On Feb 15, 2:59 am, "Bob" wrote:
On Feb 14, 9:10 pm, "Ellen MacArthur"
wrote:





"Joe" wrote

You need to read these logs for a good example of how not to do
things..

http://ipphotos.com/FlyingPig.asp

No, I think they did it right. They're all about getting money outta suckers.

"As we sailed further south, the weather got worse, and we were out far
enough in the Gulf that there seemed nothing else to do but go on, on
a reefed mainheet.
The seas were 8' and the wind was 20+ knots - just
a mess out there.
We set our course to get near the channel marker.......
Somehow, we were blown off course and in one great noisy crunch.....

Im really new to this but isnt 8' seas really really BIG for a 46'
SAILBOAT ? ?
The writer says somehow when she was on watch the boat got blown off
course. How does that happen?
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No 8 ft is nothing. They went aground because the woman was below
hugging a pole, while hubby slept. And she was looking at an
electronic charter that she did not know how to read. How anyone can
cruise offshore and not chart a course on a paper chart is beyond me.
All they needed was a 50 dollar GPS and knowledge of how to use it to
keep out of trouble IMO.

Joe