sink the ravenna sailboat

Guide to fixing the ravenna sailboat sinking 'softlock'

so did you forget to buy cannons for your boat? or did you speedrun the game with a sailboat (like me)? and now you have to sink a ravenna sailboat, but you have no way to do so! youre softlocked! or are you?

simple solution: kill all the crew members, that counts as sinking the boat

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Roblox: Arcane Odyssey - Complete Sailing Guide

Sailing is at the core of Roblox Arcane Odyssey since the islands are separated by a huge ocean that can't be crossed just by swimming.

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How to buy ships, how to hire a crew, ship part guide, how to fight other ships, tips for sailing in arcane odyssey.

If you take one look at the map of Roblox Arcane Odyssey, you'll be able to see the sea separating different islands from each other. In the first few minutes of the game, you'll have to use your Rowboat to get to Redwake Harbor. Rowing and Sailing are at the core of this open-sea game.

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You can have a total of three ships apart from the Rowboat, and there are plenty of enemies roaming around the sea that'll take their chance to sink you. The game is quite punishing when it comes to damage to your ship, so you can't be careless with it.

You can't use the Rowboat to go around the map in Arcane Odyssey since it doesn't have any spots for Cannons or other ship parts . Moreover, it takes stamina if you want to row faster, which can be quite frustrating to deal with if you're sailing for a long distance. Thankfully, you can easily buy your first ship with a sail.

There are Shipwright NPCs located on most of the islands in Arcane Odyssey. You'll be able to see a marker for these NPCs when you zoom in on an island . Islands like Ravenna can even have two Shipwright NPCs in different cities. Head over to the Shipwright NPC in Redwake to buy a Sailboat for 300 Galleons.

You can easily make 300 Galleons by helping people around Redwake and doing the fishing quest a couple of times . You can also sell these fishes for some more Galleons, but keep in mind that they rot after 24 hours.

You'll have to get to the southern islands to be able to buy the other two ships. For example, you can buy a Caravel in the Sailor's Lodge area and Ketch in Ravenna . Though these ships cost quite a lot of Galleons. Moreover, you can't interact with the Shipwright NPCs on normal islands if you have a bounty.

In that case, you'll have to find Criminal Shipwrights located on specific islands. You can only buy Ketch from Whitesummit if you have a bounty since the entire island is dedicated to criminals . These Criminal Shipwrights will also help you open Sealed Chests if you have a bounty.

You won't be able to indulge in combat of Arcane Odyssey without a crew. This is because you have to steer the ship, control the sails, and use the cannons all at the same time . You'll easily be defeated if your ship stands still during the battle while you wait for your opponent to come in cannon range.

This issue is solved by the crew members, and you can get them at three different places. The first crew is located at Redwake itself, and you can buy them for some Galleons . The second and third group is located in Sailor's Lodge and Ravenna respectively. The crew you get in Ravenna is the best.

If you have multiple ships, you'll only be able to use a certain crew on one ship. You'll have to switch them over if you plan to use a different vessel and respawn it afterward . You can also hire multiple Quartermasters in the seas of the Arcane Odyssey.

Some Quartermasters will ask you to complete a series of quests while others require a certain amount of Fame or Bounty.

Once you buy a certain type of ship, you'll be able to put different parts on it using the ship-shaped option on the bottom left of your screen . Here's everything you can place on different ships:

You'll find Blueprints for most of these ship parts, and they can be created at any Builder NPC. The Blueprints can be found by opening Bronze Sealed Chests at Shipwright NPCs .

The most fun mechanic in Arcane Odyssey is the ship battles. You'll encounter a ton of NPC and player ships while sailing the Bronze Sea , and some of them will be hostile depending on your fame or bounty:

• If you have a Neutral rating or have some Fame, the Pirate and Assassin ships will attack you if you get too close.
• On the other hand, all ships except the Assassin vessels will attack you if you have a Bounty in your name. Moreover, the Grand Navy will send out ships to capture you if you have high Notoriety.

You can still attack the Grand Navy, Ravenna, and Merchant ships while sailing the seas if you have Fame, but they might not spawn any loot since you won't be able to attack the people on the ship unless you have a Bounty.

As mentioned above, you need to have a crew if you want to engage in sea battles. Once you've located a target you want to attack, go near them while ensuring that you stay out of their broadside . Get close enough and start shooting them with your cannons. To do this, click on the Arm Cannons button above your health bar.

This option will only appear if you have a crew on the ship, and you'll be able to select the cannon types when they're armed . After selecting the correct cannons, aim at either side of your ship and you'll see some white lines showing you where the cannons will go. Aim at the target ship and light them up.

There's a short delay between you pressing the shoot button and the cannons firing. Moreover, there is a cooldown for a few seconds between each round of cannon fire . This cooldown can be identified by the color of the aimed lines since they get grayed out when they're in cooldown.

Aim the cannon at the top part of the ship's Hull since you'll not hit them if you aim too low. You'll see a health bar at the top once you've damaged the enemy vessel at least once . When they reach zero health, the ship will be sunk but it will stay on the surface. The hardest part of the ship battle starts after this.

If you want to loot the treasure, you'll first have to defeat the crew members of the enemy ship . Your crew won't help you in this endeavor, and things can get tough if the enemies have a captain on board. This is why it's important to target smaller ships unless you're in the late game.

Sailing can be quite overwhelming at the start, but a few tips can make things a lot easier:

• You'll find Lost Cargo and Castaways while sailing the seas. The former can repair your ship and give you useful items while you can take the latter to a shore to get some rewards.
• You can change ship name and color if you get Paintbrush or Name cards while exploring the land of Arcane Odyssey.
• If your ship takes any damage while you're sailing, you can either repair it with a Hammer or pay a Shipwright to do it . It's much cheaper if you do it at the NPC, but keep a Hammer in your inventory for dire times. The ship will stay damaged even if you respawn it or change servers.

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Overview [ ]

Ravenna is an island in the Bronze Sea and the sixth storyline location in the Bronze Sea (counting Cirrus Island, the Stepstones, and the surrounding sky islands as one), and the second-largest island in the Bronze Sea. The island has 3 towns, a mountain, a wilderness area, a castle, and a vast system of mines. Currently, the level range of the island is around 93 to 101. Ravenna is the first kingdom introduced and has major influence in the Bronze Sea .

Location [ ]

Ravenna is located in the southern Bronze Sea and is the most populated island in the sea, housing over 10,000 residents and over 200 Bronze Legion soldiers. It's capital is Rubica , a bright, lively town where the government is based in. Ravenna is a monarchy with its king, Calvus Octavius IV , being a tyrant. Its primary export is bronze in the form of weapons .

Ravenna plays a major role in the fourth chapter of the Arcane Odyssey storyline , and is the second to last chapter in the Bronze Sea, with the player's Awakening being the last.

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Settlements [ ]

Ravenna hosts three settlements on the island. Before the completion of the Ravenna storyline , these towns do not host any services and are used as locations for plot progression. At the end of the storyline as far as it has been completed, the player/protagonist is banished from Ravenna, and it becomes guarded by level 100 Ravenna centurions, capable of dealing considerable damage to any unprepared foe.

Rasna is the town on Ravenna's northern shore. It is the first town most players will encounter, due to its location on the island and position on the shore. It is home to Ravenna's commonfolk, and several Shop NPCs

Rubica is Ravenna's capital. It is on Ravenna's western shore, and is home to the nobility. Rubica boasts many of its own Shop NPCs , and the front entrance to Ravenna Castello lies within the city.

Tiberia [ ]

Tiberia is Ravenna's poorest settlement. Located on Ravenna's southern shore, Tiberian residents live in poverty, without a single Shop NPC, unlike the other 2 settlements. Tiberia in recent times has proven to be quite rebellious as seen in the Storyline .

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Wilderness [ ], the shining plains [ ].

The Shining Plains is a large savanna located at the eastern part of Ravenna. This is where the player fights Lady Carina .

Mount Caesar [ ]

Mount Caesar is the shortest of the Bronze Sea's three mountains, located at the center of Ravenna.

The Eternal Mines [ ]

The Eternal Mines are a system of mines within Ravenna, in which the player is imprisoned in between story parts 82 and 92.

Ravenna Castello [ ]

Ravenna Castello is the final storyline location in Ravenna, where King Calvus IV , the final boss of the Bronze Sea, is fought.

• Lord Elius , Prince Revon's cousin who attempted to join the Order of Aesir.
• Lady Carina , Lord Elius's sister and first boss fought in Ravenna, more specifically the Shining Plains.
• Lord Ulricus , Lord Elius's father.
• King Calvus IV , a High Lord of the Order of Aesir and second boss fought at Ravenna, more specifically at Ravenna Castello.
• Prince Revon , King Calvus IV's brother, the final boss fought in Ravenna, more specifically by the shores of the island.

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In order to achieve 100% exploration on Ravenna, players must have:

• 21 Quests Completed
• 30 Chests Opened
• 12 Items Gathered
• 8 Citizens Talked To
• 3 Treasure Charts Solved
• This can be found as a cave high in the mountain, located on its northern side above Rasna.
• 1 Ship Crew Hired

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• Ravenna hosts Jern Redside , a Samerian mentor of the Thermo Fist fighting style.
• These bosses are Lady Carina , King Calvus IV , and Prince Revon
• The 'secret' of Ravenna is a shrine with strange characters called runes in a cave towards the top of the mountain, on its northern side.
• Ravenna is also a city/province in northern Italy, and was one of the capitals of the Roman Empire. It is believed that the Ravenna Realm itself is based off the Roman Empire.
• There are approximately 164 trees in Ravenna.
• The music used for the Shining Plains is a slowed down version of the Bronze Grasslands ' theme from World of Magic .
• After the player has completed all main quests (until level 125) and has reached level 125, they will spawn at Ravenna (needs further confirmation) unless they have joined the Assassin Syndicate (they will spawn at Whitesummit ) or the Grand Navy (they will spawn at Silverhold ).
• Even if the player has joined the Assassin Syndicate or the Grand Navy , if they are defeated in Ravenna, they might still spawn there (refer above). This is most probably a glitch or maybe an intended game feature.
• After the Ravenna storyline, the player wears a disguise cloak to conceal their identity. The cloak ”drops” for a short period of time when equipping new items in the Inventory, causing the hostile NPCs in Ravenna to attack upon sight of the player. Also likely a bug or glitch. (Even if you are not wearing the cloak, if you equip new items, your equips (armor, weapons, etc.) on character will “drop”.)
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Turkish ship "Gokbel" collided and sink off Ravenna: 2 dead

The incident occurred a mile of the harbor while the area was shrouded in a dense fog between a merchant and a turkish flying the flag of belize. 5 of the 11 crew members were taken ashore...

15.15 - The victims are two  

Rises to two the number of victims of the clash between merchant happened today in Ravenna. The news on his Twitter account, the mayor of the city of Ravenna, Fabrizio Matteucci. "Tragedy of the sea - he writes - two victims, five patients out of danger, four missing. Rescue operations are continuing. "

14:51 - Relief "at full speed"  

In Ravenna proceed 'at full capacity relief operations after the accident occurred around 8:40 three miles from the mouth of the harbor. " This is what he wrote on his Facebook page, the mayor of the city of Ravenna Fabrizio Matteucci, present in the operations room of the Port of Ravenna. "Rescue operations - writes in his post - departed immediately, coordinated by the Harbour. Speakers: two patrol boats of the Captaincy, four tugs, two motorboats of the mooring, two motorboats of the pilots of the port, a motorboat of the Fire Department, a patrol boat of the Financial Police and State Police. Speakers means the Air Force. " According Matteucci, "is taken just great collaboration of all the Police, the Municipal Police and the operators of the health system. The efficiency and speed of relief is a severe trial by sea conditions that continue to be prohibitive, and very dangerous. Ever since this morning are in constant contact with the Chairman of the Board, Matteo Renzi. "

14.12 - One dead and five missing  

It was recovered a dead body, while the other five crew members of the Turkish ship - sunk in a collision with another freighter off Ravenna - were taken ashore and transferred to hospital for checks. There are still 5 seamen to recover. One of the ships had no load, the other carrying fertilizers.

13:30 - There is a victim  

There is a certified victim in the wreck. Rescuers have recovered the dead body of one of the seamen signed on merchant sunk. He reports the Resto del Carlino. The ship sank after the collision is the Gokbel, the other is the Lady Aziza who did not suffer serious damage. During recovery operations, difficult due to harsh marine conditions, the hull of the mooring has been damaged and two rescuers ended up in the sea, without sustaining injury. The first ship that sank, beats Turkish flag, as "home port" Istanbul and was in transit on Ravenna from the port of Brindisi. It was built in 2008, is 87 meters long and 13 wide and has a gross tonnage of 2,126 tons. The second is flying the flag of Belize and was built in 1991. It is 97 meters long and 16 wide for a gross tonnage of 3,828 tons. The last port touched had been to Tripoli.

12:40 - Still missing  

The collision between the two merchant took place off the coast of Marina di Ravenna, about two miles from the entrance of the harbor along the Rimini. On site are operating means of the Coast Guard and the tugs of the port of Ravenna. On the pier, for relief, were transferred to teams of the Fire Department from other provinces of the region and several ambulances. At the time of the clash - occurred, probably as a merchant entered and the other came out of the harbor - in the Ravenna was taking a heavy snowfall, which could have reduced visibility; rough - because of bad weather that weighs on the entire region - the sea off the coast of Romagna.

12:02 - New budget: are three missing  

On the dock of the Port of Ravenna are coming the first people recovered by rescuers following the clash took place off the coast of Romagna between two merchant. According to reports from the operations room of the Coast Guard, the 11 seamen who were traveling in three boats still missing while four were recovered, three are in the sea under the control of the Coast Guard who is catching them and one is entangled in a wreck but in view of the rescuers.

11:44 - Three people saved  

As reported by the Resto del Carlino, three of the eleven maritime would be saved, the other eight remain for the time being dispersed.

11:22 - On the two merchant 11 people  

On the two merchant ships, in the morning, have clashed off the coast of Ravenna traveling - in what has been learned so far - 11 people. The port of Ravenna, for relief, were transferred to teams of the Fire Department from other provinces of the region. In the clash, one of the two merchant ships sank.

11:11 - The collision with a ship of Belize  

The collision, two miles off the coast of Ravenna would involve a freighter flying the flag of Belize and one turkish.

11:02 - Wounded and missing  

There would be several injuries and some missing for the 'accident between two motor ships leaving the harbor along the Rimini. Several means of the Harbour of Ravenna and 118 are engaged in relief activities. On the pier have focused some ambulances awaiting the arrival of the castaways.

10:56 - A person rescued  

One person was recovered by rescuers already on site.

10.49 - The confirmation of the Government  

"Every hour from 11 official updates on the situation of #NormanAtlantic incident and further offshore from Ravenna (Turkish ship)." The tweets Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

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How to Use Stat Reset Potion in Roblox Arcane Odyssey

Roblox Arcane Odyssey is a new RPG game that will have you travel through War Seas and fight numerous enemies in an attempt to survive and save the world. But, like in every RPG game, you might come to a point where you realize that your leveling-up choices haven’t been the best and that you need to reset some of your skills.

Here’s our guide on how to reset stats in Roblox Arcane Odyssey and how to use Stat Reset Potion.

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Using the Stat Reset Potion in Roblox Arcane Odyssey

Stat Reset Potion unfortunately still isn’t a thing in Roblox Arcane Oddysey. The item is expected to arrive in some future updates and give you some sort of ability to reset your stats. We’re saying “some sort” because we’re still not sure how it’s going to work and because there is a stat resetting system already in place in the game so it would need to be something new and different.

How Can You Reset Stats Right Now in Roblox Arcane Odyssey?

Currently, you are able to change your stats via the character info screen. Head out to the character screen, look at the top right corner, and right below the XP bar, you will see the “Reset stats” button. You will soon notice that you have all your points back and that you can now allocate them the way you want to.

This can be done only once, from level 10 to level 80. After you have passed level 80 or if you have already used this option you won’t be able to change your stats.

Why are Stats Important in Arcane Odyssey?

There are 4 stats in Arcane Odyssey right now: Vitality, Weapons, Strength, and Magic. Vitality is here to give you more HP and the ability to use spirit weapons, and leveling up the Weapons stat is allowing you to use a wide array of weapons and use stronger weapon abilities.

Strength is here to boost your toughness and agility and allows you to use stronger melee attacks while giving you the ability to master more fighting styles. Lastly, Magic will buff up your spellcasting abilities, increase your knowledge of magic and boost up the damage of spells.

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How to stay afloat: Top tips for rescuing a sinking yacht

• Will Bruton
• January 7, 2020

Will Burton explains how preparing your yacht for the worst-case scenario can help you stay afloat for longer

The Catalina 41 Coolabah sank within hours of striking an object in the Pacific. Photo: John Jennings

Twenty miles south of Salcombe, in deteriorating weather, Timothy Meo realised that the new 36-footer he was helping to deliver to the Solent was sinking. “The engine compartment was flooded with a lot of water. Initially neither of us could tell where it was coming from.

“We found the rate of ingress reduced when we were making way, so we changed course towards Salcombe, made a Pan Pan call to Falmouth Coastguard and switched on the yacht’s two electric bilge pumps – neither of which appeared to be working.

“We took turns on the manual pump, which did work, but it was exhausting. The Coastguard were keen to send out a lifeboat, but after some time pumping, we eventually felt we were keeping up with the water coming in; so we declined their offer and pressed on.”

The deeper the hull breach, the more water is forced in. A 5cm (2in) diameter hole 30cm below the water will let in 11,000 litres in one hour. Move that hole down to 1m, and 20,000 litres of water will flow in

The yacht reached Salcombe safely and the source of water ingress was found to be an incorrectly installed wet exhaust system. Meo is philosophical about his near sinking experience. “We had a thorough handover from the yacht builder, a reputable company, and left with no reservations about making the passage.

“The assumption that a brand new boat is safe, though, is a dangerous one. We later found that the electric bilge pumps didn’t work because they were clogged up with shavings and dirt from the build process. A high pumping capacity, that’s been thoroughly tested, is absolutely essential. The boat being a unique design certainly contributed to the ‘unknowns’ about it. All of us learned from the experience, including the manufacturer. It could have been much worse.”

While it is rare, but not impossible, for a yacht’s hull to fail, mechanical failure is a more likely cause of sinking on a modern yacht. David Greening, a small craft surveyor, explains: “In a modern GRP yacht, the first three things I would always look at are mechanical.

“One: the condition of the propeller shaft seal. Two: the rudder stock, and three: the keel. Looking at both the fastenings and supporting structures. Failures in these three areas are the most likely points of failure, which can be caused by poor design or maintenance.”

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Mayday, we’re sinking – crew rescued from the ARC yacht Magritte as she goes down

Early evening on 3 December Steve Arnold was awoken by his friend and crewmate Andy Mills, who had noticed water…

Three crew and two children rescued in the Atlantic from sinking ARC yacht

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As yachts have become more comfortably equipped, the number of seacocks has increased. With each comes an inherent point of weakness. “They should be inspected annually for signs of corrosion, rust and dezincification. The hoses should be double jubilee-clipped and have tapered soft-wood plugs in case they fail,” adds Greening.

So what should you do if you find your yacht is taking on water? First, you should try to determine where it is coming from. Second, reduce the rate of ingress. And third, get the water that has come in back out: in the most efficient way possible.

These fundamentals of damage control are something taught to every sailor at the Royal Navy’s Phoenix Damage Control Instructional Unit in Portsmouth. A multimillion-pound sinking ship simulator where all Royal Navy personal are trained, very realistically, in the fundamentals of how to stay afloat. Whilst there are some differences between a steel warship and a sailing yacht, they are battle-tested principles that can be used on any boat.

A manual bilge pump with good leverage is a useful addition, but what is your yacht’s overall pumping capacity?

Lieutenant Rob Manson, who runs the training facility, explains that they teach sailors to think and act fast. “With every minute that passes, the situation becomes more complicated. The more water that’s in the hull, the more unstable the vessel can be and the more likely it is to capsize. What we teach is a relatively simple skill set that can be put into practice almost anywhere on board. The training is conducted in seawater, so it focusses the mind!”

What equipment to have on board a yacht to stop it sinking is something that’s best decided after considering what a sinking might actually entail. Sailing rally safety checklists usually include soft wooden plugs for all seacocks, as well as manual and electric bilge pumps – all sensible things to have on board.

However, in recent years the number of yachts that have run into submerged objects, including whales and shipping containers , has increased significantly, posing the question: is being ‘holed’ likely to mean a round hole or more of an irregular gash.

Once floorboards and stores are floating – as here on the yacht Magritte shortly before she sank in 2016 – finding and tackling a leak becomes near impossible

One particularly impressive product is Stay Afloat – a flexible waterproof putty that can be jammed into the most inaccessible points and has proven itself to be highly effective.

It can be jammed into a failed stern gland, or seacock, seal along the line of a gash in the hull, or in conjunction with other materials found at hand.

The stern gland remains an Achilles Heel of modern yachts, explains Vyv Cox, a professional yacht engineer. “One of the largest holes in the boat, through which water might penetrate, is the stern tube through which the propeller shaft passes.

This has traditionally been sealed by a packed gland consisting of three or four turns of a woven flexible material such as graphite-impregnated cotton or PTFE. This design is reliable and rarely causes major leaks on failure, but it does have some disadvantages, resulting in the emergence of several patent seal designs.

In the vast majority of cases these are highly reliable and overcome the drips and need for greasing of the traditional type, but their failure can result in considerably greater influx of water.

“Originally, traditional gland types were solidly attached to the tube but the advent of flexible engine mountings dictated that the gland also needed to accommodate shaft movement by being mounted on a length of rubber hose. Fracture or loosening of this hose is potentially the greatest source of leakage.

“Packed glands can be over-tightened quite easily, leading to [the hose’s] disintegration. In some cases there are ‘dogs’ on both the stern tube and gland housing to prevent this. Most patent seal designs, exert far lower frictional drag, making this failure type less likely.”

If circumstances allow, stopping water coming in from the outside of the hull is likely to be more efficient as the water pressure is working with you, not against you. For this, a sail or piece of PVC matting stretched over the hole can prove effective, but only if it can be firmly held in place.

Under-bunk boards were cut, glued and drilled into place underwater on the catamaran Ensemble after she was holed

Even better is a combination of wood, Stay Afloat, and screws, which can be put together to fashion a serious patch. The essential tool to carry to make this work is an old fashioned hand drill, usable underwater, albeit slowly.

This solution carried the catamaran Ensemble over 800 miles when it was holed on a remote Pacific atoll while at anchor. Nearby cruisers came to Ensemble ’s assistance, including retired engineer Ed Butt, who helped fix a piece of wood to the outside of the hull by diving underwater and driving fixings through the hull.

Interior access to the hull is another consideration, particularly when buying a new yacht. Some modern moulded interiors actually make it quite difficult to get to parts of the hull that might be holed, so the means to break through the interior quickly is an additional consideration. A weighty axe is carried by many offshore cruisers for this purpose.

An engine driven bilge pump, common on fishing boats, can shift a large quantity of water and isn’t dependent on battery power

Modern yachts are usually equipped with both electric and manual bilge pumps, but surveyors often remark that electric pumps are poorly installed, meaning they are inefficient, while manual pumps would be of little use in an emergency. The sums make difficult reading for anyone with only a standard sized pump on board.

A hole 2.5cm in diameter, 30cm under the waterline, will let in 2,700 litres of water per hour. A 5cm hole in the same position will let in 11,000 litres. Most underwater collision damage occurs even deeper, meaning an even faster ingress of water.

Being able to pump out a large volume of water won’t save your yacht on its own, but it might just buy you enough time to affect a temporary repair, or abandon the yacht in a controlled way. So how do you go about increasing your yacht’s pump-out capacity significantly?

Something that’s common on even small commercial fishing boats is a main engine-driven bilge pump. Not reliant on electrical power to run (your yacht’s batteries could quickly find themselves underwater) and with a very high pumping capacity when compared to an electric pump, they operate directly from the engine.

Another option is fitting an oversized electric pump that’s rated for continuous use, or better, having one you can deploy quickly in any part of the boat on a long lead. Another tool Ed Butt used, two 4,000 gallon per hour (gph) pumps strapped together, made an enormous difference, buying enough time to make repairs with help from others in the same anchorage.

Twin 4,000 gallon per hour pumps kept water ingress at bay for long enough to effect a sturdy repair on Ed Butt’s catamaran Ensemble

The obvious and unexplained

Despite our best efforts, incidents in the past, such as the unexplained sinking of ARC yacht Magritte in December 2015 , demonstrate that well prepared and equipped yachts can and do sink without explanation.

In parallel, the risk of hitting a semi-submerged object, such as debris, sealife or a shipping container, would appear to have increased. So while preparing your yacht to avoid sinking, consider making preparations at the same time to abandon in a matter of seconds rather than minutes.

Pan Pan or Mayday?

In the event of finding out that you are taking on water, letting the Coastguard and other yachts know about your situation is wise. A Mayday should only be used if life is in ‘imminent danger.’ If you are sinking rapidly and anticipate abandoning the vessel very soon, send a Mayday.

A Pan Pan says ‘it’s serious, we need help, but there isn’t a grave or imminent danger to the boat or those on board’. Should things deteriorate rapidly, they will already have information about your position and situation.

Finding the source of a leak

• If you are sinking, locating where the water is coming from can be challenging, particularly if the source is below the waterline.
• First check that it is definitely seawater. A failed hot water tank valve on a larger yacht will result in a lot of water in the bilge! While it’s not generally advisable to taste bilge water, in an emergency, this is a quick way of determining whether it’s salty or fresh.
• Work logically through all of your boat’s through-hull fittings from bow to stern. A laminated diagram should be kept with the yacht’s documents. Be sure to include the stern gland.
• Pump as much water out as possible, this may well reveal where the water is coming from.

About the author

William Bruton, 27, grew up in Lancashire and learned to sail in 2012. He now works as a freelance skipper all over the world, specialising in Oyster yachts.

First published in the August 2017 edition of Yachting World.

Fixing Our Stinky Sink

As any sailor knows, a clogged sink drain on a sailboat can put a damper on your maritime adventures. Whether it’s caused by food scraps, soap residue, or hair, a blocked sink can lead to inconvenience, a stinky sink and potential plumbing issues.

Assessing the Situation

Our galley sin k has gradually been draining slower and slower. And every once in a while a stinky smell emanates from the sink. We’ve had this problem before and the culprit last time was gunk that had collected at the check valve. We have a check valve on the sink to prevent water from getting pushed up the drain when on a starboard tack. But we plan to remove it when we haul the boat out and change the thru-hull.

Prior to pulling the whole thing apart we did try soaking the drain in vinegar and using boiling water. Nothing seemed to work. If you can stick around to the end of the video you’ll hear Rich’s gag reflex in action. I wasn’t on the boat when he cleaned the check valve and was shocked when I reviewed the video.

Preventative Measures

We’ve always been careful of what we put in the sink. To avoid future clogs, we’ll be even more mindful of what goes down our sink. We use a sink strainer to catch food scraps and hair, and always avoid pouring grease or oil down the drain.

A clogged sink drain on your sailboat doesn’t have to throw your plans off course. By following these simple steps and using basic tools, you can effectively clear most sink clogs and restore proper water flow in your galley. Regular maintenance and mindful usage can help keep your sailboat’s plumbing in tip-top shape, ensuring that you can focus on enjoying your maritime adventures without the worry of clogged drains. Happy sailing!

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