When things go badly wrong

[Salty]

The story is about a Bavaria of around 46 feet in length, and which contains some second hand information but with first hand photographs, and describes what happened when something went badly wrong with the lift out.
Apparently the vessel could not be lifted using the boatyards own hoist, and so a portable crane was brought in. Because the crane could not operate from the slipway, the lift took place in an area where the crane could get near enough to the boat but where the boat needed to be lifted at least twenty feet clear of the water in order that it could then be swung over the land to a nearby cradle.
During the lift first one and then the other strops were said to have parted, and the boat fell onto rocks.
The photos below show some of the external areas of damage which although severe in their own right, they bear testament to the remarkable strength that had been built into the hull of this vessel. I have no internal photos, and can only guess at what may have happened to the internal structure and the furniture.
From a distance the hull appeared relatively unscathed, but the devil was in the detail, Some of which is as follows:-

[The Other Woman]

Salty

What can one say.
Sorry for your loss.
My heart is always in my mouth when I recover my 36 on the trailer.
But you should get a new one from insurance and think of all the extras you can strip out of the old one.
Mick

[Salty]

It is not my boat Mick, and I wasn't there when it happened, hence the comment about secondhand information.
My guess is that the owner will be looking for a new boat and that this one will be written off. The interesting point which may yet have to be determined, will be in regard to who accepts the costs involved. The one good thing, according to my second hand information, is that no one was onboard or hurt during the incident, though I'll bet the crane driver needed a change of underwear !!

[Salty]

I can guarantee that Landrovers do not float - honest!!

This guy launched his little boat around low water, then went fishing . . . . . . . Ooops!!!
Menai Straits Beaumaris Saturday 14 July 2017

[Salty]

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My guess is that the owner will be looking for a new boat and that this one will be written off. The interesting point which may yet have to be determined, will be in regard to who accepts the costs involved.

Back in Holyhead after the winter, and the dropped Bavaria referred to at the start of this thread was seen to have been moved and is now undergoing repairs.

While the boat was only viewed from the outside, it was evident that hull repairs in way of where the keel is attached were in progress, and the rudder and it’s bent rudder shaft have been removed.

[IslandAlchemy]

I'm amazed that the hull around the rudder bearing looks intact, considering the force required to bend that rudder post.

[Yngmar]

I'm amazed that the hull around the rudder bearing looks intact, considering the force required to bend that rudder post.

It looks like most of that force was absorbed by the rudder post and tangs tearing away from the foam filled fibreglass shell of the rudder, and the top split open and got crushed against the hull.

[Salty]

Going back to the first posting above, herewith an update, and some photos of the same vessel. Now almost four years after the original incident, and where it is evident externally that repairs have been carried out and are nearing completion. The vessel now has a new mast and rigging including a new furling system for the genoa, and a very much needed new rudder. Repairs have also been carried out in way of the keel, the vessel now appears resplendent with a new coating of antifouling and with the hull having been polished, and a drop down bow thruster has also been fitted.

[Salty]

Repairs to this boat were completed earlier this year (2022) and the boat has been launched. The new owner has taken one of Holyhead Sailing Club’s swinging moorings where the boat is currently moored.

[Laysula]

Be interesting to know who paid and how it was relaunched.

[Salty]

There’s a rumour going around that it was a local guy who bought the wreck from its insurers, and had it repaired within the boatyard next to the now largely defunct Holyhead Marina. A new or maybe secondhand mast was purchased and fitted as also was a rudder, and the hull in way of the keel was repaired. Rigging replaced and new or possibly second hand sails fitted and after all other refurbishments sorted, the boat was launched and spent much of last year on one of Holyhead Sailing club moorings.