Dwight, Courageous or crazy, I'll let you be the judge of that. ;-) Water: On top of the two standard tanks (38 gallons), we had 3 gallons of spring water for the crew. I personally drank the water from the tank, which was treated with "Pristine". But this is not the only water one drink. DON,t forget the orange juice in the morning, the apple juice at lunch time, one beer before dinner, the glass of wine (you cannot get intoxicated when you're alone, bad idea) and apple juice with the cookies in the middle at two in the morning. Tank water are used for cooking, brushing teeth and cleaning the crew (two liters is enough for that each time). In 2008 we arrive in the Azores with tanks half full with a crew of three.
Food: croissants in the morning, sandwiches and salad at lunch time and, a hot meal every night. I consider this essential for the morale. No matter what weather I got, I made a hot meal every night. In rough weather, forget the table, nothing will stay on it. You should have large bowls. It's hard to store fresh fruits. I made my own bread on occasion. Very good for the morale. Sleep: forget the idea of an eight hour sleep. In normal conditions I was often asleep, but for short periods of time. It is important to have fairly good sleep somewhere between 3 and 6 in the morning. Sleep in the cockpit if you wish, but try to sleep. I end-up sleeping quite a lot to recuperate. When arriving near the shore, we don't sleep, meaning that we are pretty exhausted when arriving. In rough weather, the first thing that goes away is the quality of your sleep. When weather is getting rougher, the key is try to sleep while you can. The key question with bad weather is how rough will it be and for how long ? We are programmed to sleep at night and work during daytime. It doesn't take that long to start sleeping when you feel tired. I progressively developed the ability to go to sleep in a very short period of time. If it means heaving to, do so. It can allow you recuperate before things get rough to the point where you won't be able to sleep. Hope this is useful. Antoine Le 2013-03-21 à 07:57, dwight veinot a écrit : > You are one courageous guy Antoine, making that crossing in a C&C 30 alone > was a real adventure. I appreciate reading your story and I wonder what you > carried for fresh water and food and how you ever got relaxed enough to catch > a wink of sleep. Thanks for sharing it with us. > > Dwight Veinot > C&C 35 MKII, Alianna > Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Antoine > Rose > Sent: March 21, 2013 1:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stus-List StRe: Possible C&C 30 purchase > > Rick, > When I bought my C&C 30, I had my first vacation on lake Ontario and the boat > was hauled-out in Collins Bay (near Kingston). When the boat got out of > water, the guys around saw the rudder extension and this is where they told > that the hull #1 (owned by George Hinterholler, and they showed it to me in > the marina) had the same installed by Hinterholler himself. If the story is > true and your boat is the same #1, then your boat must have been previously > in Collins Bay. > > You saw the story of my 2008 crossing on C&C Photo Album. Well, I cruised on > the Gulf of Biscay on the summer 2009 and, after some negotiation with the > admiral, got the permission to bring the boat back in 2010, alone this time. > After a week of preparation in Rochefort (France), I left in mid afternoon at > high tide, head out of the Charente river. I left the Chassiron lighthouse > behind around 10 pm and then it hit me. what have I done ?? I'm heading > strait into the ocean alone. Gulp... ... > It didn't last long. Here are a few quick anecdotes: > > - The Gulf of Biscay was not particularly fun. So-so weather. The worst was > to stay on watch al night. The gulf is filled with fishermen's at night and > they don't care much about sailboats. Stay out of their way. Fortunately, the > sea was empty all day long, allowing me to rest. > - I got some rough weather when I rounded "La Coruna" (Spain). This is where > I plotted a course for the Azores. Pretty strong winds in the 30-35 knots > range. I got this weather when crossing the Coruna traffic separation > systems. No fishermen's but a lot of cargos ships there. Thanks to the AIS > system, the first one I saw was huge (the Maersk Evelyn, heading for > Rotterdam). I guess I had a pretty idea that the weather was a bit rough when > I observed that these ships were rolling and pitching in a very noticeable > way.. It is precisely there that the windvane broke, right at sunset. I > rushed into the cockpit lockers before dusk to replace the broken line > connecting the windvane to the rudder. The line broke because a block > exploded. It gives you an idea of the forces at play. After repair, the night > was a bit rough running downwind at a steady 7 knots+ under a 65% jib only. > At two in the morning, I was doing a steady 8-9 knots and the jib was a tad > too big. It calm down a bit around 4 in the morning and I could get some > rest. I was far away for the cargo ships routes. Despite the one and half > hour spend heaving to, to repair the windvane, I had my best day of the > crossing with 145 miles (6 knots average) > - After that, I got nice weather until I reached the Azores, a ten day > crossing from Rochefort. My wife joined me in the Azores for a two weeks > cruise. > - Between the Azores and Newfoundland Grand Banks, the weather forecast was > always showing the center of the Azores high pressure system desperately dead > ahead, meaning light winds in the nose. > - I again got some unpleasant weather when arriving near the Grand Banks. The > Grand Banks are anything except fun. It's cold, humid, (water dripping on > walls inside) and always foggy. I counted at least six variety of fog, > desperately lasting all day long. When it becomes clear, watch out, bad > weather is coming, which is precisely what happened. For two days, I paid > close attention to a low that was developing over St-Lawrence Gulf. Near Nova > Scotia, after 14 days taking to myself. I was so happy to hear a human voice > on radio that I listen four time to the weather forecast delivered by a very > nice lady voice announcing bad weather. Until last minute, I kept my options > open with the possibility of heading south to Canso straits or North, > depending on the course of the low. I finally ended-up north to avoid the 35 > knots winds that blew over Canso. > - After a day spent moving up Nova Scotia, I had enough with the bad weather > that I decided the stop and rest in Neils Harbour, 15 days, 13 hours and 25 > minutes after departing La Horta. > > Antoine (C&C 30 Cousin) > > > Le 2013-03-18 à 22:02, Rick Bushie a écrit : > > > Antoine, I sure would like to hear more sea stories from Cousin's > > crossings. I'm pretty sure I own hull #1. There is no evidence of any past > > extensions installed on the leading edge of the rudder. Of course, that > > would have been over forty years ago. The rudder has probably been replaced > > since then. George Hinterholler possibly owned Anchovy? Cool! > > Gary, gonna start charging royalties! You hang in St. Mikes...you must be > > rich! > > > > Rick Bushie > > s/v Anchovy, 1971 30-1, Hull 1 > > Worton Creek, MD > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2240 / Virus Database: 2641/5691 - Release Date: 03/20/13 > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected]
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