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During the first leg of the Race to Alaska, a rough crossing of the Juan de Fuca straight resulted in several sprung planks just above the waterline on Argonaut's port side. Today's video covers an emergency haul out to perform a repair that allows me to continue on the adventure, but exposes the state of the planks on the port side of the boat (much of what was already known).
Although the planks wiggled loose during the first leg of #R2AK, the leak went unnoticed sitting at the dock in Victoria. It wasn't until I was underway for several hours that enough water came in through the bow to cause alarm--and resulted in taking on several thousand gallons of water. I ended up calling Victoria Coast Guard to request a vessel assist, and a nearby boat came to help pump out my bilge with an industrial pump.
In a pinch, I was able to schedule a haul out at Shelter Island Marina just south of Vancouver, and was referred to a shipwright, Eric Fisher, to help me perform the repair. Under Eric's guidance, we pulled ice sheathing off the bow covering the rabbet steam of my forward stem, and refastened and recaulked the sprung planks as well as some other work in the area.
Additional repairs included replacing a head gasket on an air intake valve as part of the air start manifold of Argonaut's Gardner 6L3 marine diesel engine, and the valve on the through hole of my Wilcox toilet.
After launching the boat four days later, the main concern of the forward planks had been addressed, and now little to no water ingress takes place underway. Ultimately, I am going to need to replace most of the port side planking in a massive haul out, and it is something I am working on trying to figure out how to do so (financially).
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