Steve Pope 243 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Webb Chiles is approximately 20 miles from Durban (South Africa) and for the first time almost for the whole voyage has the wind almost on the nose 25 to 35 Knots. He left Darwin on the 1st of July and has averaged to date 115 NM per day or 4.75 Knots per hour. All achieved in a Moore 24. The kicker is that he is 82 years old!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zozza 293 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 He's 74 not 82 On a ultra-light displacement (2,000 lbs) racer. Pretty awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waikiore 398 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 That NZ freeze dried tucker is good stuff, and I dare say booboo's gennaker probably helped, well done to the old devil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Pope 243 Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 Thanks Partisan, for the correction, Yes, I guess I muddled the age up with an 82 year old German guy who is also on a solo circumnavigation. He sailed North from the B.o.I and is currently New Caledonia. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky 20 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 According to the YB tracker Mr chiles has been hoveto off Durban for the past 12 hours or so, why would that be?, perhaps problems with entry paperwork or weather? Must be frustrating to be so close but so far from a hot shower. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,581 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Having a nap? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Pope 243 Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 If you had overlaid windyty over the last couple of days over the Yellow brick tracker it would have shown you that he has had up to 40k winds directly on the nose, making it impossible to lay Durban harbour, the wind has now come around 180º and is now blowing him the right way. plus Durban is10 hours behind us so it is not quite 4 in the morning there, snoozing maybe? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky 20 Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Good reading on his website to be had. At 75 he deserves a long nap. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Pope 243 Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 In Durban harbour! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
curly12 1 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 In Durban harbour! http://self-portraitinthepresentseajournal.blogspot.co.nz/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkMT 68 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 He's recently put up some videos of his latest passage https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdl7dZLxNI4VIB_eOiaNgiQ/videos?sort=dd&shelf_id=0&view=0 The footage on deck is a bit monotonous and the wind noise is pretty intrusive, but I found the tour of the cabin in #5 and #6 pretty interesting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Pope 243 Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 I see he has reached Santa Lucia in the West Indies, his blog makes interesting reading, so far since he has used 10 Raymarine tiller pilots all of which have failed, been replaced or repaired and failed again. Solar panels failing (Aurinco), Solbian OK. Apple lightening cables not coping, Gannet his 24 footer has certainly been a test bed that we and the manufacturers could learn from. I would be of interest if he does a round up at the end of the journey of what he found good, bad and ugly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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