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Susie Goodall // Surviving the Golden Globe Race - On the Wind Sailing
Big boys stuff that!
Susie Goodall // Surviving the Golden Globe Race - On the Wind Sailing
Big boys stuff that!
Been discussed already on morganscloud but behind a paywall. Oceancraft had changed to spiced eyes by then anyway from memory.Aye. Interesting she finally confirmed that her Jordan Series Drogue - the subject of much informed and uninformed speculation both here and in other boaty forums - snapped where a double figure-of-eight knot had been tied in the leader section, introducing a significant weakness. Not part of Don Jordan's original spec.
There was also the question of the drogue's specification ( rope strength ) being related to the builders' empty weight of the boat, and not the actual laden weight......
Taking those significant factors together, the failure is less of a surprise than at first hearing.
Just need to log on to spotify with any old google address, or a few moments searching>>Can't open it sadly.
Dude I had to google Spotify. But cheers that link works. Great and thanks for posting.Just need to log on to spotify with any old google address, or a few moments searching>>
Offshore Sailing // #296: Susie Goodall // Surviving the Golden Globe Race
Been discussed already on morganscloud but behind a paywall. Oceancraft had changed to spiced eyes by then anyway from memory. Think the thing is with JSD et al, the only real extreme tests happen in the likes of the southern ocean and so it's an extremely small sample size to flag up any potential design improvements. Some girl Susie though!!!
Had to google that... so we have the youngest and oldest to sail around the world'Grannie Jean' Socrates
Any links for either of those? Doesn't sound familiar, but would be interesting to have a look at.SG remains reluctant to suggest any inadequacy in what was carried and used. Many of the 'extremely small sample size' of real users - but not all - have revised their ideas of what's 'strong enough'.
I was reading her book on passage between the Galápagos and French Polynesia and discovered that she did it quicker than I did on a bigger yacht with my two crew. ??Laura Dekker has been uploading her circumnavigation to youtube recently.
Doesn't sound very clever working out yourself " what's 'strong enough" though. ...
The Don Jordan sizing calcs already come up with massive loads for the attachment points to cope with a once in a lifetime wave, if you can pick up the boat just from the bridle & give it a good shake then it's probably not far out