Stranded boat, how to free it by yourself or with the help of two boats
THE PERFECT GIFT!
Give or treat yourself to a subscription to the print + digital Journal of Sailing and for only 69 euros a year you get the magazine at home plus read it on your PC, smartphone and tablet. With a sea of advantages.
The stranded boat is definitely the most criticized inconvenience by “sailors” from the clubhouse and dockside. In case you do happen to get stranded, try to fend for yourself without launching the Mayday unless you find yourself with the rocks downwind and the sea formed.
Stranded boat, the causes
Prominent among the most frequent causes of grounding are a lack of detailed charts or failure to examine the Gps, a failure of equipment on board, e.g., the engine or rudder, a line run into the propeller as you approach port, to name a few. If you happen to be left without engine assistance near the shore (a classic is the usual line prepared for mooring that ends up in the propeller), hoist the sails again to move away or give again in such a way as to buy enough time to intervene and repair the damage.
Stranded boat, the maneuver to free yourself
A. Give time, at the base of the mast, to a line a little more than half the length of the mast (1), which at the end ends ends in a deflection (2) into which you will pass the halyard of the spi (3). B. Add the anchor line (4) to the halyard of the spy. C. Lower the anchor, chain and line (in that order) into the tender and stretch the line as far as possible. D. Move away to the side of the boat by lowering the line as you go and drop anchor. E. Take the halyard of the spinnaker halyard to a winch or windlass and begin to cock it. F. The boat will begin to tilt. With the mast at 45°, the keel rises about 60-70 cm. G. As soon as the submerged man signals to you that you are free, give motor (if it works) or flank the tender and give full motor. H. As soon as you are free retrieve the anchor.
Running aground with the help of two boats

Share:
Are you already a subscriber?
Ultimi annunci
Our social
Sign up for our Newsletter
We give you a gift
Sailing, its stories, all boats, accessories. Sign up now for our free newsletter and receive the best news selected by the Sailing Newspaper editorial staff each week. Plus we give you one month of GdV digitally on PC, Tablet, Smartphone. Enter your email below, agree to the Privacy Policy and click the “sign me up” button. You will receive a code to activate your month of GdV for free!
You may also be interested in.
Gybing gennaker in light wind, “late main”: when the mainsail comes in late
In an era when, even in the world of offshore comp racing, symmetrical spinnakers and tangons are gradually disappearing in favor of bowsprits and asymmetrics, knowing how to maneuver the gennaker with good technique will also be useful when participating
How AI will make boats go faster (in defiance of cavitation)
How a Swiss team is using artificial intelligence to combine ventilation and cavitation and break the sailing speed record Cavitation, a solvable problem? During the America’s Cup, we have spoken several times about the physical limitations that the designers of
What is cavitation and why it limits the speed of flying boats
Our America’s Cup analyst Federico Albano explains why foil cavitation poses a limit to the development of Cup flying boats Cavitation, the limit to the speed of flying boats An increasingly significant problem in AC75 design that has emerged in
With B&G’s new display you view many instruments in one screen
B&G, a Navico Group (Brunswick Corporation) brand of sailing electronics, recently unveiled its latest Zeus S Ultrawide display, designed to deliver an unprecedented experience. With a sleek and intuitive design, this chartplotter represents a significant step forward in nautical