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a mate's offered to lend a hand Weds or Thurs as well. Hopefully I/we can suss it out. Fortunately it's just the interior light/USB port circuit, but it would be nice if I didn't have to worry about my phone (aka GPS) dying during the race. -
Merc's in, so long as I can fix whatever's wrong with the $%#@ing electrics this time by the end of the week... Might even have shiny new halyard clutches installed too!
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Hope everyone has snax (and maybe a book or two, depending on how light it gets).
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Bouwe on Brunel's Leg 7 win with relation to the loss of John: "he was always in my mind."
https://www.facebook.com/volvooceanrace/videos/10156775975062437/
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bump -- still seeking crew
I've been racing 1-3 times a week for the last 4 years, including several thousand ocean miles, both racing and deliveries (all with crews of 3 or more).
Moved to Auckland 2 years ago and since then have done a Triple Series on other people's boats, bought my first boat and have been doing this year's singlehanded series and solo/shorthanded Hauraki Gulf cruising.
Looking to find someone experienced to join me onboard for the 100-miler. Boat is well-built and comfortable.
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attempting to sail across the Arctic Ocean... it looks difficult! his website is rough, but here's a link: https://www.sebroubinet.eu/english/home.html
that's a lot of work when they could just go ice boating! though ice boats don't like snow very much. here is what my friends do up north when the water "goes hard" for the season:
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Another question... The stringer that I repaired supports the forward, port quarter of the cockpit. I stepped into the cockpit yesterday and heard another crack, so just had a look underneath, and now the stringer that supports the port, aft quarter of the cockpit is cracked. Pretty much identical break as the first one. Will be easy enough to fix now that I know how, but should I be concerned that they cracked in sequence like that? Is this potentially indicative of a larger issue? The floorboards seem fine...
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Wheels, from my understanding, they're similar, but survival suits tend to include higher tech than dry suits.
Dry suits are a step or two up from a hardcore ocean bibs&jacket combo (eg, Musto HPX): https://www.waveinn.com/nautical-fishing/sailing-equipment-drysuits/11810/s
I believe survival suits often have to pass certain criteria to be considered as such (eg, flame- and impact-resistance, inflatable chambers, etc): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_suit
So a survival suit is a dry suit but not all dry suits are survival suits. Not sure what's standard kit for VOR.
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Volvo are saying it's still on, but becoming more and more limited:
UPDATE 0100 UTC: Search and Rescue operation continues for Sun Hung Kai / Scallywag sailor
...Given the severity of the forecast and with nightfall an hour away, we acknowledge the chances of a successful recovery are diminishing.SHK/Scallywag has thus made the difficult decision to turn downwind and head towards the South American coast, the nearest safe landfall, approximately 1,200 nautical miles away.https://www.facebook.com/volvooceanrace/photos/a.397718232436.192058.137241232436/10156744561897437
12 hours have passed. This is now a search to recover a body.
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I would be amazed if they didn't have a GPS MOB system. It will be interesting to see what comes of the inquiry.
Can't imagine how sombre the mood must be on Scallywag right now.
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From the race's social media last week:
The Tasman sea is unforgiving and with expressions of interest from 28 boats down to a dozen actual entries we have ended up with 6 getting ready for the start on Easter Sunday. Conditions on the East Coast of Australia for the entrants sailing over have been tough and just a taste of what is in store. One dismantling, one lost bowsprit and one with all navigation equipment lost took out three competitors. For some it was not worth trying and the final hopeful entrant has just turned back to Aus from halfway across after battling wind and sea became too much.
Congratulations to those who made it, 5 kiwi registered boats including one based in Aus who had just done the Sydney/Hobart with 10 crew and then sailed across single handed arriving Wednesday and one Aussy.
So a dozen entries less 6 who made it, 3 damaged boats and 1 withdrawn due to conditions... Not sure what happened to the other 2 entrants.
I've been following it quite closely this year -- I'm super keen, I've got the ca$h, and I think I've finally started stepping over the line of bare minimum experience required. But I know I need a better boat, so that gives me a handful of years to prepare before jumping in.
I might humbly suggest that it is attitudes like that that are producing our ever diminishing fleet sizes.
Rather have a small fleet than unprepared people dying out there.
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via Facebook...
Race Control for the Volvo Ocean Race has been informed by Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag of a man overboard incident on Monday afternoon at approximately 13:42 UTC.
The team, along with the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), has been conducting a search and rescue operation to recover the missing crew member, John Fisher (UK), who was wearing survival equipment when he went overboard. The remaining crew are reported safe.
The incident took place approximately 1,400 miles west of Cape Horn. The wind in the search area is a strong 35-knot westerly, with accompanying sea state. Water temperature is 9-degrees Celsius. There is daylight, but weather conditions are forecast to deteriorate in the coming hours.
Given the gale force conditions it is not an option to divert any of the other six Volvo Ocean Race competitors, who are at least 200 miles further east and downwind of Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag, to assist in the search operation.
The MRCC has identified a ship approximately 400 nautical miles away and it has been diverted to the scene.
Naturally we are deeply concerned, especially given the weather conditions, and Race Control in Alicante is supporting the Scallywag team and MRCC throughout the operation.
We will have more information as it becomes available.
(https://www.facebook.com/volvooceanrace/photos/a.397718232436.192058.137241232436/10156743115382437)
It's been 6 hours... very close to the limits of a survival suit...
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My mate's dad was cruising Melbourne to Scotland in March 2011, heading to the Red Sea in a convoy when ING was taken. He wrote about it in his blog; it's an interesting account: https://scotcruising.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/salalah-via-pirate-paddock/
Basically, ING had the choice to go with their convoy, didn't, and was taken. That's not to say the convoy was the right choice, just that ING was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I'll take the Capes any day.
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Jack Tar this weekend down in Auckland. I'm excited, in spite of the forecast!
I'm trying to get in the water to scrub (okay, scrape...) my own hull before the 3 singlehanded races to/around Kawau on easter weekend. Hoping Happy Teeth doesn't make an appearance
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I spoke too soon! That fishhook removal was rough to watch...
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Very informative. I have wondered how to do surgeon's stitches. Thanks!
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It is the Herald, after all
they reported that the boat lost up north on Monday morning was named Beneteau.The holes on the deck could be from the traveller getting ripped out? I'm spitballing.
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If I recall correctly the Rose Noelle lost her anchor when she flipped. A lot of the storage hatches opened up. I can't remember for certain though...
As for the drinking water... humans can survive for, what? 3 days without water? Barring any medical conditions, at worst they would have been thirsty had they chosen to wait it out. Disclaimer: I am armchair admiral-ing from the point of view of a young, fit person. Then again, I don't want to discredit their capabilities just because of age, either...
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Someone else suggested "throwing out all your anchor rope and chain a mile or two off the shore..." and that doing so would have held them in place. Can anyone elaborate on this as an option in similar conditions? Wouldn't have been a fun night, I am sure, but better than ending up on the rocks.
This makes me want to practice deploying the sea anchor that came with my boat...
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Finished work. This means I officially have a carbon fiber race yacht now, right?
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Nice shots! We were in the first row of boats off the start ...up until the VIPs showed up and parked where we originally anchored, before the race Committee told us we had to move back. Grumble. Still a great time!
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Looks like loads of rudder angle.
What was the wind speed and sail plan? If she was over like that a lot, I wonder if more twist in the main, or a reef may have been faster.
Winds 25+NE, #1 and full main due to a 4min30s late start (no excuses as to why we were holding that sail plan at this late point). We were doing 9.5+kts boat speed with this setup sooo, yeah, doing okay regardless!
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I just read the notice to mariners about it. https://at.govt.nz/about-us/harbourmaster/local-notices-to-mariners/
Says to remain north of the cordoned-off area. Any idea what traffic will be like around that time/in that area (I'll be leaving from Westhaven)? I'm thinking of going cruising for the weekend and half of a mind to think it'd be neat to get a waterfront view of the race as I depart Auckland.
The other half thinks it'd be a great way to learn about how to make an insurance claim...
Am confident in my navigation skills, but also confident in boaties' ability to be drunken maroons.
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a mate's offered to lend a hand Weds or Thurs as well. Hopefully I/we can suss it out. Fortunately it's just the interior light/USB port circuit, but it would be nice if I didn't have to worry about my phone (aka GPS) dying during the race.
they reported that the boat lost up north on Monday morning was named Beneteau.
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I've been following the Facebook page -- loving the updates. Everyone's luck has really been all over the place.