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

I second that✌🏻💗😊❣️

Woooo!

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.

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

I think I would have been hysterical tbh

Thank you! 😁

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.

@@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.

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

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.

@@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.

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!

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

Bingo Slipstream! They did a great job!

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

would have, not would of!

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Glad you're both all right

Very good thought

Yvonne Rediger yes really!

+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!

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.

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

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 ...

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

So very true. Thanks so much

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

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.

@@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!

@@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.

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

Thanks so much. Yeah it’s a heck of a feeling that’s for sure. Happy we made it through.

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

Great advice Uncle John!

Thanks for watching! Glad everyone was safe

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.

Good idea! I also tied wooden plugs to every thru-hull. I’ve also heard of a Y-valve connected to the engine intake and so the engine can run as an auxiliary pump. (Not sure how well that would work). I also make it a habit of peeking below to make sure everything is OK.

Thank you so much. We certainly plan to become old salts some day. A fraternity we would be honoured to join.

Boy is that ever a pearl of wisdom.

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.

@@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.

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

@@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

Thank you for the kind words!