[C38] Transpac
PAUL NOTTE
panotte at shaw.ca
Sun Jul 17 01:20:45 EDT 2011
Say hi to Larry for me , there's a beer in the cooler for when you get back . Catalina get together in telegraph Harbour in late August , another 38 and I are going to be there. May be in sept. A BBQ in Everett would be in order.
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Smolinske <SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com>
Date: Saturday, July 16, 2011 5:16 pm
Subject: Re: [C38] Transpac
To: Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
> PaUl it was A very noticeable difference lots more bite on all
> points of sail. Believe it also balanced a little
> better. Barkley must be nice we just arrived in HI.
> Now just waiting on hassle to arrive.
>
> Steve Smolinske
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 16, 2011, at 12:50 PM, "PAUL NOTTE" <panotte at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> >
> > Speaking of rudders Steve, did your new one make any
> difference?
> > I'm in Barkley sound now . It has been an interesting trip
> around the island , I'm kind of stretching it out now , I was
> thinking of reprovisioning in Victoria and going back the other
> way .Hoping to maybe get some sun soon
> > Paul Impulse
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Steve Smolinske <SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com>
> > Date: Friday, July 15, 2011 7:56 am
> > Subject: Re: [C38] Transpac
> > To: Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
> >
> >> WOW! and I was complaining about the 3 seconds for our new rudder
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >>
> >> From: listserve-bounces at catalina38.org on behalf of Joseph Launie
> >> Sent: Fri 7/15/2011 4:06 AM
> >> To: listserve at catalina38.org
> >> Subject: Re: [C38] Transpac
> >>
> >>
> >> 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 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 p
> >> e
> >> 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 pre
> >> t
> >> 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 movin
> >> g,
> >> 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 ration
> >> in
> >> 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 ahea
> >> d
> >> 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 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> <mailto:cat38skip at yahoo.com> <mailto:cat38skip at yahoo.com> <mailto:cat38skip at yahoo.com>
> >> To: Catalina 38 Listserve <mailto:listserve at catalina38.org> <mailto:listserve at catalina38.org> <mailto:listserve at catalina38.org> <mailto:listserve at catalina38.org>
> >> 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
> >>
> >> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
> >>
> >> Common Sense is
> >> a rare gift from the Gods.
> >> Most people
> >> have only technical training!
> >>
> >> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
> >>
> >> The gods do not
> >> deduct from man's allotted span those hours spent in sailing.
> >>
> >> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
> >>
> >> 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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