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    • RORo Project default statement on Spirit of Scott Bader capsize

    22/07/11

    Spirit of Scott Bader sailings cancelled till further notice

    In a very exciting Round the Island race on Saturday while leading its class, first of 12 cruising yachts and travelling at 10 to 12 knots, Scott Bader appears to have hit a submerged object and capsized.

    None of the crew were injured, but there were a few bruises.

    It happened about 500 meters off of Seaview Yacht Club whose RIB was on the scene in a few moments and took the crew to the club house for dry clothes and a cup of tea.

    Scott Bader had been sailing for over 6 hours and was almost in sight of the finish line at Cowes.

    After dealing with conditions that made many compeditors retire or seek shelter because of the rough conditions at the Needles and south of the Island, the incident took place in the relative calm of the Solent less than an hour before the end of the race.

    Nick from 'Boatability' immediatly went out and secured Scott Bader whose mast was hitting the bottom stopping her from going right over. Nick called Ruben from RSDivers on the Isle of Wight who dived down and removed the mast and sails allowing Scott Bader to float properly upside down and to be towed to a marker buoy to await recovery to Portsmouth.

    Ruben and Baker Trayte BT Marine towed the yacht into Clarence Yard where they righted her without any real problems and pumped the water out....

    their crane driver is an artist.... .

    She was then taken to Wicor Marine where we will thoroughly check her over and tidy her ready for sailing again as soon as possible

    Although this was a potentially disasterous incident it is very comforting to know that the safety features and procedures worked to the point where there were no injuries to the crew or dangers to the rescuers.

    Thank you everyone who helped and for the messages of support - I will email again when Scott Bader is back in use.

    Mike Wood MBE

    Chairman RoRo Sailing Project

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