It's not yet my life... I've got another 15-20 before that happens. The boat's down south, but I'm chained to a desk in Toronto! (Except for that wee sabbatical we took in 2009/10)
- On leaving from Newport - we did that last year (Sag Harbor, actually), and I found that it gets too cold up there to allow you to wait until the Atlantic calms down. It's also a painfully long (cold) sail to get across the stream compared to leaving from Norfolk where you can be across the stream in 24 hours or so. That said, if I was based on Newport rather than transient, I'd probably just suck it up and deal with 2-3 days of cold sailing rather than heading coastwise all the way to Norfolk. Cheers, Colin On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 1:52 PM, djhaug...@juno.com <djhaug...@juno.com>wrote: > Not to get off the topic but... > > Colin, > > I cannot wait until that is my life! Summering up here and wintering down > there with the boat...I figure I have another 10-12 years before that > becomes a real option. > > Hopefully, I'll get few trips helping others deliver their boats along the > way. > > Danny > Lolita > 1973 Viking 33 > Westport Point, MA > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Colin Kilgour <charliekilo...@gmail.com> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List HMS Bounty Abandoned - 2 Crew Missing at Sea. > Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:12:40 -0400 > > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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