DrWatson

Well, the Doc has been out and done some sailing, but he's more recently been spending his days at the hospital sitting in the neonatal unit watching his new (and incredibly tiny) second son. 1.9kg and a month early. But it's true, I should post some photos and a few more words about the sailing. At Windsor landing, Betty is lovely. She lets us use her ramp to launch our Welsford Navigator, and we can walk there in about 10 minutes. In general though, the public ramp down there is a bit of a disaster as it'll take considerable dredging to make it even a half tide ramp. The size of bo

Claiming salvage has to be +200 miles out, no? Just like you can't claim someone's boat if it washes up on the beach.

Who went overboard???

30s search?

No. Not jealous at all. Not even a bit.... it's killing me .....!

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/401893/yachts-capsize-in-fierce-winds-during-south-island-race

That's not pleasant at all...

Wow. Less than 12h for a non-canting, non foiling 34ft mono. I guess that's my number to beat... an avg of more than 10knts...

Indeed it looked like carnage. Saw someone flying the largest white flag I've ever seen from a masthead halyard...

I think it doesn't matter how you run it, the weather will change over the 10-15h it takes for a fast mono to make it, and even more so for the slower monos. At the end of the day, the only way you can make it without the weather changing dramatically it so sail a blinder at speeds up to 45knts as Beau Geste just did - and of course you're not going to manage that in a Peidy no matter how tricked out it is. So unless it's a drifter and the wind fills in gradually from the south after 15h, the slower boats will always be finishing a day after the fast ones. The two legged race would reduce th

beaugeste . before afternoon tea. first mono, Awen, in time for an afternoon beer.

FC3 53. It's this exact boat here. Finot Conq... that's why it looks a little like a Pogo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHYJHVSSHhM

Hahaha, might need to change the bait? I just thought it was a typo. My record for Te Kouma to westhaven is 19h. It was a different kind of record...

Not a 12.50. But I’m struggling to place it.

SO, while rambling through the internet I found these two videos. A couple, sailing an older boat (on the backs of their patrons but no need to hold that against them) Develop a crack during an open water passage. It's a pretty good example of staying calm. Also, Who carries a few kg of this kinda repair stuff? Start at 24:10 in the first vid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g_ARGtko7s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6YCq4cz06Y

Can it not also include a vessel similar to those that the majority of us own? like Young, Ross, 1050, or something (Pogo...)? The forecast is shaping up to be a cracker, and I really wish I could be there for this.

When you say structural failure I assume you include deck and cabin structure in that? Afaik there’s no mention of compromised hull integrity in the accounts so far given.

This. So ideally you’ll want the windows and deck structure to flex at the same rate, and that any difference in flex be able to be taken up by the window fixings without failing. ie, decent polyurethane glue with a bit of flex.

My scenario was more the inverted boat being like a, let’s see, ... a teapot upside down. There are a number of holes that let water in from (now) below, until the air pressure inside = water pressure outside.

We don’t really have any passages down here that attract the kind of record breaking attempts like the Atlantic crossing from NY to lizard point do we? I mean we have our yearly drag race up the coast for which there’s a record, and things like the solo Tasman. But I mean more like an Auckland to Welly or Chch - pick-your-window-and-go kinda thing, rather than the lottery of what weather you get for an organised race. Or even Akl to Coro or something in between if you’re short on time like everyone is these days.