At first few minutes I thought this was going to be a sunken boat recovery.. So glad you pulled through and saved your boat I wouldn't fancy a swim at that latitude personally.
My wife was thinking the same thing as she packed some bags. I'm very lucky that in the very worst of situations I am able to keep thinking clearly and logically. Phil
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 yes you are, but you are also very lucky you didn’t have one extra element against you as I reckon you were on maximum for a while there.
An amazing tale of peril on the sea. The salt's that managed, save and repair...well... Cape town as next landfall say's everything. Regards from a landlocked arm chair, Washington State, US...freezing fog and calm winds. M.
GREAT JOB ! I haven't been in such a tough situation, in as extreme weather and remote a place ... but have had similar - and it's never just 1 thing is it !!! Always 2-3-4 things hit you at once, some not even connected, and exactly when you least want it ... BUT, once you're out of it, and you can breath again WOW that's the greatest feeling you'll ever have! Totally with you on this!
When you look death in the eye it sharpens you senses and you look at life and the relationship with the planet and human beings around you. That was the fifth time for me. Now I don't suffer fool's easily Phil
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 Big respect, I too don't expect to not have to deal with another tough incident, but each one gives you confidence and strength to tackle the next. I remember one, I was sailing alone, wont bore you with details, but driving home, about an hour into my trip, thinking about what I'd got through, I burst out in manic laughter and whooping in joy and achievement! I think we have to admit, we are in a way willingly throwing ourselves into these situations!
I'm not that bad!!!! , the line then the chain followed by the anchor were loaded into the dinghy, rowed out though the anchor in and the wind took me back Phil
Maybe a production boat, but a glass boat build to the same demanding standards as that wood boat would have had a better, probably much better, chance of surviving. That that wood boat survived was remarkable. A testament to fine seamanship, design, construction, and a healthy dose of luck.
On the thousands of wood and glass boats I've been on, there is no other vessel built like Windora. Most sailers think they own a strongly built yacht until they board Windora this is a regular occurrence as we sail the world Phil and Lynda
@KONRAD it's sad to have missed you, Lynda and I have sailed Windora to the Orkney Islands twice, maybe next time. Otherwise come vist us at home Nelson NZ Phil and Lynda
Proves again, there are many factors that lead to disaster..... High winds, dragging anchor, broken zip ties, coolant leak and luckily no pointy rock. All off those would have been necessary to create a complete disaster..... No plastic boat would have survived this, thats for sure... You must have been pretty sure the boat could possibly survive this ordeal, since you turned off the engine. What good would a sunken boat with a perfect engine be? Guess that the tides helped a bit in getting away from there. Amazing story, happy it ended well and thank you so much for sharing. Gives other sailors and cruisers food for thought....
Wow…scary stuff. Great boat, glad she, and you! survived. I first assumed she must be steel, but what a testimony for heavy timber construction. Surprised that the planking is thinner than the bulkheads, I guess the bulkheads are to resist ice crushing. I wonder if underwater epoxy + glass would have been a better temporary solution to the traditional copper patch?
Excelente video,thanks for sharing, for people who not have experienced with a wooden boat. I love your explication widout arrogant! I start following the great sailors! Cheers from Antártida sailor
Wow, Amazing! Great Save! Very Impressive Boat & Obviously an Expert Captain to Get out of that One!! Id love to Know the History of the Windora, Any info apreciated! Happy Travels! -Cheers👍🙂
Отличный Кораблик и правильная команда! Потому и достойно справились. Конечно попали на водоросли, здесь никакой якорь не удержит. Единственно что можно было сделать так это поискать песчаный грунт. Но с таким якорем и песок не удержал бы. Лучший из якорей это Данфорт, правильный Данфорт!
WOW well done , 70- 80 knots , Thank god for a full keel. Had 60+ off Castle point once , 3 Picks , All held the Danford stretched half its length on its shaft , The big fisherman (I was going to dump a month before ) was the savour ...Tonga next lol. Fairwinds .
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 She was a 60 ft Glass copy of the Herreshoff ( Oramshoff) 'Jacaranda' I was heading up north to do charters for the AC some years ago, Im boatless at the moment , the wife had to have a double hip op last year so been playing nurse , all good now but wasn't able to use my last boat ( Beneteau 411) & did not want her sitting on a mooring in Waikawa sulking , Not good for the boat or me . Just finished a delivery from New Caledonia to Hawaii in a 501 2018 Hanse , Not overly impressed with the modern flat bottomed fin keeled spade rudder - Marina boats of today . Nice high for the trip home comming along .
Isn't it sad that a lovely ship - and maybe lives could be lost because of a few cable-ties? Makes you think about the 'weakest link' in many situations! Hats off to you for taking the actions you did. I'm not 'religious' in nthe conventional sense but is said that 'God helps those that helps themselves'. Nuff said.
Wow - South Georgia! Not a good place to run aground! You must have had **huge** faith in your repairs, trusting them to get you the 3,000 miles to Cape Town!
Windora, what a Yatch...the Owners, what a salty dogs....please excuse my poor Italian language. I've been dreaming, with my old Beneteau about Magellan Strait and maybe South Georgia...i better stay in the harbour and drink prosecco as much as i like! Fair Winds ;-)
Ha! I’m actually anchored at Waiheke currently, have a few errands to attend to tomorrow on the island while it blows it’s head off then making for Barrier Wednesday, I’m informed a good crowd are in at Smokehouse. By “errands on the island” I mean purchasing wine...... Whangaroa is a favourite spot. Have you climbed the Dukes Nose?
You're dead right, plus I also should have taken the cylinder head off the cummins and checked for broken rings. I haven't meet a single sailer yet in all my years who have checked their yanmar engine for broken cable ties for which there are many. Ex marine engineer Phil
Mainsail fully battern or 90 % battern power main very good down wind. Your have water tight doors at bow and stern but not throughout the yacht even though you have the 3, 4 ,6 inch bulkhead . Why not fit positive bouancy foam for total security?
Wood floats!!!!! The forward and aft bulkheads are completely water tight with enough buoyancy to keep her afloat. The 3 intermediate bulkheads are completely water tight to the hull with sills, if you should hole a compartment the water will not flow over the sills. All this in a 43 foot boat and she can easily sail a 200nm day noon to noon. Phil
@@philandlyndachristieson8808and I assume you have a supply of plywood and a bunch of screws to fill those bulkheads should the need arise. That said I would have watertight doors to then all, plus a cill
@@Cyrusmagi Hi there, one of the important aspects of the bulkheads is the fact its stops the hull planking collapsing as it makes Windora so strong. As for the sills if the vessel is holed, they contain the water to only one compartment, if all three compartments are flooded there's enough bouncy behind the watertight bulkheads to keep her afloat. Also remember I didn't design or build Windora. Cheers Phil
If you're surprised, it goes to show how f***ing little you know about anchor's and sailing. At that time in South Georgia all the boats dragged and three of us went on the rocks, it made no difference what make of anchor it was, you still have a lot to learn. Phil
Wow, impressive seamanship and a great show of DIY know-how, as well! Where were you headed after Capetown, if you don’t mind my asking? It looks like perfect sailing.
Bravo 👍🏻 Your CQR Anchor has a role to play in this incident, changing it to a more reliable anchor is a good investment it would have reduced the risk of Dragging. Other than that really proud of you.
I beg to differ. I built and sailed a 55' Herreshoff Marco Polo over 50,000 miles, back in the 70's and early 80's. Main anchor was a 75# CQR with 1/2" chain. Among other stories, we stood up to a Hurricane in Tahiti in 82, winds 120kts, gusting to more. Every boat in the anchorage that was over 40' went on the beach, except for us and a Swan 65. Both of us had 1/2"chain....every boat with 3/8 chain broke their gear and piled up on the beach. My opinion is the CQR is the best anchor for MORE conditions than any other, as you say, it may not be the best for any one specific ground condition. _Ex-Schooner Valkyrie, San Francisco.
Very interesting sailing history, anchoring is a great subject and it's a numbers game like everything the more you do it the risk of dragging goes up. Phil
@@rogeranderson8763from what I read, yes they hold well…but you need a heavier anchor than the modern spade type. But the biggest issue is they don’t re-set as reliably.
Did you hear about the 40 foot sailboat and crew who went to Antarctic without authority to visit, got caught in a high wind event, and all died about 5 years ago? A Sea Shepherd boat was in the area, looked for them and never found them.
Also I would like to add, anyone can sail to Antarctica you don't need permission it's clearly international waters an every person on the planet has the right to go there. No country owns Antarctica or the writes to visit it. Phil and Lynda
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 I thought I read somewhere online after the boat sank that you needed a permit to sail there. Maybe they wanted to put their feet on Antarctica and needed a permit to do that. It's been too long to remember. Do you remember the name of the Boat that sank? Something like Psycho?
We were supposed to sail there 25 years ago to a friends wedding, but I found a 25 foot seam had opened up in the main mast so we sailed up the Amazon instead. South Georgia was unfinished business Phil and Lynda
It's odd that you should ask. They are spending millions of pounds repairing an old acomadatiion block just in case a cruise ship should catch fire or go around.
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 why did you thin the 6 inch bulk head..i would keep it as the original designers strength structure.. ESPECIALLY if you go to south georgia island!!
@jquest43 The new fit out is vertical half inch thick matai on the existing bulkheads this would make the 5 bulkheads another inch thicker . Take another look at Windora's Refit on TH-cam. The thinnest bulkhead is 3 inches thick every bulkhead is attached to a ground or frame bolted into the hull also 3 inches thick and a foot + deep. At each bulkhead theres at lest 6 inches of solid timber at the hull , this is one f***ING strong boat. Phil
A weather forecast of 80 knots would be too much for most anchors & the pipe damage was down to maintenance funny how sod's law kicks in. You did well to save her.
The broken cable ties had become very brittle, would break in your fingers. I worked out that our start battery mounted right near by, a couple of years earlier was gassing due to an electrical issue. I'm sure alone with some other damage this was the cause Phil
Do you know where South Georgia Island is, the Braveheart an expedition ship was in the same anchorage dragging its anchor's just about to go up on the some reef. They spent 4 hours just getting there gear up then had to leave in order to clear the kelp off. No way could anyone assist us which we completely understood Phil and Lynda
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 I've read a few of the Shackleton Books about his crushed boat. He sailed for 2 weeks in a 20 foot rowboat from Elephant Island to South Georgia which is in the middle of nowhere. They said that if they had missed the Island, they would have died. From Google Maps, it looks like 1,000 miles from Cape Horn South America, 1,000 miles from Antarctica and 5,000 miles from Cape Hope Africa. There are people that live there full time aren't there with fishing boats? Here is the link to google maps. www.google.com/maps/place/South+Georgia+and+the+South+Sandwich+Islands/@-52.7721642,-22.5483936,3.6z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0xb93db6e252a87925:0x7ee37cda884db0bd!8m2!3d-54.429579!4d-36.587909?hl=en
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 What would have happened to you if your boat was holed and sank? Would you have gone to shore with a Satellite Phone or radioed to South Georgia you were leaving the boat and for them to assist you?
Plus most cable runs are on top of the cable tray and not under it, and all yachts in the world use only plastic cable ties. And in my early days they were tired into using a cotton webbing and then painted. Old Sea Dog
Well built boat, well handled! Impressive! Just a small point, you say there are 5 watertight bulkheads, but there are openings in three of them. If they can't be sealed with doors, they're not watertight...
They're water tight to the hull and have sills if you flood a compartment it won't flood over the sills. If you flood all 3 compartments the aft and forward bulkheads are completely water tight with enough buoyancy to keep her afloat Phil
Sir, you are a mariner. Some of the finest seamanship and spot repairs I’ve encountered...anywhere. With greatest respect, a San Francisco skipper.
There's still a lot of people at sea that I look up to 🌎🌊⛵.
Phil
@@philandlyndachristieson8808.... and modest.... that's a mariner!!!!
Good winds Phil and Lynda...
That is one impressive effort to get yourselves out of such a dangerous and difficult situation. What a magnificent boat. Bravo to you and your crew.
Amazing piece of seamanship under incredibly strenuous conditions to get off those rocks - wow. What a great boat. Thank you for sharing this.
Excellent seamanship and a very fine boat. Thanks for posting this.
I can't imagine how you rowed against such strong wind , excellent results thank goodness !
Congratulations on getting free from that grounding. What a boat, and what a skipper and crew. Excellent video.
Yes outstanding seamanship! That had to be scary! Welll done!
Thank you, to busy to be scared. Phil
At first few minutes I thought this was going to be a sunken boat recovery.. So glad you pulled through and saved your boat I wouldn't fancy a swim at that latitude personally.
My wife was thinking the same thing as she packed some bags. I'm very lucky that in the very worst of situations I am able to keep thinking clearly and logically. Phil
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 yes you are, but you are also very lucky you didn’t have one extra element against you as I reckon you were on maximum for a while there.
Windora was built to last. And wood made, I can't love it anymore. And you guys were built to take a good care of her.
And she us. Phil
A tough and beautiful boat with a very capable crew, excellent!
Sadly my crew and wife Lynda, is dying of cancer. Phil
An amazing tale of peril on the sea. The salt's that managed, save and repair...well...
Cape town as next landfall say's everything. Regards from a landlocked arm chair,
Washington State, US...freezing fog and calm winds. M.
We are sailing into our home port right now after 6 years
Phil and Lynda
Glad this ended well. Cool heads, sturdy boat and adequate gear. Count your blessings Mate.
It's the boat that's blessed not us. Phil
Very nice watch great job , she's a beautiful vessel
Thanks Elmer
GREAT JOB ! I haven't been in such a tough situation, in as extreme weather and remote a place ... but have had similar - and it's never just 1 thing is it !!! Always 2-3-4 things hit you at once, some not even connected, and exactly when you least want it ... BUT, once you're out of it, and you can breath again WOW that's the greatest feeling you'll ever have! Totally with you on this!
When you look death in the eye it sharpens you senses and you look at life and the relationship with the planet and human beings around you. That was the fifth time for me. Now I don't suffer fool's easily
Phil
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 Big respect, I too don't expect to not have to deal with another tough incident, but each one gives you confidence and strength to tackle the next. I remember one, I was sailing alone, wont bore you with details, but driving home, about an hour into my trip, thinking about what I'd got through, I burst out in manic laughter and whooping in joy and achievement! I think we have to admit, we are in a way willingly throwing ourselves into these situations!
Thanks for the analysis. Time to revisit the application of wire ties.
Some cool thinking went on there. Good job. Good job on the repairs.
Change of tack St Georgia looks amazing.
Wow, she's a beautiful vessel.Strong on the eye and loved heaps...thanks guys.
Lynda and I could never bring ourselves to sell her, every year somebody wants to bye Windora. Phil
Hell of an adventure, well done!! You picked the right boat.
Thanks, we never new it at the time, but that was 30 years ago
Phil and Lynda
Holy hell. This is great footage and great repairs. Cheers!
Your a badass for certain! pulling that anchor and chain against the wind!
I'm not that bad!!!! , the line then the chain followed by the anchor were loaded into the dinghy, rowed out though the anchor in and the wind took me back
Phil
Incredible that you saved her. Good job
I take my hat off to you both, true sailers.
It's a nice way to move our home around the world
Phil and Lynda
I envy you guys cheers from Texas
A lot of armchair and day-sailors will be watching this and shixxxxx themselves. I know I was! You've got a lot of bottle. Maximum respect!
My life has lead me to look death in the eye on a few occasions and it does surprise me what one can do under pressure.
Phil
Good on you guys, bloody awesome. Living life right,
The years just build on each other, and then you look back and go f**k did we really do all that. Starting at a young age helps
Phil and Lynda
My hat OFF, congratulations, very well done......I could NOT have done it better myself
You got me looking for my old "Toad the wet sprocket" CD.
Great video and good job on the recovery. That was a Really bad situation!
That's a well built boat!! If it was a modern glass boat it would have stayed there on the rocks !!!!
Maybe a production boat, but a glass boat build to the same demanding standards as that wood boat would have had a better, probably much better, chance of surviving. That that wood boat survived was remarkable. A testament to fine seamanship, design, construction, and a healthy dose of luck.
On the thousands of wood and glass boats I've
been on, there is no other vessel built like Windora. Most sailers think they own a strongly built yacht until they board Windora this is a regular occurrence as we sail the world
Phil and Lynda
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 very awesome to see how you handled that. Beautiful yacht
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 if you ever call to Orkney give me shout. I have to touch your boat! Respect.
@KONRAD it's sad to have missed you, Lynda and I have sailed Windora to the Orkney Islands twice, maybe next time. Otherwise come vist us at home Nelson NZ
Phil and Lynda
Hallelujah you kept your witts about you, and lived to tell this story!... Well Done!!!
Proves again, there are many factors that lead to disaster..... High winds, dragging anchor, broken zip ties, coolant leak and luckily no pointy rock. All off those would have been necessary to create a complete disaster.....
No plastic boat would have survived this, thats for sure... You must have been pretty sure the boat could possibly survive this ordeal, since you turned off the engine. What good would a sunken boat with a perfect engine be?
Guess that the tides helped a bit in getting away from there. Amazing story, happy it ended well and thank you so much for sharing. Gives other sailors and cruisers food for thought....
With the ball of kelp on the anchor the engine couldn't save us. My thinking was that I needed the engine to get off
Phil
Very interesting. Thanks for your effort and sharing.
Very nice summary of events
Wow…scary stuff.
Great boat, glad she, and you! survived.
I first assumed she must be steel, but what a testimony for heavy timber construction.
Surprised that the planking is thinner than the bulkheads, I guess the bulkheads are to resist ice crushing.
I wonder if underwater epoxy + glass would have been a better temporary solution to the traditional copper patch?
Excelente video,thanks for sharing, for people who not have experienced with a wooden boat.
I love your explication widout arrogant!
I start following the great sailors!
Cheers from Antártida sailor
We are very blessed to have known some great sailers ourselves
Phil and Lynda
Good save, well done, many others would have abandoned her right there. That is one tough sailboat you got there, cheers 👍🏻
you ever try to abandon a ship when @ South Georgia island? where are you gonna go?
Fantastic looking boat, covered in West system 105 with woven matt she must be exceptionally strong
You are right, I haven't been on a wooden vessel anywhere on the planet and there's been a few built this strong. Phil
Beautiful vessel well saved.
tough boat & crew, wel done!
Wow, Amazing! Great Save! Very Impressive Boat & Obviously an Expert Captain to Get out of that One!! Id love to Know the History of the Windora, Any info apreciated! Happy Travels! -Cheers👍🙂
Fantastic seamanship South Georgie is one seriously remote spot. Any inspiration from Shackleton and his crew for the row?
Yea, dingi full of rocks and ice, from elephant to stromness, I'm in.
Don't forget the RUM
A Bermudian Ketch-rig/Cutter. Favorite set-up.
Cool heads prevail in disaster,. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Setting out in a dingy at 30 knots though.
Nice boat.
Are you related to my uncle Bill who lives at Te Puru in Cook Strait NZ he's now 95.
Phil
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 always head out too sea in a storm.
The engine overheated because....of Murphy's law.
wish you good luck and health
Awesome boat !
Awesome video !
Brilliant and heroic effort !
Отличный Кораблик и правильная команда! Потому и достойно справились.
Конечно попали на водоросли, здесь никакой якорь не удержит. Единственно что можно было сделать так это поискать песчаный грунт. Но с таким якорем и песок не удержал бы. Лучший из якорей это Данфорт, правильный Данфорт!
So glad you are safe ❤
I love this video not the part of your beautiful boat getting mangled on the rocks and the song is awesome at the end I love it ❤
You all are fearless!
WOW well done , 70- 80 knots , Thank god for a full keel. Had 60+ off Castle point once , 3 Picks , All held the Danford stretched half its length on its shaft , The big fisherman (I was going to dump a month before ) was the savour ...Tonga next lol. Fairwinds .
What was the boat wear are you now? Lynda and I are anchored at Totora North sailing home to Nelson Saturday
Phil
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 She was a 60 ft Glass copy of the Herreshoff ( Oramshoff) 'Jacaranda' I was heading up north to do charters for the AC some years ago, Im boatless at the moment , the wife had to have a double hip op last year so been playing nurse , all good now but wasn't able to use my last boat ( Beneteau 411) & did not want her sitting on a mooring in Waikawa sulking , Not good for the boat or me . Just finished a delivery from New Caledonia to Hawaii in a 501 2018 Hanse , Not overly impressed with the modern flat bottomed fin keeled spade rudder - Marina boats of today . Nice high for the trip home comming along .
Our email is yachtwindora@hotmail.com be good to meet some time
Phil
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 See on the water .
Big Fisherman, I understand gives you half a chance in kelp?
So just relax, mother nature can not touch this boat. Just like in a dream :)
Lynda often says Windora is a blessed
Wow, greetings from Saldhana
Thats made me reconsider the next boat I buy.
Same!!
Fantastic stuff 👍
Isn't it sad that a lovely ship - and maybe lives could be lost because of a few cable-ties? Makes you think about the 'weakest link' in many situations! Hats off to you for taking the actions you did. I'm not 'religious' in nthe conventional sense but is said that 'God helps those that helps themselves'. Nuff said.
Given enough time and enough miles shit happens. Phil
Sometimes a vessel likes to test its own limits and its masters skills just for the hell of it.
One hell of a boat.
And a good woman too. Phil
great boat.... fair winds ahead
Wow - South Georgia! Not a good place to run aground!
You must have had **huge** faith in your repairs, trusting them to get you the 3,000 miles to Cape Town!
Windora, what a Yatch...the Owners, what a salty dogs....please excuse my poor Italian language. I've been dreaming, with my old Beneteau about Magellan Strait and maybe South Georgia...i better stay in the harbour and drink prosecco as much as i like! Fair Winds ;-)
Change to drinking RUM and you'll be half way to South Georgia
@@philandlyndachristieson8808.. if You say RUM it will be RUM, cheers 🥂 to Salty Dogs around the world 🌍 👍
Of all the days for the engine to dump its coolant. Bloody hell..... greetings from a boat in New Zealand.......
Hi Chris we are anchored at Totora North waiting for weather to sail home. Where are you?
Phil and Lynda
Ha! I’m actually anchored at Waiheke currently, have a few errands to attend to tomorrow on the island while it blows it’s head off then making for Barrier Wednesday, I’m informed a good crowd are in at Smokehouse. By “errands on the island” I mean purchasing wine...... Whangaroa is a favourite spot. Have you climbed the Dukes Nose?
That was quick, we have spent quite some time here over the years. Great to be home. Whats your boat
Phil
What was it about a storm that broke 5 cable ties in theengine compartment? Or, maybe just have a look once in a while
You're dead right, plus I also should have taken the cylinder head off the cummins and checked for broken rings. I haven't meet a single sailer yet in all my years who have checked their yanmar engine for broken cable ties for which there are many.
Ex marine engineer Phil
Who is the manufacturer of your yacht? Absolute pure seamanship. Well done skipper. I subscribed!!!
The designer was Athol Burns, who designed over 700 vessels in his lifetime.
Mainsail fully battern or 90 % battern power main very good down wind.
Your have water tight doors at bow and stern but not throughout the yacht even though you have the 3, 4 ,6 inch bulkhead .
Why not fit positive bouancy foam for total security?
Wood floats!!!!!
The forward and aft bulkheads are completely water tight with enough buoyancy to keep her afloat. The 3 intermediate bulkheads are completely water tight to the hull with sills, if you should hole a compartment the water will not flow over the sills. All this in a 43 foot boat and she can easily sail a 200nm day noon to noon.
Phil
@@philandlyndachristieson8808and I assume you have a supply of plywood and a bunch of screws to fill those bulkheads should the need arise. That said I would have watertight doors to then all, plus a cill
@@Cyrusmagi Hi there, one of the important aspects of the bulkheads is the fact its stops the hull planking collapsing as it makes Windora so strong. As for the sills if the vessel is holed, they contain the water to only one compartment, if all three compartments are flooded there's enough bouncy behind the watertight bulkheads to keep her afloat. Also remember I didn't design or build Windora. Cheers Phil
Joli voilier et bon vent 👍
Welldone!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍
Well done! Few people could do what you did. Are you related to Joshua Slocum. I have his book. John, Cape Town
Thanks John, you live in a great place in the world we have sailed there twice and enjoyed it a lot
Phil and Lynda
This video has gone viral lots of people in the sailing world are sharing it forward
Is that a good thing
Phil
That was a good save.
Brand of this boat please ? amazing!
Windora is one off Athol Burns design. He was a naval architect from Wellington, NZ and he designed over 700 vessels in his lifetime.
Phil
Dayim,that looked like a beautiful old ketch too😭
It still is
Phil
well done! What was the line dragging behind boat towards end of video?
Fishing line
Phil
This vessel carries not one, but two CQR anchors on it's bow. I'm not surprised it went aground.
If you're surprised, it goes to show how f***ing little you know about anchor's and sailing. At that time in South Georgia all the boats dragged and three of us went on the rocks, it made no difference what make of anchor it was, you still have a lot to learn.
Phil
Wow, impressive seamanship and a great show of DIY know-how, as well! Where were you headed after Capetown, if you don’t mind my asking? It looks like perfect sailing.
Halfway between Antigua and the Azores, spent 24 hours becalmed took 16 days.
Phil
Dude, your the boss..
Lynda is until the shit hits the fan😉
Phil
If things go wrong, always head for Cape Town.
You're right and it's only THREE thousand miles
Amazing! Respect!!
I have the same respect for Windora. Phil
Bravo 👍🏻
Your CQR Anchor has a role to play in this incident, changing it to a more reliable anchor is a good investment it would have reduced the risk of Dragging. Other than that really proud of you.
I beg to differ. I built and sailed a 55' Herreshoff Marco Polo over 50,000 miles, back in the 70's and early 80's. Main anchor was a 75# CQR with 1/2" chain. Among other stories, we stood up to a Hurricane in Tahiti in 82, winds 120kts, gusting to more. Every boat in the anchorage that was over 40' went on the beach, except for us and a Swan 65. Both of us had 1/2"chain....every boat with 3/8 chain broke their gear and piled up on the beach. My opinion is the CQR is the best anchor for MORE conditions than any other, as you say, it may not be the best for any one specific ground condition. _Ex-Schooner Valkyrie, San Francisco.
@@rogeranderson8763 Was that Ile Ola
All 6 vessels dragged there anchor's that day in different anchorages though out South Georgia, it not what design, its just has to be bigger
Phil
Very interesting sailing history, anchoring is a great subject and it's a numbers game like everything the more you do it the risk of dragging goes up.
Phil
@@rogeranderson8763from what I read, yes they hold well…but you need a heavier anchor than the modern spade type. But the biggest issue is they don’t re-set as reliably.
What a ship!
Did you hear about the 40 foot sailboat and crew who went to Antarctic without authority to visit, got caught in a high wind event, and all died about 5 years ago? A Sea Shepherd boat was in the area, looked for them and never found them.
Yes we did they left from home. Luckily there were only human beings on board and nothing important
Phil
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 Do you remember the name of their boat?
@@sanfranciscobay the S.S
Ohshit
Also I would like to add, anyone can sail to Antarctica you don't need permission it's clearly international waters an every person on the planet has the right to go there. No country owns Antarctica or the writes to visit it.
Phil and Lynda
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 I thought I read somewhere online after the boat sank that you needed a permit to sail there. Maybe they wanted to put their feet on Antarctica and needed a permit to do that. It's been too long to remember. Do you remember the name of the Boat that sank? Something like Psycho?
4" bulkheads but an engine room tied together with zip ties? Need some milspec work on that engine!
Using number 8 wire doesn't work it just goes rusty
Phil
Why are you folks at South Georgia Island? What brings you there? On the way to South Africa after visiting Antarctica?
We were supposed to sail there 25 years ago to a friends wedding, but I found a 25 foot seam had opened up in the main mast so we sailed up the Amazon instead. South Georgia was unfinished business
Phil and Lynda
What is the outside of the Boat made of? Wood with Fiberglass Coating?
Windora's Refit take a look
Phil
Excellent
just looking at this in dec. 2020. WOW , what a boat.!!!!!! a fiberglass boat would have been torn to pieces.
You could decide Windora as been engineered in wood
Were you able to take video when this event occurred or were you too busy trying to survive?
We have some video shot from the the vessel's Braveheart and Kestrel
Phil
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 Should I go to their channels if I want to see video or what happened that day?
This is the only footage
how are the hotels on South Georgia?
It's odd that you should ask.
They are spending millions of pounds repairing an old acomadatiion block just in case a cruise ship should catch fire or go around.
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 i was joking
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 it could be a survival thing for vips before war.
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 why did you thin the 6 inch bulk head..i would keep it as the original designers strength structure.. ESPECIALLY if you go to south georgia island!!
@jquest43 The new fit out is vertical half inch thick matai on the existing bulkheads this would make the 5 bulkheads another inch thicker . Take another look at Windora's Refit on TH-cam. The thinnest bulkhead is 3 inches thick every bulkhead is attached to a ground or frame bolted into the hull also 3 inches thick and a foot + deep. At each bulkhead theres at lest 6 inches of solid timber at the hull , this is one f***ING strong boat.
Phil
Wow, what a great vessel! Was she built by Salthouse?
Allan Scott Port Charmers
Phil
What type of anchor that dragged did you use? Was is Rocna or Mantus maybe?
All the boats dragged during that blow its not the anchor make or type!!!
Phil
Amazing
A weather forecast of 80 knots would be too much for most anchors & the pipe damage was down to maintenance funny how sod's law kicks in. You did well to save her.
The broken cable ties had become very brittle, would break in your fingers.
I worked out that our start battery mounted right near by, a couple of years earlier was gassing due to an electrical issue. I'm sure alone with some other damage this was the cause
Phil
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 I'm happy you survived this ordeal, I can't imagine how Shakelton survived when he lost Endeavour.
That makes 2 the Endurance as well 🤔⛵
Phil
I'm not a sailor but, WOW!
And you think we are 😊. Phil and Lynda
Such a mess in a raw you were at struggle around South Georgia to make the full monthy, America 🇦🇷
Phew thank goodness that you got off - not a good part of the globe to get stuck!
You're not wrong, at least we got to drink a bottle of rum at Shackleton's grave on his birthday.
Phil and Lynda
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 wow you guys are ballsy
Did anyone on land know you were on the rocks and did anyone come out to help you?
In those conditions they had there own shit to deal with.
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 Did you put out an emergency call on the radio or satellite phone that you were in trouble?
Do you know where South Georgia Island is, the Braveheart an expedition ship was in the same anchorage dragging its anchor's just about to go up on the some reef. They spent 4 hours just getting there gear up then had to leave in order to clear the kelp off. No way could anyone assist us which we completely understood
Phil and Lynda
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 I've read a few of the Shackleton Books about his crushed boat. He sailed for 2 weeks in a 20 foot rowboat from Elephant Island to South Georgia which is in the middle of nowhere. They said that if they had missed the Island, they would have died. From Google Maps, it looks like 1,000 miles from Cape Horn South America, 1,000 miles from Antarctica and 5,000 miles from Cape Hope Africa. There are people that live there full time aren't there with fishing boats? Here is the link to google maps. www.google.com/maps/place/South+Georgia+and+the+South+Sandwich+Islands/@-52.7721642,-22.5483936,3.6z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0xb93db6e252a87925:0x7ee37cda884db0bd!8m2!3d-54.429579!4d-36.587909?hl=en
@@philandlyndachristieson8808 What would have happened to you if your boat was holed and sank? Would you have gone to shore with a Satellite Phone or radioed to South Georgia you were leaving the boat and for them to assist you?
Merchants ships must use steel cable ties (in case of fire).
Great work getting off.
Airplanes use quality fastening hardware.
Plus most cable runs are on top of the cable tray and not under it, and all yachts in the world use only plastic cable ties. And in my early days they were tired into using a cotton webbing and then painted.
Old Sea Dog
great, trust captain
Well built boat, well handled! Impressive! Just a small point, you say there are 5 watertight bulkheads, but there are openings in three of them. If they can't be sealed with doors, they're not watertight...
They're water tight to the hull and have sills if you flood a compartment it won't flood over the sills. If you flood all 3 compartments the aft and forward bulkheads are completely water tight with enough buoyancy to keep her afloat
Phil
No but you're not a naval architect and the use of sills is quite common in commercial shipping
Phil
It would have been a perfect time to make a live video and ask the viewers for their comments. Just kidding.
Garden design?
Athol Burns a naval architect from Wellington NZ, designed over 700 boats in his lifetime a 43 foot Garden boat would never sail this quick
Phil
Wow that you could sail off after this is to good to be true 😅