OzOne wrote in message ...
On 17 Jun 2004 23:55:15 GMT, (Bobsprit) scribbled
thusly:
That means
hatches were probably dogged.
Hatches are always sealed when a sailing boat is underway.
Oh boy...um......BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
RB
So you pride yourself on your safety measures yet leave hatches open
while sailing?
Silly boy, it'll bite you one day.
This depends a lot on the boat. Claiming that one rule applies to all boats and
all situations doesn't indicate much experience on your part.
On the other hand, I think everyone gets bit by this one at least once. On my
boat the forward hatches are at severe risk of being flooded because its
possible for a wake to wash up on the foredeck - not often, but enough that the
hatches must be dogged when underway. The saloon hatches, however, have only
seen water once - and that was diving through an 8 foot square wave caused by 25
knots of wind against a 5 knot current at the exit of a canal. This was a very
predictable event, for which we had plenty of notice. (It still scared the crap
out of my wife when she saw the ocean over here head!) Also, I have two aft
hatches facing aft. I can't imaging a case where they would be flooded. One of
them, in the shower, hasn't been sealed in all the time I've had the boat.
BTW, here's a Tartan 37 - note the forward hatch wide open, and the aft hatch
seems to be open facing aft.
http://www.mindspring.com/~sailing_fool/280G.JPG