Sailing Thread - Yachts / Boats / Dinghies etc

[trashpony]

These bonkers people live round the corner from me:


What they don't tell you is that the weight of the boat burst a tyre on the lorry and the crane burst the water main

 

[twentythreedom]

News on the world's most insane yachtsman's round-the-world adventure

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Rimas Meleshyus, left Oak Harbor, Washington in an old San Juan 24 he bought for $500 the month before.

Have you ever wondered how far you could get if you set sail one day and drifted out over the horizon. Well he made it to Hawaii [towed in] with $28 and disintegrating rigging. Got fixed up and towed out.

Somehow sailed/drifted back to San Francisco. [ Towed in] Set off again [ towed out ]

Sailed / drifted across the Pacific. I keep using the word drifted as the man can not sail except down wind. Somehow he avoided wrecking on any island [ no charts ] and got within 5 miles of Pago Pago but failed to sail in. Finally some one organizes a tow when he is 25 miles downwind.

Last message ""Sorry guys so long waiting for me i am in harbor safety pick up by harbor police and bring to the harbor transit dock today need to wait immigration clerance" - RIMAS" [ He has a Delorme He also has a hat with a captains badge.]

Rimas's record is intact. He has had to be towed in and out of every single port, excepting the CG rescue when he wrecked his first boat on the beach in Alaska.

Is he the worlds most incompetent sailor. More here https://www.facebook.com/rimas.meleshyus

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Have you ever wondered (hypothetically) just how far you could go if you set sail one day and headed out over the horizon in a Craiglist special 4ksb with almost no preparation? Well...now you dont have to because three weeks ago this Russian immigrant, Rimas Meleshyus, left Oak Harbor, Washington in an old San Juan 24 he bought for $500 the month before. Where is he headed? Around the world...via Cape Horn. He has no autopilot or self steering, no communications equipment other than a handheld VHF. He has two ancient handheld gps units, 85 gallons of water and a boatload of food. Despite everyone telling him this was probably a bad idea, he left determined to follow his dream. This isn't the first time he's tried this kind of thing. A couple he spent 34 days crossing the Gulf of Alaska, also in a SJ24. He ended up shipwrecked on an island near Kodiak for 9 days before he was rescued by the Coast Guard. I gave him a Spot tracker and a bunch of batteries for it because I figured this could be an interesting show. He is currently a few hundred miles off the coast of Northern California. His progress has not been particularily good. 25 to 50 miles a day...but not always in the right direction. Right now he seems like maybe he's changed his mind and is headed for Hawaii. Anyway, I've attached a link to his Spot tracker if anyone's interested. He seems like a really nice guy with a huge dream and a lot of determination. I wish him well, but he has a lot of challenges ahead of him that Im afraid he's not prepared for.

Here's a link to an article in the local paper. There is also quite a bit of info on the guy if you google him.

http://www.whidbeyne...tml?mobile=true

And here is a link to the tracker.

http://share.findmes...egJdeJsCaHryH5q

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"He has a hat with a captain's badge"

What a nutter. Good luck to him

More here: http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=149798&st=0

..and here: http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthrea...-his-100-record-as-he-is-towed-into-Pago-Pago

 

[twentythreedom]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-30673439

 

[Roadkill]

Anyway, to kick things off, today that nutty 75 year old asthmatic pensioner with a dodgy ticker, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, finished 3rd in class after 20 days at sea in the Route Du Rhum single-handed transatlantic yacht race, the fucking crazy old loon

I've nothing but respect for Robin Knox-Johnston. I went to see Suhaili when she was in St Katharine's Dock for the Queen's Jubilee celebrations the other year:

Amazing to think he sailed a little thing like this round the world, single-handed, non-stop, and for most of the ten months it took him without a functioning radio and therefore with no contact with the rest of the world. His book about it is still one of my favourite bits of 'maritime' writing.

 

[weltweit]

Not a good few days maritime speaking, the ferry on fire, the car transporter beached and the concrete freighter sinking with the loss of all crew in Scotland. And a couple of migrant boats left with no crew set up to crash into Italy.

 

[weltweit]

I was able to talk boats recently, someone I know has just upgraded to a bigger sailing thingy, needed a new engine because the old one was knackered, the engine cost him more than the whole boat did! Twin cylinder diesel, UK made. To my ignorant eyes the boat looks like one that could sail from here to the Seychelles without problems. Nice object but I don't have any sea legs so I won't be going out in it!

 

[twentythreedom]

Stacking it on the Brambles bank is quite something, to get it that far out of the water.

Supposedly the ballast shifted and the ship started heeling, so the safest thing to avoid capsize was to park it there

 

[weltweit]

Well the cargo will have shifted now, I doubt many cars and plant equipment could resist a 52Deg gradient.

 

[weltweit]

So, twentythreedom can you explain the concept of hull speed to a landlubber?

 

[twentythreedom]

Excellent article about a very similar case, and where all those cars ended up

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/cougar-ace-the-great-103-million-snafu-at-sea

And one about getting her back upright

http://archive.wired.com/science/dis...urrentPage=all

 

[twentythreedom]

So, twentythreedom can you explain the concept of hull speed to a landlubber?

Easiest to do it this way

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_speed

 

[twentythreedom]

I've nothing but respect for Robin Knox-Johnston. I went to see Suhaili..

Proper heroes tbh - RKJ, Chichester, Rose, Blyth etc etc. Charts, pencils, compass, sextant, tin of beans, camping stove, that's about it. Now it's custom built racers, spaceman food, sat phone, gps and gore tex

 

[twentythreedom]

This is a good clip - you can see how the hull is planing and he's helming to time it right to surf down the face of the swell while trying to keep the boat flat. Skillz

The latest of Open 60s are developing hydrofoil tech

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Pah, here's where it's at: http://www.shepperton-fair.org/raft-race.html

Seriously funny day out.

 

[twentythreedom]

Oh dear, Hugo Boss boat dismasted in RTW race

http://www.alexthomsonracing.com/2015/01/hugo-boss-dismasted-in-the-south-atlantic/

 

[twentythreedom]

Alex Thompson explains why the mast failed



(<snipped> getting a bit too far off topic there actually )

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Incidents such as this is why Viagra don't sponsor sailing boats

 

[twentythreedom]

Alex Thomson is an unlucky bastard

• August 2013: 3rd place finish in the Rolex Fastnet Race
• Jan 2013: 3rd place finish in the Vendee Globe. 80 days, 19hours, 23 minutes
• July 2012: West to East Transat record: 8days 22hours 8minutes
• Dec 2011: 5th across the line (5 crew) in the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
• Dec 2011: 4th place finish in the Transat B to B (single-handed).
• Nov 2011: 2nd place finish in the Transat Jacques Vabre (double-handed with Guillermo Altadill).
• Jan 2011: Alex retired from Barcelona World Race when his new-born son was diagnosed with a heart complaint.
• Nov 2008: Alex forced to retire from the Vendée Globe, 6th edition, after his boat was struck by a fishing vessel.
• Feb 2008: 2nd place finish in the Barcelona World Race (double-handed with Andrew Cape).
• Dec 2007: Alex broke his own 24 hour distance record by sailing 501 nautical miles at an average speed of 20.9kts.
• 2006: Alex forced to retire from the Velux 5 Oceans Race due to structural damage. He was rescued at sea by fellow British competitor Mike Golding.
• 2004: Alex forced to retire from the Vendée Globe, 5th edition, due to structural damage. 2003: Alex set 24 hour speed distance world record by sailing 468 nautical miles at an average speed of 19.5kts.
• 1999: At 25, Alex became the youngest ever skipper to win a round-the-world race – Clipper 98-99.

 

[fizzerbird]

I'd quite like a little dinghy myself

 

[twentythreedom]

Incidents such as this is why Viagra don't sponsor sailing boats

here's a good fail (about 1min50 onwards)

 

[twentythreedom]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...d-transporter-haven-t-survived-trip-well.html

Unloading the cars off Hoegh Osaka

 

[twentythreedom]

A guy decided to sail round Britain, exploring as many rivers, estuaries etc as far upstream as possible in a little shallow draught sailing boat - he's filmed most of it, split into short sections for each area as he progresses. Local history, nature, boats etc. Sounds shit, I know, but they are decent quality and now available free at http://www.keepturningleft.co.uk/

I have no connection whatsoever to this btw - I just like the films

 

[twentythreedom]

Short review of the most recent leg of the Volvo Ocean Race

 

[twentythreedom]

Tidal ranges up to 50 ft

 

[Orang Utan]

I can has this yacht?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_(yacht)

 

[twentythreedom]

I can has this yacht?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_(yacht)

I'd has one of these yachts www.wally.com Proper Bond villain style

 

[Orang Utan]

I'd has one of these yachts www.wally.com Proper Bond villain style

I think this would suit my budget better:

 

[twentythreedom]

Still pretty cool tbf

 

[Orang Utan]

I once saw a not-that-nice boat on the Broads that was called Just Add Money.
Judging by what my ex-boat-owner friend said about his experiences, this is not only funny, but achingly correct.

 

[twentythreedom]

More Volvo cheese