Longest Dead Calm (or Becalmed) Sailing Experience?
Bryan wrote:
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"Gary" wrote in message
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We knew it was an anomalie. The high had moved very close to the coast
in an unusual pattern. There was wind all around us. What made us
miserable was that our wives were in Hawaii and waiting for us. We were
so late getting there that they had all flown home. The trip that
normal takes 12 - 15 days took us 21! We ran out of food at 18 and we
were reduced to slim fixin's.
Were you starting to worry or did knowing that you could call for help
keep the idea of starving to death in check?
No worry, we had stuff to eat but no real food. We had a big bag of
flour and lots of jam and peanut butter. We just had no meat, rice,
bread or any of the normal stuff.
Seems like fresh fish would also be an option.
--AG
As I recall, the stories I've read that included descriptions of dead calms,
seem to have a common theme of an absence of hungry fish in the area as well
the absence of wind.
It's hard to troll when you are stopped.
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