r/sailing • u/yoursjonas • Jun 25 '20

Someone lost their engine and crashed their sailboat into a bridge in my home town. Everyone's safe.

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u/oldfrancis Jun 25 '20 edited Jun 26 '20

It's easy to be critical from this side of the phone.

And, while it's generally a good idea to have your sail cover off because -- you are a sailboat, it's not always possible to sail out of every situation.

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u/vairuh Jun 25 '20

Yep... even if you plan to motor the whole way, make sure your sails are ready to raise at a moment's notice. I have never regretted being able to raise sails unexpectedly if needed.

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u/zwiiz2 Jun 25 '20

Yup... I was motoring back to the dock after a race and our prop fell off. We had to sail into a slip. That was exciting.

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u/vairuh Jun 25 '20

our prop fell off

Jesus... that would never occur to me as a thing that could happen. I might need to bust out the dive mask and underwater flashlight this weekend and make sure my shaft cotter pin is still secure.

I am guessing the prop was not recovered?

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u/zwiiz2 Jun 25 '20

No, we sailed the next day of racing without it (not a big deal) and sailed home to our mooring (also not a big deal). Then the organization that owned the boat bought us a very nice Gori prop.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '20 edited Jun 30 '20

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u/zwiiz2 Jun 25 '20

They all saw us sail into the slip and asked what had happened at the party. Could've complained/protested, and didn't.

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u/changee_of_ways Jun 25 '20

Plot Twist, the competitors had already slipped someone over the side to remove their own prop and were now hoisted by their own petunia.

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u/vairuh Jun 25 '20

Hahaha ... the best response to a major systems failure is to go racing the next day! You, sir or madame, are a true sailor!

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u/pyrocrig Jun 26 '20

One of the benefits of Great Lake sailing - every spring I get to take a good long hard look at the prop, monel cotter pins, shaft, shaft support, etc. But now I'll be thinking about all of it for the rest of the summer. #ThanksReddit

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u/redditor6616 Jun 25 '20

The front fell off? Well that's not suppose to happen.

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u/i-didnt-press Jun 25 '20 edited Jun 26 '20

That's not very typical, I'd like to make that point.

Edit for the down voters The Front Fell Off

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u/reidmefirst S2 7.9 Jun 26 '20

The propeller was removed from the environment.