The R2AK has been a phenomenal race, and it still is. 20 minutes difference between second and third after 750 agonizing miles. There's a three-way fight for the next spot, and the Soggy Beavers have done an amazing job just getting to Bella Bella.
Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 14 June 2015 at 13:35, Martin DeYoung via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: > Following R2AK on-line continues to be great entertainment. What a > great sail - human powered adventure. Sailing Anarchy and 48 North's > coverage has been good, the tracker has been on my screen 5 + times a day > since it started. > > > > Calypso's co-owner and I were joking about adding 3 or 4 stationary bikes > below for speed in light air. I volunteered to stay on deck and drive. > Based on my last trip up the inside of Vancouver Island a boat like Calypso > would do OK going up wind in Johnstone Strait but would suffer in the > common light air conditions. We would eat and sleep well. > > > > If we won the $10K first prize it would just about cover the stationary > bikes (used), the food, and the delivery costs back to Seattle. It would > not cover the physical therapy costs for a bunch of old guys working that > hard to avoid using auxiliary power. > > > > Martin > > Calypso > > 1971 C&C 43 > > Seattle > ------------------------------ > *From:* CnC-List [cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] on behalf of Russ & > Melody via CnC-List [cnc-list@cnc-list.com] > *Sent:* Sunday, June 14, 2015 11:59 AM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc:* Russ & Melody > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List thru-hulls & R2AK > > > Bear in mind that if you combine two scuppers into one then one of then > will probably not drain when heeled. Of course this only matters if you're > sailing and get water at your feet. :) > > Cheers, Russ > *Sweet *35 mk-1 > > Anyone watching the R2AK? Too bad no C&C got into it... on the other hand, > Francis (crew on MOB* Mentality) sails a C&C 115. > * = Mail Order Bride > > At 10:45 AM 14/06/2015, you wrote: > > [Resending to list with your image removed since it exceeded msg size > limits] > > Oh, yeah those look below waterline, I would want seacocks on them. I was > thinking your transom extended further back + up, but those are below the > bootstripe and close to the rudder. > > You could also combine the two scuppers into one outlet and then plug or > remove a thruhull so you have one fewer. I assume those are deck scuppers > and not cockpit scuppers. That's how my deck scuppers are setup, and they > don't need rapid self bailing like the cockpit does. > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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