[C38] Transpac

Joseph Launie jlaunie at cox.net
Fri Jul 15 19:07:50 EDT 2011


Steve,
I was 117, now  96 and 90 random leg Joe


On 7/15/2011 4:29 AM, Steven Ribble wrote:
>
> I wouldn't be in a rush with that rating either Joe, for what it's 
> worth I'm barely hanging on with 132 (PHRF, cruising class) but am 
> defending our C-38 honor in the Northeast with two 3rd place finishes 
> in four races...next one's tomorrow and two more each weekend after.
>
> Good luck with your rating
> Steve R
>
> On Jul 15, 2011 7:07 AM, "Joseph Launie" <jlaunie at cox.net 
> <mailto:jlaunie at cox.net>> wrote:
> > Steve
> > I tried to send Max 3 pix but they got held up by the webmaster.Too
> > big I guess. I am not very good at pix. PHRF hit me 15 sec for the 42
> > inch sprit and 6 sec for my electric winches. I am training new crew so
> > have sailed with the new rig but not raced. No rush with that 
> rating. Joe
> >
> > On 7/14/2011 9:04 PM, Steve Smolinske wrote:
> >> Thanks Joe, yes a tough one to call but really easy because it was 
> the only one to make. I'd love to see your sprit, but I am not moving 
> the boat up, I have a delivery crew scheduled for the first of August. 
> Can you forward some pictures? What type of penalty did PHRF hit you 
> with? I fly home tomorrow and then off to Hawaii on Saturday.
> >>
> >> Steve
> >> Peregrine
> >> Seattle
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >>
> >> From: listserve-bounces at catalina38.org 
> <mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org> on behalf of Joseph Launie
> >> Sent: Tue 7/12/2011 11:41 PM
> >> To: Catalina 38 Listserve
> >> Subject: Re: [C38] Transpac
> >>
> >>
> >> Steve,
> >> Good decision but a tough one. If there is any chance you could get 
> to Santa Barbara as you rattle up and down the west coast we would 
> love to show you our 42 inch retractable sprit and couple of A sails. 
> (and 3 Harken electric winches) Our new 1/2 oz (never up yet - crew 
> still learning) is made for the new 19 foot J. Deke Klatt, our Ullman 
> sailmaker says we should be either very fast or very funny for the 
> other racers. Just found out my old friend Eric Bowman is navigator on 
> Katana w/ Dr Laura. I commissioned my boat myself in 1991 and Eric and 
> his buddy Kevin Miller of North sails rigged the mast. Small world. 
> Tough break but that is yacht racing. Joe Launie/ Macavity (cell 
> 805-451-6388)
> >>
> >> On 7/12/2011 10:41 PM, Steve Smolinske wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey all,
> >>
> >> What a heart breaker! Oh well stuff does happen! I should know more 
> tomorrow as the manufacturer is coming out to take a look at our water 
> maker. I won't speculate yet but when I know for sure Ill pass along 
> what we find out.
> >>
> >> As far as the race, what an amazing time it has been, the pre race 
> parties were a blast and the sailing community was wonderful, Before 
> the race I sent our navigator to a weather seminar, where he had lunch 
> with Stan Honey who remembered him from a previous Pac Cup, Stan 
> offered wonderful tactical advise for our boat and how he would run 
> the race from his Cal 40, I was fortunate enough to attend the 
> Expedition seminar by Peter Isler. I pointed out an error in his 
> homework assignment the night before and had a nice email exchange 
> going with him on the problem, later when I was having some issues 
> before the race with the software he forwarded his phone number and 
> walked me through trouble shooting. As we were busily doing last 
> minute prep for the race Greg Hedrick the skipper for the last 20 
> years of Pyewacket was very helpful pointing us to machine shops and 
> other services for sourcing parts. What a pleasure it was to meet 
> these people and to find them to be just real pe
> >> ople who love the sport of sailing.
> >>
> >> So at the start, my tactian Dan Symonds did an awesome job of 
> calling the start, we were at the favored end on starboard tack, 
> leeward boat and hit the line within five seconds of the start under 
> full speed, from there we smoked Hassle on the way to Catalina by the 
> time we cleared the island they were well behind us before they tacked 
> off to the North, through the night we chased the fastest boat in our 
> class keeping them insight. I really enjoy the hunt for boats at night 
> in distance races it has to be one of the most enjoyable aspects for 
> me to spot and track competitors during the night. The next day when 
> the reports came out and we were in first place we couldnt have been 
> happier. Our new Carbon fiber #1 was amazing, with that sail up we 
> pointed 15 degrees higher and moved along just wonderfully. We didnt 
> know where Hassle was at this point, but kept moving north to the 
> Channel Islands to the wind, later in the day we spotted Hassle on a 
> converging tack and got pret
> >> ty excited that we had a boat race going. Their tack brought them 
> in front of us for the rest of the day and that night, when I went off 
> shift my words to B watch were your job is to pass Hassle, well when I 
> came back on and they had closed to within a 100 yards or so and said 
> they just couldnt catch them, I was a little charged up to say the 
> least. I took the helm and after an hour of following his stern said 
> enough of this, footed off (new #1) and blew by them and came back up 
> in front of them. I told the crew our goal is to be in front of Larry 
> before each mornings reports were due. That morning the wind died off 
> and as I was below emailing our position Hassle and Peregrine were 
> side by side crews talking to each other over the rails. we mananged 
> to get a few boat lenghts ahead, but because we owed them 6 seconds a 
> mile they pulled into first on the third day. we stayed close to each 
> other for the morning in no wind doing everything to try to get our 
> boats moving,
> >> they ended up tacking North again and leaving us and our wind 
> filled in and we went towards Hawaii, I figured they would go far 
> enough to find wind and then foot down to our course which is what 
> they did and the next day they were 9 miles north and two miles behind 
> us but still corrected out in first. It was truley a blast having two 
> boats so closely matched so close to each other after four and five 
> days. On a side note their navigators girlfriend Shannon was part of 
> our crew so you can imagine the fun the two crews had with that with 
> all the pre race bravado. Larry and his crew are a great bunch of guys 
> and I really enjoyed spending time with them before the race.
> >>
> >> AS far as the water goes, we left the dock with our 6 gallons of 
> required emergency water, about 5 gallons in jugs and 20 gallons in 
> the new starboard tank we installed under the settee. We didnt make 
> water the second day, but did on the third day, we didnt have to make 
> much but followed our charging routine which included making water and 
> running the frig. the fourth day when we went to make water the water 
> maker acted up rejecting water, then I changed the salinity probe and 
> did a flush of the system, it worked for an hour making 8 gallons 
> which filled our empty tank with 8 gallons before crapping out and 
> rejecting everything it made. At that point I worked on it for six 
> hours to no avail, and in the back of my mind knew then the race was 
> doomed unless I could get it fixed the next day. I could only really 
> work on it during the six hour shift I had off (We ran swedish shifts 
> 6 on 6 off during daylight and 4 on 4 off 4 on during hte night). So 
> that night I sent an e
> >> mail to the factory, and the next day called our dealer for trouble 
> shooting and suggestions, the fifth day during the 6 off shift I 
> replumbed the water maker inlet and outlet, scavenging hose from the 
> house water plumbing and rerouting to further aft through hulls, 
> hooked it up for manual operation all underway in 20 knots to weather 
> not a fun thing. Nothing worked!!! the salinity was still through the 
> roof. So frustrating as we have used it all season and all the way 
> down the coast. We took inventory of our water and had 8 gallons in 
> the tank, 5 gallons in jugs and 6 gallons of emergency rations for a 
> total of approx. 19 gallons to last 6 people the 12 days to hawaii. 
> There is a penalty for using your emergency water during the race so 
> our calculations were we had enough water for 1 liter per day per 
> person until we reached Diamond Head. That was assuming we didnt run 
> into any problems or light winds during the way. The crew was coming 
> up with survival rationin
> >> g plans including collecting rain water, drinking beer, pop and 
> gatorade etc to try to extend the water. But the call came down to my 
> knowing that as we got into the tropics 1 liter was not nearly 
> adequate enough to insure safety. Yes we could have survived on 1 
> liter, but no we could not have safely driven the boat downwind with 
> spinnnaker flying. I told the crew that my fear was as dehydration set 
> in and the headaches, blurred vision and decreased judgement let alone 
> potential physical problems that all it would take was a moment of 
> lapsed concentration at the wheel in the middle of the night to injure 
> someone or damage the boat and that a race was not worth having to 
> explain to a wife or child why I decided to continue. There was no 
> argument and everyone agreed that has hard as it was it was the right 
> decision.
> >>
> >> I have to say that with the exception of the water maker, 
> everything worked exactly as it should, power consumption calculations 
> were spot on, drawing less than 3 amps per hour, charging for 45 
> minutes to recharge our 220 amp bank, equipment and sail inventory 
> flawless. We were one day from crossing the ridge which also helped my 
> decision to turn back as our navigator pointed out once we crossed the 
> ridge the return trip would be much longer and more difficult based on 
> wind angles to get back. When we hit the dock we had used all our 
> water and were just breaking into our 6 gallon required reserve. At 
> day five we had accomplished the three goals we set out to meet when 
> crossing the ridge, first being within a reasonable distance of the 
> fastest lead boat, Between the Sheets, we were within 12 miles of 
> them. Second being the farthest south boat of the leaders, both us and 
> Between the Sheets were on the same southerly course below Hassle and 
> Sauvage, and third being ahead
> >> of Hassle. We owed Larry 3.2 hours and when we withdrew they were 
> corrected ahead of us by 2 hours but were a mile or so behind us. We 
> owed Hassle time based on our downwind sail inventory, we carried an 
> A2, A3,A4 and two of our syms are 190% of J and the third being the 
> standard size for our boats. we were so looking foward to hitting the 
> trades and having chutes for every possible angle and wind speed. Oh 
> well such is the sport of Offshore Racing.
> >>
> >> Mr. Toad's wild ride best describes our return, My bowman is rather 
> stoic and when he heard me tell my wife on the way back that the ride 
> was damp, bumpy and wet he fell back in his berth laughing saying "now 
> that is an understatement". we were on a port tack beam reach for 
> three days in 20-25 knots the entire time with the waves ranging from 
> pretty civilized at times to what we affectionatly call owner waves, 
> the ones that only seem to come over the side and hit the owner when 
> he is driving. Shift changes got to be a joke, "Nothing has changed, 
> same course, same wind, same waves, no boats, wet and cold, good night"
> >>
> >> It was a pleasure meeting Larry and his crew after more than a year 
> of playful bantering back and forth, what a great guy! Peregrine is 
> currently in his slip until the delivery captain who is racing on 
> Between the Sheets comes back and takes her North. I have been in 
> email contact with Larry since we pulled out and just today told him 
> to get his butt in gear and bring home a trophy! I am flying to Hawaii 
> at the end of this week, because as you know I have been telling Larry 
> for the last year that I would have a Mai Tai waiting for him at the 
> dock when he arrives and Im a man of my word LOL. I have an article in 
> the works on the water maker installation and starboard tank install 
> that I did earlier and will pass along what I find out about the water 
> maker later this week.
> >>
> >> Steve
> >> Peregrine #312
> >> Seattle
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >>
> >> From: listserve-bounces at catalina38.org 
> <mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org> on behalf of Patrick Harpole
> >> Sent: Sun 7/10/2011 10:01 AM
> >> To: Catalina 38 Listserve
> >> Subject: Re: [C38] Transpac
> >>
> >>
> >> Sounds like a wise Captain
> >>
> >> Patrick
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: D McC<mailto:cat38skip at yahoo.com 
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> >> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 10:47 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [C38] Transpac
> >>
> >> According to Transpac reporting, he had fresh water making/capacity 
> problems.
> >>
> >> $#!+ Happens at the worst possible moments !!!!
> >>
> >> ~Dave
> >>
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> >> Most people have only technical training!
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> >> The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span those hours spent 
> in sailing.
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> >>
> >> When in doubt, try the vice You haven't tried before!
> >>
> >> --- On Sat, 7/9/11, S Orton<ssorton at hotmail.com 
> <mailto:ssorton at hotmail.com>> <mailto:ssorton at hotmail.com 
> <mailto:ssorton at hotmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: S Orton<ssorton at hotmail.com <mailto:ssorton at hotmail.com>> 
> <mailto:ssorton at hotmail.com <mailto:ssorton at hotmail.com>>
> >> Subject: [C38] Transpac
> >> To: "Cat 38"<listserve at catalina38.org 
> <mailto:listserve at catalina38.org>> <mailto:listserve at catalina38.org 
> <mailto:listserve at catalina38.org>>
> >> Date: Saturday, July 9, 2011, 10:27 AM
> >>
> >>
> >> It appears Steve S has dropped out of the Transpac and is heading 
> back to the So. Cal coast after leading the Alpha Class for a couple 
> of days- what a bummer! Larry is still in the race. Has anybody read 
> what Steve S's problem is? It must be very serious as I believe he is 
> one tough nut!
> >> Steve O
> >>
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