well.
Sam - Was the rock not shown on the chart plotter? Charles |
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'MERIDIAN LADY'
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samuel
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Charles It was Ardglass & the chart plotter does not show the marks as one goes in after the first one at the entrance. As i approached I zoomed in on the plotter to get the buoys but had not realised that they were not shown at any level of zoom, Nor was the approach channel shown properly . I should have stopped at that point but the tide was carrying me off course near rocks. As a result I was not prepared - Should have had Reeds out- & caught a rock by taking a buoy at the wrong angle. I went from buoy A to Buoy C not realising i had missed buoy B. They were all quite close together & zig zag course & I cut the corner Without the plotter I would not have done that but looked at a chart, like I did when i went in 3 years ago with no problem Fortunately i was going very slow- about 1 Kt Edited by samuel - 25 October 2014 at 20:41 |
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CharlesP
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I too found the Ardglass entrance confusing, even though I had studied charts, Reeds, an Irish pilot and chart plotter. I seem to recall it being the final turn mark which confused me. It appeared to be a dirty cardinal. I had thought correctly that I should pass port side to, but from a short distance away it looked like a west cardinal. I actually slowed and called up the harbourmaster who guided me correctly. Otherwise, I might have hit your rock!
A lovely Victorian harbour; more like a puddle when the tide goes out! Charles |
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samuel
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Charles
Exactly. What is really confusing is the PH marker just after it only a few feet away. I aimed for that When I went in 3 years ago it was foggy & high tide. When the tide went out I could not believe how many rocks around the channel & how close they were |
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