It sounds like there may be a bit of confusion here. Several boats turned around (an open 40, a Pearson wanderer, and one more) and, one -- the Carbon- columbia, was abandoned when it seemed that the keel was falling off (fair enough excuse in my book!). Dan, the guy that headed north to get out of the stream, on Nirari knows what he is doing but for several days it looked like his boat was sailing itself/drifting to the north with the stream. It was good to hear that he was still on board. The blog says: "Dan says he has sail issues but he is not in distress and can sail. He has to jury rig his sails for a direction and he chose going North to get out of the Gulf Stream." Whether or not he made the best decision we'll never know but I bet sailing through the stream under challenging conditions without easy control of the sails would suck. And damn good for him for staying with the boat!
David (who aspires to do the B1-2 in 2015) On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:13 PM, Colin Kilgour <charliekilo...@gmail.com>wrote: > That's a dangerous way to make decisions, and that's what I was afraid > of. As I said, it'll probably turn out ok, but if it didn't... > > As far as getting repairs done... Yeah Bermuda ain't cheap, but > they've got some excellent folks working there and labour rates would > be less than you'd see in the US Northeast. And you can bring parts > in from the US duty free as long as you're a boat in transit. So the > big issue really becomes freight, which isn't nothing, but it's not a > good reason to turn around. > > I guess one other issue is flights home if you have to leave the boat > there - but you can get really cheap flights on JetBlue to Bermuda > these days, so even that's not a huge deal. > > I'm sure he'll be fine. I'm more worried about the next guy who goes > to sea in one of those Columbia Carbon things.... > > Cheers > Colin > > On 6/13/13, Jake Brodersen <captain_j...@cox.net> wrote: > > The guy posted that he had a business conflict because the race was > taking > > longer than he expected. Time commitments.. ARGH!!! > > > > > > > > Jake > > > > > > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Colin > > Kilgour > > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:18 PM > > To: C&C List > > Subject: Re: Stus-List Bermuda 1-2 Race > > > > > > > > I get the equipment failure, but when you're at sea and you need to get > to > > shore... take your easiest route. For him, it would have been to > continue > > to BDA. Instead, he turned back into a crappy forecast. > > > > I don't mean to second guess guys that are currently out there, but I > can't > > help but wonder if the guy's getting bad advice (or none at all). > > > > My fear - and suspicion - is that he had a breakage of some kind. Then, > > realizing that he either couldn't or didn't want to complete the second > > leg, > > opted to turn around and go home. And that's cool -- except that he's > now > > single-handed, away from the fleet, and sailing into a crap forecast. > > Better, imo, to get to BDA safely. Get some rest, and then worry about > > repairs and the return trip at that point. > > > > Odds are he'll be OK, but he's likely not having much fun out there right > > now. > > > > > > > > That's my $0.02 as someone with 8 (and counting) Bermuda passages under > my > > belt. > > > > Cheers, > > Colin > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > 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 <tel:301%20541%208551> **** > > > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > >>> http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > >>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Joel > >> 301 541 8551 <tel:301%20541%208551> > >> > > > > -- > > 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 <tel:301%20541%208551> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 <tel:301%20541%208551> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com >
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