"Tilman" Holed
While launching solo at a crowded triple boat ramp I was feeling flustered by the entire situation. I just wanted to get away from the hustle and tension and set sail. I rushed back from parking my land rover and trailer to find my Mirror dinghy TILMAN wallowing with 6" of water on the inside of the boat. I immediately assumed some fool in a power boat had upset her and jammed her under the wharf while flooding her with wash. But therwise she looked fine, so I bailed her out and set off. I hardened the sheets and we chuffed off heading north avoiding the holiday traffic and racing yachts and dinghies (Heron Nationals), but rather than serenity I found that this watermaking thing was persisting. My mind screaming for peace, I discarded the issue as just the water draining from the (unplugged) buoyancy tanks and made a note to bung them up before sailing next time. But despite my desperation for a,few hours sailing, I now realised the bilgewater level was indeed rising significa...