First of all the Searider flooding hull is not the same as the proposed boat flooding technique. The SR floods its hull so as to increase stability at rest in all sea states and lower the freeboard for safety/rescue situations. It is also a design feature of the boat.
Alan
I will concede that there may be a situation where flooding works. I have not tried it but you evidentially have used is successfully as an offshore technique. However I think it’s very dangerous to make a statement like
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I would always advocate filling a boat with water.
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when the discussion is talking about lee shores.
I do not agree that heavy weather lee shores should be treated using the same storm tactics as in open ocean where the objective is simply to ride out the storm
As impressive as the CV is (which I do respect by the way) none of it relates to lee shores.
You said yourself.
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Originally Posted by Alan Priddy
It has to be accepted that unless you have tried any of this in BIG seas, comments can only be made from courses that you have attended and books you have read.
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So returning to the earlier discussion the first idea presented was
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I've used sea anchors loads of times on the Atlantics and they work…………..I'd prefer to ride it out facing the weather rather than just bobbing and surfing all over the place.
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It was presented by someone who has used it and was taught it by an organisation who have used it many times
The second idea presented was
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Originally Posted by Alan Priddy
Better still, don’t use it. We worked a long time on establish if a sea anchor would work in big seas and the boat ended up being safer without. I would always advocate filling the boat with water if you cannot make headway in big seas or are drifting on to a lee shore……………On a lee shore the craft should rise up and down over the hazards of rocks etc and get you closer to shore so you have a better chance of not being smashed to pieces on the rocks. Of course the boat is a total write off but you and the crew should live to tell the tale.
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So which one would most Ribnet members use, the proactive method that has been tried and tested, avoids smashing the boat against rocks and has saved boats and crews or the one that suggests you accept you will be blown onto a lee shore, hope you rise over the hazards, you accept your boat will be written of and you hope that one you have landed it will be safe to walk away.
Further to my previous post I have now armed my knowledge base with the idea of flooding the hull if I am weathering a storm offshore in a RIB however I totally disagree with the idea that this is suitable for all boats and I am far from convinced that it is appropriate for lee shores.
