Boat sinks in the Solent

[Dave.S]

Caught this on the local news...

www.solent.tv/pageviewer.aspx?page=...114903458515000

Footage on television showed the boat going down dramatically.

According to the RNLI, a 3-4" hole below the waterline can let in half a ton of water a MINUTE.

Very much a worse case scenario, but imagine what could happen on your boat...batteries submerged, no main electrics/VHF radio, little time to get life jackets on....

Not nice to think about - but if in a similar situation, what could you do differently to improve the odds in your favour?

Dave

[slippery]

get yourself a waterproof hand held and dont leave it in the cabin!

[squideyebarnes]

nice boat shame!

[slippery]

worrying when like me your out there alot puts you off wrecking.

[dave phillips]

shame about the boat (mitchell 31 mk 2 £50.000 ) ,lucky every one was all right

[squidlips]

i would get in my liferaft with my grab bag and let it sink as my insurance cover is more than the boats value ;D

that looks expensive lets hope he has insurance.
its just aswell that they are all ok