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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 30, 2016 - 10:12am PT
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Is there a particular reason/tradition for why it finishes in Hanalei Bay? This website,
http://www.josephoster.com/sss/tpc/tphist.html
doesn't say why. Hanalei is pretty popular with the sail cruisers, isn't it?
Darwin
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SalNichols
Big Wall climber
Richmond, CA
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Jul 30, 2016 - 01:39pm PT
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Comanche is still over a day behind the record set by Cheyenne. It's impressive, but the multi-hulls are setting ALL of the speed records these days. Try three days and change from LA to Honolulu. Yep, grab your buds, leave LA at 1700 on Wed and have lunch in Honolulu on Saturday.
Susan,
When is everyone heading home?
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SalNichols
Big Wall climber
Richmond, CA
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Jul 30, 2016 - 01:46pm PT
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All I know about Hanalei Bay, besides being a beautiful anchorage, is that it's a major pain in the ass to provision for a 2800 mile passage. EVERYTHING...food, water, fuel...has to be schlepped out to your boat via dink. Need sails repaired? Good luck. Spare parts? Ha.
I suspect Ferretlegger's boat takes a fuel truck and an Amex Black card to top off his tanks.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 30, 2016 - 01:53pm PT
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Geez, I've always been paranoid about multi-hulls.
Now I guess ya gotta worry about jet lag!
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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Jul 30, 2016 - 04:22pm PT
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Vance Sprock and Seazed Asset are on their way back to the mainland. Vance picked up a crew member for the return journey. As many of you know, because of the winds and currents the sail back can be almost twice as long as the way to Hawaii.
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SalNichols
Big Wall climber
Richmond, CA
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Jul 30, 2016 - 04:42pm PT
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I've done it as quick as 14 and as long as 23 and everywhere in between. One guess as to which extreme sucked more.
FYI, the 17 day trip was the friggin' scariest.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Jul 30, 2016 - 06:57pm PT
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s there a particular reason/tradition for why it finishes in Hanalei Bay Im not sure. Maybe because Kanehoe was used by Pac Cup? From the start the SHTP has been a "homegrown" bring what you got race. There is no big corporate sponsorship or prestigious popular reputation upon finishing or even embroidered shirts. These are typically not sailors with deep pockets. Many are, or have been climbers. That incredible spirit of grit.
Hanalei Bay is gorgeous but as Sal says reprovisioning and fuel is challenging as there is no dock or services near by. Since Mouton carries a dink and motor (in true racing fashion) we usually end up being the water taxi. As beautiful as Hanalei Bay is, it is very surgy and the anchored boats frequently rock crazily making staying on them less than pleseant.
One of the repairs that can't be fixed on Kauai
Seazed Asset is indeed on the return trip and according to Michael has Auto Pilot issues. As of two days ago they were hand steering while trying to fix it. I don't know if he has a wind vane or not. Fixing at sea is exactly what it sounds like. I had to fly back because of a dental issue and I hope to join back up when Mouton gets up to the PacNorthwest and then we'll cruise a little bit then come down. There is another crew aboard for this return.
I so enjoyed John on Owl who Sal knows. BTW he has great respect for your sailing skills.
I very much enjoyed being part of the Race Committee but I miss being on the return. A lot.
Susan
Edit. Just spoke with Mike and Vance is having more fix it issues. AP has been fixed. Now a bolt came out on the plates of the shrouds on the leeward side. Had it come off on the windward side he probably would have lost the mast. Another returning boat, nearby, was able to divert and pass over the correct size bolt. Then Vance shook out the main and evidently the nut he needed flopped out. The fix will require going up the mast. Not easy at sea. Apparently it's becoming "As the World Sprockets".
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SalNichols
Big Wall climber
Richmond, CA
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Jul 30, 2016 - 09:14pm PT
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Give me a Sailrite and some dacron and I could have sewn that back together in half an hour...good as new.
I kind of figured that all of you physicists would find some common ground.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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A great little video on the first 6 finishers.
Seazed Asset is shown.
SHTP 2016 finish
Susan
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Actually, I am not sure why you would want to sew that sail back together again. Looks completely done to me. Maybe you could sew it together and use it to deliver the boat home but then I would throw that thing away.
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The Alpine
climber
The Sea
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Not to take this thread too far off topic, but I had a very similarly torn mainsail in the nether reaches of the Bahamas. No shop or chandlery for days. I made a damn fine repair job with 5200 and dacron patches. Used that sail for quite a few years after that.
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clifff
Mountain climber
golden, rollin hills of California
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The future of record setting sailing
a few hundred feet up the wind is much stronger and steadier.
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/interviews/interview/1485/
edit:
The Alpine - when you used 3M™ Marine Adhesive Sealant 5200 Fast Cure to repair the sail did you prep the surfaces? Dry? Wipe with solvent?
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Aug 14, 2016 - 01:29pm PT
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A 2800 mile return because of chasing the wind north.
Turning into the dock, literally less than 100 feet from the slip and the engine DIES!!!
Luckily some very fast thinking and maneuvering, headed back down the estuary and every thing worked out! Bled the engine and voila!
Susan
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Aug 14, 2016 - 03:42pm PT
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BIZARRE OLYMPIC RACE COMMENTARY
If you go to the YouTube link, below, you will see an Irish commentator
speaking on the Laser Radial Olympic race. The thing is, he knows
NOTHING about racing, nor apparently sailing. It is hilarious,
particularly as he gets worked up over all of the boats becoming lined up,
but none of the boats making any progress towards the finish line
(actually the start line). I guess it’s a job…….
https://youtu.be/3gPjMvTmE2g
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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Aug 14, 2016 - 08:52pm PT
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Susan, Michael,
welcome home!
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Aug 15, 2016 - 08:35am PT
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From the desert of the Pacific to the desert of the SouthWest.............Welcome back Michael!
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Aug 15, 2016 - 08:27pm PT
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Seazed Asset returns home with vessel assist.
They lost power 10+ days ago when the engine water pump seized.
What does that mean? No way to power/charge anything on the boat. No auto pilot, no electronics, no motoring, 24 hour hand steering, navigating with a handheld GPS. Coming home "in the dark". They had enough sat phone juice to contact vessel assist about 20 miles outside the Gate. This is really tough stuff!!
Vessel Assist tows Seazed Asset in until just opposite the docks. It then side ties to move it to the slip, maneuvers in such a way in front of the slip to "boost" the boat into the slip.
Susan
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 15, 2016 - 08:46pm PT
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hey there, say, susan... welcome home to michael, and you both...
wow, what a story, there, too,
"24 hour hand steering" ... oh my... :O
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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Aug 15, 2016 - 08:59pm PT
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Susan,
thank you, once again, for all the updates and photos!!!!!
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Reeotch
climber
4 Corners Area
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Ok, so my brother and his wife are on their way to Hawaii on their Tashiba 31.
Day 9, they've covered about a third of the distance, I've been tracking them here: https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/MoonlightMile
It's not single handed, but its an onsight attempt :)
The wind patterns have been unusual, to say the least, this summer.
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