"Capt.Bill" wrote in message
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http://www.sailfeed.com/2014/01/heli...1/#comment-730




This is clearly just another tale of ineptitude. These people are
no sailors. They made their own bed to lie in.

"We did discuss raising the mainsail, but decided against it,
as we had discovered that the top two full battens had become
detached from their batt-cars when we dropped the sail earlier.
There seemed to be no easy way to repair them, so we decided
to wait for less wind before raising the sail again.

*(translation: motor heads)

"At about 1130 hrs we took a huge direct hit all across our front
windows. The wave that hit us seemed much larger than the rest
and was running at a different angle, such that it hit us from directly
ahead instead of on the starboard quarter. Hank and I were in the
saloon right behind the windows at the time. A fair amount of water
squirted in all around the edges of the window panes and one large
piece of trim was blown right off one vertical frame."

*"Front windows" belong on a house and not on a sailboat.

"After sunrise we took stock of our situation. We first tried our
engines: the port-side engine now would not start; the starboard
engine would start, but wasn't charging the batteries; the
generator would not start. So we tried sailing, as the wind
was now only blowing about 25 knots and seemed much more
manageable. We rigged a new sheeting system for the jib, with
one centerline sheet and barber-haulers on either side, and tried
but failed to get the boat sailing off the wind to the southeast
toward Bermuda, which now seemed like our best destination.
The best we could do was effectively heave to, with the bow
cocked toward the southwest as the boat drifted slowly southeast."

*Motor heads lost at sea without a clue about how to sail.

"Thinking we might still be able to steer the boat with its engines
if we had both of them running, we next spent some time
examining the port engine to see if we could get it started.
This emitted a burning odor whenever we lit up the ignition,
and we soon figured out that the starter had shorted out."

*Reliance on motors is typical of most so-called sailors.


"Finally, after listening to us bat this around for a while,
Gunther reluctantly decided the only really viable option
was to abandon the boat. He placed a sat-phone call to
the Coast Guard in the late afternoon, and the evacuation
wheels started grinding."

*No testicles among the entire crew!

http://static-sailfeed.s3.amazonaws....01/evac.11.jpg

Just look at that thing. Such an abortion does not belong on
the high seas. Stupid, ill-conceived and suitable only for
sheltered waters and as a dockside party platform.

You get what you deserve, IMO. It's simply another case
of more dollars than sense.

--
Sir Gregory Hall
Master of "Cut the Mustard" - blue water, 27-foot monohull
that needs no stinking motor to cross oceans.