My stupid near death accident report

[redbaronace]

Very interesting read. Glad to hear that everything turned out well for you and the owner of that boat.

I do not drink when underway so it is not really much of an issue on our boat. I did recently have a friend whom I invited aboard for fishing show up with some beer. He offered me one but I passed. I figured that if something was to go awry, someone needs to process what needs to be done.

I will definitely store your event in my memory banks should a similar event ever occur.

I did have a question. How do you think a 22 cruiser or your tomcat would have fared in a similar circumstance?

That's hard to say. I have a feeling the 22 might have taken on less water as I think it would have risen a bit more quickly on the wave but my guess it would have been in similar shape to the Woolridge. My 22 had two 1100GPH bilge pumps in it so it would have pumped out about 6x faster than a single 360GPH so we would have been in better shape sooner. But with the factory configuration of a single 500GPH (which is what mine came with), the de-watering time would have been similar. As an aside, I think the current factory is putting in a single 1100GPH pump. As for the Tomcat, the de-watering process would have been much faster as the self bailing deck would have helped with that.

I wonder if the tomcat took on that much water so quickly if the scuppers (Self bailing holes) would be underwater from so much weight at the stern and fail to operate. The whole process requires the cockpit deck be above the waterline in order for the scuppers to drain.

Your thoughts?

 

[rogerbum]

Very interesting read. Glad to hear that everything turned out well for you and the owner of that boat.

I do not drink when underway so it is not really much of an issue on our boat. I did recently have a friend whom I invited aboard for fishing show up with some beer. He offered me one but I passed. I figured that if something was to go awry, someone needs to process what needs to be done.

I will definitely store your event in my memory banks should a similar event ever occur.

I did have a question. How do you think a 22 cruiser or your tomcat would have fared in a similar circumstance?

That's hard to say. I have a feeling the 22 might have taken on less water as I think it would have risen a bit more quickly on the wave but my guess it would have been in similar shape to the Woolridge. My 22 had two 1100GPH bilge pumps in it so it would have pumped out about 6x faster than a single 360GPH so we would have been in better shape sooner. But with the factory configuration of a single 500GPH (which is what mine came with), the de-watering time would have been similar. As an aside, I think the current factory is putting in a single 1100GPH pump. As for the Tomcat, the de-watering process would have been much faster as the self bailing deck would have helped with that.

I wonder if the tomcat took on that much water so quickly if the scuppers (Self bailing holes) would be underwater from so much weight at the stern and fail to operate. The whole process requires the cockpit deck be above the waterline in order for the scuppers to drain.

Your thoughts?

That's incorrect. The only thing required for them to drain is that the water in the cockpit be above the water level outside of the cockpit. With power on and the bow up, that condition would have been met. E.g. even if the deck itself is below the waterline, if the water on the top of the deck is above it, it will drain.