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Greetings,
Something that bothered me looking at the pictures is that I could not
see where the installer did any reinforcement of the area on the hull where
the stabilizer is (was) attached. Question from me would be is did the
installer do the job "slapshot"? Another question that was risen is do these
stabilizer fins have a "break away" point (shaft) so that they are designed
to break off rather than rip a hole in the hull?
It was awfull to see that boat! Gave me the shivers!
Respectfully,
Ken Williams
KK42
Continuum
----- Original Message -----
From: "Francis X Lawlor" <>
To: "T&T" <>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:12 AM
Subject: T&T: A stabilizer accident.
> In the most recent issue of Passagemaker there is an article which is a
> good cautionary tale for every trawler owner having or contemplating
> the installation of active fin stabilizers. The article is well
> illustrated and details the woes of the 42' Kadey-Krogen vessel Kinship
> which ran aground on a sand bar off the Mexican island of Contoy.
> Although the weather was not a factor and the sea was flat, the tidal
> range seems to be about 5' showing the boat in depths ranging from a
> couple of feet to perhaps 6'. The big complication in a event that
> could at most have forced a few hours delay was that the hull was
> flooded when the portside stabilizer punched a huge hole in the hull
> when the boat rolled to port in a falling tide. Salvage required
> rolling the boat onto its starboard side which would have punched
> another hole in that side of the hull. The salvors solved this by
> blasting away the sand around the other stabilizer with water hoses.
> The story has a happy but probably very expensive ending.
>
> Frank Lawlor (HOBO)
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