Helping others in need is so awesome to see especially in today’s world of disrespect and self centered mentality of a large portion of society. Glad to see people like yourself who care, doing what you can to help others. Did he ever find out what caused the sailboat to sink?
Hi Stu, this brought back both good and bad memories. One of the catamarans you photographed was ours. We had only owned her for a few months and had great plans of living on her. We had just returned to Melbourne when we got the news that our dreams were sunk and the loss was total. We had loved coming to the area but were gutted to hear others had broken into her and stripped her of some of our valued possessions. Thank you for giving us one last look at our beautiful boat.
Thanks for the Storm update Stu Good to hear you and boat are ok. It sure was a crazy weekend. Ive never seen Pittwater so muddy and the amount of rubbish floating around is unbelievable.
That's a shame to lose a boat in the storm, hope he finds it. Not a bad job getting the sailboat floating again. Good to hear the hull was pretty much stripped of equipment. It would have been a shame if he had the new engine in the hull.
Man, that sure sucks! but it is great to see people helping people...another reason i love life on the water. No rest for the weary Stu! or is that wicked?
good update Stu, so glad you are able to help your mates during times like these. Let us know if you every find the missing boat yeah? Cheers and good luck.
Thanks mate. Missing boat got found safe and sound yesterday. Somebody grabbed it and tied it to their wharf then posted a picture on Facebook. Social media saves the day again!
Stu I feel for you folks. We had a historic flood around here last spring, levels that broke records. On a different note, back a few years ago we restored a South wind tunnel dragster. Long story short ending owners son took it out, swapped the boat it sank to never be seen again. I'm talking new engine, rebuild dominator pump with all new interior. I cryed. 🤔😐
Did ya figure out what caused the boat to sink? You are lucky to live where you all look out for & help each other out. Glad everything went well and see you in the next one.
Dang !! Its a good thing you got your battery charging system up to par before the rains came down or the same thing could have happened to your project eh. Bilge pumps be praised.
Got found last night. Somebody upstream has seen it floating past and grabbed it and tied it to their wharf until they could find the owner. Pete is going to get it todday.
Dangar Marine woah! That’s very positive, I remember as a kid a big storm down on dauphin island AL broke the anchor line to our family boat it pull out smashed against a dock and sunk, this type of stuff is never fun!
@@DangarMarine During a bad storm in the Puget Sound a few years ago, I remember once a passenger ferry hit a 15 meter tall wave and it washed 5 or 6 motorcycles into the ocean. They also found them a while later because a commercial boat picked one up off the sea floor.
Not very much wind at all, it's what's called an east coast low pressure system, they sit around for days. The area of Robertson in N.S.W got over 700mm of rain out of it, just what We needed to put the bushfires out.
Salt. Its only a few NM from the ocean at Barrenjoey Lighthouse and tidal. A big flood from upstream may change the mix a bit but not as a long term feature.
So you had a wee bit of blow over there. And your bud-x boat has gone wayward. Then you found it & rescued it. Hooray. A boat is nothing more than a hole in the water that you throw all of your money into. The bigger the boat the more you throw into it.
@ Dangar Marine We used to joke the visibility was never less than two feet. The two feet of your diving buddies feet hitting you’re face and knocking the mask & reg off.
I thought there was a formula about calculating a boats displacement, something like..... Displacement is directly proportional to the purchase price + ongoing maintenance + depreciation on re sale... 😜
@@markpaterson6024 or the cliche, the two happiest days of your life the day you buy your boat only surpassed by the day you sell it. * Substitute boat for aircraft/high maintenance partner/sports car
It's all good fun, having messed about with boats for over 35 years i have seen my fair share of sunken boats, one in particular always makes me smile. i knew this old man that was a bit of a knowall and extremely tight when it came to parting with money, he owned a 30 foot cabin cruiser which had a capped off sterntube, but was powered by a 15 horse outboard, he decided he was going to fit a inboard diesel as he thought petrol was far too expensive, he hired a Marine Engineer to survey his boat and give him a quote to do the work, he nearly collapsed with shock at the price, so he decided to employ a local garage mechanic who had no experience with boats, with the old man sat in the cockpit on his deck chair, the mech got to work, the boat was sat in about 6 or 7 feet of water, after a good half hour of measuring and general farting about the mech took out his angle grinder and began cutting the sterntube to size, as he pierced through the tube water started to spurt from the cut, the old man assured the mech that it was residual water from inside the tube, so he carried on cutting, as the tube fell off the water was now a torrent, the mech decided to abandon ship with his tools, the old man stayed put still sat on his deck chair, as the boat slowly rested on the bottom, the old man was upto his neck smoking his pipe, he uttered well that's buggered that, a week later he ordered a crane to lift the boat, and again he did not like the price that the local Marina were asking to lift the boat, so he hired a company that had never lifted a boat, as the boat came to the surface we tried to tell the old man that he should pump out the water, he would have none of it, his reply was it will run out of the sterntube, as the boat still full of water came out there was an almighty crack and it fell into the dock in two pieces, the last i saw of the old man he was getting into his car, that was 25 years ago and i haven't seen him since.
Although he clearly has himself to blame, I do feel sorry for people who end up paying such a high price for a couple of poor decisions. Hope he found something easier to enjoy!
Moorings don't always hold you in a gale. There is a school of thought that if you are onboard then you are safer at anchor. Moorings are usually close together and runaways damage nearby vessels. Also mooring lines are short and under more stress than a secure anchor with plenty of road. I get it that there was no time to prepare and make secure for this storm. Very sad to see all the damage.
For sure moorings are far from ideal, but I bet if all these boats were on anchor there would have been more carnage. The bottom around here is very soft and doesn't hold that well.
It gives a sense of hope to see good people selflessly working to help each other. The people around Dangar Island could teach the rest of the world a lesson on what community and friendship means. Good on you Stu!
Great to see you back. It seemed like you and Damien got a lot done on Brupeg. Damien responded to one of my comments saying you have MIG envy. Cheeky fellow. Always good fun to see you guys interact. Looking forward to these videos leading up to startup. Looks like quite the list still.... best of luck over the next few weeks!
Sorry to see all your friends and neighbors getting wrecked like that. Fire...Flood...what's next...Locusts? If THOSE show up you might want to consider moving. Then again...you got D-Squad at your place and chickens love eating crispy bugs!!
Fires then floods...it’s nearly biblical. But I guess friendships and chickens make up for it all. Good on ya, mate. Is that right? Normally, I’d say: “Well done.” but I’m going for the Aussie flair. I *was* tempted to say: “What have I told you about leaving doors open?”
You're Australian is perfect. Rain must have been coming in at quite the angle to get through the door. Fortunately one the back awning is on it should keep the rain out quite nicely. :)
A job well done Stu. I don't know if you remember I commented months ago how envious I was that your summer was commencing. I'm not so sure I should have been now. By the way, did you get the name Renko from the Hill Street Blues Police officer?
What a mess! A friend of mine was caught driving through the deluge on Sunday..not pretty. Just wondering if you guys have any idea why the yacht went down in the first place?
"Things are starting to settle down; get back to normal finally." That didn't age well. At least where I'm at. I don't know how the remainder of the year has been for y'all.
( A little levity to cheer you all up)I heard a story ,about one of the flooded towns in Oz. As they ere evacuating the residents from flooded homes in small boats,they spotted a hat on the surface. Oddly the hat went 20 meters one way , did a 90 ,went 10 meters ,did a 90 , then went 20 meters. Folks were amazed at the hat going this way and that , until a fellow in another boat looked , and then said, OH ! That has to be Bob! Bob's wife told him that he was going to mow the grass this weekend come Hell or high water ."
So, you never said why the yacht sank... good to see you get it back afloat tho, also funny that you all made it look like it’s no big deal to re-float the boat. Most folks make a big deal of this and you guys played it off.
That initial footage is absolutely devastating mate, so much personal property carnage. Wishing you and the Hawkesbury community all the best for the clean up.
we are experiencing gale force winds in the NOT SO UK planning a trip to the mooring to check on the boat so this vid was nicely timed, glad to see the old girl still afloat and on her mooring, can i ask you mr Danger why you did-ant just mop the cabin rather than drill a hole in the deck lol its the mechanic in you isn't it lol
Great work Stu, both on your boat and helping others. I am following Tally Ho, Salt & Tar, Acorn to Arabella, Brupeg and a couple of steel boat builds. All great builds. Be great if you had episode numbers to keep track. Keep it up mate.
Thanks mate. I have thought about numbers but RU-vid seems to store everything in chronologically (although you do need to sort oldest to newest to view in order)
I watched this last night when it came on. Good job stu. Would the hull sensors you put on rinko help find lost boats like that? Are you going to have a large volume pump on board rinko to help salvage boats that are sunk? couple air bags to bring it up and some pumping would probably go a long way to getting sunk boats out without hoisting them up.
That feeling when it is 5 am and you want to sleep and Dangar uploads a video.....😶 edit: looks like that there is still alot of current on the river. Hope that the anchor is holding.
Wow..that's a mess for sure. Best of luck to all that have felt the ugly's of the storm and hats off to those that have given the time and energies in time of need. Good friends are a blessing !!
First fires, now storms and floods in Aussie land. Hope you all are all right. Your mate needs to put a fan in his raised boat and run it constantly to help things dry out to try and prevent mold/mildew build up. Don't know what all woodwork he's put into her, just hoping it's not a total loss.
@@DangarMarine You should consider the same for Renko. I do like the solution you came up with to remove the flooding on the bridge. Run a line from that hole you drilled straight down to the bilge and let the bilge pumps handle it.
What caused her to sink? We were onboard our moored boat on Sydney harbour last weekend when this weather came through, the 10 ft inflatable tender was half full of rain water in under 3 hours and the shore line where we launch the tender was badly damaged.
Seems southern Hemisphere, suffers with fire and rain, while up in the north is huge snow storms.... so this is what solar minimum looks like hmmmm, glad you and yours and the boat are safe ... good having you as a neighbor in your island neighborhood. Dangar Marine ... like a good neighbor, with a helping hand.... Cheers
