Thanks everyone for your concern and your assistance.
Expecially for the template.
Any chance if anyoine can photograph a rudder?
she ( Excalibur) is listed on the fleet.
I have her in Bray co Wicklow which is about 15 miles south of dublin. I live in south county so am only about ten mins drive. I can check on her ever tide and usually do once a day..
It is on camers 24/7 anyway
Look at the seafront cam here:
www.braysailingclub.ie/cameras/index.html On the right in the Middle you will see a yellow hulled yacht. The mooring I'm using is behind it.
In fact someone noticed her taking on water on the net and rang around.
I hove a slight problem because the harbour in the background has a river flowing left to right. Im moored about 25 yards to the right ( outfowing current) of the river. Depending on the tide she comes to rest within ten yards of a line running to the fore and aft chains.
I could dispense with legs altogether but if she is on the river side it is slightly rocky and there is a drop of 6 to eight inches from there towards the yellow boat. Lying on the other side it is sandy and level so there is no problem.
As regards damage. We were going to cruise to wales this week so I had clothes etc but they can all be washed.
the electronic stuff was in a dry area high up and I got there in plenty of time to save it but the safety officer would not lewt anyone out in a rib. I could have swum but I still had nothing to get the stuff into to bring it back.
As it was another friend arrived four hours later when the electronics were already flooded and cobbled together a rib and got out and saved the engine
So other than the single hull hole ( and the lost rudder) the damage is a battery a charger and an autopilot and maybe the display for the sounder. - in the 1000 region total hull I reckon should be the same.
I had to dry out my log too
I was really looking forward to Carnarvon but that will have to wait now.
the cushions also are really hard to get dry and weigh a ton wet!
And it takes about a half hour to run fresh water through them.