This is why I'll always trust my ground tackle over moorings.

That scoop of the tractor destroyed the stern and the planks ruined the hull. That was a professional wrecking job

Air bags to lift it and more to go under neath it,a good powerful boat to pull it out in the water,

I think that I would have laid down some greased up heavy timber beams, lifting the boat with jacks and levers to get them ender, and pulled it out regular ship launch style. Valuable lesson on relying on moorings. Good luck with it.

I'm in Australia and I could hear the fiberglass cracking from here

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Right!!

Good luck everyone. I personally would have turned it facing forward on the sand with lift bags also Davey.

@michaelowen3061

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I would have to....

@hthring

2 жыл бұрын

my thoughts too, nose first , and push it from behind out as far as possible at low tide

@richardgooding498

2 жыл бұрын

@@hthring yeah, but I got thinking about the rocks and the embankment. Maybe that would have ripped off the rudder. Just a tough day....👍👍

Lead the anchor out and put a strain on the rode. Place wood under keel to keep it from digging in as it slides around. Once bow is pointed toward the water, arrange wood as a series of skids and grease them as hull advances.

Get some rollers to roll the boat down, or make a make shift super buoyant pontoon around the boat so that when hightide comes boat float off quicker and easier?

I would accidentally have a fire on board just as I was getting my stuff out. Salvage complete..

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

😆 maybe not the best method

Wow this is a tough one. Hard to say but possibly using anchors out into the water And doing the classic kedge routine. Maybe using the equipment to cut a canal. When I saw the piece of equipment with the tires pushing on her Stern area I cringed

Shocked they put a hard edged timber underneath when you have soft sand 🤣. Should have started earlier and dug a deep channel then "pulled" the front end round towards the sea.Use a grab bag filled with sand to attach with ropes to the top of the mast to keep the boat on its side when the tide comes in and keep the keel from digging into the sea bed until you're out far enough.👍👍🤯

Muchas bendiciones y salud 🙏 Que todo salga bien 🙏 y un abrazo muy fuerte desde el Caribe Tropical en Puerto Rico 💯😇

What a mess! You guys are smart to have the crash pump ready. Im going to hold my breath and hope for good news next week. A cruisers nightmare. 😢

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! A crash pump is necessary for this! Thanks keep your fingers crossed!!

A fourteen minute teaser, can't wait for next week😎⛵.

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

😆 gotta set the scene!

I've taken quite a few off theshores of Lk Michigan. That looked like a goat and pony show.

With hindsight and without being there it is always hard to comment. My best suggestion may be totally wrong for that reason, but one lift bag under the keel to avoid it getting stuck in the ground and one lift back on the other side could have got it unstuck from the trees without breaking anything and pushed/rolled closer to the water, either by pushing the lift bags or varying the air pressure between both sides. But before doing anything I would empty the boat and get off everything that is removable to reduce weight.

Davey: '"Not my plan "SO DON'T @ME IN THE COMMENTS!!!!' As for what I'd do, I'd turn it bow to the ocean. Then dig a big hole seaward and then start mining under the hull with high-pressure water jets to right the boat and protect the mast. Then I'd turn the boat after the boat slid into the hole. Then I'd run the anchor out and use the windless to pull me forward as I dug my want to sea.

@PyeGuySailing

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, this!

@americosilva3935

2 жыл бұрын

@@PyeGuySailing looks like rocky shore hard to dig bow pointed to sea hire a tug to pull out

@FullCircleTravis

4 ай бұрын

A windlass used as a winch will damage your bow.

I am an industrial machine rigger. The big problem is the shape, and weight of the keel. Before you turned it the lead keel could have been sawed off with carbide chainsaws, and keel bolts could be cut with gas powered abrasive saws. There was no need for worry about tide. Crude out riggers could be added to the hull after the boat was righted. Then spin the bow toward the ocean. Now the boat is one third lighter. Dig a path to deeper water, and on high tide winch it free. The keel could be reinstalled at the marnia. The tides get higher in the winter.

@ariusarad01

2 жыл бұрын

Partial diss-assembly might be the best idea. Unload the boat as much as possible. Remove the keel. seal the holes. Remove the mast and all rigging. Repair eventual holes and cracks in the hull. Hull would roll on air bags in deeper water pulled by a power boat, a crane barge or the anchor winch. Motor or tow it to the nearest port or yacht club. Crane it out of the water. Repair the hull and reassemble keel and mast on land. Crane it back on the water. I wonder how much would this cost and if the insurance would cover the expenses.

planks with some short pieces of pipe will roll the boat easily with the tractor pushing. one plank on the sand, one against hull and keel and pipes (rollers) in between. then push for the water, move planks as needed and rollers as well, and repeat.

A fresh coat of anti fouling and you're away!

It’s done. This is how not to recover a boat if you want to use again. I would have dug under and placed a min of four bags. Not sure what the wood was for…..

10:25 this hull shape looks like some famous GELCOAT PEELER is about to find a new home...

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

😆

My stomach was in knots watching them turn her around. I hope it works out well in the end!

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Right! We felt the same way on the beach!

Thanks for sharing the boat looks to damaged!! Hope it makes it!!

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Air bags and rollers. I'd leave it on its side and roll it back into the water.

Glad its not your boat. Fingers crossed. I tend to get old boats in bad shape because thats what I can afford. Now that the salvage crew has made the big dent in the hull, if you offered it to me as-is where-is, for free, I would walk away and pay good money for a different boat. Having a disaster pump might save the day, wouldn't try floating her without one. Good Luck!

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

if it is possible to get pcv pipes to natural gas ground instalation . try to roll it into the water.

Okay, 11 mins in, I now see the tide doesn't reach her so scrap flotation bag idea! Plan B, find local tug/big boat, sheets of ply to skid her on and drag her off, if it had been all sand then use thedigger to create a channel but deffo not use it to push her about like that. A bigger digger and strops and lift her from above?

I would definitely push from behind. In a wide arc across the beach in a straight line towards the water. NOT sideways! But I'm sitting here on my sofa...

Yes you can. Yes you can. Yes you can.

Just woke up in St Louis Mo ,18F this morning ! Hoping to watch a video of people frolicking on the beach ☺️ but saw this and had to watch ! Then it turns out to be a Cliff Hanger !! Screw It ? Going back to sleep ! ✌️💜🎸

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

😆 stay tuned for next week!! Enjoy your weekend!

I would put some float bags under it and at high tide, get a couple of power boats to try to pull it out.

Dig out rudder and keel let it sand up more wait for the tide

I'm assuming that the backhoe part of that Digger doesn't work? Otherwise, with the rocks being Sandstone, I would have dug out a channel between the Boat and the deep water, 2M deep for the Keel and 1M deep for the rest of the Hull. Start at the Boat and dig out to low water line, High Tide would do the rest.

@edwardnigma2216

2 жыл бұрын

My little 110tlb will bust through sandstone pretty easy. Your idea would have worked... Cleaning up the beach afterwards would have been a pain though, and I personally, wouldn't want MY equipment going into salt water...

@bhartley1024

Жыл бұрын

That was my thought too, dig a channel in the rock.

My first choice would be to try using a crane and lift it up and in.

Complete mistake to turn the boat. It has to go in sideways in calm conditions, to maintain the maximum buoyancy. So I would have dug a hole under the keel, just big enough to roll the boat to the other side. Then bridle the bow, mast and stern to a tow rope. Call in a tug boat/boats, and gently pull the boat out at high tide. From the beach side, I would push gently and ONLY! on the bottom of the keel, using the excavator. I would NOT use liftbags or boards or anything that creates an uneven surface. Just before the operation, I would pour sand over the "rocky" patch to the water... The boat would then "only" suffer surface scratches, rather than the cracks seen in this failed attempt.

@user-uk5mm7ho6x

2 жыл бұрын

you and I think alike.

@chadd9637

2 жыл бұрын

I like this one the best I think. My only question is, wouldn't the cockpit act like a big ole water scoop and it's pulled out? It looks like quite a drop off there so the hull will drop deep while the keep is still almost on dry land.

An excavator bucket with teeth might have been able to dig the rock, depending how soft it is. Failing that, I'm sure someone on the island must have a jackhammer attachment for their excavator. Even with minimal digging, you could create a shallow curved channel and back fill it with sand to allow pressure to be evenly distributed to the hull. I would have pulled rather than pushed the boat. A commercial power boat could have done the job, something like a fishing boat if a tug wasn't available. Anchors tensioned with winches or come-alongs are another possibility. As for something to reduce friction, I'd have gone looking for old carpet, sails, and plastic 50gal drums that could have the tops and bottoms cut off, slit down the side and unrolled to make plastic sheets. Still not sure if I'd have pulled bow, stern, beam or keel first into the water, each of them has pros and cons. Bow first is the most obvious, but you have the problem of protecting the rudder and prop as she falls off the ledge.

Large Crain with straps just like they use in boat yards, the Crain will allow it to reach out over the shole to set it safely in the deeper water.

@FullCircleTravis

4 ай бұрын

They probably don't have a 150 ton off-road crane on an island.

Total loss, poor guy. I hope they don't mess it up more, but not looking good for the home team

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Stay tuned for next week 🤦‍♀️

WOW just WOW . That's sad ... Such an easy recovery run by fools.

Really great episode guys... on pins and needles to find out what happens next... where's Foxy? She could have helped with the project..

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

😆 foxy came with us day 1 but stayed with her auntie and uncle for the next couple days!

I would turn the bow to the water. Dig out the sand use lift bags Set large anchor 100 lbs or more in ocean Set up 6 to 1 block and tackle. From anchor to a boat or vehicle on shore work with high tide

Turn with bow facing the water as there is less possibility of damage to rudder and prop/shaft. More airbags, Use a push pull method to get into water - push via tractor pushing from stern, - pull from powerful powerboat/tug with lines going to sailboats bow cleats, but more importantly a loop of 1"+ rope going around a wooden plank reinforced stern of the sailboat and secured to the bow of the sailboat and this is what powerboat/tug primarily pulls on Depending on the hardness of the beach rock, it does not appear that a water filled trench going thru beach to ocean is possible. This type of trench is typically used for boat recovery on a sand only beach.

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment!

Looks like the tripled there amount of work they put more damage to the hole then the storm ever could of done

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

You might be right

Get well soon. I hope the boat survives undamaged and returns to sea.

@sailingelectricgitana1286

2 жыл бұрын

Craigslist ad coming soon..."great liveaboard"

@roelvanbael7885

2 жыл бұрын

Undamaged? The hull is completely wreck ed on that side. 😖

Realistically you need a mobile crane to lift it clear of the ground to minimise further damage.

There is a lot of damaged being created by the moving process not good

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! A LOT!

Ouch...! First of all my best wishes to the owner and his boat. This is what I would do. (All at low tide.) Remove as much as possible (weight) from the boat. Get 2 or more high capacity pumps. Blast away the sand under keel and rudder to upright the ship, and do emergency repair. Blast channel to the water, wait for high tide and try to pull the ship into the water using continuous blasting. If rocks are a problem, upright the ship and build a sliding cradle. Lift the ship with slings from two sides to let the keel rest on the cradle. Then the obvious, slide it into the water at high tide. Good luck to La Vita!!

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

All good ideas and all stuff I thought about as well. Especially getting the weight off. But unfortunately that didn’t happen. I thought if we could at least hotpatch it on the beach she will have a good chance of getting to the haul out facility. Stay tuned for more next week!!

Well since no crane is available I would, Connect to the top of the mast use the get as many rubber lift bags more than 3 for sure and use those as rubber rollers and recruit some Tugs and the most powerful boats I can get and pull it out by 3 points!

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Yes all good ideas!

Yea. That yaght is going to float like a brick with all that hull damage. Man that is so sad.

There's a sloop on the beach here in Maui right now, been there for weeks.

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Very sad

I couldn't imagine!

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

It’s very sad

1 dig channel 2 put two large anchors 200 meters in sea 3 turned boat round 4 epoxy cracks 5 next High tide, ten guys and machine push and use winches, 6 another boat tugging dynema ropes. 7 make offering to Posiden

What a heart breaking situation to be in. I'm sure its the fear of all yacht owners. Horrid to watch the boat being damaged even further with the amateur re float attempt.

Not a good situation at all and you showed us the obvious damage caused by the method of attempting to refloat it 😰🤔🇳🇿

Anchor a line way out into the water use the tractor to pull her back out to sea.

turn her bow first toward the water...get a line out in the water..air bage...prayer

Pull the bow around, pull always better than push

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

I would have gotten the airbags to put under it the push easily hopefully

Walk the anchor out and winch is what I would do assist with pushing have a stack of cash for motivation

Float under keel to keep boat on its side while floated to deep water

Pull the bow, and not push the stern, or at least use a winch and pull the stern. This was a technique called warping back in the days of wooden sail. Also dig out the keel so she has a place to drop down into to help create buoyancy.

@cascadesouthernmodeltrains7547

2 жыл бұрын

I accidentally deleted part of my comment. Pull the bow then stern in the desired direction back and forth is warping.

Watch sailing another adventure

I immediately said the lumber was a horrible decision...

This is definitely no fun.. Every time I've seen a boat pulled bow 1st. The 2 times I've seen people try to pull them backwards it didn't work, rope snapped and so on... The difference between driving forwards and backwards.

Should of watched Grand tour done like Jess’s boat 😂

We call this a "Cluster Fu _ k !!

I would have used straps to pull the boat instead of trying to push it into place

Big boats, big problems.

Bow first for a start

I'd say, do it like the channel "Another Adventure". They salvaged already a yacht in a similar situation.

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Ah saw that video. Slightly different situation but this wasn’t our plan of attack either 😆

disassembly it and sell in parts :)

That tractor was to small and they needed more bags.

Loco digger driver ,,,, too many chefs spoil the broth ! Have they not heard of STRAPS .

I would have of removed as much sand as possible. Digging a trench for the keel. This will allow boat to be upright as possible this makes it easier to turn the bow to sea. Then the tractor can push the yacht with the assistance of some boats to pull out to sea at high tide.

You said they had air bags put one under the lower side of keel inflation it and put wood under keel deflate bag

Crazy Dominican ways 😩 I wish I was there to help out ….

I would build a squared platform under and slide it out.

This is good , sad for the owner yes , I would not lift the stern, its the heavy end , I would not lift , Make sure the keel is free, pull from the bow , and pivet the boat bow to the water , All the planks accross the rocky beach , then pull from the sea , and push gently from the stern, Now il watch ,

No no stop pushing it with the jcb your going to crack the hull, just row some anchors out an wait a few weeks for the next spring tide,oh to late you cracked it an below the water line, you need to fix before that goes in water cause I will bet it will sink

It is a bit of a shame that the people filming didn't try to get the boat pulled out to sea before she washed ashore..

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t necessarily possible with the wind and wave conditions. I know what you mean though!

Wtf! Get a commercial vessel to pull. Get larger lift bags and more of them. Rig a hawser on the bow and pull it out and straight to a boatyard. Or get a crane and lift it straight into a trailer

Looks like a salvage job to me.

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

👍

Boat is going to need to go on the hard to do some repairs...

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely!!

Not knowing what is available off shore I see what they were trying to do turning the boat. Personally I think they should have used a water jet to dig the sand out from under the hull so they can setup the lift bag's in parallel to the hull. From there I would have tried pull the boat on the bags (as large air filled rollers) down into the water keeping the mast held down and keel up. Not elegant but once it is floating on deep enough water you let the mast go and you are away. Hard bit is what the bottom conditions sound like as anchors are far easier to control than power boats. With time and having to do it with their equipment I would have lifted the boat and built a cradle or frame to drag the boat into orientation and then the sea or bolted a Lifting and pushing frame through the transom (repairing the transom later) but pushed her bow first into the sea (and using the anchor winch to pull her also, again with lifting bag's under her. I have thought about but never been in this situation

Ouch!!

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Right!!

Doesn't look promising for now. Good luck interesting video

Doesn't look like the yacht will survive this... Bow first of course. Kedge anchor etc. It should be text book stuff... Sad for the owner none the less...

Did they empty the water tanks before attempting to move the boat?

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

We suggested they should. The captain said he did … but somehow I am unsure

May be better to write it off and get another boat, depending on the cost of the repairs.

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Check out our newest video

I really have no opinion as how to bring it back in the water... Was it delaminated before hitting the beach? Anyway! Enjoy the sun and the warmth guys, up here in Montreal, we're still in the minus! -15 yesterday, it was a little bit chilly 😂

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds very chilly!!

I would have some hot patches ready because with that damage, it may sink... I guess I should watch the entire thing before commenting...

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

We wanted to hot patch it too maybe even from the inside …

I hear the Caymans are open again, I'm guessing that will be good for you

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and no … if we go work there again we have to pay to import the boat which is 11% I recall. So around $6k US. This would have been okay pre COVID but not so much now.

@Tim8mit

2 жыл бұрын

@@BarefootTravels wow that is too bad, I remember you saying that you lots of stuff there in storage

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

We do. Still looking at ways of getting it out. I could still fly there. We could ship it or we could go on the boat … if we stay for less than 3 months we do not have to import the boat but why go back if we aren’t going to live and work. Might be easier to ship it or fly :(

As you said right at the start, it's not the way I would do it.... I'm at the bit 7 mins in when you say leave comments before end. First thing I would have done is get a kedge anchor laid well out into deeper water, then, subject to how high the water comes, presumably enough to get her bilge to lift? I'd then get enough buoyancy bags/oil drums lashed to the keel so it lifted with the bilge and float her off well heeled in a lot less than 6 feet of water.

Glad it's not my boat, but had it been I wouldn't of tried to refloat it like that. Doomed to fail while coursing more damage. Without being there it's not possible to how I would of done it. As the beach is so ferm that can be used as an advantage but limited by lock resources and money. If it wasn't a storm that put it there. A Few anchors dropped in the Bay pulling the boat, would at the very least stop it from being wash further onto the beach. Use floats on the side to protect the boat from the beach adding bouncy So far they have done more harm than good.

Dig a channel for the high tide , patience , do not push on the hull ! Empty the boat wait for high tide , lift bags boats junk ! Sad !!!

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Very sad

At 3:05 I'm struck by how much you can see that the bow looks like it belongs on a big powerboat. It makes me wonder if that boat often surfs up on plain. Either way here's hoping for minimal, or even better no need for repairs.

Hello everybody I read a lot of comments I don't know anything about putting a boat back in the water after it's beached. But it all comes down to can the owner or owners of the boat afford to do any of this is the question I just thought I would add that to the comments. That's too bad about their boat hope everything goes well.

Part 2

No doubt a crane would be the obvious choice but depends on availablity I suppose.

@BarefootTravels

2 жыл бұрын

Not easy to get one down onto the beach. But yes a crane would have been better!

@garrym09

2 жыл бұрын

Or a floating barge crane would be even better.