Impact in the middle of the Pacific!

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Mark Hardesty

On the 8th of July, Mark and Isabelle aboard their 2008 1160 “Jollydogs”, experienced a sailor’s worst fear while sailing from Hawaii to Seattle. At around 17:30 there was an enormous bang and Mark found himself thrown to the cockpit sole, having recovered his senses he inspected the boat, only to find that they had hit a large, hard, unidentified object that had completely destroyed the starboard bow. We often wonder what would happen in the event of such an impact and what we would need to have onboard in order to combat such a catastrophic incident. Thanks to the well prepared crew, and built in redundancy of the 1160 design, Jolly Dogs continues to limp on to the safety of the closest safe harbour. We wish for safe and gentle conditions for Mark and Isabelle and await their safe arrival at port.

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