[C38] Transpac

Anders Finn anders at finn.ws
Tue Jul 19 15:16:03 EDT 2011


Max, not sure, I'll check soon. . Super busy just getting back to work 
from vacation.

Anders

On 07/15/2011 10:52 AM, Max Soto wrote:
> Hey Anders, what's the size limit allowed????
> Regards, max
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Jul 15, 2011, at 10:31, "Anders Finn" <anders at finn.ws 
> <mailto:anders at finn.ws>> wrote:
>
>> Listserv only accepts them up to a certain size. I think charles can 
>> aprove them larger. . Slowly working on a new system.
>>
>> Anders Finn
>>
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> From: "Joseph Launie" <jlaunie at cox.net <mailto:jlaunie at cox.net>>
>> Date: Fri, Jul 15, 2011 06:06
>> Subject: [C38] Transpac
>> To: <listserve at catalina38.org <mailto:listserve at catalina38.org>>
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>> ________________________________
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>>> 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 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
>>> 	
>>> 	________________________________
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>>> 	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
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>>> 	
>>> 	Sounds like a wise Captain
>>> 	
>>> 	Patrick
>>> 	
>>> 		----- Original Message -----
>>> 		From: D McC<mailto:cat38skip at yahoo.com>  <mailto:cat38skip at yahoo.com>
>>> 		To: Catalina 38 Listserve<mailto:listserve at catalina38.org>  <mailto:listserve at catalina38.org>
>>> 		Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 10:47 AM
>>> 		Subject: Re: [C38] Transpac
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>>> 	According to Transpac reporting, he had fresh water making/capacity problems.
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>>> 	$#!+ Happens at the worst possible moments !!!!
>>> 	
>>> 	~Dave
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>>> 	--- On Sat, 7/9/11, S Orton<ssorton at hotmail.com  <mailto:ssorton at hotmail.com>>  <mailto:ssorton at hotmail.com>   wrote:
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>>> 		From: S Orton<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>
>>> 		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!
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