[C36IA] Adventure at sea- A Chespeake outing

[Bill Boggs]

To further show how fickle the Chesapeake can be, my wife and I awoke on the hook at our beautiful, well protected anchorage as Palmetto Moon rested peacefully at anchor.  About the time our coffee was ready, I noticed the boat horsing around the anchor.  Flipping on the instruments showed masthead winds gusting to over 20 knots.  Oh Dear, if its like that in the anchorage, whats it going to be on the bay.  We got the anchor up, raisied the main and headed out of the river into the Bay as dark clouds appeared and the winds continued.  The forecast was still for mostly sunny, winds 5-10 and no mention of rain.  As we entered the bay the winds just died to nothing but the waves were already churned up to the typical Chesapeake chop and it began raining.  We hobby horsed toward home under main and iron genny in full foulies for 2 hours or so, then as we turned to enter our home creek, the skies cleared, the waves subsided and the winds filled in to a lovey 10 knots or so.  As we headed in the channel we wondered what the folks on the boats comming out must have thought of these idiots in full foulies on such a pleasant day for a sail.  Oh well, sometimes things all go your way and sometimes they don't.  

Bill Boggs
s/v Palmetto Moon
Stingray Point, VA
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Laura Olsen 
  To: Catalina 36 Association Mailing List 
  Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 10:00 PM
  Subject: Re: [C36IA] Adventure at sea- A Chespeake outing


  A recent Saturday sail went like this:
  Spent a lovely Friday night on the boat and woke up early Saturday to sail.

  The captain here managed to have her first (and I hope last) experience wrapping a line around the prop.

  Instinct took over when I found myself unable to shift..... now heading backwards, no gear to use, had a slip open behind us and managed to glide back in next to another boat... no damage.... was prepared with fenders on both sides of our vessel

  The line in the prop somehow worked clear (miracle from my late mother perhaps?- it would have been her 82 birthday)...I think it just slightly jammed in versus wrapping??

  Recovered our wits and went sailing.

  Late in the day, Madame Chesapeake (known for her fickle nature) blew a 25+ gust at us under full sail (tall rig to boot)... managed that gust and took in the genoa

  Motor sailed on way to home port and had our topping lift give way- a pin slipped out and POP! (main still up so no one died from a collision with the boom)

  Resourceful captain made quick decision to rig unused spinnaker halyard as a backup topping lift..... now able to safely lower the main and motor home

  winds calmed down and managed a clean landing back in our slip

  heard a distress call going to Coast guard that two people were in the water. Don't know how that turned out.

  Lessons: be prepared, work as a team, trust your instincts, be proud of a good day's sailing that met each challenge.

   Laura


  On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Bill Miller <hampton1 at charter.net> wrote:

    http://www.sailblogs.com/member/onetwomany/?xjMsgID=90487



    A couple days ago my Son gets a call at 4:30 in the morning from Nova Scotia Coast guard.  They have got an emergency EPIRB signal from “One Two Many”  (named because owner who has two yachts) from about 200 East of the Azores.



    They have been unable to get hold of the owner who lives in Vancouver, Canada.  Toms cell phone number was still on the EPIRB application.      Tom checks the weather on the internet and it shows a very strong circular low East of the Azores.

    He calls his old boss and emails him.  His former boss is a blackberryoid.     



    He emails the Captain.    They have sat phone on board.      He gets an email from the Captain that they are OK and they had taken a couple big seas over the stern.  That filled up the Lazarett with water.   In the lazaretts were two ditch bags which contained EPIRBS in addition to the one inside the cabin.   When they got wet it set them off.       By morning he was in contact with the owner in Vancouver and advised him that everything is OK.    



    This is Toms former boat.         


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