My close call
 

What kind?

Lonny wrote:
It was a Bristol.

Nice.


....We had reduced sail considerably, but the captain decided to
continue pretty much on course in order to get through the 35 miles or
so of the stream as quickly as possible and not wallow in it. Most of
reason for having a rail in the water was because of the wave shape,
anyway, not wind.

That's the kind of call I hate to make... press on, following an uncomfortable and
stressful course, or take it easier and stay in the muck longer. Each has it's
attractions.





I know the mentality of this group - or lack thereof - and will take
some guff for posting my experiences here. Some of my experiences
include mistakes. But the reason I post these sorts of stories is not
for my ego, but rather to teach others. Or let others learn from my
experiences, even if they contain mistakes.

Realize too, that it is always easy to be a star quarterback on Monday
morning.

Heck yeah. Hindsight is always 20/20

We picked up a net on the rudder, on a delivery cruise I made with my father. This was
during a thunderstorm, which last only 45 minutes but it seemed like a lifetime. It ended
up busting the fitting connecting the top of the rudder post the tiller. After that, we
got the mainsail (reefed on a roll-up boom, boy am I glad those days are gone) down &
secured and set a small jib so we could run into shelter. Eventually we anchored just
inside a point at the mouth of a river. We couldn't maneuver to follow the channel any
further in. That was a bad day, which ended with a midnight tow (thru the residual slop &
chop) into a safe harbor.

Thunderstorms can be glorious to watch but can be miserable to get bashed around in.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

My close call
 

Joe wrote:


If it's to risky to puy someone under the boat in bad seas then it's
to risky.

Yep, that is a judgement call.



Ive been hung on a backdown line for 4 days before. I could get under
the boat and cut loose. Nothing worse than getting the crap beat out
of you by a boat, on top of having to avoid propellers cutting you in
half.

I agree if at all possiable get someone under the boat and find out
whats going on. But not at risk of life and limb. Sometimes doing
nothing is the safest thing to do IMO.

But if the rudder or the whole rest of the boat was at risk, it would definitely be worth
it to get the snag off the rudder. It would certainly take some caution to not get bashed
under the counter..

Oz1R wrote:

5metre waves and 45kts

Wave size can be secondary to how steep & how they're breaking.

in a 50' yacht and you suffered an "emotional
reaction"?
Jesus Lonny, any sailor I know would be emotional all right..a smile
from ear to ear.

Maybe he was trying to say, in his own way, that he saw God ;)

Fresh Breezes
Doug King

My close call
 

Lonny admitted:=20
Some of my experiences
include mistakes.=20

Like this isn't the human condition? Anyone who says otherwise is a =
liar.
--=20
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

My close call
 

Bob... are you listening???

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Lonny admitted:
Some of my experiences
include mistakes.

Like this isn't the human condition? Anyone who says otherwise is a liar.
--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

My close call
 

I was helping a friend move his 50' center cockpit sloop from Rhode
Island to Bermuda one fall a few years ago.

What kind?


It was a Bristol.


googling "Bristol 50" returns no results even remotely related to a 50 foot
center cockpit sailboat.

My close call
 

"Lonny" wrote in message
om...
A couple of knuckleheads in this NG have requested I tell my 'close
call' story, so here goes.


Great post!!!

Personally, I don't have a problem with the decision to postpone sending
someone down. It sounds like a 10 ton boat was slapping about in rough
water. I wouldn't want to get under such a beast.


Regards

Donal
--

My close call
 

JAXAshby wrote:

I was helping a friend move his 50' center cockpit sloop from Rhode
Island to Bermuda one fall a few years ago.

What kind?


It was a Bristol.



googling "Bristol 50" returns no results even remotely related to a 50 foot
center cockpit sailboat.

Hey Doug, why not help us out and identify the boat as you say you know
what it is.

Cheers MC

My close call
 

Donal wrote:

"Lonny" wrote in message
om...

A couple of knuckleheads in this NG have requested I tell my 'close
call' story, so here goes.



Great post!!!

Personally, I don't have a problem with the decision to postpone sending
someone down. It sounds like a 10 ton boat was slapping about in rough
water. I wouldn't want to get under such a beast.



Correct. I have dived under boats in short seas (near reefs) and it is
very very dangerous. Sometimes just going hove to and using a boat hook
can work wonders.

Cheers

My close call
 

Bristol has built (and continues to build) a variety of custom boats, many of
the large, so they may well have built a 50. However, they are now building a
48, which is close enough for me:
http://www.bristolmarine.com/bristol48.htm



"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
I was helping a friend move his 50' center cockpit sloop from Rhode
Island to Bermuda one fall a few years ago.

What kind?


It was a Bristol.


googling "Bristol 50" returns no results even remotely related to a 50 foot
center cockpit sailboat.

My close call
 

of course, a Bristol 48 or a Bristol 51.5. It is all the same to a fiction
writer. Just like Subastian Younger's spark plugs in "The Perfect Storm".

Bristol has built (and continues to build) a variety of custom boats, many of
the large, so they may well have built a 50. However, they are now building
a
48, which is close enough for me:
http://www.bristolmarine.com/bristol48.htm



"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
I was helping a friend move his 50' center cockpit sloop from Rhode
Island to Bermuda one fall a few years ago.

What kind?


It was a Bristol.


googling "Bristol 50" returns no results even remotely related to a 50 foot
center cockpit sailboat.