David, Great job! You came through better than one of the other boats - the skipper was in the head when they hit a large wave, and the bowl broke. Sounds like the seat fit nicely on a bucket for the remainder of the race.
Fair winds on the return! Will you have the tracker? Joel On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Edd Schillay via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > David, > > Congrats to you and your crew! I’m still amazed you sailed using celestial > navigation (I would have probably missed Bermuda completely and be > 100-miles off of St. John by now.) Enjoy the non-rocking level land of > Bermuda and try to leave some rum for the tourists. > > It was fun tracking your progress from my warm, dry office. Have a safe > trip back. > > > All the best, > > Edd > > > Edd M. Schillay > Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island, NY > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 26, 2015, at 8:38 AM, David via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Hey all, > > Thanks for watching. Had a blast racing with my two sons (21 and 24). I > attempted celestial navigation for the first time. In retrospect, not a > smart move give the nature of the stream this year. Got a good noon sight > on Sunday (stream day) and could not get one Monday. > > The stream was not a simple crossing, but we stayed with it down the > rumb-line for 20+ hours of 30-50 knots, confused large seas and, at times, > horizontal, painful rain. > > We and boat were wet, wet and wet. Started Saturday with incredibly high > humidity and continued with mucho spray. Couple that with batten down the > hatches, I think I lost five pounds in 4 days! Tuesday was classic Bermuda > race weather: smooth seas, close reach and bout 10 knots of breeze. Cold > move about with being tossed about. > > Problem was I had no idea what the stream was doing to us without > cross-track error. We sailed her fast and safe through the stream, but > apparently did not keep far enough west. I though I had enough westing in > the bank. Nope. > > Anyway the boat did great. Very little broke and we and the whole fam > damily are enjoying ourselves and the level surfaces land offers. My wife > and daughter will be joining myself and Max on the way back. Leaving Sunday > or Monday. Weather looks a bit dicey and will know after weather briefing > today at 11:00. > > See you at the back side! > > > > David F. Risch > (401) 419-4650 (cell) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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