ok so sitting in Timmy's having coffee and relaxing to write this.
So we anchored at 11:30....and went to sleep. Bill mentioned that he heard the pump going on a lot but did not investigate.....we were really tired.
Just to help this ...the night before I had a dream that the water was in the boat and covered us in bed
2:30 a.m. I woke up. Pitch dark. I was cold and wanted my sweater. I heard water sloshing and it didn't sound normal. Grabbed my flashlight beside the bed and looked. our shoes were floating around in about 8" of water in our cabin.
Woke Bill really fast. After he said a few interesting words he got to the hand pump and started pumping....but the water was coming up faster than he could pump. I called 911. Got them and told them we were taking on water. They put me through to Coast Guard.
I tried to explain where we were. So they said they were coming to get us. Told me to get our life jackets on and have our small boat ready.
Woke up Matthew He kind of freaked out. Got him to climb over beds and put on his life jacket. and wait outside. I took over pumping and Bill went to look for the leak. By this time there is over a foot of water in the cabin. Bill found the leak and put in an emergency plug that we had on board. So now was a matter of pumping. He took over that and I went out and watched for the rescue boat.
I loosened the small rowboat on top just in case we had to get in it. Then watched for lights. After about 1/2 an hour the boat caught sight of us. And came over.
By this time Bill had most of the water pumped out. They called in and cancelled the helicopters.
For the record....if Bill had not found the leak, the boat would have sunk and we would have been sitting in our wee boat waiting for them
The other rescue boat came and once all the water was out they waited while we pulled anchor and started the motor...then the led us into the Charlottetown Harbour and got us tied up at the town wharf.
Phewwwww!!!!
As the Coastguards left they wished us a Happy Canada Day!!!!!
