Posted by lance_ryley (lance_ryley@…>)
Tom,
I was fortunate enough that it wasn’t blowing hard when we caught the
pot. The Freedom 40 is fortunate in having the long keel with rudder
attached because for the most part it sheds pots, although not always.
On this day, there were two aspects of the 40’s design that I wasn’t
happy about. The first is that the transome is reversed enough that
it’s very difficult to reach under far enough to find the aperature,
let alone have enough leverage to disengage anything. Second, the
aforementioned rudder step, which in my years of owning Bright Star
only served as a convenient hooking point for the line I used to keep
the rudder to starboard in port (keeps the hydraulic ram from being
exposed to the weather).
In this particular pot-catching case, once I went in to examine the
situation, the pot warp had gotten looped around one of the blades of
the propeller, not even fully - just enough to stop the boat. In
hindsight, had I put the boat in neutral, it probably would have
cleared itself, but… ah well, the water wasn’t bad, and while I was
in, a seal popped his head up not too far away to see what the heck was
going on.
I haven’t picked up a pot on Glory yet (serious wood-knocking sounds),
but given the wing keel, the deep rudder, and the exposed shaft and
blade, it seems inevitable.
Lance
— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Wales <twales@…>
wrote:
Hey Lance,
We have a gymnastics school right here in Pemaquid. It was
established for the sole purpose of training sailors the art of
disengaging the Pemaquid pot buoys. Many of us who sail up here
regularly have developed devices to take care of such
occurrences. When you come up next summer, I’ll show you what we use.
TW
Pemaquid, ME
Posted by Thomas Wales (twales@…>)
Hi Lance,
When I had my boat hauled a couple of years ago, I had the
yard insert a 6" ss pin right in front of the rudder to divert the
pot warp. I saw that space between the top of the rudder and the
hull as an accident waiting to happen. So far it’s worked great, no
snags. We do, invariably catch one on the keel from time to time in
spite of being vigilant. That’s why I keep a mask and snorkel on the
boat. Also, my shaft has a cutter which really saved my bacon one
day entering Carver’s Harbor in Vinalhaven. Wind blowing about
20kts, we headed up to drop the sails and wrapped one up. The buoy
came out like confetti trailing behind us. Diving under those
circumstances would have been dangerous. I hate to cut a warp, but
every once in a while…
Hope your nails are growing back. We have 2 weeks to recover.
Best,
TW
At 12:01 PM 11/8/2007, you wrote:
Tom,
I was fortunate enough that it wasn’t blowing hard when we caught the
pot. The Freedom 40 is fortunate in having the long keel with rudder
attached because for the most part it sheds pots, although not always.
On this day, there were two aspects of the 40’s design that I wasn’t
happy about. The first is that the transome is reversed enough that
it’s very difficult to reach under far enough to find the aperature,
let alone have enough leverage to disengage anything. Second, the
aforementioned rudder step, which in my years of owning Bright Star
only served as a convenient hooking point for the line I used to keep
the rudder to starboard in port (keeps the hydraulic ram from being
exposed to the weather).
In this particular pot-catching case, once I went in to examine the
situation, the pot warp had gotten looped around one of the blades of
the propeller, not even fully - just enough to stop the boat. In
hindsight, had I put the boat in neutral, it probably would have
cleared itself, but… ah well, the water wasn’t bad, and while I was
in, a seal popped his head up not too far away to see what the heck was
going on.
I haven’t picked up a pot on Glory yet (serious wood-knocking sounds),
but given the wing keel, the deep rudder, and the exposed shaft and
blade, it seems inevitable.
Lance
— In
mailto:FreedomOwnersGroup%40yahoogroups.comFreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com
,
Thomas Wales <twales@…>
wrote:
Hey Lance,
We have a gymnastics school right here in Pemaquid. It was
established for the sole purpose of training sailors the art of
disengaging the Pemaquid pot buoys. Many of us who sail up here
regularly have developed devices to take care of such
occurrences. When you come up next summer, I’ll show you what we use.
TW
Pemaquid, ME
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