No reason to insist on all details  of this first full responsable accident caused by ALCYONE...It's my fault as a captain;  let'say nobody even one of the best Finn sailor can replace years of Helena's  team work experience on such cat..and

confirm again that a good boat is only a boat you know well ...and this include the crew; the captain should brief perfectly.

"Let's go deeper in the bay to get more protection"came from the helm...why not ? but the cat under pilot, still with full 80m2 mainsail  n without engine was reaching  straight toward one of both anchored boat; no problem if the pilot is switch to "stand by" mode on time to execute a quick port turn before dropping anchor... but no security margin in case the pilot stay too long in "auto-mode"...and  in fact the pilot stay in "auto mode" until the accident...

A terrible 80 degres angle  choc at more than 7 knots under mainsail on the innocent kiwi monohull quietly anchored in the bay in the north of Musket Cove...What a shame !

result:

- Mostly a trauma for the monohull SIVER FOX crew, as the boat was in metal and suffered mostly esthetic -but costly- damages...

- A destroyed starboard crash box for ALCYONE , upperpart mostly as fortunatly no wrinckle deeper than 20cm above the waterline for the underpart, n no delamination behind the crashbox...thanks to Gerard DANSON, architect of this cat, so rustic n so strong with the long aluminium flange keeping very strongly the 2 moulded part of each hull together and limiting the aeea of the damage.

- And of course a deep national shame...for such a stupid accident...

The participation to the famous musket cove regatta turned in a grinding and a polyester party... We got such a good memory of this event we could  finish in family on board of PAPOOSE in 2002 with a first sail ranking place in the Fiji Vanuatu races...

The cat is repaired for very cheap with local resin n material by both of us, roughly but strongly enough to sail anyplace including to Whangarei NZ 2 month later where a local polyester artist Neville from NORSAND took the time to make a perfect refit...

The victim: we can see clearly the choc place...not nice, but nothing avoiding navigation after haul out expertise

The agressor: bad wound but very localised on both part (up n down) of starboard crashbox

From inside the top of this starboard float

First step: quick cover of the wound to avoid any humidity entry

Better with magic tape given by Don SALTHOUSE visiting us like Jesus on his paddle board

2nd step: find a quiet spot in the remote back of Musket Cove area

3 step: Grinding n laminating...

Buying more cheap polyester n gel coat in Veloville

4th, 5th 6th...10 steps: laminating n grinding...

...The smart aluminium bar starting just behind the crash box

Final result before total refit in Whangarei 3 month later: rustic n not glamour...but very strong, like the cat !