I too have no appreciable offshore experience but it sounds a little bit of get home itis. 17 years cruising and these were the worse sea conditions experienced? No storm sails, sea anchor or warps? Did not heave to? Content to move at 5kts downwind in huge seas? Make for an alternate safe harbor even though it puts you further from home?
But we were not there. Life saved is worth more than all the Monday morning quarterbacking we can come up with. Ed Levert Briar Patch C&C 34 New Orleans La On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 12:50 PM David Knecht via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Very powerful and emotional story. Never having been offshore, I can only > imagine what it would be like to be in that situation. It did not sound > like the boat was in danger of sinking. What options did they > realistically have? Is there a way to ride out a situation like that? I > wonder also if the only thing you can do in those conditions is go downwind > keeping the waves at their stern. If you had a bit of sail and tried to > reach or beat, what would happen? Dave > > Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > On Jun 29, 2018, at 10:02 AM, Josh Muckley via CnC-List < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1739506892791962&id=100001980054663 > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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