On May 14, 11:40 am, katy wrote:
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katysails wrote:

According to the family, the skipper of the boat was a careful and
experienced sailor...that storm was wicked..must have been horrible out
by Lookout

Couple of folks here ventured out into the Sound and poked out for a
quick look outside Beaufort. Very rough water!

...we were out at the Bay on the previous day and the wind was
enough to blow you over and the surf was huge and pounding...

Was that right at Pt Comfort? That would be all but open to the sea,
the Virginia Capes would funnel seas into that area.

Yes...we went down and tried to walk in front of the batteries just
north of the lighthouse...was impossible...



Joe wrote:

The boat had a roller furling main, and jib. I bet they were un-
managable.
You see roller furling rigs all the time that get blown open

Only by stupid people who don't have them rigged properly.

One might just as well make the assumption that since so many cars
have standard transmission, and so many cars get in wrecks, that
anybody who drives a standard is going to have a wreck.

Why would you try to roll it back up at that point anyway? Just drag it
down or cut it off if it wasn't salvageble...

Can you drag down a roll up under a heavy load? , the bolt track with
thousands of pounds of pressure along the whole track is like a brake
in a brake drum. A full flogging set of sails is a real drag.

Every crusing boat should have a storm jib and main. The P40 that
took off crusing next to me had a bullet proof set made in
international orange.

Joe



Let's hope they are still in a raft and get picked up soon.

Now I agree with you there.... hoping for the best.

Ditto that...





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