by jeadstx » Tue Nov 08, 2016 2:32 am
Besides my Day Sailers (a DS I & DS II) I have an O'Day Mariner. The Mariner has a 165 lb. iron centerboard with an additional 100 lbs. of lead ballast on each side of the centerboard trunk (200 lbs. lead ballast total). The Mariner is 19'-2" LOA and weighs 1305 lbs. empty.
We had a near knock down on the Texas 200 in June coming through the Port Mansfield jetties from the Gulf of Mexico in 3' to 6' chop with 20 knot plus winds. The boat went over on its' side pushing the rail under water. The boat righted after I was washed out of the boat and my crew made it to the high side. When I surfaced, the boat was upright. My crew saved the boat from hitting the north jetty rocks while I swam to the south jetty rocks about 100 yards away (re-boarding was not safe in the conditions and shore was close). My crew later told me (after we re-united at camp about a mile away) that the cockpit had filled with water, but the drains emptied the water quickly. The side the boat went over on was the side of the boat with two heavy coolers. The boat was loaded with gear, supplies and water (1 gallon per person per day, crew of 2, 6 day trip) plus an extra 4 gallons of water for washing and 2 extra gallons of drinking water. With crew and supplies the boat was about 900 lbs. heavier than the empty weight.
John
1976 Day Sailer II, #8075 - Completed the 2011, 2012, and 2013 Texas 200
1952 Beetle Boat Swan Catboat
Early Rhodes 19
1973 Mariner 2+2, #2607 - Completed 2014, 2015 and 2016 Texas 200
1969 Day Sailer I, #3229
Fleet 135; Canyon Lake, Texas