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Voyager
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Response Posted - 08/26/2009 : 19:02:49

Here we go all over again. Seems like the winds can be pretty fierce. They are saying that this time, the cold front will cause the storm to strengthen.

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hinmo
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Response Posted - 08/27/2009 : 00:21:15

The good news is I dont have alot of $ into the boat. The bad news is I only have liability and "damage to others property" insurance on it.

I will probably not be able to pull Kukla out, as I have no history with any of the local haulers in the area and will likely be last on the list.

That said, worse case is a salvage job, there are quite a few Cat25s on the market in the area and being that I have had a great learning season and really convinced the Admiral that sailing is great....I SHALL RETURN....one way or another.

(Darn - my 2 weeks of vacation start this Saturday....not really a good start!)

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Response Posted - 08/27/2009 : 06:43:51

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by hinmo
 The good news is I dont have alot of $ into the boat. The bad news is I only have liability and "damage to others property" insurance on it.

I will probably not be able to pull Kukla out, as I have no history with any of the local haulers in the area and will likely be last on the list.

That said, worse case is a salvage job, there are quite a few Cat25s on the market in the area and being that I have had a great learning season and really convinced the Admiral that sailing is great....I SHALL RETURN....one way or another.

(Darn - my 2 weeks of vacation start this Saturday....not really a good start!)
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Failure is not and option, regardless of vessel value. Do something about it! Lessons learned will prove valuable during your sailing career. The good news is you have 2 weeks of vacation such that you will be able to deal with your boat. Go ride it out in a hole somewhere. You'll have the time of your life! Trust me! I'd rather do it on my 39'C&C, but she's a solid one mate! If it goes above 45 knots - get a room...

The good life is a process, not a destination.

sten

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Response Posted - 08/27/2009 : 09:03:06

Looks like it's going to be windy in the Narragansett Bay this weekend! I plan to show my sailing buddy how to use my hank-on 60% storm jib (instead of his 110 or 150) and how to reef his mains'l, for the first time. He and I have C25 sister ships - the Yankee Girl and the Dixie Gypsy. I suppose he's been too busy sailing and scuba diving, among other things, to post on the forum.

Itinerary
- Friday evening - East Greenwich Bay to Potter's Cove off Prudence Island
- Saturday early morning - Potter's Cove to Newport
- Sunday afternoon - Newport to East Greenwich

Going south with a NNE breeze on Saturday and returning north with a SSW breeze on Sunday should be very fast. Hope there's not much rain Saturday. If there is I'll have to put plastic bags over my sneakers and use my fleece-lined plastic gloves.

Narragansett Bay
Friday Night: ESE wind 8 to 11 kt becoming ENE 11 to 14 kt after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 kt. Showers likely, mainly after 2am. Seas around 1 ft.

Saturday: NE wind 11 to 16 kt becoming NNE 20 to 25 kt. Showers likely. The rain could be heavy at times. Seas around 1 ft.

Saturday Night: NNE wind 18 to 23 kt becoming SW 5 to 8 kt. Winds could gust as high as 36 kt. Showers likely, mainly before 9pm. Seas around 1 ft.

Sunday: SSW wind 5 to 8 kt. A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Seas around 1 ft.

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windsong
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Response Posted - 08/27/2009 : 10:05:15

Have fun, but be careful. You'll be in the Mariner's 1-2-3 area:
Link to view: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at5+shtml/143345.shtml?basin#contents

Danny rained all over my plans for diving on Frying Pan Shoals Saturday on a friend's boat. Those lucky lobsters got a reprieve. :(

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Response Posted - 08/27/2009 : 20:01:28

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by JohnP
 ...Hope there's not much rain Saturday. If there is I'll have to put plastic bags over my sneakers and use my fleece-lined plastic gloves...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">You're kidding, right?? Or is this your very first tropical storm?

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Response Posted - 08/27/2009 : 23:17:44

Sten - I doubled the pennant lines, adjusted the chaffing gear, took off the sails, took off the aux, and secured all the loose lines. Then I drank a toast to her and went fishing. The options were to move to a better harbor or grind it out with 500 or so fellow boaters on moorings in the harbor.

Next year, I spring for the insurance!

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redviking
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Response Posted - 08/28/2009 : 05:09:12

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by hinmo
 
Sten - I doubled the pennant lines, adjusted the chaffing gear, took off the sails, took off the aux, and secured all the loose lines. Then I drank a toast to her and went fishing. The options were to move to a better harbor or grind it out with 500 or so fellow boaters on moorings in the harbor.

Next year, I spring for the insurance!
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So you are really only worried about somebody else bouncing off of you, or the ground tackle failing somehow. You did what you could do. That's all you can do. I never had insurance on my C25 and only recently sprung for it for my C&C 39. It makes insurance claims easier after you get hit in the anchorage!

I think insurance on boats makes people get a little careless, and subsequently they will leave the sails up, move into the eye of a storm to get a better look, anchor poorly, or back out of the slip at 4 kts and hit someone. Sure, prudent folks do get hit, but usually their boat survive.

sten

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Response Posted - 08/28/2009 : 05:21:15

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Dave Bristle
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by JohnP
 ...Hope there's not much rain Saturday. If there is I'll have to put plastic bags over my sneakers and use my fleece-lined plastic gloves...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">You're kidding, right?? Or is this your very first tropical storm?
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Ssshhh! C'mon Dave, there is gonna be one hell of a story to go along with that itinerary. Im surprised that the marine forecast says seas only at 3 feet. Somehow I expected more...

Have fun! sten

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redeye
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Response Posted - 08/28/2009 : 10:48:53

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/cras/cras45_NA/00/index_ref_m_loop.html

Rain model through Monday the 31st.

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redeye
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Response Posted - 08/28/2009 : 11:00:06

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/cras/cras45_NA/00/index_p60_m_loop.html

Total Precip 60 hrs.

This stuff is so good I'm surprised the TV weather Women are not having to report topless. ( and Chippendale's for the women )

Of course this is just a forecast from one model. Dave could have told you pretty much the same thing from lookin at the sat. images.

Yepper, it's gonna rain up there. So hows many MM in an inch?

Looks like it is about 2.5 mm per inch..

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Response Posted - 08/28/2009 : 13:41:16

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by redeye
 Looks like it is about 2.5 mm per inch...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">That's 2.5 centimeters per inch (25 mm).

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Response Posted - 08/28/2009 : 13:58:40

I'm sitting here looking at the current radar and it looks to me like this thing is getting blown apart by the wind shear. Maybe it won't even make it up there.

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Response Posted - 08/28/2009 : 15:49:14

Dave - hope it doesn't, but if it does and Kukla survives it.....I START TWO WEEKS OF VACATION !!!!....look out liver!

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redviking
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Response Posted - 08/29/2009 : 05:44:41

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by hinmo
 Dave - hope it doesn't, but if it does and Kukla survives it.....I START TWO WEEKS OF VACATION !!!!....look out liver!
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Best t-shirt available in Newport smalzty store. "The liver is evil - it must be punished." Wish I was in the hood...

sten

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 08/29/2009 : 06:29:34

Did i peg that or what!

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 08/29/2009 : 16:25:23

nice call!

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redeye
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Response Posted - 09/01/2009 : 07:41:04

AH... 25 mm per inch. Thank You.

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redeye
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Response Posted - 09/01/2009 : 07:44:53

So they are measuring in MM per hour on these models, and 25 per hour is an inch.

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