On 2008-11-11 19:56:21 -0500, Wayne.B said:

On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:19:54 -0700, slide
wrote:

"Battling" 10 foot seas and 20 kt winds? Battling? Good grief. It makes
it sound like he was beset with a typhoon and 150 kt winds. If he were
to finish, he'd have accomplished nothing.

Have you ever sailed a 36 ft boat in 10 ft seas and 20 knot winds for
any length of time? It gets old pretty quickly.

I have. (actually was 31' through 50' at various times; winds and waves
exceeded those values) Piece of cake compared to a few hours of 15-20
and 3+ waves on the Chesapeake.

I've done 8 hours against 30+ and 6+ feet on the Bay with 28' and loved
it as a "done that" thing, but would much rather face what was reported
for Zac.

20 knots is a welcome occurrence to most of the world-travellers I've
followed. That such caused equipment failure points to other problems
in the equation of equipment and crew.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
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