Some times it’s better if the boat sinks….

Our Solcat was sailed long and hard. It finally experienced major and catastrophic delaminating of its foam-sandwich hull construction.

After giving its all and sailing every mile it could possibly be sailed, a hull finally broke in two, at the front beam intersection. At that point the problem was: it WOULDN'T sink. NOT sinking meant we had to drag its broken and battered remnants back to shore. There we had to cut it up prior to burial in the local landfill, via the garbage can.

Thinking about it being cut up and waiting for the garbage collector still brings a tear to my eye and a quiver to my voice….. (Don’t worry, I’ll be OK. after my next whaaa-hooo sailing opportunity.)

Don’t you think, sinking with dignity, would have been a better suited and classier burial...???!!

Tom H.