foolhardy

[sailbadthesinner]

the silhouette has lain idle this summer
the small matter of one wedding and 2 honeymoons has meant that the boat has not been used
bro and papa chartered in falmouth and have taste foir sea
it has particularly bitten my bro with bug for adventure

is holyhead to isle of man foolhardy in a silhouette mkII twin keel given a fair forecast?
and timing the tides right
or am i being totally mad?
no room for liferaft
may have epirb

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[Peppermint]

Re: foolhardy? No

I used to crew one in JOG races across the channel. As long as it and you are in good nick you'll be fine. If the weather turns against you the worst that will happen is you'll end up somewhere you didn't expect to be a bit further down wind.

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[steve_cronin]

given a sufficiently large window of settled & fair weather, why not?

Before rafts were commonplace most of us cruised for years with a half inflated dinghy strapped to the coachroof. "Modernist" "fully compliant" (Jeeze! What a bore!") ex-nightschool Yacht "masters" would call US foolhardy no doubt.

In fact, now I cruise in a boat of 44ft length with a FULLY inflated dinghy on the coachroof (and a raft in a cockpit locker) I wonder that if we came by a real emergency, faced with imminent and fast sinking, we might just launch the dinghy.

With a well prepared and sound vessel, properly planned and not dependant upon any particular time constraints, there is no reason why your suggested cruise couldn't be an example of excellent seamanship. Of course, at this time of year and later, your opportunitites are reducing drastically.

Steve Cronin

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[Jeremy_W]

The yacht can certainly manage the trip if you and your crew are up to it. It's 50 miles Holyhead to Port St Mary (maybe a few less from Amlwch). You have a LWL of 14 feet giving a hull speed of 5 knots and a sensible cruising speed for passage planning of 3 knots. So you're looking at a 16/17 hour passage which means starting and/or finishing in the dark or a full overnight passage. So long as your bro and papa are happy steering by day or by night you're laughing.

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[penfold]

Yeh,
What he said; when you get a good forecast, set off in the afternoon, sail through the night and get your landfall as dawn comes up. If I'm going somewhere I've never been before, I always try to arrive in daylight; it's much safer that way. It also means you can celebrate your safe arrival with a full cooked brekkie in the nearest greasy spoon!

cheers,
david

<hr width=100% size=1>This candidate works well when cornered and watched like a rat in a trap.

 

[Ohdrat]

Reitto all the above..

go for it

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[vyv_cox]

NWVYC in Beaumaris has been in existence since the 1960s. Originally, almost all members owned Silhouettes and North Wales to IOM was a regular cruise. Many went a good deal further, Inner and Outer Hebrides being quite frequent destinations.

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