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Subject: Re: [worldcruising] Singlehanding Coastal, Techniques
From: Bryan Genez (bryangenez@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sun Nov 25 2001 - 09:45:13 EST
On 11/24/01 10:23 PM, "Rick Kennerly" <nh2f@XXX.XXX> wrote:
> I remember your friend Hal Roth actually used a SL555 to winch Red Shoes (a
> Pacific Seacraft 34) across a reef in the pacific. It took him a couple of
> days, but he was driven so far up on the reef initially that he couldn't go
> back, so he went forward and over to clear water.
Right guy, right event, wrong boat. Red Shoes was loaned by Pacific
Seacraft to Herb and Nancy Payson for 10 years. They returned her about 4
years ago, and she was re-sold. Dunno who has her now.
When Hal Roth recounted the story to my sailing club, he mentioned the other
key element - that the reef he hit was mis-charted. The chart he was using
was wrong, showing the reef on the opposite side of the island to where it
really was. Another hazard of sailing in remote areas.
> If I had my choice, I'd like to mount a light electric on deck for routine
> anchoring duties in deep water--maybe with the switch back in the cockpit so
> I could set and retrieve by myself (in Bermuda the anchorage was crowded, so
> we were forced into the deep water anchorage-- 6.4 fathom (40-ft) times 5:1
> scope = a lot of manual winching). But I'd keep my SL555 for when things get
> tough.
If I was to do it again, I'd take the Lighthouse 1501, which is a very
heavy-duty horizontal windlass, which can be configured for gypsy or drum or
both on either side. In addition, they come with a very low gear for
kedging, which is driven by a winch handle on the top of the windlass case.
Would have suited your Rosie Roads grounding perfectly.
> Besides, our manual head pump, our ,manual coffee grinder and the manual
> winch are about the only exercise we get, so maybe we'd better keep them.
Agreed. I firmly believe in KISS. Sometimes, though, those power-assisted
devices make it all work. Good to have backups, though.
-- Best,Bryan "Capella" Valiant 40 #158 Annapolis, MD
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