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I'm sitting in Dura Mater's cabin, toasty warm and dry, rocking and rolling in her slip here on E Dock at RYC. According to the wind doohickey at the entrance to the harbor the gusts are 27 knots and my weather app says the gusts are as high ss 47. DM is shuddering. I have a lucy light and dark chocolate and a library book. Very comfy. Can't imagine how scary it would be out on the ocean in these conditions.
 
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sleddog said:
The bumpersticker on Milly's truck says "Plan on Improvising." As Port Captain of Inverness YC, she certainly gets to practice improvising. IYC has one of the largest Laser fleets for members use in the SF Bay area. The Junior Program has at least a dozen..and Adult Sailing is additionally blessed. Synthia has recently donated her old Laser that she bought 21 years ago from Stan Honey. Appropriately, Milly named it STAN'S HONEY.

5 new 4.7 Laser prqctice sails arrived at IYC last week. They came with battens, but no sail numbers except several block "8's" in an envelope. It didn't take Milly long with her pair of shears to create numbers "1," "2," "3," "4," and "5," out of the number 8 for the new sails. When push comes to shove afloat or ashore, you want Milly on your side!

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AWWWW Sled - Very sweet of you !!!!! I did have to write down all the numbers just so my dyslexia wouldn't cause me to make a backwards number !
 
Philpott said:
I'm sitting in Dura Mater's cabin, toasty warm and dry, rocking and rolling in her slip here on E Dock at RYC. According to the wind doohickey at the entrance to the harbor the gusts are 27 knots and my weather app says the gusts are as high ss 47. DM is shuddering. I have a lucy light and dark chocolate and a library book. Very comfy. Can't imagine how scary it would be out on the ocean in these conditions.
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Today's High/Low at RYC breakwater:
Wind Max 43 knots from 251 degrees at 17:05
Wind Average 18 knots from 232
Is DM stern to, or bow to the wind/rain?
 
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Today's High/Low at RYC breakwater:
Wind Max 43 knots from 251 degrees at 17:05
Wind Average 18 knots from 232
Is DM stern to, or bow to the wind/rain?
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Bow to the wind. No need for a tow this morning so I hadn't turned her 'round.
 
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Bow to the wind. No need for a tow this morning so I hadn't turned her 'round.
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That sounds like a fun way to experience weather!

Has the replacement motor made it back inside of DM?

Ants

Notable weather experiences-
Northridge earthquake while sleeping aboard, first the boat bounces up and down like the walkway to the slip, then boat sloshes forward and backwards. Gosh, that was interesting. Found out the cause later.
 
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I'm sitting in Dura Mater's cabin, toasty warm and dry, rocking and rolling in her slip here on E Dock at RYC. .
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Special weather warning for Santa Cruz waters and Santa Cruz Harbor at 1745: "Waterspout warning with hail and 40 knot wind gusts capable of knocking over small boats. Seek safe harbor."

A "landspout warning for Moss Landing/Castroville. Seek shelter in basement" has just been upgraded to "tornado warning due to radar indicated rotation."...."IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles."

Can any weather savvy readers tell us the difference between a landspout and tornado? (There is a meteorological difference.) Not sure how one seeks shelter in the basement of a mobile home.

There is a nice red/orange radar cloud overhead, with thunder and lightning in the near distance (5 miles.) https://www.lightningmaps.org/#. A brief hailstorm "blizzard" quickly covered CBC's upper deck with ice pellets. CBC's South Lake Tahoe Station just checked in. In the clear (not a drift) there has been 30" of snow since yesterday noon with blizzard conditions last night and this morning continuing. Highways 80, 88, and 395 in the Sierra remain closed.

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I will match your double paddle, lower the elevation by 282 feet below sea level, and float on a mere 2-3 feet of water that is saltier than the ocean. I will allow Marsha as the paddler.Ants
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Congrats to Marsha and Ants who, as CBC voyagers, were one of the last to boat on Death Valley's Lake Manly, lowest body of water in the Western Hemisphere, before it was permanently closed recently by the National Park Service. 6 miles long, 3 miles wide, but only 2 feet deep, it was feared boats, paddles, and footprints could damage the desert floor.

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Ants, have you or any readers ever used a "Greenland paddle?" I tried a homemade, wood one the other day and it was delightful.
 
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Congrats to Marsha and Ants who, as CBC voyagers, were one of the last to boat on Death Valley's Lake Manly, lowest body of water in the Western Hemisphere, before it was permanently closed recently by the National Park Service. 6 miles long, 3 miles wide, but only 2 feet deep, it was feared boats, paddles, and footprints could damage the desert floor.

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Ants, have you or any readers ever used a "Greenland paddle?" I tried a homemade, wood one the other day and it was delightful.
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I purchased a carbon fiber greenland paddle with bright red blades from Pygmy Kayaks in Port Townsend. The design has a connection so the two parts store easily.

The greenland paddle is my go to choice. The paddle is a delight to use and seems to provide same speed as a conventional one. There seems to the same amount of paddle area to move kayak forward. The narrow width makes it easier to have a looser grip.

Visibility wise, I have been told people see the red paddle blades before they spot the kayak. I like that also.

Ants
 
Congrats to Cole Brauer, her team and supporters, for MORNING LIGHT's exceptional voyage round the world in 130 days. Here she is, holding two flares at the stern as MORNING LIGHT approaches the finish in the morning light. Good timing.

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Congrats to Cole Brauer, her team and supporters, for MORNING LIGHT's exceptional voyage round the world in 130 days. Here she is, holding two flares at the stern as MORNING LIGHT approaches the finish in the morning light. Good timing.

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Huge congratulations to Cole indeed !!!!! She is a huge inspiration to all of us- and does it with a beautiful smile on her face !
 
sleddog said:
Congrats to Cole Brauer, her team and supporters, for MORNING LIGHT's exceptional voyage round the world in 130 days. Here she is, holding two flares at the stern as MORNING LIGHT approaches the finish in the morning light. Good timing.
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Cole has been amazing to watch and I really enjoyed the format of this race with all the connectivity and rules that allow for repairs and stops to give all the entries the maximum chance to finish. I admit I was only following Ronnie in the beginning of the race, and started following Cole after she was well ahead. Can anyone here explain how she got so far ahead of all the other class 40 boats? Did some navigation move pay off early and the rich got richer? I didn't see any secret sail like Paul Cayard had many years ago. She is clearly an outstanding sailor with the right mindset for a grueling race.
 
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d. Can anyone here explain how she got so far ahead of all the other class 40 boats? Did some navigation move pay off early and the rich got richer?
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Cole started some hours, even days, ahead of the rest of the Class 40's, who were waiting on a storm passage, as well as readying their not fully prepared boats. So she got a jump, and then sailed her obviously well prepared boat optimally under the guidance of her shore routers. Yes, the rich did get richer, Not sure any of the other Class 40's were as well prepared. And once she was one weather system ahead, the rest had the nearly impossible job of playing catch up through blocking weather systems. Preparation, consistency, good routing, minimal breakage, with Ronnie pushing Cole all had a factor. Phillipe Delamare sailed well, sailed minimum miles and very consistent. But also may have had an inadvertent handicap advantage of his 45 footer sailing equally fast as a Class 40 with a big jump of starting days ahead.
 
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Like many "fixer-uppers," time is running out on Inverness's famous "shipwreck"...Being on a shoreline in a much visited National Park, the rangers are not happy.
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I remember that boat when it was actively fishing, and also when it broke loose from its anchor in a storm and ended up on the sandbar behind the Inverness Store. It has been a favorite subject of painters, Photographers, families picnicking and tourists.
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I remember that boat when it was actively fishing, and also when it broke loose from its anchor in a storm and ended up on the sandbar behind the Inverness Store. It has been a favorite subject of painters, Photographers, families picnicking and tourists.
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Was she too high on the sand bar, or too damaged to ever be re-floated?
 
Hey Sled, I put 1,600 miles on Connie's Prius since Friday, driving to pick up my new ride.

Since you like guessing games, what is it? One random guy thought it was a Jet Ski.

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