Jake:
On April 3, 1991, the skipper and I sailed his newly purchased 1985 C&C
33 II from Lunenburg to Halifax, approx. 45 miles. While the new owner
was finalizing the purchased of his boat on shore, I was removing 1/2"
of ice from the deck with a rubber hammer while the boat sat on a
mooring infront of the owner's home.....I brought my full ski gear
including my clear goggles....good thing to because an hour after we
left for Halifax, we ran into a snow squall as thick as any fog I have
encountered. Main up and a 135% jib and we were sailing....heard some
fishermen on the VHF talking about us leaving Lunenburg harbor in a
'white out', went something like who would be crazy enough to be doing
that! That would be us!
The list has been talking to Curtis about being safe on his offshore
March sail....here we were, the two of us, taking a boat we had not been
to sea on before, coming up the Nova Scotia coast in winter, no heat
other than the stove/oven (we warmed up pizza in the oven), no GPS, a
Loran C which neither had any experience with, no radar, just paper
charts and a binnacle compass.....8 long hours later we made to the
Armdale Yacht Club.
Dennis, I could tell many stories of how dumb, and lucky, I have been
over the years on the water. Does anyone want another one?
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
Joe,
I need to move my boat from Hampton to Gloucester tomorrow. It should
be 16F tomorrow morning when I depart. Hopefully it will only be a
five hour transit. Sure wishing I had some heat onboard... Hope the
beer in the fridge hasn't frozen yet.
Jake
*From:*CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of
*Della Barba, Joe
*Sent:* Tuesday, January 07, 2014 12:51 PM
*To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com
*Subject:* Re: Stus-List friggin COLD
So what is the coldest weather anyone has sailed in?
19 degrees is my record low for sailing and that was cold enough for me!
*/Joe Della Barba /*
*/Coquina/*
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