Atlantis is very impressive boat that has some stories to tell. She is a boat John Kretchmer wrote about sailing through a hurricane.
At one point in our trip, June 21st, middle of the night, three hundred miles from land, about midway between Bermuda and Annapolis, the boat made a sudden lurch and roll to one side. I had just closed a cabin door when I realized there were no other handholds nearby and I got thrown and accelerated across the aft cabin between the island bed and a mirror. My back hit something hard that took the wind out of me and I sank to the floor to recover. Then someone in the cockpit above hollered, "We lost steering again." I was there so I tossed the matress aside and ripped apart the island berth in the aft cabin. I started working on the steering cable which had fallen off the quadrant for the third time. Randy brought the 11/16" wrench and it took three of us to free the cable jambed under a sheave. I then noticed the quadrant stayed centered without the cable attached. That meant the rudder was staying centered behind the skeg and the ship was happy steering herself. I hollered up to the deck asking, "What is the boat doing and Mark, the helmsman shouted back, "she's making five and a half knots, 60 degrees off the wind and headed 300 degrees." That was very close to our intended course, and we had up the main with two reefs and part of the genoa. I hollered up, "That's what we want. Don't change anything." Of course my direction was superceded by the skipper (and prudent seamanship) required we reduce sail, start the engine, and motor at one knot. We got the cables sorted and back on the quadrant, but the wheel in the cockpit still spun free; no steering. There was talk of hitting the EPIRB or calling the Coast Guard. Instead, Randy rigged the emergency tiller which required removing the ram for the autohelm first and rigging special ropes to hold the tiller on the post; no way to pin the tiller and rudder post together. It took three people to steer the boat with one person in the center cockpit where the only compass is located, to holler to someone above the hatch to holler to someone on the tiller inside the aft cabin. Randy rigged purchases between the tiller and some handholds along the cabin sides, but the communication problem between made it too difficult to continue and we decided to lash the tiller and take a break. A few hours later, after we had some rest and the sun rose so we had some light, the skipper was able to remove the compass from the pedestal, lift the chain onto the sprocket and then I could retension the cables properly on the quadrant below. We never lost steering after that, but I couldn't forget the skippers words at the fuel dock in Bermuda when I offered to fix it the first time, and could have prevented all this fuss. In summary, Atlantis is a pretty boat, flag blue hull and white deck. She's a celebrity. But she has a lot of original equipment that is failing and she needs a lot of love. She would make a nice project at the right price for someone who wants a liveaboard/passagemaker, has the ambition, some cash, and the time, to devote to a boat from the mid eighties. I recommend a good survey. Chuck Scheaffer cscheaf...@comcast.net 609-703-0790 > On 09/05/2021 11:51 PM Randal Stafford via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > The Hylas 44 is a stout and seaworthy boat. Chuck Scheaffer and Paul Hood > and I, and Joel, and another guy Mark Shaffer not on this list, delivered > Atlantis from Bermuda to Annapolis in June. We crossed the Gulf Stream in > the remnants of Tropical Storm Claudette and it was blowing at least 50 knots > with very confused seas. Both in those conditions, and in other really > awesome conditions on that voyage, the Hylas 44 handled very well. > > Cheers, > Randy Stafford > S/V Grenadine > C&C 30-1 #79 > Ken Caryl, CO > > > On Sep 5, 2021, at 12:11 PM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List > > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > > I got a case of 5 foot itis. We bought a Hylas 49 and am selling Atlantis, > > our Hylas 44. > > Randy Paul and Chuck have been offshore on her and can attest to her > > ability. > > > > If interested please let me know. > > > > Joel > > -- > > Joel > > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - > > Stu > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
