" Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote in message
...

"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.


Centerline sheeting on the jib with barber haul for going downwind?

DUH? Was there not a man among the crew who actually knew how
to sail? One sheets OUT when going downwind under jib alone. A
whisker pole might be of advantage to spread max square footage
to the wind.

Stupid, stupid and more stupid! Would that they all drowned and
so rid the world of their stupidity that makes a mockery of sailing.

--
Sir Gregory