Just saved my old little yacht from sinking!

Got a call on Friday and a text pic of my old girl going down!

Got my emergancy response team onto the job to pump her out!

Booked a flight and got to the location Within 2 hours.

when I got there she had a gut full of water again. (battery was under water and waterline level at the top of bunks.

Found the leak at the 1/2 inch bronze elbow broken off where the raw water s/s sea cock WAS attached.

Shipwrights where paid to fit new skinfittings and seacocks 8 years ago. We where discraced they fitted 2 different disfamiluer metals!

plugged the hole with a timber plug! (now I understand why you should have them aboard!)

Cleaned bilge and removed all water logged belongings.

re-wired new tinned wire , new bilge pump, new float switch, new battery charger , new battery conectors.

Ran engine and spayed with Lanolin.

flew home!

last time she sank was 50 years ago !