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When sailing across an ocean On the passage you will make The hardest thing that you will do On watch is stay awake....
20 Aug 2024
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When I was in NZ we met several people who built their own boats, often hardwood epoxy laminates. Most were very practical, well thought...
20 Aug 2024
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Now and again someone actually does it. Around the late 60's a young guy in UK built a dory type sailing boat from reclaimed timber and...
20 Aug 2024
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I am reminded of this poem by Yeats Far better to learn by trying than to remember missed opportunities. That said, I'm not rushing...
20 Aug 2024
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I wonder whether having a dream, and working towards it, is more important than actually fulfilling it. If one wants to sail an ocean...
20 Aug 2024
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High and Dry - 'Honduran Marlon Martinez waves from his boat, Rosalinda, which he built to sail across the Pacific. Martinez’s boat...
20 Aug 2024
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"Bayesian" s/y sinks in Palermo
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Tornado / Water Spout can exert higly localised extreme forces. No point in comparing the outcome of this vessel to one 100 metres away...
20 Aug 2024
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Re water ingress through deck openings: temperatures were above 30°C, haven't this sort of boats air conditioning on most of the time...
20 Aug 2024
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I do not know specifically this yacht, but several of similar size have a lifting center board, not ballasted keel, in which case the...
20 Aug 2024
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That’s my thought. Keel was retracted so righting moment will be massively reduced.
20 Aug 2024
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Knock over with open windows / doors isn't that mysterious. They weren't expecting a tornado.
20 Aug 2024
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My understanding based on other forums is that it had a lift keel. Whether or not it was raised is of course another matter. It is a...
20 Aug 2024
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Tragic event. I don’t think big boats being pushed over at significant angles in extreme winds is an odd thing. Neither is down...
20 Aug 2024
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Swede 55...a very sleek beauty
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That does explain the popularity of the most hideous cruising cats. Except if I were that dad, I'd feel hard done by.
20 Aug 2024
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Just arrived…lots of traffic 😡😧…beautiful place
20 Aug 2024
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