SteveN wrote:I'm surprised that the encapsulated keel wasn't sealed over at the top, beneath the cabin sole?
Our longish encapsulated keel is also part ballast and part void, but the whole lot is glassed over and any water entering the keel won't compromise the safety of the boat.
Under her previous owner she sufferred major damage to the leading edge which would have sunk the boat had this not been the case.
That is in part true for Claymores
The encapsulated bit is sealed in beneath the cabin sole, there is a bulkhead at the rear of the saloon and then aft of that of that there is the engine bay which is of necessity open, to accommodate the engine and of course, the prop shaft.
So - if this bit gets damaged then it can fill with water and rather like the Titanic - if that was to get above the bulkhead level then it could flood the whole boat. One hopes that 3 pumps and a bucket in frightened hands will stem the flow sufficiently to get to somewhere shallow and park up.
I think the moral is that if you are going to smack something - its best to hit it head on.
I usually sit at the back in aircraft as I trust the well-pedalled theory that not many of them reverse into mountains.
In Sahonas case, Bill is a one-off and very much his own man so hence his choice to reverse into a beach due - in part - to the complete failure of what is an internationally recognised complete anchor design failure
