Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
 

Joe wrote:


If he hit a potato (in the patch) it ripped off the bolted on keel
and he sunk in just a few seconds. On top of that he was tethered to
the boat and was pulled down with her. Thats my guess. With such light
winds he was motoring at full speed.

I don't think that C&C 40 _without_ a keel would sink all that fast.

Cheers
Marty

Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
 

I suppose that it was possible that he was sunk by a whale.

Jonathan... Now that you mentioned it...

A friend of mine (K7HI) is the Radio-Electronics Officer aboard the
Matson container ship "Kauai". Just a couple of days ago... North
of the victim's assumed location the Kauai wrapped a fairly good
sized whale (they think it was a Blue) around the bow just above
the bulb.

The bridge watch at the time... first noticed a drop in RPMs from
100 to 90... and speed... as well as an irregular wake pattern.

Needless to say... the "critter" was killed as a result of the im-
pact.

Bill

Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
 

On Feb 1, 9:45 am, "
wrote:
I suppose that it was possible that he was sunk by a whale.

Jonathan... Now that you mentioned it...

A friend of mine (K7HI) is the Radio-Electronics Officer aboard the
Matson container ship "Kauai". Just a couple of days ago... North
of the victim's assumed location the Kauai wrapped a fairly good
sized whale (they think it was a Blue) around the bow just above
the bulb.

The bridge watch at the time... first noticed a drop in RPMs from
100 to 90... and speed... as well as an irregular wake pattern.

Needless to say... the "critter" was killed as a result of the im-
pact.

Bill

Maybe the whale was code word for sailboat.

Joe

Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
 

On Feb 1, 9:10 am, Martin Baxter wrote:
Joe wrote:

If he hit a potato (in the patch) it ripped off the bolted on keel
and he sunk in just a few seconds. On top of that he was tethered to
the boat and was pulled down with her. Thats my guess. With such light
winds he was motoring at full speed.

I don't think that C&C 40 _without_ a keel would sink all that fast.

Cheers
Marty

Well a 2'X8' hole in the bottom of most boats would sink them in a
matter of a few seconds. The C&C 40 has no type of foam floatation,
ect. I think it would go down like a rock. Not a bad looking boat, but
IMO a Pearson 40 is a better boat if you are looking for that type of
boat.

Joe

Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
 

wrote in message
ups.com...
I suppose that it was possible that he was sunk by a whale.

Jonathan... Now that you mentioned it...

A friend of mine (K7HI) is the Radio-Electronics Officer aboard the
Matson container ship "Kauai". Just a couple of days ago... North
of the victim's assumed location the Kauai wrapped a fairly good
sized whale (they think it was a Blue) around the bow just above
the bulb.

The bridge watch at the time... first noticed a drop in RPMs from
100 to 90... and speed... as well as an irregular wake pattern.

Needless to say... the "critter" was killed as a result of the im-
pact.

Bill



Yeah, I saw that... too bad for the whale I guess.


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Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
 

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...
Joe wrote:


If he hit a potato (in the patch) it ripped off the bolted on keel
and he sunk in just a few seconds. On top of that he was tethered to
the boat and was pulled down with her. Thats my guess. With such light
winds he was motoring at full speed.

I don't think that C&C 40 _without_ a keel would sink all that fast.

Cheers
Marty


Neither do I. You'd have plenty of time and there would still be debris of
some kind... cushions, whatever.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
 

Maybe the whale was code word for sailboat.

Naw... I don't think so Joe... in this particular incident. But I
think I
know where your coming from with that thought.

The media has a photo... I believe taken from the bridge (this is
one
of those vessels with the main accomodations way the heck up front
....damn near rising straight above the bow) of the poor old whale
wrapped around and partially severed as well.

Bill

Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
 

On Jan 31, 9:54 pm, "
wrote:
Bet it had a keel smile,

Hey Joe... what does that statement mean? As a layperson I'm just
not familiar with that term?

Just google "C&C smile". There is some sort of gasket between the cast
keel and the hull, with filler added.
When you see a C&C just hauled from the water you knowtice the flexing
causes a crack at the joint, when you look at the boat from the head
on the crack makes it looks as if it's smiling. Bobspirt had this
problem with the C&C he had.

Joe

Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
 

wrote:
I suppose that it was possible that he was sunk by a whale.

Jonathan... Now that you mentioned it...

A friend of mine (K7HI) is the Radio-Electronics Officer aboard the
Matson container ship "Kauai". Just a couple of days ago... North
of the victim's assumed location the Kauai wrapped a fairly good
sized whale (they think it was a Blue) around the bow just above
the bulb.

The bridge watch at the time... first noticed a drop in RPMs from
100 to 90... and speed... as well as an irregular wake pattern.

Needless to say... the "critter" was killed as a result of the im-
pact.

Bill








The whale story is mentioned here (as is the story of the lost sailor):
http://www.latitude38.com/LectronicL...#anchor1085433

--Alan Gomes

Hit by ship maybe? Sailed off into the sunset?
 

Joe wrote:



Well a 2'X8' hole in the bottom of most boats would sink them in a
matter of a few seconds. The C&C 40 has no type of foam floatation,
ect. I think it would go down like a rock. Not a bad looking boat, but
IMO a Pearson 40 is a better boat if you are looking for that type of
boat.

A 2' x 8' hole! Were did you get that from?

Cheers
Marty