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Longest Dead Calm (or Becalmed) Sailing Experience?
On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 01:57:27 GMT, Gary wrote:
wrote: On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 16:09:25 GMT, Gary wrote: ______________________________________________ ____ Jack Dale ISPA Yachtmaster Offshore Instructor CYA Advanced Cruising Instructor Director, Swiftsure Sailing Academy http://www.swiftsuresailing.com ______________________________________________ ____ That was the Vic-Maui that my predecessor won in Oriole. The wind going was great that year as I understand it. Did you do the race? (I didn't) Did not do the race - just a 21 day and 90 minute delivery from Honolulu to Port Renfrew. I would like to do the race. Last year I turned down an position as an instructor on the Van Isle 360. I've done the last two Van-Isle 360s. It is a great race but it has been discovered and the sleds and rock stars are showing up now. It really is a great idea for a race, like the Tour de France, yacht style. What boat wanted you? Evolution I have used her for cruise and learns on several occassions. I also crewed on her during Swiftsure 2004 (mainly rail meat). |
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"Gary" wrote in message news:OC3kf.13291$ki.3236@pd7tw2no... Bryan wrote: "Gary" wrote in message news:Eh_jf.14432$Gd6.5093@pd7tw3no... We knew it was an anomalie. The high had moved very close to the coast in an unusual pattern. There was wind all around us. What made us miserable was that our wives were in Hawaii and waiting for us. We were so late getting there that they had all flown home. The trip that normal takes 12 - 15 days took us 21! We ran out of food at 18 and we were reduced to slim fixin's. Were you starting to worry or did knowing that you could call for help keep the idea of starving to death in check? No worry, we had stuff to eat but no real food. We had a big bag of flour and lots of jam and peanut butter. We just had no meat, rice, bread or any of the normal stuff. Seems like fresh fish would also be an option. --AG |
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Alan Gomes wrote:
"Gary" wrote in message news:OC3kf.13291$ki.3236@pd7tw2no... Bryan wrote: "Gary" wrote in message news:Eh_jf.14432$Gd6.5093@pd7tw3no... We knew it was an anomalie. The high had moved very close to the coast in an unusual pattern. There was wind all around us. What made us miserable was that our wives were in Hawaii and waiting for us. We were so late getting there that they had all flown home. The trip that normal takes 12 - 15 days took us 21! We ran out of food at 18 and we were reduced to slim fixin's. Were you starting to worry or did knowing that you could call for help keep the idea of starving to death in check? No worry, we had stuff to eat but no real food. We had a big bag of flour and lots of jam and peanut butter. We just had no meat, rice, bread or any of the normal stuff. Seems like fresh fish would also be an option. --AG We had no fishing gear and our homemade stuff was unsuccessful. We certainly had gear (and fish) on the way home. |
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no fishing gear on a boat .... ??
"We had no fishing gear"...... |
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"Alan Gomes" wrote in message ... "Gary" wrote in message news:OC3kf.13291$ki.3236@pd7tw2no... Bryan wrote: "Gary" wrote in message news:Eh_jf.14432$Gd6.5093@pd7tw3no... We knew it was an anomalie. The high had moved very close to the coast in an unusual pattern. There was wind all around us. What made us miserable was that our wives were in Hawaii and waiting for us. We were so late getting there that they had all flown home. The trip that normal takes 12 - 15 days took us 21! We ran out of food at 18 and we were reduced to slim fixin's. Were you starting to worry or did knowing that you could call for help keep the idea of starving to death in check? No worry, we had stuff to eat but no real food. We had a big bag of flour and lots of jam and peanut butter. We just had no meat, rice, bread or any of the normal stuff. Seems like fresh fish would also be an option. --AG As I recall, the stories I've read that included descriptions of dead calms, seem to have a common theme of an absence of hungry fish in the area as well the absence of wind. |
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Bryan wrote:
"Alan Gomes" wrote in message ... "Gary" wrote in message news:OC3kf.13291$ki.3236@pd7tw2no... Bryan wrote: "Gary" wrote in message news:Eh_jf.14432$Gd6.5093@pd7tw3no... We knew it was an anomalie. The high had moved very close to the coast in an unusual pattern. There was wind all around us. What made us miserable was that our wives were in Hawaii and waiting for us. We were so late getting there that they had all flown home. The trip that normal takes 12 - 15 days took us 21! We ran out of food at 18 and we were reduced to slim fixin's. Were you starting to worry or did knowing that you could call for help keep the idea of starving to death in check? No worry, we had stuff to eat but no real food. We had a big bag of flour and lots of jam and peanut butter. We just had no meat, rice, bread or any of the normal stuff. Seems like fresh fish would also be an option. --AG As I recall, the stories I've read that included descriptions of dead calms, seem to have a common theme of an absence of hungry fish in the area as well the absence of wind. It's hard to troll when you are stopped. |
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As I recall, the stories I've read that included descriptions of dead calms, seem to have a common theme of an absence of hungry fish in the area as well the absence of wind. then I guess at least you could go for a swim without having to worry about the locals |
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"Nigel" wrote in message ... As I recall, the stories I've read that included descriptions of dead calms, seem to have a common theme of an absence of hungry fish in the area as well the absence of wind. then I guess at least you could go for a swim without having to worry about the locals I was sailing back to Marina Del Rey with my buddy and his current girlfriend. It was a beautiful day on the water. I asked the girlfriend if she had ever been for a swim in the middle of the ocean. She said no. I offered to stop the boat and let her hop in the water for a couple of minutes. She declined, stating sharks as her reason. I told her there weren't any sharks around. She still declined. With a shrug of my shoulders I continued on. 2 minutes later I'm tapping my buddy on the shoulder and quietly signalling to look over my right shoulder. Yep, a shark swimming along fully visible. What a laugh (although she didn't think it was very funny)! |
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Bryan wrote:
"Nigel" wrote in message ... As I recall, the stories I've read that included descriptions of dead calms, seem to have a common theme of an absence of hungry fish in the area as well the absence of wind. then I guess at least you could go for a swim without having to worry about the locals I was sailing back to Marina Del Rey with my buddy and his current girlfriend. It was a beautiful day on the water. I asked the girlfriend if she had ever been for a swim in the middle of the ocean. She said no. I offered to stop the boat and let her hop in the water for a couple of minutes. She declined, stating sharks as her reason. I told her there weren't any sharks around. She still declined. With a shrug of my shoulders I continued on. 2 minutes later I'm tapping my buddy on the shoulder and quietly signalling to look over my right shoulder. Yep, a shark swimming along fully visible. What a laugh (although she didn't think it was very funny)! I'm pretty sure sharks are around swimmers on a regular basis, never seen, never caring about the humans nearby either. In addition, most professional divers and such swim around sharks regularly with no problems, both just ignore each other. Shark attacks on humans almost always occur because an unusual shark makes an unusual mistake. In other words, sharks around humans in the water is not that rare, sharks attacking humans is rare. Having said that I'll also admit I tend to get the heebee jeebeez when *anything* bigger than me (sea turtles, seals) is nearby while I'm in the water. Big eels? Big Manta rays? --See ya! -- Stephen ------- For any proposition there is always some sufficiently narrow interpretation of its terms, such that it turns out true, and some sufficiently wide interpretation such that it turns out false...concept stretching will refute *any* statement, and will leave no true statement whatsoever. -- Imre Lakatos |
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