The forum over at Sailing Anarchy has this troubling post from Mini #714, which lost its keel while sailing in moderate conditions last week off San Diego. Luckily, the single-handed sailor wasn?t hurt, and was able to be rescued by the Coast Guard before the boat turtled.
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While there may not have been any symptoms, this emphasizes the importance of inspecting your own boat and making sure everything is in top condition prior to a major offshore trip ? if this guy was farther from shore or in more serious conditions this could have ended badly.
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The original yacht designer also chimes in on the thread; we?ve excerpted key portions below.
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It was a nice day. We?re beating against 12 to 15 knots of wind and against the swell. Not too bad, though, we?re just about 7 miles out. I put the autopilot and went down below to check the chart when I was thrown to the leeward side. Minis are small enough, though, that I manage not to get hurt and, still standing on the boat?s side, I reached the main sheet through the companionway and let it go. that was enough to get her flat, and allowed me to sit back on the windward side? just to start hearing some weird noise? it took me few seconds to realize that the greenish-bluish long and narrow strip just aft of the keel box was the pacific ocean smiling at me.
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After the initial shock, I remembered a comment while passing PSSA?s safety check: ?those mandatory wooden plugs are useless, the cracks are never round, I?d just use a towel and stick it in there?. so that?s what I did. Thanks for the hint. of course it?s never that easy, and not too long later I realized there still was lots of water finding its way inside. so, I removed some stuff from the ?storage? area on top of the keel box, just to see the ocean smiling at me from all directions. I started bailing out until I realized that I could not win. The ocean and the laws of physics would. Minis are supposed to be unsinkable, and, if the builder had done it right, I?d have enough positive flotation to not going to the bottom of the ocean. The water was getting in too fast to be able to pump it out. I thought that the boat would get enough water in to stay floating in equilibrium and, after that, every gallon I pump out would be replaced by a new one. Call it Archimedes if you want. so I took my stuff and the emergency box (with flares and everything) out, plan how to take the life raft out? and stopped pumping.
The note from the builder, STYacht, in that same thread was also informative:
Leo, the vast majority of the thickened skin area of the keel flange area went with the keel. this is not a case of the bolts pulling through. you can see a round trace of the middle rows of keel bolts, but only pulling through the last ply or two. other facts: the builder apparently missed the forward most keel floor which should have been in the battery box. that is certainly a prime candidate for the cause. The pitching motion of the boat would have really stressed the laminate on the remaining three floors, the forward bolt being free to push and pull without enough stiffness. ? The other two boats, especially 713 have been through a lot. I was on the phone to Ysbrand today and he confirmed that he put the masthead in the water on the Dos Oceanos more than once. 40+ knots of TWS. there are some issues with 712 and 713 we have uncovered in this weeks inspection, but after 1000s of miles nothing like what happened to Santi.
Source: http://travelandleisuretoday.com/mini-714-loses-keel-off-san-diego/
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