dhusselman
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It's starting to look lighter with every forecast. Maybe postpone to next week...
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It's starting to look lighter with every forecast. Maybe postpone to next week...
Dirk "TIJD" - First 30JK
dhusselman
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Leaving tomorrow morning at 4am catching some of the ebbing. Let's hope there will be enough wind to do 400nm in 4 days...
Dirk "TIJD" - First 30JK
The Smokester
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For your amusement...PredictWind for First 317 at 75% starting from Pt Bonita April 6 at 4a:
Leaving in an hour. Hopefully there is wind and hopefully my delorme works.
https://share.delorme.com/JiRiandKaTo
https://share.delorme.com/JiRiandKaTo
dhusselman
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I left the dock at 3am to find out that there is a problem with my engine....
Dirk "TIJD" - First 30JK
dhusselman
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Kato is making good progress.
My new plan is to leave on Tuesday.
When I tried to leave last Wednesday I ran into 2 problems.
1. No cooling water for engine
2. Instrument cluster not working.
I can sail without my instrument cluster and could fix it underway.
The engine was the main problem as there was no wind and I had to motor out to the GG bridge.
The causes for both issues were (as usual) related to last changes made...
Instruments did not work due to damage to the data cable when I installed the dodger.
Engine water intake (sail drive) was clogged after bottom cleaning. I resolved it by putting high pressure backwards to the water intake.
This is why we do these qualification sails, so we can figure things out. I expected to find problems but not that early in the trip!
Dirk "TIJD" - First 30JK
Philpott
Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
Great information, Dirk. Thank you for sharing. What exactly does it mean to put high pressure backwards? Did you switch out a hose? And I see that Kato is making good progress, and am trying to figure out how to measure it. When I switch in and out on aerial view the numbers in the bottom lower corner change e.g. from 3 miles to 20 miles. Does that represent the pings and the balls along the path? Does anyone know this? In other words, how far out has he gone already in miles?
dhusselman
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The miles shown between the little lines are the miles to scale. Looks like he might have done 150 miles.
The Smokester
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Bizirka is roughly 120 statute miles (104 NM) from Pt Reyes.
Philpott
Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
Can you tell that from the Delorme or did he text you? (that's exciting, either way)
The Smokester
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I got it from the the distance between the Lat /Lon's of Pt Reyes and his position at the time. It would seem he has satisfied one of the criteria for the trip.
Philpott
Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
Where are positions posted on the Delorme site? This was a very fast Late Pac, was it not? Aha! Watch out for Kato during the race!
The Smokester
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Using his Delorme link to go to his shared track page, click on a dot on his track. This will bring up a balloon. Click "more" in the balloon and this will bring up his lat/lon, speed and heading at that particular time.
dhusselman
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Kato. Congratulations on finishing your qualifier! Thanks for sharing Delorme tracking, it was fun to follow.
My [new] plan is to leave tomorrow am.
Dirk "TIJD" - First 30JK
Philpott
Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
Oh, got it! Thanks! Now I can watch Dirk. Go, Dirk!
BobJ
Alerion 38 "Surprise!"
There was an unplanned SSS get-together yesterday afternoon at the boat show. It turns out that SSS skippers are attracted to blinking lights - we all converged on the blinking lights from Brian's Pelagic AP controller, which was mounted on a Monitor wind vane in Scanmar's booth. It was like moths attracted to a light bulb.
Anyway, I asked about Jiri's (KATO's) Delorme plot and whether he had completed 400 nm even though he only went out 120 nm or so - I was assured he had. So that's my question - is there a button to push on the Delorme track page that shows a log reading?
Dirk was there and assured us his engine is now okey dokey. (Maybe he's still there - it was hard to get away from those blinking lights.)
Oh and speaking of the boat show:
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Anyway, I asked about Jiri's (KATO's) Delorme plot and whether he had completed 400 nm even though he only went out 120 nm or so - I was assured he had. So that's my question - is there a button to push on the Delorme track page that shows a log reading?
Dirk was there and assured us his engine is now okey dokey. (Maybe he's still there - it was hard to get away from those blinking lights.)
Oh and speaking of the boat show:
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dhusselman
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Keep in mind that the speed is in mph, not nm or knots. You can change the setting on the DeLorme to show the speed in knots. It should show that on the web tracker.
Dirk
dhusselman
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Postpone
I don't like the low pressure coming this way as part of the cold front. Qualifier should be enjoyable...
Maybe in a couple of weeks.
Dirk "TIJD" - Firt 30JK
I don't like the low pressure coming this way as part of the cold front. Qualifier should be enjoyable...
Maybe in a couple of weeks.
Dirk "TIJD" - Firt 30JK