Doug,
I don't mean to alarm you however I thought I would relay this story.
A few years back, a club member had a similar accident in our outer
harbor with his C&C Landfall 38. He knew his keel took a significant
bang but there was no other apparent issues to be immediately alarmed
over that he could observe. Nevertheless, he decided to have the boat
hauled and thoroughly inspected by a professional at a facility here
that does such work. The inspection revealed that there were structural
issues which needed to be addressed.
The owner's insurance company covered the costs...don't know the amount
but knowing this place it was not pocket change.
Robert Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2024-12-01 9:38 p.m., Doug Mountjoy via CnC-List wrote:
Hi all,
Today I had a major screwup. Screwup is not the word I wanted to use,
but... I ran into some rocks with my keel. I went from 6.7kts to dead
stop in 1.2 nanoseconds. Luckily I was able to motor into deep water
without much trouble. No one was hurt, thank God.
In checking for leaks I looked in the forward part of the bilge,
nothing, yay. Thought about continuing on south to LA Paz, 120miles
south, but my crew suggested maybe we should dive and survey the
damage. Only saw a fist size chunk of keel missing on the forward part
of the keel. I finally decided that I wanted to haulout and inspect
the keel better. I called the only marina for 120 miles for a slip.
Luckily they had space. After further inspection I found water coming
in under the shaft log. I'm looking for advice on anything else I
should look at for damage.
TIA
Doug Mountjoy
sv Rebecca Leah
CnC landfall 39
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