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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Jun 26, 2014 - 03:49pm PT
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Months of work from machining custom parts to new sails. Mouton Noir has made it to the Corinthian Yacht Club for the start of the race on Saturday. There's a sentiment about this race (and many other off shore races)..."the hardest part is getting to the start". Well MN is almost there...Saturday when the gun goes off. ...(unfortunately it looks like they are starting on a flood)!!!! The first 3 days look to be pretty brutal conditions. Hanalei Bay here she comes.
Susan
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jun 26, 2014 - 06:16pm PT
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We will try and make it in time for the start, always exciting to see the diversity of boats and sailors that head off to Hawaii solo in total race mode.
Have a safe and wonderful passage Ferretman, you should know the way by now!
Yahoo!
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The Call Of K2 Lou
Mountain climber
North Shore, BC
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Jun 26, 2014 - 06:31pm PT
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Colour me jealous.
Nice lookin' boat too!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 26, 2014 - 06:50pm PT
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Go fwd and kick ass, ferret & goat noir!!!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 26, 2014 - 07:12pm PT
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God speed and fair winds and may you get the help you justly deserve.
You sure have a nice ride so you won't get a lot of sympathy! ;-)
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jun 27, 2014 - 06:20pm PT
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There's currently a rowboat race from Monterey to Hawaii.
They've been out 18 days and the leaders have only covered a bit less than 1/2 the distance.
So any singlehanded sailor who gets close to Hawaii after about 12 days (most of them) will risk running right through the rowing pack.
Several have dropped out (one crew rescued from their sinking boat) but there are still 8 boats out there.
I presume SHTP sponsors, SCSeaGoat and FerretLegger are aware of the possible conflicts. At least the SHTP ends up in Hanalei and the rowers will be straggling into Honolulu.
http://greatpacificrace.com
Two Bruce Anchors on the bow of Mouton Noir. That's some heavy metal. The Bruce is by far the best anchor I've ever used.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jun 27, 2014 - 06:31pm PT
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Ah, High Traverse, when it comes to anchors to each his own!
The nerve to call an anchor Bruce, that in its own right is good enough reason to not carry one. LOL
mate.
Rocca is the real deal...............
Then again......................
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jun 28, 2014 - 12:31pm PT
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Ah, High Traverse, when it comes to anchors to each his own! guido
I knew you'd remind me of our previous disagreement on Bruce anchors. ;-)
Ferretlegger is a physicist. I'm a mechanical engineer.
But you've got the experience of hundreds of anchorages!
Cheers mate!
They were OFF and sailing at 1200 PDT today.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jun 28, 2014 - 12:39pm PT
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Here's the Yellow Brick Road link
http://yb.tl/shtp2014#
Unfortunately the fine print says there's a 3 hour delay. Hence no one has moved yet on the map
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jun 28, 2014 - 05:04pm PT
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Offshore forecast for today and tomorrow
NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 TO 7 FT.
MIXED SWELL NW 4 TO 6 FT AT 7 SECONDS AND SW 3 FT AT 18 SECONDS.
PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.
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NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 TO 7 FT.
W SWELL 7 TO 9 FT AT 12 SECONDS AND SW 3 FT AT 17 SECONDS.
PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING.
7 foot seas in the Gulf of the Farallones are pretty uncomfortable, even in a large boat like MN. But hey, Ferretlegger's been there and done that......several times.
You can't go to sleep anyway with all the Big Boy shipping going north, south, east and west.
At least they're on an outgoing tide now.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Jun 28, 2014 - 05:20pm PT
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I spent last weekend on the Sea Watch - Shark Boat looking for sharks. As soon as we returned to Long Beach Captain Chris Wade headed out to be a part of the mission to rescue Jim Bauer's boat. They brought her home from Moro Bay Two nights ago. He's heading out again to help rescue what I believe to be the Rowing 4 Reefs vessel.
In seas like that it's going to be a burly rescue mission (again).
Cali to Hawaii in a row boat. Yaaaaaaarrrrrrgh!
SHARK!!!! Everyone IN the water.
Good luck you guys! Have fun!!!
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Jun 28, 2014 - 07:55pm PT
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Such is life....I'm home, exhausted but sipping a glass of wine! Mike is probably puking his guts out about now. The start was beautiful (with the exception of 2 boats nearly colliding as they were being bumped out of the harbor for the start!)
Mike hooked a nice start within 90 seconds of his start gun.
Great start...I will await the 2 am sat phone call about how horrible it is and what was he thinking. In a few days they all get dialed in and start to enjoy the passage.
Susan
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Jun 29, 2014 - 11:33am PT
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The first reports are coming in....
Mounton Noir:
Michael reports being unusually sea sick. “Lying in bunk most of the
time, get up to manage boat is about all the energy I have. Munching an
apple and that seems to be going down ok”. He sounded in good spirits
and expects to be in fine shape tomorrow. Conditions +30 over the deck,
rough, and fast. 36 57.3, 122 57.5
Elise indicates things are pretty rough and the boat is in good
condition. Wind instruments are down. Batteries seem low but Elise is
equipped with an EFOY so she should have no problem getting power up.
Weather is clear with very strong winds. Position: 36 42.8, 124 25.7
Harrier reported in indicating Galaxsea had done the morning SSB check
in and had reports from several vessels. Ken reports a very windy and
bumpy ride, ” miserable “. Only Lee Roper would know what Ken means when
he says miserable.
Domino reported clear skies, 22 kts of wind, sailing a heading of 217
deg at 8 kts. He is having the occasional Auto Pilot glitch requiring
pushing the reset button. Otherwise all systems are go. Position: 36
05.25 124 48.3
Elise is skippered by the only woman entrant. She is a tough-as-nails French woman who has double handed a Pac Cup and also has been rescued by a container ship when they had to abandon the boat because of striking a whale. The skipper of Harrier is 85 years old and a retired Army general doing his 13th race. Galaxsea is Mouton Noir's best competitor. They'd both like to beat each other! Domino is new this year and could be a VERY strong contender for winning, or being up high in the standings.
Things looking good, think I'll head to the mountains! Copy that!
Susan
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jun 29, 2014 - 07:34pm PT
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Oh no.
As of 4:15 PM PDT today, Michael's turned back. He's headed for home and about 15 miles reversed from his max point.
He's making only 2.9 knots which is awfully slow. I can only imagine he's had a major failure. Possibly boom or mainsail, I hope NOT his mast.
He's got about 120 miles to get home. At 3 knots or less that's nearly two days.
I suppose it's also possible that he's on minimal sail and trying to fix whatever's gone wrong. He's beam on to the prevailing winds which is how he'd lie if he were hove to.
Good luck Michael!!
EDIT: at 4:30 PM he's down to 2.3 knots, still pointed towards the Golden Gate.
By scrolling back the timeline I see he turned about at 1:12 PM today.
http://sfbaysss.org/shtp/tracker/
Look for Mouton Noir
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jun 29, 2014 - 07:48pm PT
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Ouch-hope all is well, and not a major problem or injury?
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jun 29, 2014 - 08:00pm PT
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At less than 3 knots and going home I'd assume one or the other. Hopefully not an injury.
The nearby boats are making 5 - 7 knots so there's plenty of breeze.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jun 29, 2014 - 08:13pm PT
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As of 5:00 PM PDT he's making 7 knots. But still pointed homeward. At least he's not in serious mechanical trouble.
He could be powering. He'd have enough fuel to drive all the way home.
He'll have some stories to tell.
Safe sailing Michael.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Jun 29, 2014 - 08:44pm PT
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I don't have all the details as I tried to take off for a few days myself before I got a sat call. He's under his own power with some sail (reefs blowing out) and auto pilot problems. It's unclear if he'll have to retire or if things are fixable. Evidently conditions are really bad so he's quite sick too, which hampers his ability to make major repairs. Continual blowing at high 30 knots and large rolling seas. Another boat, a strong contender, is under Coast Guard assist into Monterey after it's rudder blew apart and the sea state is so unsettled he can't get his emergency rudder on. He is evidently making drogues from his buckets!
So as things stand now, it's up in the air what will happen.
Susan
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Jun 29, 2014 - 08:56pm PT
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Bummer.
Positive thoughts sent his way.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jun 30, 2014 - 08:56am PT
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As of 5:45 this AM Michael was making nearly 7 knots about 45 nautical miles from the Golden Gate. With a little luck he should be in by late afternoon. His "official" reason for retirement is medical.
Tough break. Good try Michael.
Susan, give him my best when you see him.
The boat with the blown rudder has hardly moved since last night. He's drifting straight downwind (southeast) at 1 knot, about 120 miles SW of Monterey Bay.
Will he be able to self rescue by making for Morro Bay? Or take a tow back to SFBay?
Meanwhile Galaxsea, Michael's main competitor is screaming along at 8 knots with 1850 miles to go. He's with four other boats all in about 2d place. Too bad Michael isn't still in that group.
2 other boats dropped out with failures Saturday and yesterday and are back in The Bay. Two more didn't start.
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