DISASTER! MY £600 PROJECT BOAT WASHED ASHORE

[@PillSharks]

Hurley 22 I believe. Built strong back then! A length of decent mooring rope is far more cheaper than a smashed up boat on the beach..I’d say you’ve had a lucky escape! Great to see a young lad taking on a boat like this, well done. ⚓️

[@nestorandhisboat]

Hurley 18 actually, practically the same boat just scaled down. Yes I think that’s why I had such little damage! A very lucky escape, could’ve been off to France if it weren’t for the lifeboat pier! Thank you.

[@michaelbeebe1616]

You’re very blessed to have experienced this at your age. A bad experience to have over come. Good on you.

[@maffysdad]

My friends boat was cut loose twice and a third time it's mooring line broke in a storm. I learnt from his mistakes and have a main and two backup mooring lines. Mooring line no1 is a simple three strand 12mm line that was the first rope I put a thimble in at each end and spliced myself. At each end there is a shackle, the sea end is shackled and locked to the eye of the floating mooring, the vessel end has a quick release and a shackle which goes to the base of the Sampson post. This is my quick hitch line when I'm mooring solo and the vessel is moving. Whilst I call it line no1, it's actually the middle length of my three mooring lines. Mooring line no2 is my shortest line, and the one I rely on to hold the vessel, it is attach to the Sampson post with a bowline and figure 8 stopper which then passes out over the port fairlead, through the eye of the floating mooring, then feed through a inline snubber, then back through the starboard fairlead and using another bowline and figure 8 stopper goes around the Sampson post. This has held in everything, but it did show signs of damage at the floating mooring eye and I replaced it a week or so ago with a refined attachment point. Mooring line no3 is my longest line, but it's not a line as such, it's a length of anchor chain secured to the bottom eye on the floating mooring with a locked shackle, the chain then passes up through the anchor pulpit and is secured to the vessel using two locked shackles around the Sampson post. Yes, I know it seems like I rely on one Sampson post way too much, but I have more than one, another backup / redundancy. I'd highly recommend having at least one redundancy or backup line/fixing.

[@nestorandhisboat]

Definitely sounds like a good idea, I don’t think mooring is something you can overdo as I have found out!

[@conradverschuren8944]

Simply use polysteel and keep it simple

[@seanfitzpatrick8278]

Oh,so glad she is basically OK,and you managed to get her back on her mooring. Great team work from your Dad and volunteers. Looking forward to the next video and your repairs. We used to use chain and then a second safety line/painter. Thankfully my boat sits ashore on her trailer.

[@nestorandhisboat]

Thank you, yes the painter is definitely going to be upgraded.

[@ripharwood4138]

I bet you never forget the importance of anti-chafe gear after that! Glad Maid of Athens had such a lucky grounding. The lessons to be learned from boats are lifelong.

[@nestorandhisboat]

Definitely not! Yes, it so easily could have gone the other way

[@Kimdino1]

As they say "Rocks will smash a big boat but a small boat will just bounce". I think those rocks may have saved your mast by stopping the boat before it got any closer to the lifeboat bridge. I would double up the lines to the buoy, one each side. And, very important, a length of thick plastic hose over the rope where it runs through the fairlead to stop it chafing. Some may say use chain instead of rope, but chain will beat up your paintwork in the swell. Two good quality 12mm lines will be more than enough. I liked nylon as it is quite elastic. This will absorb the shock from snatching at your cleats as the line comes tight in the swell. If you are worried about it sinking then a small buoy (e.g. an empty plastic 1pt milk carton) tied to the line will make it float.

[@nestorandhisboat]

That’s a great saying, I think the pier also saved it from going to France! Thanks for the ideas, I’m definitely going to change something up for next time!

[@dmitripogosian5084]

No need for chain for this size boat. Good nylon lines will do.

[@seglarmange]

Nice people , nice vibe. Keep on

[@RichardChambers]

Im sure you will be making changes to the mooring setup so that it wont happen again. Glad the boat wasn't lost. I have a cheap car gps tracker on my boat powered by a small solar panel. Gives me a bit of piece of mind.

[@keith800]

Sigh of relief that all turned out ok in the end🙂 , I always use two mooring lines and check often for chafing.

[@nestorandhisboat]

Yep at definitely going to do that for the future!

[@cousinjack2841]

A near miss but all's well. A bit of flexible hose lashed to your mooring line where it runs through the fairlead will help protect against future chafing issues. The old mindset regarding critical equipment applies; 'If you've got one, you're on a wing and a prayer, if you've got two; you've really got one, if you've got three; you've got two and so on'. Onwards and upwards.

[@nestorandhisboat]

A great mindset! Definitely looking at making some upgrades…

[@jesuschrist-alphaomega]

Oh man my heart ❤️ sunk for you when I saw your face. Your poor boat. I hope she's OK an you're back out on the water soon.

[@nicolasslove4046]

Dear boy, You ask for a tip but I don't know how to do. I love what you do. I've got a boat and I am sailing round Mediterranean on my own and with my kitten. Sailing is hard but it is a passion. I love you, you are brave and you could be my grandson and I'd like a crew like you. Fair winds !

[@nestorandhisboat]

Thank you so much, yes I hope to make it to the med some day. Here is the link only if you would like to give a tip: www.buymeacoffee.com/nestorandhisboat

[@Herblay63]

I was a bit worried towards the end of the last clip... you were very lucky... best to use chain on a swinging mooring but I guess you've worked that one out already.

[@Antipodean33]

Came away really well with that near disaster, that could've been so much worse. Thats a nice little boat for 600, it's a proper solid sail boat with it's big keel. I don't know how much you've spent on it or how much work you've done but it looks decent

[@nestorandhisboat]

Yes I think she was saved by the pier! She came in pretty good condition, you can watch my ‘how I bought a boat at 14’ video for the restoration (apologies for the shameless plug 😂) but I won’t tell you how much was spent on her 😅 but I can tell you she is more than a £600 boat…😬😬

[@TheBanjoman]

Nice to have help.

[@nestorandhisboat]

Very!

[@Steve-ul8qb]

Must have been a great feeling when she floated off. :) There are some great replies here re double/triple up on lines. If you go with that you shouldn’t have a problem again. Also not a bad idea to snorkel down and have another line shackled from the mooring block itself. All the best.

[@svsabreon3334]

Glad she has come through relatively unscathed. Sorry for being that guy, I noticed that you have 2 fairleads on your bow. I'd look at running 2 mooring lines from your mooring to the boat. Having had this happen myself I genuinely think you handled it a lot better than I did at the time.

[@nestorandhisboat]

Am always appreciative of advice! Yes that sounds like a good idea, although I was thinking a strop over the anchor roller would allow me to put the line through there. Just since the edges of the fairleads is pretty sharp. To be honest I was so surprised and in strange shock that I just didn’t even process it much to be honest

[@marcelwierda6262]

you will sail the world. I am sure.

[@markthomasson5077]

Always back up your mooring line with a lose chain

[@jamesmellish9844]

Never rely on one mooring line

[@GeminiXxX-i2o]

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