He had some sort of equipment failure. He is sailing under a jury rig. CG flew out to check on him.
Looks like the C&C 35 and 41 finished 1 and 2 in their classes. I hope the Marion-Bermuda boats have better weather than Annapolis/Newport and the Bermuda 1-2. Next Thursday I fly to Bermuda to do a delivery back here, so I'm watching the forecast. Joel 35/3 Annapolis On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Colin Kilgour <charliekilo...@gmail.com>wrote: > Also, there's a boat that got half way there and then turned around. Now > he's heading into more crap weather. If he'd have kept going, he'd be in > the clear weatherwise. Instead, he's going to have to deal with more big > winds... and a stream crossing. > > I don't get it. > > CK > > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Yes. Apparently it is the second failure on that model. Back to the >> drawing board! >> >> Joel >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Colin Kilgour >> <charliekilo...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Did you see that a boat was abandoned? >>> >>> A Columbia Carbon 32. Owner said he thought the keel was going to >>> fall off, so he jumped onto an HR49 (where the keels are quite a bit >>> more substantial) >>> >>> Not particularly good press for a new sportboat design. >>> >>> Thankfully, everyone's safe. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Colin >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 6/10/13, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Pete >>> > >>> > Bermuda 1-2: http://yb.tl/onetwo2013 >>> > >>> > Newport: http://race.annapolisyc.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=151 >>> > >>> > Both use YellowBrick. Free online. Mobile app is free but you have >>> to buy >>> > the race. >>> > >>> > Joel >>> > >>> > >>> > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Pete Shelquist >>> > <pete.shelqu...@comcast.net>wrote: >>> > >>> >> Joel – are there websites for tracking progress?**** >>> >> >>> >> ** ** >>> >> >>> >> ** ** >>> >> >>> >> ** ** >>> >> >>> >> *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of >>> >> *Joel >>> >> Aronson >>> >> *Sent:* Monday, June 10, 2013 1:25 PM >>> >> *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com >>> >> *Subject:* Stus-List Bermuda 1-2 Race**** >>> >> >>> >> ** ** >>> >> >>> >> The Newport-Bermuda 1-2 race is underway. The first leg is solo to >>> >> Bermuda; the second is doublehanded back. There are 2 older C&Cs, a >>> 35 >>> >> and >>> >> a 41. They are currently in first and second place in their >>> divisions. >>> >> What is remarkable is that the 41 (owned by an acquaintance) broke >>> its >>> >> vang, returned to its mooring, jury-rigged something and started 2 1/2 >>> >> hours late! They still have almost 400 miles to go, but they are >>> doing >>> >> great!**** >>> >> >>> >> ** ** >>> >> >>> >> The Annapolis-Newport race is also underway. They have encountered >>> winds >>> >> from 0 to 20. One boat dropped out due to lack of wind and rum >>> offshore! >>> >> The C&C 37 seems to be in the middle of the pack. They should finish >>> >> overnight. >>> >> **** >>> >> >>> >> ** ** >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Joel >>> >> 301 541 8551 **** >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> >> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Joel >>> > 301 541 8551 >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> Sent from my mobile device >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com >>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Joel >> 301 541 8551 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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