Dennis, Congrats! Nice McGyver! On The Office my rigger made up a short wire and turnbuckle to serve as a temporary adjuster when the NavTec was rebuilt. Probably still in the lazarette as a spare.
Joel On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Dennis > > > > Congratulations on the race! > > > > Also – thank you very much for forwarding your fix. If such a situation > happens to others of us we will now have a ready solution in mind > > > > Mike > > Persistence > > Halifax, NS > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Dennis > C. via CnC-List > *Sent:* Monday, June 25, 2018 12:59 PM > *To:* CnClist > *Cc:* Dennis C. > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List C&C 35 wins 1st place > > > > Yup, interesting race. Paul and I swapped driving duty. Unfortunately > for Paul, he was driving when the adjuster let loose. I hope he can save > the shirt he was wearing. It soaked up a LOT of hydraulic fluid. Pics of > the repair can be seen here: > > > > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_C6No1c6s9YadL6Uwrk7lFOu83G3DWxL > > > > Touche' averaged 7.7 knots for the 100 mile race. We averaged 8.3 knots > for the first 4 legs (60 nm). > > > > It was the 70th Gulfport Pensacola Race and the fastest. The monohull > record fell by an hour. The first multihull, an F25, finished in 6 hrs 44 > minutes. It was sailed by Randy Smyth, 5 time US multihull champ and 2 > time Olympic silver medalist. > > > > For those interested, you can replay the race here: > > > > http://kws.kattack.com/GEPlayer/GMPosDisplay.aspx?FeedID=1723 > > > > It was a 9.5 nm shallow beat from the start off Gulfport to round a mark > off Ship Island (one of the Gulf Coast barrier islands) followed by an 8 nm > close reach to the Gulfport sea buoy. After the sea buoy, we loosened up > to a beam/broad reach for the 42 nm leg to the Mobile sea buoy. We > passed the Mobile Sea buoy before sunset. We've NEVER come close to that > previously. > > > > After Mobile we turned down even more but couldn't hold the rhumb line > without collapsing the genoa. We were back close enough to shore where we > could look at the tracking data and saw we had a nice cushion on the second > place boat so we opted to sail gybe angles instead of putting up a pole for > wing on wing. The seas were fairly substantial, the boat was pretty > squirrely and I didn't want to send anyone to the foredeck to set the pole > (especially since that person was me). I hate wing on wing! We probably > lost 10 minutes or so but safety rules! > > > > We finished 23rd out of 34 boats including the spinnaker class. We might > have given up a half dozen spots by not going wing on wing. > > > > On the 3rd leg between the island and the Gulfport sea buoy, we passed a > McGregor 25 sailed by Benz Faget , a local North sailmaker and national > class sailor (he started 10 minutes ahead of us). Soon after we rounded > the sea buoy, Benz passed us with a chute up. We didn't see any other > boats set a chute. He won overall, beating a couple of Melges 32's > corrected. Who'd a thunk it? A McGregor 25. > > > > We watched a Beneteau 45 ahead of us throw up a chute. It immediately > exploded. > > > > As it turned out, it was probably good we didn't set the pole because we > furled the genoa immediately after the adjuster blew up to take load off > the backstay while we stabilized the rig. > > > > Winds were 18-22 and seas 3-6 feet for the entire race. > > > > As for the backstay adjuster, as soon as I finish mowing the lawn, I'm > taking it to a local hydraulic shop for them to look at it. If they don't > want to take a shot at it, I'll send it to Lew Townsend in Seattle. > > > > Dennis C. > > Touche' 35-1 #83 > > Mandeville, LA > > > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Dreuge via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > This past weekend was the Gulfport to Pensacola Race, a 100 NM offshore > sailboat race. Active list member Dennis C sailed Touche’, a C&C 35 mk1, > over 100 NM in under 13 hrs to win 1st place in his class. > > > > What makes this even more spectacular is the fact that at 40 NM before > the finish, Touche’ suffered a total failure of the back stay adjuster. > Dennis quickly kludged a temporary fix using a couple blocks and lines led > to aft winches. > > > > > > > > - > Paul E. > > 1981 C&C 38 Landfall > S/V Johanna Rose > Fort Walton Beach, FL > > > > http://svjohannarose.blogspot.com/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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