Brad, My credentials: A circumnavigation between the ages of 10 and 13 without a GPS and EPIRB when I was solely responsible for keeping watches 6 hours per...
Too bad to see others second guessing Richard. Tough position to be in. My guess is that valuable lessons were learned.. I'd be curious as to what things pop...
Not having anywhere near the blue-water experience of either Richard or any of the other posters, I would not want to second guess anyone on what I would do. I...
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Here's my two cents, Being a disabled veteran, as the result of an active duty accident. No fault of my own. Just in the wrong place at the right time. I...
I'm someone who absolutely cannot comment about Richard's decisions/actions in the storm. I have zero ocean-going experience (yet). But I am an avid, quick...
Was this a storm in the traditional sense where a rotating mass of winds circle around a powerful low pressure region? Or was it a Tehuantepec wind storm so...
... From: Brent You and your boat got a mention (and nice top (side?) view picture) in a recent issue of "Messing About in Boats" magazine (v23 n17). Care to...
I would love to join you for a sail on Lake Powell, although it will be at least September of 2007 before I finish the L-7. I can only spend about 4 hours a...
... winds circle around a powerful low pressure region? Or was it a Tehuantepec wind storm so typical for this region of Mexico where a potent high pressure...
Jim, I am with you on this, Cheers, Peter ... From: Jim Phillips To: multihull_boatbuilder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 2:19 PM Subject:...
Hi, Jim, Peter I am an old yachtie, too. I sailed about 30,000 sea miles in the 1970s in the Pacific, as I ambled my way from Seattle to New Zealand to Hong...
... law works at the third power at sea, and that you simply can't count on being rescued by someone else. Lightining strikes burn out your electronics, or...
... and takes your antenna, or water >gets into your circuit breakers, etc. etc. ... I was planning on staying out on this thread but the few with egos who ...
... I would think so since you're not going to use it until you get to the other side anyways. Or just put a nicely fitted canvas cover on it to shed any...
When you talk about a drogue do you mean the series of cones on a line like this sailrite one *http://tinyurl.com/9ofnw HJ * ... [Non-text portions of this...
Hi James, 1 You are lumping all drogues together. Many (probably most) types of drogue also only have one major drag producing component. You are comparing...
... Yes you are correct, my first introduction to a drogue was that of a series drogue so I thought they were all similar. ... I guess I didn't mean "heave-to"...
Would you want to be going astern at 2 to 4 knots (possibly faster) in huge seas and howling winds? It would be a hell of a load on your rudders which are...
A canvas cover on the dink could easily get ripped to shreds or taken off by green water. Strapped down (to thru bolted folding padeyes with backing plates)...
Peter, You're right about the rudder(s). Boats are made to go forwards except for backing out of a slip or setting an anchor. In storm conditions IMHO setting...
Jim, Thanks for the detailed reply. I understand your perspective better now, and realize that you are not simply an armchair sailor in a hurry to criticize....
That is the usual place to stream a drogue. Cheers, Peter ... From: James Greene To: multihull_boatbuilder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006...
Marc, if you read my post more carefully, you will find that I didn't actually comment on Mr. Woods or his decision. I talked about an attitude that I see...
I too am an american, and I can see this that we probably do not agree on much. Or maybe we would, but with some significant differences. I am one of those...
No, Tim, you didn't mention Richard Woods directly. What you did do, though, was exercise a passive aggressive posture to unmistakably infer his culpability in...
... I think the USCG does this every day. (saving stupid or unlucky sailors) ... dismasted, you are quite mistaken. If I were too far out to sea to motor to...
My last post on this topic, too. Going to sea is deliberately choosing to place yourself, your crew, and your passengers in a very dangerous environment. In...
