I've spent a lot of time thinking about it too, and I can't fathom the logic.
Getting into Norfolk or Hampton might have helped, but really they should have bailed before getting that far south. They may not have had time to get in there. I don't think the Delaware Bay would have offered much safety either (it can be crappy in there even when the weather's good!)... So really, you've got to head back to Long Island Sound, or even through the Cape Cod Canal. Others have suggested heading east early, and that may have been helpful, but as was pointed out, they didn't make any easting at all after Montauk. Also, given the size of the storm, they would have had to sail pretty much due east after leaving the sound in order to get clear. Given that they knew the hurricane was out there before they left, and they knew it was heading their way. They should have, imo, waited... and then if looked like New London was going to get hammered, spend your remaining time making the boat secure. Then go to shore. -- Having sailed offshore in this part of the Atlantic for 3 of the last 4 Novembers, I'm finally refining my tactics. Increasingly, my preferred go south strategy is to get at least as far south as Norfolk, then wait as long as possible (ie: until you wake to ice on the dock). Then, on the first weather window thereafter, get the hell out of there and across the stream. Make a bunch of easting toward Bermuda, and then head south to the Caribbean. It sucks when you're on this side of the stream in November, but once you're across (after a chilly and lumpy 24 hours or so) it warms up quickly. And the longer you wait, the calmer winds you'll get for the passage south. My $0.02 Colin On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 9:41 PM, jtsails <jtsai...@gmail.com> wrote: > It seems from the course track that I have seen that may have been his > intention, but it was a very poor decision! The area he sailed into has a > strong gulf stream flow from Southwest to Northeast and the storm winds > from the Northeast. The waves stack up and get very steep in even a mild > Nor'easter, can't imagine what it was like out there at the time. There's a > reason they call that area the "graveyard of the Atlantic". > James > S/V Delaney > 1976 C&C 38 > Oriental, NC > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Moriarty" <bobmo...@gmail.com> > To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 9:22 PM > > Subject: Re: Stus-List HMS Bounty Abandoned - 2 Crew Missing at Sea. > > > I wonder if the Captain was expecting to get through the Gulfstream >> and then just turn right and deal with less-rough conditions. I have >> no familiarity with that region. >> Bob M >> Ox 33-1 >> Jax, FL >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com >
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