Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure
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I chatted to some mates in the know, the current thought is that Coco de Mer suffered a rudder failure, then she was completely at the mercy.....
"OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011
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@Giles said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:
suffered a rudder failure
No Orcas to be found, though?
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It sure looks like the behavior is spreading among the population
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/21/orca-rams-yacht-off-shetland-first-such-incident-northern-waters -
Some discussion on the capsize: https://forums.sailinganarchy.com/threads/gun-boat-66-capsized.242724/
Interesting read and definitely sad…
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@Giles @goosehd very sad, but it’s good that all on board were OK. The movie that You found in above post @goosehd kind of shows what lead to it. They were really pushing it to the limit, and usually in true racing catamarans you can move the entire crew on the opposite side to balance this out, but here plenty of mass is fixed. There is awesome picture in the same thread showing “points of no return”
https://forums.sailinganarchy.com/attachments/1688238123818-png.600468/
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Had some fam over today, so we went over to The Island for a swim. Saw some friends out and a bout on their boat, so we buzzed them.....
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@Giles said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:
Saw some friends out and a bout on their boat, so we buzzed them.....
Is that code for you hit another boat
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theres no ocean in Austria so he'll be aight.
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Today's project was to start making the travelling mooring lines. We have made fixed dock lines for our home pontoon, but as they stay on the pontoon, we obviously need some to come with us when we go away from home. This is the first, it's a 5 meter stern line made out of a beautifully supple 22 mm double polyester braid, at the main wear-point I have spliced in some 48 strand spectra (that's 96 individual buries, and it is exceeding fucking boring). A few more to make, but I ain't going to be rushing......The yellow whipping at the bitter end is code for "stern", the other lines will have different colour whippings, then all we have to do is remember which colour means what
This was not particularly difficult, but it did take a long time, I have another project on the go which is actually bloody hard......
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That looks super cool and an awesome splice job!
Hmmm, maybe motorcycles also deserve mooring lines? -
@Giles, looks like the orcas have set up a training program!
