I’m in the coast guard stationed in Miami good to hear the positive reviews glad to see you guys are safe

@LadyKSailing

5 жыл бұрын

You guys and gals are truly hero’s thank you so very much for what you do ❤️

@donnakawana

3 жыл бұрын

I second that✌🏻💗😊❣️

@PepeDeezNutz

2 жыл бұрын

Woooo!

@porterandmjyoung4599

9 ай бұрын

was in serious circumstances twice incl the double noreaster 83 that sank several sail boats. my boat was towed into charleston by the CG, crew and friends safe (i was home in tx dry). they were instant on our ssb re pon pon, stayed in touch with us til the crisis was resolved off burmuda (another boat). was at sampson cay (bahamas) when a diver was badly injured by a shark. he was whisked to miami by the CG under an hour after the attack.

I was in the Coast Guard from 1983 to 1989 and responded to my share of SAR (search and rescue) missions, and I am so proud of you all finding the cause and correcting it rather than abandoning ship. We usually pull people up in the baskets, but you guys showed your strength and determination. Semper Paratus “Always Ready”!

@bigal3940

3 жыл бұрын

Only 6 years in the Coastguard? What did you do for the rest of the time? Best regards, Al

"Nobody can move water faster than a scared man with a 5 gallon bucket!" - one of my brother's lessons in life - but how your muscles start to ache! Thank you for sharing this story with us. I can only imagine how difficult it was for you both.

RESPECT!!! To your Coast Guard, and to the Mariners who came to your aid without question or delay. Faith in the Nautical community INCreased!!

That girl is a sailer, and a champ...my wife would have been hysterical.

@medivelmack

16 күн бұрын

I think I would have been hysterical tbh

I do enjoy these videos. I take applaud you for staying calm. As you've shown you think much clearer when you're calm. I think it really shows how good maintenance is so important. If I could offer some constructive advice to all. Make sure your bilge pump is in top order and consider having a back up. I have 3 (2 electric 1 manual). 1 decent (1000 or 2000gph) bilge pump would have handled this leak and kept the boat dry. They're not expensive ( about $50) and worth their weight in gold when needed. I really like the idea of having an external alarm or light for an early warning. Also, along with your stash of softwood plugs, it's worth keeping one of the appropriate size wooded plug tied to the relevant seacock or hull penetration. Saves having to find the stash and get the right size one in a hurry. Thanks again and happy sailing to all.

As a single, senior female considering a live-aboard situ, I very much appreciate the sailors with KZread channels who are willing to share the problems that can arise! I could “feel” your anxiety, though, so it was tough to watch. I just discovered your channel by watching one of your reviews, so this situation is well behind you as of this writing, but I’m glad it all worked out. There is SO MUCH to learn! Also good info in the comments!

After watching this I might put a light in the stern that turns on when the bilge pump is running.that way if I see it running I can go check things out SV Aja

For sure panic might have finished you . Urgency is OK upto when it makes you make bad decisions . Not knowing what was leaking was not good . Eventually arms get tired , pumps break down and you lose the race and you are too exhausted to stand a chance . I'm so glad you survived and are able to fix your boat ! Take care ! Note : the worst day of your life makes every other day better ! It's a win win if you are able to say the words ...

Just a suggestion in case you ever meet a similar situation again, If your engine is running and If you can access the sea suction you could close the engine sea suction and remove the suction hose then run the engine at high idle and use the engine's sea water cooling pump to pump out the water. Obviously this could take some time to rig up but it can be a useful trick especially if you manage to stem the flow and just need to bail out fast. Also another suggestion is to install a three way changeover valve on the engine suction to allow you to take suction from inside the boat by simply changing over a valve. You should always have tow means of pumping out your boar and one of them should be a manual pump with as big a capacity as you can fit onboard. The suggestion to use the engine cooling pump comes from big ships which have "Emergency Bilge Injection Valves" fitted to the largest seawater pump in the compartment which is almost always the engine cooling pumps. This allows the main engine cooling pumps to be used as large capacity emergency bilge pumps. Glad you and your boat are ok, thanks for the video.

@richardlinneman594

12 күн бұрын

Very good thought

You unfortunate experience will help us prepare our boat better! Replacing all throw hulls and hoses and transducers. Install a second 2000 gph bilge pump. I also will Carry a ruel 3700 gph pump with 20 ft of hose and 25 ft of wire with alligator clips stored in a mesh bag And a small 24 series stand by agm battery. I was in the marine towing and salvage business as my side gig,that 3700 gph pump will handle a lot of water fast. Only takes a couple of min to deploy. Great channel! We watched all your Videos about boat manufacturers. Nice job! THANKS!

Captain Q always asks boat owners, "Do you know how many thru-hulls are in this boat. Know where every thru-hull is." Good job, you saved the boat!

Your experience is really a case study for when good times go bad and how they are dealt with. You did well. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Well done.

@LadyKSailing

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😁

One cool thing about the boating community, your never alone. That's gotta be comforting

@LadyKSailing

5 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing. We knew we had a tight-knit community back at our home club, but being out here now, we see it’s very much the same. Doesn’t matter what boat you’re on, who you are or where you came from - we all stick together and help where we can. It’s the best life!

Thank you Coast Guard. They came to your rescue. They are marvelous even though they haven't gotten paid for a month.

I was on a 52 foot Hatteras during 3 day fishing tournament and we were running at night to a new spot when we hit something and it completely destroyed the port side prop and ripped the shaft basically out of the boat, and it was blowing 25-30 knots on top of it all and I'll be the first person to admit I don't care how prepared you,"think" you are for that moment, when it happens it's really hard at first to do anything productive and when you think back you remember doing stuff but it's foggy and your like what the heck was going on, what was I doing, cause like most people we freak out but thankfully you had each other and you both had a plan and you stuck to it but most important I think is you never quit and your faith in one another gives you strength and that creates a unshakable bond!!! Great job guys glad your ok and the boat lives to sail another day!!!

Such high emotions. Geez! You made me cry.

Thank you very much for sharing. I'm glad you two are safe.

I have seen this failure before, so I thought I would share my experience. It is highly doubtful that this fitting failed because of pounding into the waves. Instead - and I think the far more likely scenario - is that some time ago, when your boat was hauled out or launched by a travel lift with straps, a strap was inadvertently (or unknowingly) led over the transducer. When the weight of the boat was placed on the transducer as the boat was lifted, the through-hull failed. It did not leak immediately because the transducer fits snugly with two O-rings that seal it well. But, over time, the transducer - with the broken portion of through hull threaded into it - pushed upward and you began taking on water. The lesson is to remove the transducer from the through-hull any time you are hauling or launching the boat so that the straps can not "brute force" the transducer upward. (...The dummy plug is flush). These transducer/through-hull units are very strong and will not fail from anything that should happen while sailing (crashing through waves, etc.) However, they can be damaged when the boat is hauled or launched without proper care. Again, I have seen this exact failure a couple of times, and both were much as I've described above. Hope this information helps as you sort this out, and that others with these transducers can understand that these units are NOT "unsafe" in regular use - they simply require a little extra attention whenever straps are used to lift the boat. Good luck as you move on! Regards, Tom Scott, Morgan 30 Whimsy

@58dorsett

5 жыл бұрын

This can also happen from just a piece of debris striking the exposed part of the speed sensor while underway. You probably wouldn't even feel it hitting...could be just a piece of semi submerged lumber, or something with enough weight to damage a thruhull.

@TomScottMorgan30

5 жыл бұрын

@@58dorsett Not likely, I think. When these units get hit by debris the impeller and the two side tangs typically deform or sheer and show damage. Only when the force is perfectly vertical or perpendicular to through hull will the through hull fail like this. Also, there is simply no room for "give" when the strap is pushing upward which makes this failure almost unavoidable. Even if you hit a log with boat underway, the log would be forced down a bit, and the boat lifted up a bit, and the failure would not be as clean and square as this. I think the only way this could ever happen is from an error in lifting the boat. If the unit were hit by debris, the impeller or side tags would have been mangled - and the through hull would not have broken cleanly at the top. My opinion only - your mileage may vary.

@wakeboardbob

5 жыл бұрын

Isn't this also why the big money boats use the all metal ($$$) transducers?

@AndysEastCoastAdventures

5 жыл бұрын

Best just to removed them & seal the holes. Modern depth transducers can be installed in hull, as long as it's not a metal hull and the impellor ones are rubbish & un-necessary nowadays anyways. Less holes the better.

@TomScottMorgan30

5 жыл бұрын

@@AndysEastCoastAdventures I agree with the less holes the better. However paddlewheel speed impellers are generally not rubbish. Many popular brands use transducers made by Airmar, and these high quality units have been proven and refined over 30 years. They work well. Knot meters can be quite useful for maintaining a higher level of situational awareness with regard to what is happening to your boat as you sail. GPS provides a very useful speed over the ground readout. A knot meter (with impeller) provides you with speed through the water. The difference between those two values is indicative of what the tide or current is doing to you - and that can be very handy to observe and consider in many situations. A quick glance at GPS speed compared to knot meter speed tells you what is affecting you right now. Additionally, since impellers do have to extend through the hull to reach moving water (unlike many depth meters), many have additional features included - like water temperature, for example. Water temperature can be a good bit of information to have readily available when making a Gulf Stream crossing. The impeller driven knot meter also provides "trip specific" information that can be desirable to study as well - like maximum speed, average speed, and water distance sailed (log). Unlike GPS, a knot meter/log does not require dependence upon any aids outside your vessel to operate, and it provides basic information to assist in dead reckoning navigation in the event of a GPS outage. Food for thought - and i do appreciate that some people will find knot meters useless. However, I like and use mine a lot. And when it dies, I will certainly replace it.

You guys are probably not feeling lucky, but in hindsight you truly were , you handled a crisis much better than most would. I said it before and I'll say it again , she's a tough boat with a strong crew! Rum time!

Excellent presentation..congratulations for you clear thinking and smart actions!

God bless the coast guard and the heroes that surround us.

Thank GOD you guys were able to overcome this crisis and are safe. A loud high water alarm is definitely a requirement to solve emergencies like yours. Thank you for creating this video and sharing with the world. I will take all your advice and be prepared for an emergency like that. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere.

@LadyKSailing

5 жыл бұрын

It really can happen to any boat at any time. We’re making a lot of changes around here to make sure we’re ready for anything

Such a good learning opportunity, thank you for sharing

Thank you for sharing this experience with us. Even though it was 5 years ago I'm glad everything worked out and you handled it like pros. Smooth sailing never made a good sailor.

@CheekyMonkey1776

Ай бұрын

Boy is that ever a pearl of wisdom.

New Viewer here. You kept your heads and did what was needed, physically and mentally. Good on you two!!

in a pinch, you can cut your water intake on your engine and put the newly opened end of the intake hose into the taken-on water to pump it out…

You did very well indeed You did not panic. You kept your heads and you saved your ship. Great stuff too from the Coastguard and the vessels that assisted. Well done !!! Get a freshwater hose and deluge those electronics with it . Then a hairdryer. You may still just save them.

Many thanks for the video. Very informative. Best sinking and coping video on KZread i have seen. Great lessons learned. Many thanks. So gkad ir worked out for you....and did not put you off sailing.

Great video, and a wake up call for many I'm sure. Thanks for posting. I've just glassed over 6 through hulls in my boat. One of them was a new paddle wheel fitting. It fell out in three pieces and was leaking. It would've failed before long and it would have been a catastrophic leak. I've decided the less holes the better now, and all in readily accessible places so I can check em.

You guys did a great job on finding the leak and keeping your wits about you. And you have taught me something about wimpy sounding alarms. I am in the process of installing one for my boat now and after watching this video I will make sure that I can hear it loud and clear from the cockpit. Thanks for sharing and well done :)

This is the second video of a sinking of a yacht caused by a log through-hull that I've seen in a week. Sailing Zingaro was the other victim. Have a look. Well done for saving everything.

I initially thought - clickbait. Glad that I watched it and that you posted this. Very genuine and I feel like I know have at the very least gained some valuable insight. Thank you.

Well that was exciting! I think I would have to have about 3 bilge pumps on-board, wired independently of each other. They make mini circuit breakers the size of the 12v fuses in any amp that will reset automatically. They plug in just like a fuse. We use them for things that have high amp spikes or for a charge wire. This was awful that this happen but the experience is priceless, to know you can handle something like this if you were out in the middle of nowhere has got to be worth something. First time on your channel, I am going have to watch them all. Have Fun!

Scary experience but now you know what’s needed to have a safe boat. The old bilge pumps are a must to replace . A clean bilge also a must. I’ve been on 2 boats where the problems could have been better with proper water out👍🏻. One was a 79’ and I called the coast guard n made them aware but got to a safe harbor. Now u are better sailors, good for you. Great video, your commentary is all good.

Thanks for sharing this experience. Thankfully all turned out ok. The great benefit is so many have learned from your experience. As we set up to adventure, we will prepare as best we can for such an occurrence. Lots of lessons here.

Glad you made it through ok, I admire your spirit.

Crap happens and I'm glad you guys posted this

Inspiring seeing the way you handled it. You were lucky to be were you were at the time. So you were heard and people could help. Many years ago we sailed the Med in a First 27. A small boat with a 8 hp disel.. We were sailing from Israel to Turkey , heading in to the wind in a typical Med choppy sea. We woke up in the morning about 80 miles from home with the boat full of water. It was as high as the leawerd bunk. The boat was sluggish and as you did we began bucketing out. The sea was coming over the deck, we could not do much but to turn around and head home... 80 miles in a sinking 27 foot boat. We could not find the source of the leak. And were convinced it was from the gland. However after turning around and having the sea come over the stern rather than the bow.. The level of water slowly came down. As we pumped and bucketed , the boat was controllable agene . We then realized the leak must be from the upper deck. As much as we looked we could not Figure it out. And then I had an idea, I asked my father to open the bulkhead in the forcabin and look inside, I then took a bucket of water and poured it in to the anker well.. in the bow. The water went rite through giving my dad a salty shower. The ankor had acted as a hammer slaming in to the fiberglass as the boat pounded through the chopy seas , it caused a hole the size of a fist, the water came in behind the bulkhead and in to the bildge and the maim cabin. 5 dollers worth of fiberglass and some epoxy fixed it and we turned around heading for Larnaka Cypres for a day of relaxing from our adventure .

The worst day of your lives, and obviously also the best day of your lives as both of you are safe and you didn't lose your boat. A very dramatic event, hope I'll never have to experience something like that on my boat. Good luck to both of you! SV Tiger Lily, Norway.

Your reaction and actions to this crisis are to be commended.

Amazing job guys most people would of left the boat but you guys rose to the top of your game and saved your yacht this video will go viral cheers

@bonepl8

5 жыл бұрын

Bingo Slipstream! They did a great job!

@englishmaninfrance661

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I couldn't agree more. First class teamwork to save your home :)

@ArthurPopeye

5 жыл бұрын

would have, not would of!

@vincent7520

5 жыл бұрын

You only leave the boat when you're feet touch the water and you're up the mast.

@andrewparry1474

5 жыл бұрын

Most people would have left??? No they wouldn't, they'd stay and try to find/fix the problem, and worst case scenario, step into the dinghy as the boat sinks. It's not particularly rough, they've got a dinghy, hand-held vhf, and I'm tipping an epirb etc. Personally, unless I thought conditions were life-threatening in the dinghy I'd not bother with a mayday. Maybe a pan pan to "GET ME A FUCKING PUMP, PLEASE". Panic aside it's actually a pretty simple situation. One person check all through-hulls, find/plug hole, while the other sorts the dinghy/survival equipment, then bail water. Not the best way to wash the inside of the boat, however few lessons learned for both them and us, but basically they did pretty oright!

I very much appreciate you sharing this. Sorry the comment is late. I just found you. The idea of using the engine as a back up, I've seen done before. The issue is clogging the intake and starving your engine or allowing debris to flow that damages or clogs your raw water pump. If I can make a suggestion, a portable water pump stored in a cockpit locker. They are available with battery clamps or with plugs for DC power. Some very good things you did: Call for help while you still had a radio. Kept looking until you found and stopped the leak. Took charge of your situation and made good choices. Had a back up radio. The two scariest things for a sailor are fire and flooding. No matter how big the boat or ship, they are both terrifying. I met an old salt years ago that told me about the luck piggy bank. Every time you do maintenance correctly and on time, your putting money in the luck piggy bank. Every time you practice using emergency gear, your putting money in the luck piggy bank. Every time you double check a route and the weather, your putting money in the luck piggy bank. If you keep a large enough deposit in your luck piggy bank, when a disaster happens, you can make a withdrawal. As long as you still have money there, it is manageable. If you run out of money, all may be lost. Thank you for sharing your experience.

Sorry you had to go through that, nice job under pressure. For other's info you can close the engine intake through-hull, take the hose off, put it in the water, and the engine is now your secondary bildge pump... Glad you guys are ok.

@pcsailer

2 жыл бұрын

I encountered a similar leak coming into our boat, we did exactly this as Zingaro mentioned. If the diesel is running and air intake above the water then it’ll keep going. Worked really well, pumped out really fast and saved our boat.

First, Thank God you are safe and did not lose your boat of worse. Excellent points about bung plugs and the remote sounder for the high water alarm, it should be heard from any point on the boat and be loud enough to wake you from a sound sleep even if you are sleeping on deck. The other item I keep in multiple locations onboard is laminated copies of all the through hull penetrations on my boat. In an emergency like you had our first thought always goes to the through hulls and we forget there are other penetrations thru the hull. Another must have item for anyone doing the type of boating you are or any boater that carries either a generator or an inverter is a legit crash pump. You have the ability to start your small honda generator and run the crash pump which should be sized to handle a complete failure of at least your largest through hull. You could have also run it while using the inverter and still continued motoring and charging your batteries. I also keep 4 - 2000-gph bilge pumps with hoses already attached along with leads that will reach my batteries with alligator clips from anywhere on my boat. That way I can throw them in the bilge, route the hose overboard and clip the alligator clips directly to the battery. My entire emergency dewatering system was put together for $600.00 and has never been used on my boat but it has helped save two others. Obviously a collision breach of the hull provides a completely different scenario but to lose a boat or a life because of a thru hull can be prevented. Last point I cannot believe you had the calm nature to continue filming in that situation, bravo for both of you for keeping cool heads and saving your boat. Well done.

What a team! Strengthening your team that was already strong! 🇨🇦

Wow man u guys, respect! Seriously for the whole video i was sooo proud of you guys, of the coast guard, of the guy who came to help! I was soo proud of Humanity :) Even now. While writing this comment i absolutely gotta handle it to ye! Both of ye are SOLID SAILORS! My Regards ! *Salute* Lady K

I can relate to your experience. Glad you're safe! I'm a single-handed female sailor--and I had a breach from my prop shaft. ...took on about 700 gallons on my 27ft sailboat off the coast of So. California (knee deep ..didn't know where the breach was at the time). Hand bailed into my cockpit while I waited for CG to arrive...scuppers couldn't keep up, so I switched between bailing from cabin to cockpit and bailing from cockpit to overboard. It was around 2am when CG finally got to me...the temp was around 48F (don't know what the water temp was--but I was close to hypothermia when I was rescued... I had/have an electric inboard, my electric panel was near the floor (1981 Catalina), and I didn't have a float switch on my bilge. So when I took on water it fried my entire electrical system (Catalina's lame floor design) and knocked out my bilge in the process. Was definitely an adrenalin-filled night for me. Wishing you Fair Winds & Following Seas!

A real lesson in perseverance! Y’all handled this situation much better than I would have. Good on you!!!

You handled that experience like a seasoned sailor. Someone else may have panicked and jump ship. You got some replacement expenses ahead, but cheaper than buying a new boat. Sail on friend . . .

Wow! Glad you’re safe! I remember as a small child we had a 29’ Oxford 400 wooden sailboat in Lake Michigan that took on substantial water one day and I remember the same thing, looking in and seeing the floor boards all floating as my mom & dad tried to evacuate water and get us to back to shore. We were just leaving MI to cross back home to Chicago and ended up getting back into a port on the MI shore and having them pull the boat so we could repair it before sailing it back across. On another note, I now have a 44’ sailboat on the ICW that has removable transducers in the forward cabin for depth and speed. I removed the speed one because growth had built up inside preventing the wheel from turning and it is absolutely incredible how fast water pours through that hole when you remove it. It has a plug so you can pull it and replace it with a dummy plug during service but just in that few seconds it took to swap them, it was about a 1” diameter geyser that shot up about 1’ just pouring in until I could get the plug in place! It’s frightening how fast a relatively small hole will allow water to flood in!

@LadyKSailing

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad everyone was safe

Thanks for sharing. I will take some lessons from this.

Glad you both are safe.

My prayers are with you guys i love your videos you are real people living your dreams sometimes a dream becomes a nightmare but you nailed it the way you handled it so dont beat yourselfs up noone know what they would do under the preasure now you do great job both of you

@LadyKSailing

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. It was a heck of an experience that’s for sure

Glad you didn't lose the boat, well done keeping your wits. A few plugs taped or tied next to all thru hulls works well. Also a high flow mechanical pump alongside back up pumps is useful. Check out the 120 lpm whale or jabsco pumps, they move a serious amount of water. Great idea on the high water alarm in the cockpit, ill look into that myself :)

Glad you guys made it through and saved your boat. Some hard lessons learned, but hopefully others will be able to benefit from them. Having a loud high water alarm, with cockpit speakers, is certainly something everyone should invest in. I would add having a written/posted list of all through hulls would be helpful as you seem to have lost some time while remembering about the speed sensor. Donning life jackets should be part of a rehearsed emergency drill. It is also not clear to me if you had more than one bilge pump, certainly that should not be a single point of failure.

So... we'll be checking and double-checking all of our hull penetrations now... Imagine if that happened during an overnight passage or in deeper waters. There's your silver lining! Man... nice job keeping your wits about you and solving the problem.

@SailorStephen1

5 жыл бұрын

I think that a fire would be the worst event to happen on a small boat.

@southjerseysound7340

5 жыл бұрын

Keep a bung tied to each thru hull along with spares in the toolbox. They can split so it's good to have extras.

@tangoreal9098

5 жыл бұрын

Bilge Pumps? There should be imho 3. 1” sump, Bilge 2x 2” one forward one aft. also 2 over board extensions hose and power in vase you turtle. My cost for this rig about 350.00 Catalina 38.

@JONASSOMFAN

5 жыл бұрын

@@tangoreal9098 lol, I have a manual hand pump bilge pump, sure gonna update that for this summer :O

@jimmyg197

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you're both all right

GLAD YOU GUYS SAVED HER

Lady K, you did very well, considering the serious situation you experience in this situation. Now I Do pray you have insurance for this and it makes you move forward easily and not kick you back so you cant continue sailing. Just make sure if you have insurance that cover this, that you change every thing that has been affected by salt water, such as El-cables, batteries, inverters, and you you might consider a full fluid change on your engine, and run it for a few hours and then change the fluid again to clean out any salt water intrusion, and all of your filters for fuel and air. When this is said, all of your cushion and items you have stored need to be taken out and cleaned out, all provision, as tin-caned food need to be Dist into fresh water to prevent rusting, so yes, you have a big job ahead for fixing this, but at the bright side you didn’t loos your boat. And a lesson learned for sure. So be positive and look at this experience as a lesson, and i have to admire that you was so relative calm and focus on finding the root case of your incident. With the very best wishes for you to recover and and get moving forward. KR Thomas...

Excellent learning lesson! You both kept your "cool' and no trash talk...thank you!

great job keeping your wits and your courage during a scary situation, many lessons learned too! Consider a manual, high volume bilge pump such as the Edson either fixed or portable on a board..glad you are safe!

Glad you guys were ok! 👍🏾

If it don't kill ya it only makes you stronger. Well done!

I find it hard to “like” this. I’m glad you guys are safe. Peace from Allegro.

This is why I have 3 bilge pumps on my boat. Good job though guys.

@jamesf5150

5 жыл бұрын

+1 Automatic electric bilge, manual bilge, and a heavy duty Whale lever pump in the DC kit. And 5 gallon buckets have so many uses!

@Military-Museum-LP

5 жыл бұрын

This bilge pump was to small and in my opinion there should be allot more located throughout the boat. I'm glad you safe and I applaud your team work taking charge of the situation.

@wanaraz

5 жыл бұрын

@@Military-Museum-LP Could a bilge pump keep up with the amount of saltwater intake they were filling up with?

@PISQUEFrancis

5 жыл бұрын

if you have three bilge pumps ... you'd better have 4 or more batteries to run them .... and make sure the pumps will continue running , well after the batteries have gone "dead", .... below 12 volts .... below 11 volts and below 10 volts ...

@creazionidirealta3300

5 жыл бұрын

I have three electronic and two manual pumps but if it's a big hole you got no hope

somebody was looking over you and the fact you had all that assistance was a blessing in disguise Lady K must have 9 lives 😻Lady K WINS Davy Jones LOOSES 🔱

When I bought my Tartan 30 I had to move it to a boat yard to do some work, and noticed a dribble of water coming from the ST-60 mount. After pulling the boat I tapped the through hull with a hammer and it wedged itself out. After seeing that, I changed everything with a hole in my hull. So many people buy boats with the old transducers still in with the wires clipped. Glad you folks were able to recover from this.

That had to really suck. I hope you two managed to recover/replace all the important stuff, esp the papers. This is precisely why we want to get a fireproof/waterproof safe when we go all in, to protect the papers, etc, just in case we ever have to make that call that nobody wants to make. Kudos to the USCG. They were on the ball. Also good on you for not making the wrong decisions under duress, esp regarding a potentially costly salvage claim.

Not a sailor but a power boater and we always keep a dump pump with us. 15 feet of cable with alligator clips attached to a 3000 gph bilge pump and 10 feet of hose that we can attach to a battery and pump water out fast. Our batteries are above deck in the console but its saved us once in rough seas when the bait well cracked and we filled the hull with water in in 10 to 12 foot seas. Also used the same pump to raise a small sunken 19 footer at the dock. Cheap and can save your life.

Wow...what a story! I'm glad you guys are safe!

Agree a failed log impeller is highly unusual and not the first problem you'd look for. Could only happen if the locking ring at the top had broken or wasn't screwed down tightly for some reason causing the pounding water to push the transducer back into the boat. I've had water ingress while under way twice. First was in a following sea when water syphoned back past the bilge pump due to inadequate height of the loop in the hose. Soon fixed, and fitted a non return valve! Second was more mysterious. In heavy seas going upwind so much water was sluicing along the leaward deck that it was forcing it's way into the aft lazarette then up the inside of the hull and over the ventilation gap just under the side deck and down into the main bilge. That took some sleuthing I can tell you. Not easy when you're 150 miles offshore in 30kts. Well done for persevering and a great outcome.

Great job on saving your home. You two did great....definitely don’t beat yourselves up over “what if’s”. I know a little something about PTSD, and I can tell that Candice might be experiencing a little PTS (post traumatic stress), probably not at the “disorder” level. You will relive it in your mind over and over, but it does get better with time. I do believe you will need to haul out soon. You need to dry out and clean. Some of the things that are working now, might not later with the salt water eating away at it. Haul out, spend a week or 2 cleaning, and continue on. Again, great job on handling a very tense situation.

@LadyKSailing

5 жыл бұрын

Hey great advice thanks. We’re hauling out as soon as we get to Georgetown

Well done on saving your boat. Lessons there for all of us. Hope you get everything sorted without excess expense.

Amazing story. So many folks would have panicked and not work through the problems. Great job.

you wont believe this , new boat owners launched there yacht yesterday close to us and immediately started taking water on from the speed transducer , they only noticed it once they got to there mooring . Being new to boating they had no idea about the wooden bungs , lucky we were close to offer a hand . tips taken is to keep an eye on these plastic fittings and keep spare bungs at each thru hull. well done on saving your boat guys!!! awesome coastguard by the way!

As people shares their bad experiences they do give good lessons to others at sea.Things can go wrong while we are at sea.Knowing how to react problems having the right tools may help to survive.This case two buckets instead of one.Even on calm seas thing may go wrong.Being prepared and having another person with you is safer.Big applause for both of you.You have acted right and prevented your boat from sinking.👍

Thanks for sharing this, I can imagine it was to edit and watch. Lots of lessons and good advice for the rest of us.

Things to consider for the future: cockpit mounted, manual high volume bilge pump. Y-valve in your engine water intake so you can use it as a high volume, engine driven bilge pump. Checklist for all hull penetrations. Separate bungs/plugs should be dummy corded to each hull penetration/seacock ready for immediate use. Wouldn't sail offshore without any of these things, plus two, separate, electric bilge pumps.

wow amazing ordeal - glad you worked the problem, saved the boat, and came out safe and sound although a little soggy.

It's amazing, how you guys worked through that emergency. Super fast response from others nearby. Angel's looking over you guys. Glad to see you guys are safe.

I hate plastic through hulls, they get brittle with age and prone to cracking. The through hull for our paddlewheel speed sensor has a dummy plug that we keep fastened nearby to the internal hardware, allowing us to swap out and clean the sensor while in the water. Stainless steel wire holds the through hull adapter in place so it can't unscrew itself or pop off completely. The suggestion below to swap it out before haul out is wise advice.

You guys both displayed excellent focus in a “seriously scary” situation!...Well done!...(I experienced a similar situation when a hose clamp failed on a through hull on a buddies boat) Lost one engine but made it back okay on the other one! 👌😉👍

I'm glad that you're OK and please don't take this the wrong way but there's always room for improvements like adding to your high water alarm. Another suggestion is to install a old fashioned manual bilge pump. As you know it happens fast and doesn't take much to lose your batteries. A manual pump can really make all the difference in such a case plus its extra pumping capacity. I run at least 2 electric bilge pumps. One is in the normal lowest spot and then the second is what I refer to as the oh sh*t pump. If water reaches it you know there's a problem,unlike the primary pump that gets used more often. The first pump has a green and amber led. Its a homemade alarm that changes color the longer it runs and the second is on a buzzer with red led. Another bonus of the second pump is it's one less spare to carry. Handheld vhf is a must have like you found out. But something I did was to install a emergency battery. I did it because I was away from the boat while it was on a mooring. It's just a agm power sports battery that I had that's about the size of 3 soda cans. It's from a portable jump box so it's enough to jump a low battery if needed. But I installed it to run the backup pump on my mooring and it also triggered a amber beacon from one of my service trucks. This way my friends onshore knew when there's a problem but now its just a option on my battery switch that can be isolated if needed. Another suggestion is to keep a bung tied to each thru hull. As you know all too well stuff goes everywhere then throw in some panicking and in the time it takes to find them you've got a few hundred more gallons of water to deal with. So having a plug there can make all the difference. I'll also size them to fit the holes a little better at times. But its not necessary, just having one is what counts. One last idea I use is I tend to change a pump every 4 year's or so. I made a portable pump for pumping out the dinghy etc. I put about 20ft of wire with alligator clips on the end so I'm able to hook it up in seconds and I adapted one of those self coiling garden hose to it and its got a ton of uses around the boat and tender besides being a extra pump in a emergency. I use it to drain lockers,wash the anchor chain,fill my water tanks (different hose) from rain buckets, the list just is endless. Anyway just some ideas you might find useful and good luck

Glad your both safe .

the Mk1 bucket in the hands of a fully motivated person does a mighty fine job. Well done for hanging in their and working the problem. It was very brave to stay on board and sort the problem. You should be very proud of yourselves.

I'm going to save this video for the people that tell me I'm crazy for putting the brass or stainless through holes back in instead of the plastic ones. You guys kept your heads together. Great job. You saved your lives and your boat.

Many people would have abandoned boat. Great to see you both battle to success. Amazing how fast Coast Guard arrived on scene.

You guys reacted amazing!!! Good on you for not giving up, thank God you had buckets on board , something so simple saved ur boat. I would invest in a heavy duty pump on board , glad you guys are okay

Saw this for the first time. Sh*t!!! I was totally stressed just watching. Glad you found that leak when you did. I noticed a suspect thru-hull last season. Will definitely fix 'er up this Spring. Remember, women and children first!

I love the reality of your story. So many lessons learned. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for showing this. Full marks for keeping your heads throughout. Also, thanks for taking the time to go back and edit the footage, which I'm sure wasn't particularly enjoyable. Your guys are so real, it's awesome. What you lack in fancy editing skills, you more than make up for with telling it like it is. Your channel is one of a kind.

@davehenning7747

5 жыл бұрын

And, please take this as the most sincere compliment from someone who grew up just across the border from Windsor and spent every childhood vacation in Ontario, you guys are so Canadian. I love it. You make me feel like I'm a kid on vacation again.

Wow! glad you are safe. what an experience. Similar sinking happened to me ans same the bilge pump did not work. The lesson I learned is to add the bil;ge pump to the check list before departing the dock, test bilge pump regularly and a portable bilge pump on board. . I was not at sea in the Caribbean and i made it back to the dock w/o sinking but lost $$$. I am enjoying the trip via you guys..

Hey guys, just remember: any problem that can be solved with money isn't really a problem. That's the truth some of us begin to realize as we age and come up against issues with health, loss of loved ones, and so on. Be of good cheer, and courage!

@LadyKSailing

5 жыл бұрын

So very true. Thanks so much

@Waldopepper1962

5 жыл бұрын

You said that a lot more nicely than I was thinking it. Thanks you.

@recurrenTopology

2 жыл бұрын

This seems callous to those who have very real problems stemming from not having enough money. Not being able to afford medication, food, or rent are very real problems, all of which can be solved with money.

@jackrabbit5047

2 жыл бұрын

@@recurrenTopology Its a matter of perspective, which is my point. My comment addresses the reality of average persons. You can always drum up extremes to confound any statement, but I'll tell you this: I'd rather have trouble paying the rent than being blind or losing my child! In this country, anyone with a brain and a will can earn money to pay rent and put food on the table. But take it from someone who is aging and beginning to suffer its ravages, you learn that there are things money can't fix - no matter your ability to make more - and that is true desperation, when there is absolutely nothing you can do. So be thankful if you are not in this condition. You are one of the lucky ones!

@recurrenTopology

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackrabbit5047 I don't think it's correct to categorize one form of suffering as "true desperation" so as to imply that others forms are not truly desperate. I do not want to over presume, but your opinion strikes me as one which results from you never having had problems of poverty. Allow me to give a personal example which demonstrates a desperation born of not having enough money, and though just an anecdote, I think it is illustrative of a whole class of problems people in our society suffer. My friend is in his mid-20s, of sound body and mind, a single child of a middleclass family. His father died 5 years ago after dealing with the complications of a stroke, the care for which drained his parents' savings. After his father died his mother began to develop dementia. He moved in with her while it was still mild, because she started needing help but couldn't afford any. As the dementia worsened, so did her need for care. As I said, my friend's mother was broke from the expense of taking care of his father, and he was only just starting his career, so had limited savings. Eventually the caretaking demands of his mother got him fired, as she is now at the point where she needs 24 hour care. He can not afford the care she needs, so provides it himself, but providing that care necessitates his not working. It is a truly desperate situation. Money would not fix his mom's dementia, but it would give my friend his life back.

Uncle John here, so glad you made it through that mess .You two are great I love your videos.A great message for everyone DONT PANIC in any situation handle it and stress about it later May God keep you safe

@LadyKSailing

5 жыл бұрын

Hey hey. Yes calm is key. There is a solution. There is a solution. I just kept repeating it.

@floridabuckeyes4200

5 жыл бұрын

Great advice Uncle John!

Good job guys. My Dad and his buddy sunk a 27' Catalina off of Tangier Island. The keel got ripped out slamming in the shoals. They had to be Helivacked. It was on it's first trip with a new owner to get it home to Onancock Creek From The Rapppahannock.

Great job of not panicking and keeping head cleared when the situation got critical! That makes all the difference of surviving or sinking!

I'm glad you two pulled through and got the situation under control. Here is what I have seen done and have done on motor boats. It works better in a sailboat, nice deep bilges. Put a T fitting on your engine raw water pump with a shut-off valve. Run a hose from the shut-off valve to a low point in the hull. If the water level gets deep again, open the T fitting valve and shut off the through hull valve. Your engine will continue to cool using the water in the hull. When the water gets low simply reverse the valves. Just make sure one or the other valve is open. You don't want both valves closed at the same time, it could damage the water pump impeller by running it dry. I would also consider installing two or possibly three bilge pumps along the inside keel. Make one live all the time and direct wire it to the battery with a float switch. This way if you're not aboard, the pump will run even if the electrical system fails. Good luck on getting the boat back in order.

Wow.... nice job pulling it out !

First thing you do: Check all the hull fittings/sea cocks. Stop the engine. Close the seacock for the engine cooling and cut the hose at the lowest point (which in a semiflooded boat is underwater) and start the engine again, running it at full speed. The impeller pump is the most effective bilge pump and will be more effective than bailing by buckets. And you have your hands free for searching and fixing the leak.

i have a 3 way valve on the engine so it can suck up water from the bilge its only a emergency

@jim8142

5 жыл бұрын

SV Aurora, Morgan 382Gotta make sure you have a decent strainer on the bilge side of that 3-way valve since bilge debris can quickly plug up or destroy your engine water pump, and now you have even more problems with an overheated engine.

@Niaaal

5 жыл бұрын

@@jim8142 Yep, you just have the three way valve set upstream in between the seacock and the raw water pump strainer connected to the engine's water pump. You also want to have a long hose connected to that valve that can reach far out in the bilge and ready to deploy easily. The last thing you want to do in such an emergency is spend time trying to fit a proper hose to a valve. That's definitely a last resort type of action, but a very cheap security element and option that can truly make a difference. This and having a backup high flow bilge pump. With all due respect, I can't believe he undertook a voyage with just one tiny bilge pump.

@ianjorrick541

3 жыл бұрын

@@Niaaal he's a smart guy and learning along the way.

@Niaaal

3 жыл бұрын

@@ianjorrick541 Yep, we all learn, the easy way or the hard way. I learned the hard way myself too, after burning through three bilge pumps in just one trip from Massachusetts to Florida