That was my impression also. The main looked perfectly furled on the boom, it
looked like the jib was rolled up on the forstay- My impression was that they
might have lost a halyard. I can't believe they didn't have other halyards, or
at least something to get up the Mast. Or at least be able to get that main up
enough to put a little bit of a reef in it or something. Anything. And yes, I
think they were clueless.
Regards,
Bill Coleman C&C 39
-------- Original message --------
From: "Matthew L. Wolford via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Date: 10/28/17 11:15 (GMT-05:00)
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: "Matthew L. Wolford" <wolf...@erie.net>
Subject: Re: Stus-List News story
I
read a story in this morning’s paper about the two rescued women. Sounds
like they took enough food to last a year based on advice they received from
experienced ocean-crossing sailors (which these women were not). The
article left the impression that the women were relatively clueless about boat
handling. It also said that the “rigging was damaged.” My guess is
that an experienced sailor would have figured out a way to repair the rigging
sufficiently to sail the boat in some
conditions.
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