Lessons learned from my first offshore voyages (1977 –
Seattle/LA/Hawaii/Seattle) and my comparison to the 2021 C 121 example of how
not to do it:
1977 crew: The Seattle to LA delivery was the first offshore passage for all 6
crew. In the 6 months leading up to our departure we participated
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
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
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,
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
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
First off, I would like to thank Joe for overstating the obvious –
I had found the site, but the thought of Verbaling them (Gasp) and actually
buying from them had never occurred to me. I figured I would have to go through
their distributors, etc –
But when I called, the nice lady told me
I have re routed my main halyard so it exits the mast on the starboard side and
leads aft. I have also replaced the sheaves on the other mast exists. It
has to be done by someone who can weld stainless. When the welds are broken
the exit box so changes shape so it is best to use a means
