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In article , Jessica B wrote:
No other choice than what? If the boat is still floating, why did the people leave? Try this on for size, and then Google for participants own reports: URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Fastnet_race I don't believe the people in this race were not prepared, nor the boats in poor condition. The crews were just exhausted, and in fear for their lives. Further reading: Sydney to Hobart, 1998. Justin. -- Justin C, by the sea. |
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On 1/28/2011 7:01 AM, Justin C wrote:
In , Jessica B wrote: No other choice than what? If the boat is still floating, why did the people leave? Try this on for size, and then Google for participants own reports:URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Fastnet_race I don't believe the people in this race were not prepared, nor the boats in poor condition. The crews were just exhausted, and in fear for their lives. Further reading: Sydney to Hobart, 1998. Justin. And just after that report came out, the price of a Contessa 32 doubled! G |
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In article , Gordon wrote:
On 1/28/2011 7:01 AM, Justin C wrote: Try this on for size, and then Google for participants own reports:URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Fastnet_race I don't believe the people in this race were not prepared, nor the boats in poor condition. The crews were just exhausted, and in fear for their lives. Further reading: Sydney to Hobart, 1998. Justin. And just after that report came out, the price of a Contessa 32 doubled! G I was going to comment on the Contessa myself, but I thought it might detract from my point. I've looked at a lot of boats (on-line) and I haven't found many with a stability curve that comes close to the Contessa. I'd love one, there's one in a slip just a long from me and she's in lovely condition, I admire it every time I pass. My wife wants a Rustler 36, we don't have the budget for either, but you'd get several Contessa's for the price of one Rustler :-( Justin. -- Justin C, by the sea. |
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:01:50 +0000, Justin C
wrote: In article , Jessica B wrote: No other choice than what? If the boat is still floating, why did the people leave? Try this on for size, and then Google for participants own reports: URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Fastnet_race I don't believe the people in this race were not prepared, nor the boats in poor condition. The crews were just exhausted, and in fear for their lives. Further reading: Sydney to Hobart, 1998. Justin. From what I read, most of the deaths happened due to abandoning the boats. Maybe if they had stayed with the boat.... ? |
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I don't believe the people in this race were not prepared, nor the boats
in poor condition. The crews were just exhausted, and in fear for their lives. Further reading: Sydney to Hobart, 1998. * Justin. From what I read, most of the deaths happened due to abandoning the boats. Maybe if they had stayed with the boat.... ? Fastnet Disaster of 1979 Interview with Bill Burrows, Chief Engineer Royal Navy Lifeboat Institution. Retrieved three disabled sailboats in a 21 hour rescue during the fatal 1979 Fastnet Storm. “… Look, you get 300 Yachats in poor weather and you’re going to have some trouble, almost certainly. But the majority of the trouble was hysteria created by the situation and by inexperienced crews. And that it was. They were blaming rudders and such, but none of those rudders would have snapped if they had put drogues out and storm jibs and run before the weather. They were under bare poles, most of them, and they were getting up on the seas. And the seas were about 45 feet. Not what we around here call big. They got up on these seas and they were running. When the boats were starting to broach, what the helmsmen were doing was hauling on the rudders to stop them from broaching. They were putting too much bloody strain on the rudders, and they had to go. Yes, I know they were racing sailors, not cruising men, but that’s no excuse. We went out that night and we passed a little old hooker sort of thing with a family of kids aboard and they were going away to Ireland with no trouble at all….” (The Yacht, April 1987) What was the most successful design in the history of Sydney to Hobart? Bob |
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:01:23 -0800 (PST), Bob
wrote: I don't believe the people in this race were not prepared, nor the boats in poor condition. The crews were just exhausted, and in fear for their lives. Further reading: Sydney to Hobart, 1998. * Justin. From what I read, most of the deaths happened due to abandoning the boats. Maybe if they had stayed with the boat.... ? Fastnet Disaster of 1979 Interview with Bill Burrows, Chief Engineer Royal Navy Lifeboat Institution. Retrieved three disabled sailboats in a 21 hour rescue during the fatal 1979 Fastnet Storm. “… Look, you get 300 Yachats in poor weather and you’re going to have some trouble, almost certainly. But the majority of the trouble was hysteria created by the situation and by inexperienced crews. And that it was. They were blaming rudders and such, but none of those rudders would have snapped if they had put drogues out and storm jibs and run before the weather. They were under bare poles, most of them, and they were getting up on the seas. And the seas were about 45 feet. Not what we around here call big. They got up on these seas and they were running. When the boats were starting to broach, what the helmsmen were doing was hauling on the rudders to stop them from broaching. They were putting too much bloody strain on the rudders, and they had to go. Yes, I know they were racing sailors, not cruising men, but that’s no excuse. We went out that night and we passed a little old hooker sort of thing with a family of kids aboard and they were going away to Ireland with no trouble at all….” (The Yacht, April 1987) What was the most successful design in the history of Sydney to Hobart? Bob Hi Bob... well, I don't know... |
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Hi Bob... well, I don't know... Halvorson design: Freya 39 |
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:33:01 -0800 (PST), Bob
wrote: Hi Bob... well, I don't know... Halvorson design: Freya 39 Must be your boat! lol |
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