Myself and 10 other crew helped Derek Hatfield sail his Volvo 60 1,700 nm from Halifax to Antigua just over a year ago. Fortunately we hit no reefs, though we did run aground (under power) on the way into Jolly Harbour in Antigua. The boat has a long spade keel with a bulb at the bottom and carries about 12 ft of draft.
Our top speed on our trip was about 22 knots, the most I had at the helm was 18 knots. At that kind of speed it's incredible there weren't serious personal injuries from the reef grounding situation. Bodies must have gone flying . . . On a side note it is not pleasant to be off-shift on that boat in tropical weather. There is no cabin ventilation whatsoever due to constant wash and spray, it's very hot inside. Cheers Steve Hood S/V Diamond Girl C&C 34 Lions Head ON ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 20:22:07 +0000 From: <sam.c.sal...@gmail.com> To: CnC <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Stus-List Volvo Reef Grounding Report Message-ID: <54ff53a2.6f12320a.7e17.6...@mx.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" http://www.yachtingworld.com/blogs/elaine-bunting/comment-how-the-team-vesta s-wind-crash-really-happened-and-the-surprisingly-simple-things-we-can-learn -from-it-62634?elqTrackId=244797bc7870487dab6568ea90f95c29&elqaid=15257&elqa t=1 Interesting reading! If I think about it, I?ve got a bit lax lately, relying more and more on digital charts. I?m going to get a bit more rigorous from now on and use/check my paper charts a lot more. sam :-) C&C 26 Liquorice Ghost Lake Alberta -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20150310/5a 110336/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
