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Topic: Lessons learned
By Alex on January 13, 2005, at 0617 UTC
Topic(s): Lessons learned Having launched myself into a new day with yet another sail change and some coffee, here goes with some reality. its been a slow old night – sorry Roger – we’ve spent the first few days discovering what happens out here and – for me at least – it needs … Continue reading
By Alex on September 17, 2005, at 0345 UTC
Topic(s): Lessons learned, Man overboard, Things that worked, Watermaker Pete’s Swim: (I will add to this as we think of more) What happened: We are not sure how the boat came to gybeGybe - A sailing term for turning the boat so that the stern passes through the wind. Potentially dangerous if not controlled because the wind can fill an uncontrolled mainsail from the wrong side and crash it across the boat, possibly causing damage to the rig and anyone getting in the way.. I think that we had used the electric autopilot to tack after we put the reef-- As a verb – to shorten sail, to use reefing lines or other techniques to make the working part of a sail smaller and so reduce its power as the wind rises. --- As a noun, (1) the part of the sail that has been shortened, folded or rolled. May be referred to as a slab or a slab reef which is a particular way of forming a reef.
-- As a noun (2) – a bank of coral, rocks or other obstruction usually close to a shoreline and potentially dangerous to sailors. in and – as often happens – the actuator arm had disconnected from the tiller so the boat was not under the control of either autopilot. … Continue reading
By Alex and Peter on September 17, 2005, at 1530 UTC
Topic(s): Clouds, Lessons learned, Man overboard 1530hrs 17 Sep 2005 UTC 04’24”N 024’16”W Ref 370
DG 76, 10376 (GPS 76) Seem that’s going to be about par for the next couple of weeks – we’re going to be hard on the wind down to Trinidade, but I hope we’ll get lifted so we don’t have to … Continue reading
We had our normal Breakfast Short ConsultationA regular engagement with alcohol. One might say this whole epic is a Consultation with a bit of a sail round it. See also Conservation Mode; Linear and Parallel Methods of Consultation today, bulk billed, of course, with the medico from Dublin and then we decided that the crossing should be appropriately celebrated with a southern hemisphere based medicinal potion so – half and half Dr Bundy and ASDA orange squash was the go. NoiceAlexism for quite a lot of things which taste good or are going especially well. Very NoiceAlexism for quite a lot of things which taste good or are going especially well – thanks Dave and RANSARoyal Australian Navy Sailing Association; a sailing club located in Sydney, Australia.. This could become habit forming. … Continue reading
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