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MAYDAY SINKING FAST
Early evening on 3rd 12_Steve Arnold was awoken by his friend and crewmate Andy Mills, who had noticed water in the bilges.The boat, Magritte, a 44ft Moody Grenadier 134 ketch, was sailing along well in 15-20 knots of wind, under poled-out genoa and mizzen.The swell was 4-6m and Magritte was rolling along, and there had been nothing to suggest a
problem.But it was soon clear that the level was not going down.Before long, he says: a€ I could see that the water was already a quarter of the way over the engine and about to start lapping over to the battery compartment.a€
Early evening on 3rd 12_Steve Arnold was awoken by his friend and crewmate Andy Mills, who had noticed water in the bilges.The boat, Magritte, a 44ft Moody Grenadier 134 ketch, was sailing along well in 15-20 knots of wind, under poled-out genoa and mizzen.The swell was 4-6m and Magritte was rolling along, and there had been nothing to suggest a
problem.But it was soon clear that the level was not going down.Before long, he says: a€ I could see that the water was already a quarter of the way over the engine and about to start lapping over to the battery compartment.a€
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