Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

[dwight veinot via CnC-List]

And for me during Jan many emails from this list ended up in my gmail spam
folder for some reason. Didn't notice until just lately. Simply thought the
 list was quiet.

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Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

[Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List]

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 Original message 
From: Randy Stafford via CnC-List 
Date: 2022-02-01 17:32 (GMT-05:00)
To: Stus-List 
Cc: Randy Stafford 
Subject: Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

[Randy Stafford via CnC-List]

Hey Listers,

Remember this story?  Well, it got written up in this month’s issue of 
Caribbean Compass.  Starting on p.18 of 
https://www.caribbeancompass.com/online/compass_online.pdf.

Cheers,
Randy

> On Dec 4, 2021, at 5:05 PM, Randy Stafford  wrote:
> 
> Correct.  There were no medical emergencies.  The boat was afloat and not 
> leaking.  It had propulsion and it had steerage.  If assistance had not 
> arrived, the first dire issue they might have faced was running out of 
> drinking water.  The second might have been running out of food.  Once the 
> seas calmed enough to dive the prop, they were able to get back to a better 
> state (esp. since they had a watermaker on board).  A third issue they were 
> facing was running out of fuel to make landfall before running out of food.  
> So, a question to ponder, was this an emergency, or just a major and scary 
> inconvenience?
> 
> I had to go through that thought process on an offshore passage earlier this 
> year.  The boat I was on had a multi-cause steering failure in the middle of 
> the night, that required use of the emergency tiller while awaiting daylight 
> to fix a problem.  But we were afloat, not leaking, had propulsion and 
> steerage, no medical problems, and enough water, food, and fuel to make 
> landfall.  Not an emergency, but an exhausting and “exciting” night of 
> inconvenience.
> 
> Cheers,
> Randy
> 
>> On Dec 4, 2021, at 3:37 PM, dwight veinot via CnC-List 
>> mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Bad as it sounds everybody stayed above the water. Right. That is what a 
>> boat is for in simplest terms
>> 
>> On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 6:30 PM Randy Stafford via CnC-List 
>> mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
>> Listers,
>> 
>> Here’s an overdue report on this situation.  Basically a tale of warning 
>> about what can go wrong offshore, with potentially very serious consequences.
>> 
>> By coincidence a few weeks ago I came into contact on Facebook with one of 
>> Calypso’s crew, a retired pediatrician.  We subsequently spoke on the phone, 
>> and she documented her experience on her Facebook timeline, which I’ll quote 
>> below.
>> 
>> Calypso’s owner and captain is a 75-year old man who’d never been offshore.  
>> He found passage crew on findacrew.net , and they too 
>> had never been offshore (and in two cases had little sailing experience).
>> 
>> The boat experienced a sequence of cascading problems on the passage, which 
>> put it and its crew in a very serious situation: no electricity, no engine, 
>> low fresh water, and broken forestay many hundreds of miles offshore.  The 
>> sequence started with problems furling an asym on a top-down furler.  That 
>> somehow caused problems with the genoa furler too: the genoa wouldn’t furl 
>> all the way in or out.  That in turn contributed to the forestay snapping 
>> when the wind picked up.  When that happened, the crew lashed the genoa down 
>> the length of the side deck, and fouled the prop with sheets or lashing 
>> lines.  The prop was fouled hard enough, in forward gear, that it wasn’t 
>> possible to shift to neutral.  So they couldn’t run the engine.  So they got 
>> down to 4% battery.  They had to shut off all electrical loads including 
>> radio, radar, GPS/AIS, lights, watermaker, and refrigerator.  They had to 
>> drift for two days waiting for seas to calm enough to dive the prop.  They 
>> lost refrigerated food and got down to 11% fresh water (with apparently no 
>> bottled water aboard).
>> 
>> If they had not been able to get off distress calls on their electronics and 
>> satellite phone before shutting down, they would have been in serious 
>> trouble.  Fortunately two other boats received notifications of Calypso’s 
>> distress and came to assist, accompanying the disabled boat for many days.  
>> They lent water and fuel, support and advice.  One of those boats was a 
>> Leopard 40 named Nobody’s Home in the Salty Dogs rally to Antigua, whose 
>> delivery captain was a man named Vinny, who is a friend of the delivery 
>> captain Scott of the boat I was on (a Fountaine Pajot Saona 47 named Quite 
>> The Catch).  We first heard about this whole situation when Vinny texted 
>> Scott via satphone.
>> 
>> Calypso departed from Hampton, VA on Saturday October 30th (day 1 for them) 
>> as part of the Salty Dogs rally.  My boat departed Newport, RI on Monday 
>> November 1st, bound for the USVI (not part of the rally).  Calypso's 
>> forestay snapped on their day 7 or 8: Saturday November 7th or Sunday 
>> November 8th.  By that time there was a strong storm happening between the 
>> east coast and Bermuda, which would slam New England several days later as a 
>> nor’easter packing hurricane-strength winds. By Friday November 6th Chris 
>> Parker was advising all boats in the vicinity to get as far south and east 
>> as possible, as quickly as possible.  At that time, Quite The Catch was 
>> approaching Bermuda, and we were 

Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

[Shawn Wright via CnC-List]

or when, as it always does, the foo hits
> the fan. This includes making the hard decision to alter the original
> voyage plans when conditions change or somebody gets sick/injured. It is
> difficult to break a voyage and head for an alternate destination/port.
> Another critical decision skill is to recognize when it is time to bring in
> an expert AKA a qualified delivery skipper or 1st mate to back up the
> owner/skipper’s abilities.
>
>
>
> Boat:
>
> -The top down Asym sail roller furling set up  may be more suitable
> offshore with a much more experienced crew. (Think of equipment use when
> dark and the wind suddenly increases.) For many casual sailors a spinnaker
> sock like the ATN snuffer may be simpler, more reliable, and user friendly.
>
> -Reliance on a water maker with out adequate, separate backup water
> stowage.
>
> -Poor resource management: water (quantity and quality) and battery power.
>
>
>
> I did not list the refrigeration shut down as this is difficult to back up
> fully.  During a 1979 Hawaii to Seattle delivery our engine driven refer
> failed spoiling much food just a few days out of Hawaii.  We had a lot of
> our back up food in freeze dried packets.  It takes a lot of water to
> reconstitute freeze dried food. We also had a few days worth of K-rations
> (bring extra TP) but the canned foods were best.  If we had appropriate
> offshore fishing gear and knew how to use it our culinary experience would
> have been much improved.
>
> During a 1993 Hawaii to Seattle delivery the engine failed and it took us
> 3 or 4 days to effect repairs. Once again the fresh and frozen food
> spoiled. This time we had great fishing gear and passionate fishermen on
> the crew. If you can make a lure look like a flying fish to a Mahi-Mahi or
> Tuna losing your fresh food is much less inconvenient.
>
>
>
> Martin DeYoung
>
> Calypso (not that Calypso)
>
> 1971 C 43
>
> Port Ludlow/Seattle
>
>
>
> *From: *Shawn Wright via CnC-List 
> *Sent: *Saturday, December 4, 2021 12:14 PM
> *To: *Stus-List 
> *Cc: *Shawn Wright 
> *Subject: *Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle
>
>
>
> Thanks for sharing, Randy. As we are seeking our offshore boat, there are
> lots of lessons to be learned from this story, but the opening sentences
> would have had enough red flags to send me running from this boat!
>
>
>
> "Calypso’s owner and captain is a 75-year old man who’d never been
> offshore.  He found passage crew on findacrew.net
> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffindacrew.net%2F=04%7C01%7C%7C6f751bbe816a43371dbd08d9b762a5b3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637742456580513964%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000=VLsEWsFHope%2BcjXzCQq%2FmEf7xSRhew2sr8GR82fRtV4%3D=0>,
> and they too had never been offshore (and in two cases had little sailing
> experience)."
>
>
>
> No offshore experience in a boat not really designed for offshore? What
> were they thinking? I'm glad there were no serious injuries and hope those
> involved will learn from the experience, as in my limited experience, it
> reads like a lesson in what not to do!
>
>
>
> --
>
> Shawn Wright
>
> shawngwri...@gmail.com
>
> S/V Callisto, 1974 C 35
>
> https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto
> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSVCallisto=04%7C01%7C%7C6f751bbe816a43371dbd08d9b762a5b3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637742456580513964%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000=XEeoC0weiqsZHD7seNIR2wGyhkwIKRlGLd28rOViscA%3D=0>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

[Martin DeYoung via CnC-List]

r 
4 days to effect repairs. Once again the fresh and frozen food spoiled. This 
time we had great fishing gear and passionate fishermen on the crew. If you can 
make a lure look like a flying fish to a Mahi-Mahi or Tuna losing your fresh 
food is much less inconvenient.

Martin DeYoung
Calypso (not that Calypso)
1971 C 43
Port Ludlow/Seattle

From: Shawn Wright via CnC-List<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 4, 2021 12:14 PM
To: Stus-List<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Cc: Shawn Wright<mailto:shawngwri...@gmail.com>
Subject: Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

Thanks for sharing, Randy. As we are seeking our offshore boat, there are lots 
of lessons to be learned from this story, but the opening sentences would have 
had enough red flags to send me running from this boat!

"Calypso’s owner and captain is a 75-year old man who’d never been offshore.  
He found passage crew on 
findacrew.net<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffindacrew.net%2F=04%7C01%7C%7C6f751bbe816a43371dbd08d9b762a5b3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637742456580513964%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000=VLsEWsFHope%2BcjXzCQq%2FmEf7xSRhew2sr8GR82fRtV4%3D=0>,
 and they too had never been offshore (and in two cases had little sailing 
experience)."

No offshore experience in a boat not really designed for offshore? What were 
they thinking? I'm glad there were no serious injuries and hope those involved 
will learn from the experience, as in my limited experience, it reads like a 
lesson in what not to do!

--
Shawn Wright
shawngwri...@gmail.com<mailto:shawngwri...@gmail.com>
S/V Callisto, 1974 C 35
https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSVCallisto=04%7C01%7C%7C6f751bbe816a43371dbd08d9b762a5b3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C637742456580513964%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000=XEeoC0weiqsZHD7seNIR2wGyhkwIKRlGLd28rOViscA%3D=0>





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Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

[M. Hans Liebert via CnC-List]

No headsail had to give her significant weather helm… No surprise the autopilot 
gave up. This whole tail exemplifies the classic failures chain, beginning with 
the lack of offshore experience of everyone aboard. 

~Hans
SV Inconceivable
Corvette 31
Hull#138

> On Dec 4, 2021, at 7:06 PM, Randy Stafford via CnC-List 
>  wrote:
> 
>  Correct.  There were no medical emergencies.  The boat was afloat and not 
> leaking.  It had propulsion and it had steerage.  If assistance had not 
> arrived, the first dire issue they might have faced was running out of 
> drinking water.  The second might have been running out of food.  Once the 
> seas calmed enough to dive the prop, they were able to get back to a better 
> state (esp. since they had a watermaker on board).  A third issue they were 
> facing was running out of fuel to make landfall before running out of food.  
> So, a question to ponder, was this an emergency, or just a major and scary 
> inconvenience?
> 
> I had to go through that thought process on an offshore passage earlier this 
> year.  The boat I was on had a multi-cause steering failure in the middle of 
> the night, that required use of the emergency tiller while awaiting daylight 
> to fix a problem.  But we were afloat, not leaking, had propulsion and 
> steerage, no medical problems, and enough water, food, and fuel to make 
> landfall.  Not an emergency, but an exhausting and “exciting” night of 
> inconvenience.
> 
> Cheers,
> Randy
> 
>> On Dec 4, 2021, at 3:37 PM, dwight veinot via CnC-List 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Bad as it sounds everybody stayed above the water. Right. That is what a 
>> boat is for in simplest terms
>> 
>>> On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 6:30 PM Randy Stafford via CnC-List 
>>>  wrote:
>>> Listers,
>>> 
>>> Here’s an overdue report on this situation.  Basically a tale of warning 
>>> about what can go wrong offshore, with potentially very serious 
>>> consequences.
>>> 
>>> By coincidence a few weeks ago I came into contact on Facebook with one of 
>>> Calypso’s crew, a retired pediatrician.  We subsequently spoke on the 
>>> phone, and she documented her experience on her Facebook timeline, which 
>>> I’ll quote below.
>>> 
>>> Calypso’s owner and captain is a 75-year old man who’d never been offshore. 
>>>  He found passage crew on findacrew.net, and they too had never been 
>>> offshore (and in two cases had little sailing experience).
>>> 
>>> The boat experienced a sequence of cascading problems on the passage, which 
>>> put it and its crew in a very serious situation: no electricity, no engine, 
>>> low fresh water, and broken forestay many hundreds of miles offshore.  The 
>>> sequence started with problems furling an asym on a top-down furler.  That 
>>> somehow caused problems with the genoa furler too: the genoa wouldn’t furl 
>>> all the way in or out.  That in turn contributed to the forestay snapping 
>>> when the wind picked up.  When that happened, the crew lashed the genoa 
>>> down the length of the side deck, and fouled the prop with sheets or 
>>> lashing lines.  The prop was fouled hard enough, in forward gear, that it 
>>> wasn’t possible to shift to neutral.  So they couldn’t run the engine.  So 
>>> they got down to 4% battery.  They had to shut off all electrical loads 
>>> including radio, radar, GPS/AIS, lights, watermaker, and refrigerator.  
>>> They had to drift for two days waiting for seas to calm enough to dive the 
>>> prop.  They lost refrigerated food and got down to 11% fresh water (with 
>>> apparently no bottled water aboard).
>>> 
>>> If they had not been able to get off distress calls on their electronics 
>>> and satellite phone before shutting down, they would have been in serious 
>>> trouble.  Fortunately two other boats received notifications of Calypso’s 
>>> distress and came to assist, accompanying the disabled boat for many days.  
>>> They lent water and fuel, support and advice.  One of those boats was a 
>>> Leopard 40 named Nobody’s Home in the Salty Dogs rally to Antigua, whose 
>>> delivery captain was a man named Vinny, who is a friend of the delivery 
>>> captain Scott of the boat I was on (a Fountaine Pajot Saona 47 named Quite 
>>> The Catch).  We first heard about this whole situation when Vinny texted 
>>> Scott via satphone.
>>> 
>>> Calypso departed from Hampton, VA on Saturday October 30th (day 1 for them) 
>>> as part of the Salty Dogs rally.  My boat departed Newport, RI on Monday 
>>> November 1st, bound for the USVI (not part of the rally).  Calypso's 
>>> forestay snapped on their day 7 or 8: Saturday November 7th or Sunday 
>>> November 8th.  By that time there was a strong storm happening between the 
>>> east coast and Bermuda, which would slam New England several days later as 
>>> a nor’easter packing hurricane-strength winds. By Friday November 6th Chris 
>>> Parker was advising all boats in the vicinity to get as far south and east 
>>> as possible, as quickly as possible.  At that time, Quite The 

Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

[Randy Stafford via CnC-List]

Correct.  There were no medical emergencies.  The boat was afloat and not 
leaking.  It had propulsion and it had steerage.  If assistance had not 
arrived, the first dire issue they might have faced was running out of drinking 
water.  The second might have been running out of food.  Once the seas calmed 
enough to dive the prop, they were able to get back to a better state (esp. 
since they had a watermaker on board).  A third issue they were facing was 
running out of fuel to make landfall before running out of food.  So, a 
question to ponder, was this an emergency, or just a major and scary 
inconvenience?

I had to go through that thought process on an offshore passage earlier this 
year.  The boat I was on had a multi-cause steering failure in the middle of 
the night, that required use of the emergency tiller while awaiting daylight to 
fix a problem.  But we were afloat, not leaking, had propulsion and steerage, 
no medical problems, and enough water, food, and fuel to make landfall.  Not an 
emergency, but an exhausting and “exciting” night of inconvenience.

Cheers,
Randy

> On Dec 4, 2021, at 3:37 PM, dwight veinot via CnC-List 
>  wrote:
> 
> Bad as it sounds everybody stayed above the water. Right. That is what a boat 
> is for in simplest terms
> 
> On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 6:30 PM Randy Stafford via CnC-List 
> mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
> Listers,
> 
> Here’s an overdue report on this situation.  Basically a tale of warning 
> about what can go wrong offshore, with potentially very serious consequences.
> 
> By coincidence a few weeks ago I came into contact on Facebook with one of 
> Calypso’s crew, a retired pediatrician.  We subsequently spoke on the phone, 
> and she documented her experience on her Facebook timeline, which I’ll quote 
> below.
> 
> Calypso’s owner and captain is a 75-year old man who’d never been offshore.  
> He found passage crew on findacrew.net , and they too 
> had never been offshore (and in two cases had little sailing experience).
> 
> The boat experienced a sequence of cascading problems on the passage, which 
> put it and its crew in a very serious situation: no electricity, no engine, 
> low fresh water, and broken forestay many hundreds of miles offshore.  The 
> sequence started with problems furling an asym on a top-down furler.  That 
> somehow caused problems with the genoa furler too: the genoa wouldn’t furl 
> all the way in or out.  That in turn contributed to the forestay snapping 
> when the wind picked up.  When that happened, the crew lashed the genoa down 
> the length of the side deck, and fouled the prop with sheets or lashing 
> lines.  The prop was fouled hard enough, in forward gear, that it wasn’t 
> possible to shift to neutral.  So they couldn’t run the engine.  So they got 
> down to 4% battery.  They had to shut off all electrical loads including 
> radio, radar, GPS/AIS, lights, watermaker, and refrigerator.  They had to 
> drift for two days waiting for seas to calm enough to dive the prop.  They 
> lost refrigerated food and got down to 11% fresh water (with apparently no 
> bottled water aboard).
> 
> If they had not been able to get off distress calls on their electronics and 
> satellite phone before shutting down, they would have been in serious 
> trouble.  Fortunately two other boats received notifications of Calypso’s 
> distress and came to assist, accompanying the disabled boat for many days.  
> They lent water and fuel, support and advice.  One of those boats was a 
> Leopard 40 named Nobody’s Home in the Salty Dogs rally to Antigua, whose 
> delivery captain was a man named Vinny, who is a friend of the delivery 
> captain Scott of the boat I was on (a Fountaine Pajot Saona 47 named Quite 
> The Catch).  We first heard about this whole situation when Vinny texted 
> Scott via satphone.
> 
> Calypso departed from Hampton, VA on Saturday October 30th (day 1 for them) 
> as part of the Salty Dogs rally.  My boat departed Newport, RI on Monday 
> November 1st, bound for the USVI (not part of the rally).  Calypso's forestay 
> snapped on their day 7 or 8: Saturday November 7th or Sunday November 8th.  
> By that time there was a strong storm happening between the east coast and 
> Bermuda, which would slam New England several days later as a nor’easter 
> packing hurricane-strength winds. By Friday November 6th Chris Parker was 
> advising all boats in the vicinity to get as far south and east as possible, 
> as quickly as possible.  At that time, Quite The Catch was approaching 
> Bermuda, and we were seeing forecasts of >50kts on PredictWind southwest of 
> our position over the next couple days.  So we diverted SE two days and 400nm 
> out of our way to avoid that weather.  Calypso probably sailed right through 
> it, but the max wind strength they saw (at least, while they had 
> instrumentation) was 37 knots.
> 
> Calypso was able to compensate for the broken forestay using halyards to 

Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

[Andrew Burton via CnC-List]

Folks, if you're thinking about heading offshore, I know Martin has lots of
miles and I've logged nearly half a million miles, and there are a few
others here. He's a good one to answer questions and I'm happy to help with
advice (when I'm not offshore).
Andy

Andrew Burton
26 Beacon Hill
Newport, RI
USA 02840
http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/

phone  +401 965 5260


On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 3:14 PM Shawn Wright via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> Thanks for sharing, Randy. As we are seeking our offshore boat, there are
> lots of lessons to be learned from this story, but the opening sentences
> would have had enough red flags to send me running from this boat!
>
> "Calypso’s owner and captain is a 75-year old man who’d never been
> offshore.  He found passage crew on findacrew.net, and they too had never
> been offshore (and in two cases had little sailing experience)."
>
> No offshore experience in a boat not really designed for offshore? What
> were they thinking? I'm glad there were no serious injuries and hope those
> involved will learn from the experience, as in my limited experience, it
> reads like a lesson in what not to do!
>
> --
> Shawn Wright
> shawngwri...@gmail.com
> S/V Callisto, 1974 C 35
> https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 2:30 PM Randy Stafford via CnC-List <
> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
>
>> Listers,
>>
>> Here’s an overdue report on this situation.  Basically a tale of warning
>> about what can go wrong offshore, with potentially very serious
>> consequences.
>>
>> By coincidence a few weeks ago I came into contact on Facebook with one
>> of Calypso’s crew, a retired pediatrician.  We subsequently spoke on the
>> phone, and she documented her experience on her Facebook timeline, which
>> I’ll quote below.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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

Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

[dwight veinot via CnC-List]

Bad as it sounds everybody stayed above the water. Right. That is what a
boat is for in simplest terms

On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 6:30 PM Randy Stafford via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> Listers,
>
> Here’s an overdue report on this situation.  Basically a tale of warning
> about what can go wrong offshore, with potentially very serious
> consequences.
>
> By coincidence a few weeks ago I came into contact on Facebook with one of
> Calypso’s crew, a retired pediatrician.  We subsequently spoke on the
> phone, and she documented her experience on her Facebook timeline, which
> I’ll quote below.
>
> Calypso’s owner and captain is a 75-year old man who’d never been
> offshore.  He found passage crew on findacrew.net, and they too had never
> been offshore (and in two cases had little sailing experience).
>
> The boat experienced a sequence of cascading problems on the passage,
> which put it and its crew in a very serious situation: no electricity, no
> engine, low fresh water, and broken forestay many hundreds of miles
> offshore.  The sequence started with problems furling an asym on a top-down
> furler.  That somehow caused problems with the genoa furler too: the genoa
> wouldn’t furl all the way in or out.  That in turn contributed to the
> forestay snapping when the wind picked up.  When that happened, the crew
> lashed the genoa down the length of the side deck, and fouled the prop with
> sheets or lashing lines.  The prop was fouled hard enough, in forward gear,
> that it wasn’t possible to shift to neutral.  So they couldn’t run the
> engine.  So they got down to 4% battery.  They had to shut off all
> electrical loads including radio, radar, GPS/AIS, lights, watermaker, and
> refrigerator.  They had to drift for two days waiting for seas to calm
> enough to dive the prop.  They lost refrigerated food and got down to 11%
> fresh water (with apparently no bottled water aboard).
>
> If they had not been able to get off distress calls on their electronics
> and satellite phone before shutting down, they would have been in serious
> trouble.  Fortunately two other boats received notifications of Calypso’s
> distress and came to assist, accompanying the disabled boat for many days.
> They lent water and fuel, support and advice.  One of those boats was a
> Leopard 40 named Nobody’s Home in the Salty Dogs rally to Antigua, whose
> delivery captain was a man named Vinny, who is a friend of the delivery
> captain Scott of the boat I was on (a Fountaine Pajot Saona 47 named Quite
> The Catch).  We first heard about this whole situation when Vinny texted
> Scott via satphone.
>
> Calypso departed from Hampton, VA on Saturday October 30th (day 1 for
> them) as part of the Salty Dogs rally.  My boat departed Newport, RI on
> Monday November 1st, bound for the USVI (not part of the rally).  Calypso's
> forestay snapped on their day 7 or 8: Saturday November 7th or Sunday
> November 8th.  By that time there was a strong storm happening between the
> east coast and Bermuda, which would slam New England several days later as
> a nor’easter packing hurricane-strength winds. By Friday November 6th Chris
> Parker was advising all boats in the vicinity to get as far south and east
> as possible, as quickly as possible.  At that time, Quite The Catch was
> approaching Bermuda, and we were seeing forecasts of >50kts on PredictWind
> southwest of our position over the next couple days.  So we diverted SE two
> days and 400nm out of our way to avoid that weather.  Calypso probably
> sailed right through it, but the max wind strength they saw (at least,
> while they had instrumentation) was 37 knots.
>
> Calypso was able to compensate for the broken forestay using halyards to
> the bow stem.  They got her prop unfouled and engine started and batteries
> charged.  Then she was able to limp along under reefed main.  Unbelievably,
> despite all that and a subsequently broken autopilot, her captain wanted to
> continue to Antigua and was requesting fuel!  On the evening of Thursday
> November 11th, as navigator on Quite The Catch, I plotted an intercept
> course to backtrack eight hours to Calypso and give her fuel, but we
> decided not to do it.
>
> When Calyspo got far enough south to hit the easterly trade winds, her
> captain wanted to start tacking upwind to Antigua, starting with a NE leg.
> At that point her crew mutinied, and forced the captain to turn towards the
> USVI.  She arrived in St. Thomas on November 15th after 16 days at sea from
> Hampton, VA.  By contrast my boat arrived on November 12th after 12 days at
> sea from Newport, RI (two of which were extra days for weather routing).
>
> Learn what you will from this saga.  Now I will paste the crew member’s
> Facebook postings, in the order in which she posted them.
>
> "Wow! Where to start?? We just spent 16 days at sea and ended up in the US
> Virgin Islands instead of Antigua. Lots of stuff on the boat broke and
> because of it we couldn’t sail east 

Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

[Shawn Wright via CnC-List]

Thanks for sharing, Randy. As we are seeking our offshore boat, there are
lots of lessons to be learned from this story, but the opening sentences
would have had enough red flags to send me running from this boat!

"Calypso’s owner and captain is a 75-year old man who’d never been
offshore.  He found passage crew on findacrew.net, and they too had never
been offshore (and in two cases had little sailing experience)."

No offshore experience in a boat not really designed for offshore? What
were they thinking? I'm glad there were no serious injuries and hope those
involved will learn from the experience, as in my limited experience, it
reads like a lesson in what not to do!

--
Shawn Wright
shawngwri...@gmail.com
S/V Callisto, 1974 C 35
https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto


On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 2:30 PM Randy Stafford via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> Listers,
>
> Here’s an overdue report on this situation.  Basically a tale of warning
> about what can go wrong offshore, with potentially very serious
> consequences.
>
> By coincidence a few weeks ago I came into contact on Facebook with one of
> Calypso’s crew, a retired pediatrician.  We subsequently spoke on the
> phone, and she documented her experience on her Facebook timeline, which
> I’ll quote below.
>
>
>
>
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Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

[Randy Stafford via CnC-List]

Listers,

Here’s an overdue report on this situation.  Basically a tale of warning about 
what can go wrong offshore, with potentially very serious consequences.

By coincidence a few weeks ago I came into contact on Facebook with one of 
Calypso’s crew, a retired pediatrician.  We subsequently spoke on the phone, 
and she documented her experience on her Facebook timeline, which I’ll quote 
below.

Calypso’s owner and captain is a 75-year old man who’d never been offshore.  He 
found passage crew on findacrew.net , and they too had 
never been offshore (and in two cases had little sailing experience).

The boat experienced a sequence of cascading problems on the passage, which put 
it and its crew in a very serious situation: no electricity, no engine, low 
fresh water, and broken forestay many hundreds of miles offshore.  The sequence 
started with problems furling an asym on a top-down furler.  That somehow 
caused problems with the genoa furler too: the genoa wouldn’t furl all the way 
in or out.  That in turn contributed to the forestay snapping when the wind 
picked up.  When that happened, the crew lashed the genoa down the length of 
the side deck, and fouled the prop with sheets or lashing lines.  The prop was 
fouled hard enough, in forward gear, that it wasn’t possible to shift to 
neutral.  So they couldn’t run the engine.  So they got down to 4% battery.  
They had to shut off all electrical loads including radio, radar, GPS/AIS, 
lights, watermaker, and refrigerator.  They had to drift for two days waiting 
for seas to calm enough to dive the prop.  They lost refrigerated food and got 
down to 11% fresh water (with apparently no bottled water aboard).

If they had not been able to get off distress calls on their electronics and 
satellite phone before shutting down, they would have been in serious trouble.  
Fortunately two other boats received notifications of Calypso’s distress and 
came to assist, accompanying the disabled boat for many days.  They lent water 
and fuel, support and advice.  One of those boats was a Leopard 40 named 
Nobody’s Home in the Salty Dogs rally to Antigua, whose delivery captain was a 
man named Vinny, who is a friend of the delivery captain Scott of the boat I 
was on (a Fountaine Pajot Saona 47 named Quite The Catch).  We first heard 
about this whole situation when Vinny texted Scott via satphone.

Calypso departed from Hampton, VA on Saturday October 30th (day 1 for them) as 
part of the Salty Dogs rally.  My boat departed Newport, RI on Monday November 
1st, bound for the USVI (not part of the rally).  Calypso's forestay snapped on 
their day 7 or 8: Saturday November 7th or Sunday November 8th.  By that time 
there was a strong storm happening between the east coast and Bermuda, which 
would slam New England several days later as a nor’easter packing 
hurricane-strength winds. By Friday November 6th Chris Parker was advising all 
boats in the vicinity to get as far south and east as possible, as quickly as 
possible.  At that time, Quite The Catch was approaching Bermuda, and we were 
seeing forecasts of >50kts on PredictWind southwest of our position over the 
next couple days.  So we diverted SE two days and 400nm out of our way to avoid 
that weather.  Calypso probably sailed right through it, but the max wind 
strength they saw (at least, while they had instrumentation) was 37 knots.

Calypso was able to compensate for the broken forestay using halyards to the 
bow stem.  They got her prop unfouled and engine started and batteries charged. 
 Then she was able to limp along under reefed main.  Unbelievably, despite all 
that and a subsequently broken autopilot, her captain wanted to continue to 
Antigua and was requesting fuel!  On the evening of Thursday November 11th, as 
navigator on Quite The Catch, I plotted an intercept course to backtrack eight 
hours to Calypso and give her fuel, but we decided not to do it.

When Calyspo got far enough south to hit the easterly trade winds, her captain 
wanted to start tacking upwind to Antigua, starting with a NE leg.  At that 
point her crew mutinied, and forced the captain to turn towards the USVI.  She 
arrived in St. Thomas on November 15th after 16 days at sea from Hampton, VA.  
By contrast my boat arrived on November 12th after 12 days at sea from Newport, 
RI (two of which were extra days for weather routing).  

Learn what you will from this saga.  Now I will paste the crew member’s 
Facebook postings, in the order in which she posted them.

"Wow! Where to start?? We just spent 16 days at sea and ended up in the US 
Virgin Islands instead of Antigua. Lots of stuff on the boat broke and because 
of it we couldn’t sail east into the wind to get there. We anticipate being 
able to pick up another sailboat from here and continue to explore the 
Caribbean.  Here are some pretty sunrises and sunsets while I process how to 
share this story.”

"Days 3-6: Our trip was supposed to be 

Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

[Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List]

Any thoughts I had about becoming a delivery skipper as a retirement “career” 
have dissolved and disappeared after reading this thread..
Best of luck Randy on the remainder of the voyage and keeping fingers crossed 
for Calypso.
Chuck Gilchrest 
Half Magic
Landfall 35

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 12, 2021, at 1:18 PM, Randal Stafford via CnC-List 
>  wrote:
> 
> Thank you Dennis and all who replied. I just got a cell signal off Tortola, 
> about 25nm ahead.
> 
> As of this morning Calypso was some 200nm astern of us; we’re heading 214M to 
> the western tip of Jost.  In addition to her previous troubles (broken 
> forestay, wrapped prop, etc.) now apparently her autopilot has also failed.  
> But her owner is apparently determined to continue to Antigua, and borrow 
> fuel to do so, instead of ducking a closer port for repairs. I gather someone 
> dived the prop to clear it.
> 
> There was a nasty storm between the Carolina coast and Bermuda last weekend. 
> PredictWind showed 50 knots forecast, and by last Friday Chris Parker was 
> advising boats to get as far south and east as they could, as fast as 
> possible.
> 
> I’m crewing the delivery of a Fountaine Pajot Saona 47 from Newport to St. 
> Thomas.  We sailed over 300 miles out of our way, almost to the 61st 
> meridian, to avoid that storm, adding two days to our trip. And still we saw 
> 41-knot gusts last Saturday or Sunday night.  And due to that big low 
> pressure system, the wind was out of the south for days instead of the usual 
> easterlies, hampering our progress to the Caribbean.
> 
> Anyway, I think Calypso was in the darkest red part of that storm and got 
> beat up pretty badly.
> 
> The delivery captain on my boat, Scott, has a friend Vinny who is delivering 
> another boat to Antigua in the Salty Dog Rally, with the owners aboard.  They 
> were the closest vessel to Calypso when her distress call came in, and went 
> to assist her. Vinny texted Scott about the situation, including issues with 
> crew dynamics on Calypso. 
> 
> Last night we could have diverted six or eight hours to rendezvous with 
> Calypso, but didn’t want to give away our fuel to a captain making (in our 
> opinion) unreasonable decisions.  So we never met up.
> 
> As far as I know, Calypso’s owner is not on this mail list.
> 
> Cheers,
> Randy
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>>> On Nov 9, 2021, at 3:26 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> Chuck is correct.
>> 
>> I'm assuming that the 121 Calypso is the one making 5 knots trailing the 
>> fleet.
>> 
>> --
>> Dennis C.
>> Touche' 35-1 #83
>> Mandeville, LA
>> 
>>> On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 1:13 PM Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List 
>>>  wrote:
>>> Joe, 
>>> Randy’s boat Grenadine is on the hard in Colorado for the season.  Randy is 
>>> on a delivery on a different boat.  The delivery skipper’s friend is 
>>> sailing Calypso  which lost its headstay.  At least that’s what I read into 
>>> this.  
>>> Chuck Gilchrest 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
> On Nov 9, 2021, at 2:03 PM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List 
>  wrote:
> 
 
 https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/rally/2021-sdsa-caribbean-rally/
 
  
 
 No Grenadine shows up, but two Calypsos do. One is making 5 knots and the 
 other is in Marsh Harbor.
 
  
 
  
 
 Joe Della Barba
 
 Coquina C 35 MK I
 
 Kent Island MD USA
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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
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Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

[Randal Stafford via CnC-List]

Thank you Dennis and all who replied. I just got a cell signal off Tortola, 
about 25nm ahead.

As of this morning Calypso was some 200nm astern of us; we’re heading 214M to 
the western tip of Jost.  In addition to her previous troubles (broken 
forestay, wrapped prop, etc.) now apparently her autopilot has also failed.  
But her owner is apparently determined to continue to Antigua, and borrow fuel 
to do so, instead of ducking a closer port for repairs. I gather someone dived 
the prop to clear it.

There was a nasty storm between the Carolina coast and Bermuda last weekend. 
PredictWind showed 50 knots forecast, and by last Friday Chris Parker was 
advising boats to get as far south and east as they could, as fast as possible.

I’m crewing the delivery of a Fountaine Pajot Saona 47 from Newport to St. 
Thomas.  We sailed over 300 miles out of our way, almost to the 61st meridian, 
to avoid that storm, adding two days to our trip. And still we saw 41-knot 
gusts last Saturday or Sunday night.  And due to that big low pressure system, 
the wind was out of the south for days instead of the usual easterlies, 
hampering our progress to the Caribbean.

Anyway, I think Calypso was in the darkest red part of that storm and got beat 
up pretty badly.

The delivery captain on my boat, Scott, has a friend Vinny who is delivering 
another boat to Antigua in the Salty Dog Rally, with the owners aboard.  They 
were the closest vessel to Calypso when her distress call came in, and went to 
assist her. Vinny texted Scott about the situation, including issues with crew 
dynamics on Calypso. 

Last night we could have diverted six or eight hours to rendezvous with 
Calypso, but didn’t want to give away our fuel to a captain making (in our 
opinion) unreasonable decisions.  So we never met up.

As far as I know, Calypso’s owner is not on this mail list.

Cheers,
Randy

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 9, 2021, at 3:26 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Chuck is correct.
> 
> I'm assuming that the 121 Calypso is the one making 5 knots trailing the 
> fleet.
> 
> --
> Dennis C.
> Touche' 35-1 #83
> Mandeville, LA
> 
>> On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 1:13 PM Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List 
>>  wrote:
>> Joe, 
>> Randy’s boat Grenadine is on the hard in Colorado for the season.  Randy is 
>> on a delivery on a different boat.  The delivery skipper’s friend is sailing 
>> Calypso  which lost its headstay.  At least that’s what I read into this.  
>> Chuck Gilchrest 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
 On Nov 9, 2021, at 2:03 PM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List 
  wrote:
 
>>> 
>>> https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/rally/2021-sdsa-caribbean-rally/
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> No Grenadine shows up, but two Calypsos do. One is making 5 knots and the 
>>> other is in Marsh Harbor.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Joe Della Barba
>>> 
>>> Coquina C 35 MK I
>>> 
>>> Kent Island MD USA
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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
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Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

[Dennis C. via CnC-List]

Chuck is correct.

I'm assuming that the 121 Calypso is the one making 5 knots trailing the
fleet.

--
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA

On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 1:13 PM Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> Joe,
> Randy’s boat Grenadine is on the hard in Colorado for the season.  Randy
> is on a delivery on a different boat.  The delivery skipper’s friend is
> sailing Calypso  which lost its headstay.  At least that’s what I read into
> this.
> Chuck Gilchrest
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 9, 2021, at 2:03 PM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List <
> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
>
> 
>
> https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/rally/2021-sdsa-caribbean-rally/
>
>
>
> No Grenadine shows up, but two Calypsos do. One is making 5 knots and the
> other is in Marsh Harbor.
>
>
>
>
>
> Joe Della Barba
>
> Coquina C 35 MK I
>
> Kent Island MD USA
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

[Joel Aronson via CnC-List]

Randy is not on his boat (Grenadine).  Don't know the name of the boat he
is on.

Joel

On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 2:03 PM Joe Della Barba via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/rally/2021-sdsa-caribbean-rally/
>
>
>
> No Grenadine shows up, but two Calypsos do. One is making 5 knots and the
> other is in Marsh Harbor.
>
>
>
>
>
> Joe Della Barba
>
> Coquina C 35 MK I
>
> Kent Island MD USA
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Dennis C. via CnC-List 
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 9, 2021 1:16 PM
> *To:* CnClist 
> *Cc:* Dennis C. 
> *Subject:* Stus-List C 121 in a pickle
>
>
>
> Early this morning, I got a text from Randy Stafford (S/V Grenadine) of
> this list.  He is helping bring a boat from Newport to USVI.  The text was
> apparently from the delivery skipper's GPS tracker.
>
>
>
> A friend of the delivery skipper is helping sail a C 121 to Antigua.  It
> was in the Salty Dogs Rally.  They lost their forestay and are limping
> along.  Last position 26' 36"N 66' 32"W.  Randy's boat was at 26' 53"N 61'
> 41"W.  They may try to donate some fuel if they get close.
>
>
>
> Anyway, the C 121 is S/V Calypso.  Google turns up a blog.
> http://svcalypso52726.blogspot.com/  Homeport Mount Sinai, NY.  Don't
> know if this is the boat.
>
>
>
> Any lister familiar with this 121?
>
>
>
> --
>
> Dennis C.
>
> Touche' 35-1 #83
>
> Mandeville, LA
> 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



-- 
Joel
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Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

[Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List]

Joe, 
Randy’s boat Grenadine is on the hard in Colorado for the season.  Randy is on 
a delivery on a different boat.  The delivery skipper’s friend is sailing 
Calypso  which lost its headstay.  At least that’s what I read into this.  
Chuck Gilchrest 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 9, 2021, at 2:03 PM, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/rally/2021-sdsa-caribbean-rally/
>  
> No Grenadine shows up, but two Calypsos do. One is making 5 knots and the 
> other is in Marsh Harbor.
>  
>  
> Joe Della Barba
> Coquina C 35 MK I
> Kent Island MD USA
>  
>  
>  
> From: Dennis C. via CnC-List  
> Sent: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 1:16 PM
> To: CnClist 
> Cc: Dennis C. 
> Subject: Stus-List C 121 in a pickle
>  
> Early this morning, I got a text from Randy Stafford (S/V Grenadine) of this 
> list.  He is helping bring a boat from Newport to USVI.  The text was 
> apparently from the delivery skipper's GPS tracker.
>  
> A friend of the delivery skipper is helping sail a C 121 to Antigua.  It 
> was in the Salty Dogs Rally.  They lost their forestay and are limping along. 
>  Last position 26' 36"N 66' 32"W.  Randy's boat was at 26' 53"N 61' 41"W.  
> They may try to donate some fuel if they get close.
>  
> Anyway, the C 121 is S/V Calypso.  Google turns up a blog.  
> http://svcalypso52726.blogspot.com/  Homeport Mount Sinai, NY.  Don't know if 
> this is the boat.
>  
> Any lister familiar with this 121?
>  
> --
> Dennis C.
> Touche' 35-1 #83
> Mandeville, LA
> 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
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Stus-List Re: C 121 in a pickle

[Joe Della Barba via CnC-List]

https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/rally/2021-sdsa-caribbean-rally/

 

No Grenadine shows up, but two Calypsos do. One is making 5 knots and the other 
is in Marsh Harbor.

 

 

Joe Della Barba

Coquina C 35 MK I

Kent Island MD USA

 

 

 

From: Dennis C. via CnC-List  
Sent: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 1:16 PM
To: CnClist 
Cc: Dennis C. 
Subject: Stus-List C 121 in a pickle

 

Early this morning, I got a text from Randy Stafford (S/V Grenadine) of this 
list.  He is helping bring a boat from Newport to USVI.  The text was 
apparently from the delivery skipper's GPS tracker.

 

A friend of the delivery skipper is helping sail a C 121 to Antigua.  It was 
in the Salty Dogs Rally.  They lost their forestay and are limping along.  Last 
position 26' 36"N 66' 32"W.  Randy's boat was at 26' 53"N 61' 41"W.  They may 
try to donate some fuel if they get close.

 

Anyway, the C 121 is S/V Calypso.  Google turns up a blog.  
http://svcalypso52726.blogspot.com/  Homeport Mount Sinai, NY.  Don't know if 
this is the boat.

 

Any lister familiar with this 121?


 

-- 

Dennis C.

Touche' 35-1 #83

Mandeville, LA

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