Yachting World | March 2016
MAYDAY SINKING FAST
Early evening on 3rd December Steve Arnold was awoken by his friend and crewmate Andy Mills, who had noticed water in the bilges. The boat, Magritte, a 44ft Moody Grenadier 134 ketch, was sailing along well in 15-20 knots of wind, under poled-out genoa and mizzen. The swell was 4-6m and Magritte was rolling along, and there had been nothing to suggest a
problem. But it was soon clear that the level was not going down. Before long, he says: “I could see that the water was already a quarter of the way over the engine and about to start lapping over to the battery compartment.”
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Yachting World March 2016.