Sailboat "Witch of Endor" almost gets grounded 

Thats what I was thinking after i realised his engine was running. his rudder got a badh, even the shrouds vibrated.

good explanation

Engine failure.

You do your batting before you ever get to the plate!

Still, not sure why he didn't make any headway against the surf, the engine appeared to be running.

@@3vdad exactly

Debbie Whiteaker Oh dear, that would make it very hard to watch. Such a relief to see it pull away

I was thinking the same thing.

Did it really belong to your family Erin? Must have been trippy for you to see it on youtube bouncing around in the water like that.

Not when you have more than an inch thick keel. This boat can take serious beating...

what do you mean by that ?

Nice of you to make such a comment … But who are we to judge ?…

+vincent7520 fellow cruising skippers.

;))

Sailboat crash

I don't think I'd be calling bouncing the keel along the bottom and putting the rudder on top of the rocks qualifies as "Nice work!!" The awesome part was the propeller still worked after all that.

Aluminum

Aluminum hulls like Ovni or a Garci. Although you can't touch a decent one for less than 100k

I suspect carbon fiber is too rigid and brittle. It has excellent strength to weight, but typical carbon fiber hulls don't deform very far before failing. Aluminum or steel or maybe titanium if money is no object seem better able to have elastic deformation to absorb energy without total failure.

A pretty solid build. More than an inch material on a keel. Balance ratio almost 50%, enterior better that 90% of rest. What to wish for as a cruiser. And the price is pretty ok for used one.👍

I'm not so sure......the starter panel is to the rightof the helm looking forward, I saw nobody at the helmet area until they hit the rock's. The exhaust had pulses of water flowing for a good while before they hit the rock's which showed to me the engine was at least at idle. It took a long time for someone to actually get to the helm, the chap that did grab the helm only came up from the saloon when they hot the rock's........I wonder if he was trying to make safe something below not realising the predicament they were in.

+Jon Campbell -- yes they do...

oh.....derrrrrrrr

That was closer than close!

I'd bet he didn't manage to save his shorts! Needed a fresh pair after that!

Of course, they don't turn well. And that was the big problem wasn't it?

Why? Why is it more likely a "blue water boat" is more likely to end up knocking its keel into the rocks?

@@adambrickley1119 This model can take some serious beating on the sea and shore🤣. No honestly, this boat has a keel that is more than an inch thick. In fact, this model as a 35ft is pretty cheap and it's balast ratio is almost 50%. Here the specs,enjoy reading.www.practical-sailor.com/sailboat-reviews/used_sailboats/island-packet-350

@@The_Touring_Jedi the reason it needs such a high ballast ratio is because it is a shoal keel. I believe the draft is less than 4.5 ft. Which means it has a smaller righting arm. It just what it is. Doesn't mean it's better than a boat with 40 percent.

@@badbobtn Well, they really like going with the flow. But if your engine is powerful enough, you can turn them quite well because the rudder is directly in the prop-stream!? hence it has more control authority even at a standstill.

+jutubaeh You must precisely time your escape with OB Wan's shut-down of the central tractor unit.... May the Yanmar be with you.

+4speedfunk so you are advocating that a crew member should have gone to the bow to drop the anchor in those conditions? Captain "get up there and drop the hook." Me "Fuck you, I'll man the helm, you go up and drop the hook."

+krionic Absolutely! It's called "PERIL", and it is the most basic of all sailing rules. Clip-in... run to the bow...drop the hook...and risk a MOB in 10 feet of water (then walk to shore)...or uselessly fart around at the helm on a floundering boat until you eventually drift your $300,000 IP into the rocks (which is exactly what happened).

+4speedfunk you are failing to take this event in to context. That boat was on a mooring ball right before it snapped that line. I don't know about you but when I'm at anchorage the only thing I'm doing sipping a cocktail or passed out drunk. I'm not going to have my all weather gear at the ready. time elapsed from mooring failure to hitting rocks? 30 seconds? If you can get your gear on, clipped in and run to the bow to drop anchor all the while holding your footing with waves throwing the bow up 15 feet and back down below water line then you have far better agility than me or anyone I have ever sailed with. Now, why this captain and crew remained moored in conditions like that is beyond me. That was the error. As for your nonchalant MOB in "10 feet of water" comment. Everyone knows the most perilous event (outside of capsize event) in boating is MOB. I would not want to get bucked off the bow of that boat even in 10 feet of water. You can drown in 10 inches of water. Throw in a 20,000 lb out of control boat and 10 feet of surf.... yah, I don't want to be in the water ANYWHERE near that boat in those conditions and I consider myself top 10% swimmer. I would NEVER risk crew to save a rudder or keel or even the whole boat. Safest place there was on shore or on the boat. I'd rather be hung up on a reef than have killed my buddy in an attempt to save my keel. Fiberglass can be repaired.

4speedfunk why not ask him to get out and push? Do you think it would’ve been easy to set anchor in those conditions? How much scope do you suggest he let out? Do tell!

I would say these specs are pretty solid for 35foot yacht. Keel is like more than an inch thick. This deep see cruiser can take a lot of beating. Here, enjoy reading www.practical-sailor.com/sailboat-reviews/used_sailboats/island-packet-350

@@The_Touring_Jedi What do you mean by the keel is one inch thick? Ours is almost 12cm at the thinnest point. Do you mean material thickness or overall thickness?

jonwilly2 No, the rudder is a post rudder, the shoe betwen the rudder and keel is a kelp shoe. To keep stuff off. The rudder would most likely have been damaged, but the IP's can take a pounding.

Most comments from people who never spent much time at sea

I see that comment a lot, especially on Facebook. Time at sea is just hours on a clock. Storms weathered, hard times drifting, groundings, ficing mistakes on the hard, sharing knowledge with old salts all add up to knowledge.

spot on, failed to throttle on!

Damn right!

Lucky those lines did not foul the prop.

They are the nokias of sailing.

+Antipodean33 So, you are saying pull the main halyard while the bow is pointing downwind and towards shore? Something tells me if you were captain you'd have parked that boat on those rocks. Now, why the captain was tied to a mooring ball in an anchorage with those conditions is a topic for debate. Whipping out the main to generate power while pointing downwind and towards rocks is not debatable.

krionic I'm talking about pulling some sail on before he got into that position

+Howard could've just furled out the headsail a little... Easy enough

+Howard And if the anchor doesn't grip you can't escape no matter what.. I guess he did the right thing after all, im glad ecerybody and the boat is ok

@Kaptain Kid it was a joke you dimwit....🙄

really in the water they melted?? how much heat must have been produced

Not under water across deck terminated at mast was 5/8 nylon maybe 1” preferable in such conditions

+Jakub C I don't know if you noticed but the boat was pointed down wind and near shore. 1 "rope" (actually called a halyard) to raise sail, one or more ropes (actually called sheets) to adjust wind angle. Assuming all lines are running to helm (very often main halyard does not run to helm) it would take a good effort to get the sail up while pointing downwind because it would fill instantly and the strength needed to raise it would be magnified; perhaps even requiring a winch.... and who keeps 3 wraps of the main halyard on a winch while at an anchorage? it would take a great effort to raise sail while being jostled in that surf. If main halyard is only at mast then obviously it will take time to get there and leaving the cockpit in those conditions could very well end up with MOB. Even assuming you could pop the sail up from the helm the wind would launch that boat forward forcing the skipper to then have to execute a quick jibe or tack to get turned around and then skipper would find himself in irons or at best close hauled trying to beat in to the wind AND that nasty surf... No, Yanmar was the only option there.

Ah, dude they were NOT pointed down wind, with all your bla, bla, bla, you really don't know what your talking about. Sorry, but you sound like someone with a little book knowledge and no experience.

@@krionic It's a furling main so a little bit easier than all that. But I agree, raising the sails in those conditions would be a bad move, except maybe the heel might have helped free the keel which seems stuck on the bottom. Without crew, skipper did the right thing

I'll be buying a boat soon even though I know nothing about sailing. Reading the comments from some of the experienced sailors here is teaching me some things. Thanks!

+thomaspc2 -- 35' Island Packet; she is a strong sturdy vessel.

+Kyra Brosnahan (Lady) she's a beauty I like a ship like that

+thomaspc2 also the captain of the boat is a tough as nails

yes...

No need to, it had probably only couple of scratches. Keel is more than an inch thick, this boat is pretty solid build. It has even reinforced frame.

The_Touring Jedi Do you know the make of this boat?

this is very very true lol I say they are touched by God Rob Dyrdrick the skate boarder is one

He has no engine. it's a sailboat. sail.

Jake sail boats have motors

Jake Difficult to judge exactly what was the reasons for the captains actions were - or rather lack of actions, maybe the captain was not on board? And the people we see are guests. In that case credit to them. It looked strange to me that the mooring line was attached close to the waterline on the boat. That meant that it was very difficult to let the mooring line go from deck. And they needed to relocate from lee coast to a safer place. Also there is at least three lines hanging over the side into the water. Lines that might end up in the propeller. Last, the boat has what looks like working furling sails. Much more effective to get away with sail power up against waves like those; roll out half the main and the inner foresail. That will also reduce the depth of the vessel, going over shallow ground, as it will lean over from the wind pressure. Leasson to take away from this footage: keep a tidy deck, no loose lines lying around. When mooring or anchoring be ready to let go if you need to relocate (put a buoy on the anchor and let everything go, get it later). Relocate much earlier than these guys did if possible (then you don´t have to let the anchor go:). Always have a mindset ready to set sail if something goes wrong with the engine, that always applies for a sailboat, think worst case scenario through. Roll out the small inner foresail which will probably already give you enough power to get away from the close dangerous coast. If need be roll out half of the main and you will power away beautifully. The boat hits ground several times before it actually hits the visible rocks with the rudder. The outflow from the waves carries it out again and then the engine starts to work. The helmsman came up from the salon after fixing something that apparently got the engine working. Difficult to say what he did. We don't see how long time it all lasted, but the "captains" mindset seems to be of the fact that he was on a sailing boat that could "easily" sail away from the coast. See Skip Novaks storm sailing series if you want to get good advise on sailing, anchoring etc. in bad conditions.

+Jake you have no idea what you're talking about so why bother to comment?

Why do I bother?