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This looks like a similar cold front as the one that sunk Red Cloud.
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... In your defense and perhaps Joe's, it is easy to get caught up in this rescue madness. Witness the poor bloke on the 'Satori.'http://www.westsail.org/satori.html Wilbur Hubbard To comments: I read the Westsail link. Just another example of old guys not keeping up on best proceedures and bosting of their past accomplishments, Lying a hull is DISASTER in any seas larger than your beam. Thy will be rolled. Heavy weather sailing requirres a progressive set of stratigies. Lying a hull is great for a nice sunny family outing not a survival stratgy. True, I can see you have also read K. Adlard Coles. Lying ahull is an OK strategy for most yachts in the early stages of a storm before wind and fetch build the waves to dimensions so great that the amplitude and period is conducive to rolling a yacht. However, a lot does depend upon the underbody and topsides of the yacht so imperiled. The Westsail tends to lie ahull with the bow somewhat into the wind and forereaching. It doesn't generally lie sideways to the wind. I would imagine the Westsail lying ahull would be safer longer than many modern fin keel/spade rudder designs that do tend to lie ahull sideways. But, even in a Westsail, when push comes to shove running before the storm would be a safer course of action. A stout storm jib only would be the order of the day for me if I sailed a Westsail 32. Considering the canoe stern running before large winds and seas would be quite tenable. Keeping a close watch out for rogue waves would be wise, as well. Second, to the arrogant ass last year who criticized me for keeping my valise SOLAS life raft INSIDE my boat please read the following fromthe Sarori link: ...............Satori was riding out the seas when a second knockdown occurred. ...The boat went over approximately ninety degrees and again righted herself. During this knockdown the life raft was torn from its deck mount. Hitting the water the raft -- as designed -- inflated immediately and its strobe light began flashing..... tha is precisly why I keep the valise inside my boat. where It does not have to suffer blistering 150+F temprature baking in a can on deck for 10 years. Also, less prone to theft. Pennnington Ralph Rexroth Keeping a life raft valise in the accommodation is not a bad plan. It has many advantages and few disadvantages. Among the disadvantages is the difficulty of rapid and safe deployment especially if the crew were incapacitated in any way or if the boat were capsized. But, everything tends to be a compromise of one sort or another in any blue water yacht. The freedom to choose one's own path is one of the joys of yachting. Suffering the consequences of ill choices or enjoying the benefits of wise choices is also part and parcel of freedom of choice. It seems to me the really wise and cautious blue water sailor would opt for a positive flotation yacht such as one of the ETAPs over a vessel that sinks when flooded thus making a life raft required equipment. My blue water yacht has positive flotation installed by yours truly. Wilbur Hubbard |
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This looks like a similar way Nealbur lost his boat.
On Feb 12, 10:59*am, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K1r1QJAijE A local says he now lives on Cathrine street in an old flop house. The mangrove marsh has been much more peaceful and quiet, and now a pleasure on the eyes. Joe |
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This looks like a similar cold front as the one that sunk Red Cloud.
On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:53:11 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote: On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:18:22 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote: You and I (and Joe) have a different definition of 'sailing'. Mine does not include 'sinking'. Right on with that. Get out there and do it, sailing that is. You're becoming like some of those liveaboard boats in Boot Key with two feet of grass hanging off their bottom. If it is a liveaboard, what difference does a lot of grass make. A foot of clams and barnies would be another story. The grass can be removed without taking the gel coat or paint with it if you decide to sail it or sell it to a sailor. I can just see someone standing on an inverted hull with a 90 lb vertical drilling machine, A JackHammer[TM] [Ingersoll Rand]. Those things will get the barnacles. What's a little grass? Casady |
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Skip and Lydia and Friends (was) This looks like a similar cold front as the one that sunk Red Cloud.
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:08:07 -0500, "Flying Pig"
wrote: Our thought has always been to work our way along the TP (not toilet paper - Thorny Path) during the fall and winter to avoid the headwinds, taking advantage of the frequent northers. Wayne, your comments seem to confirm our thoughts. Since you're posting, I presume you have internet. I know you've got a system similar in capability to ours; what's been your experience with open sites along the way down? Our WiFi system is working just fine but frankly we've been a bit disapointed in the number and quality of open sites. It seems that more and more people are encrypting their access points these days, and some harbors like Nassau are inundated with high powered commercial sites trying to draw in business, and swamping everything else in the process. Right now we are at a marina in Marigot Bay, St Martin which charges 7 Euros/day but it is the only thing available. We had a great stay in Turks and Caicos, nice weather and nice people. Their is a good place to stay known as the "annex". Call Simon at South Side Marina on channel 16 for details. He runs a cruiser net every morning at 8:30 and is very helpful. You can clear customs and immigration at South Side Marina with no hassel at all. http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/7...stostmarti.jpg http://tinyurl.com/waynebspottrack |
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