[C38] FW: August 23- Tuesday/Wednesday

Sat Aug 27 11:00:05 EDT 2011

Suzanne,
     Light wind and chop our boats hobby horse. We do quite well in 8 to 
10 knots with a smooth sea. Of couse if you have let a ton and a half of 
gear creep aboard - you will get a bad case of the slows in light air. 
We put some top crew on Macavity getting ready for the San Diego Nood 
regatta. They took 3 dock cart loads of gear off. Of course it went into 
my storage shed just in time to burn in the Jesusita Fire but it was 
re-incarnated in the form of 3 electric winches. Joe Launie/Macavity
> It's nice to know. We only become competitive when it's at 30 kts. Tough for sure. Lylite will stand when the others are reefed and off the wind. We cannot make dent in the fleet in light winds or smooth seas but give us some wind and seas and we're smoking and more importantly, feel safe. C38s are incredible boats. It's good to hear that our boats are still appreciated.
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> Suzanne and Stuart
> LV Lylite
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>> Steve Smolinske<SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com>  wrote:
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>> Every so often you read a post on another forum concerning the
>> seaworthinessof our boats or a question to their offshore capability.
>> We all know how stout they are and how they perform,  Below is an email
>> thread with the delivery Captain bringing Peregrine home.  They had one
>> of those nights you dream about,  You gotta love our boats!!!
>>
>> ________________________________
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>> From: Jeffry Matzdorff [mailto:earthakat at msn.com]
>> Sent: Wed 8/24/2011 3:23 PM
>> To: Steve Smolinske
>> Subject: Re: August 23- Tuesday/Wednesday
>>
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>> Freaking incredible!    This boat rocks in a bog sea way!  So, I found
>> out at 2400 hours that the cockpit drains, don't drain so well going
>> over big swells.. Had to use the bail bucket in the galley.
>> Was a bit weird at first to see that much water in the back of the
>> cockpit.  Hadn't noticed it with everything going on.. More later!
>>
>>
>> Captain Jeffry Matzdorff
>> 323.855.0191
>> www.offshoredeliveryskipper.com
>> <http://www.offshoredeliveryskipper.com/>
>>
>> 	----- Original Message -----
>> 	From: Steve Smolinske<mailto:SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com>
>> 	To: Jeffry Matzdorff<mailto:earthakat at msn.com>
>> 	Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:14 PM
>> 	Subject: RE: August 23- Tuesday/Wednesday
>>
>> 	Dang!! Im jealous!
>> 	
>> 	Isnt she great?  she just keeps plodding along, no never mind to the
>> sea or wind.   If you were using the steer pilot I bet that was welcomed
>> during the evening
>> 	
>> 	Steve
>>
>> ________________________________
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>> 	From: Jeffry Matzdorff [mailto:earthakat at msn.com]
>> 	Sent: Wed 8/24/2011 2:04 PM
>> 	To: Steve Smolinske; patrick ralph; Dan TP DELIVERY Dempsey; Jeffry
>> Matzdorff
>> 	Cc: Dusty Way; Michael Pleasant; Gil NEW Maguire; Dad Matzdorff; Nancy
>> Matzdorff; Lynn NEW Lipson; Shirley Matzdorff; Bev Matzdorff; Aaron
>> Guggenheim; bill kiely; Gary Gottesman; Greg Rosenkrans; tysTyson
>> Hayward; Mike TP Deriso; Roland Fournier BTS; ross.pearlman Pearlman;
>> tiffinilopez Lopez; dianeanderso; EtaSigma Sigma Chi; jamesrwulff; Craig
>> Blasingame
>> 	Subject: August 23- Tuesday/Wednesday
>> 	
>> 	
>> 	Thought I would write down some of the events of last night.   After a
>> tough night at Pt Arena on Monday we found ourselves in a great bee line
>> course to Punta Gorda in 5-10 kts of wind out of the WNW.
>> 	Sea and wind conditions looked great all day and the forecast was for
>> much of the same into the night. Cry for happy!  Gorda had other ideas.
>> 	Punta Gorda lies 13 miles to the south of Cape Mendocino and she would
>> have an unfriendly welcome waiting for us beginning at 1700 hrs on
>> Tuesday.
>> 	We started to notice what looked like sea smoke on the horizon,  a low
>> layer of water vapor whipped up by big winds and seas, but later
>> realized it was a fog bank which was being held
>> 	offshore by the winds we had ahead of us.  By 1900 hrs we were in 18-25
>> kts of wind and 6-8 foot seas coming from too many direction.  Felt like
>> we were in a caldron of big seas.
>> 	By 2100 hrs we had 8-10 ft seas and gusts up to 40 kts.
>> 	Oh, and that fog bank we saw, rolled in on top of us and that was too
>> freaky! Huge seas you couldn't see,  thick dark mist and pitch black
>> night!  Taking lots of blue water over the boat.
>> 	The wind direction was forcing us to tack around these two huge points
>> of land. No other choice.
>> 	We knew we had to round a 5 mile buoy off of Mendocino ( inside of the
>> buoy is strictly for local knowledge as there are many obstructions), so
>> we tacked out a bit farther then came around to lay the mark.
>> 	We couldn't head back and were hoping that this was a local condition
>> which often greets sailors when the land mass heats up.. Hoped.. but in
>> the back of your mind you are  never sure.
>> 	Kept hearing the words of Jim Wulff, (our good friend from Santa
>> Barbara and an expert on this coast), in the back of my mind..."Jeff, ya
>> just gotta punch through it!"
>> 	It was a real slug fest!  Sustained 32-37 kts with big, angry, confused
>> seas, and one extremely tough boat, with 3  fairly  concerned sailors
>> aboard..
>> 	Over the years I have had my share of very major Point rounding's
>> especially on the Baja coast heading north.
>> 	NEVER like this.  Never. Total black out thick with spray!
>> 	By 0115 hrs we were finally abeam of the Cape Mendocino buoy with 18-22
>> kts,  still thick fog and heading back on course.
>> 	Things subsided about 0500 hours to 8-12 knots, but the fog remained.
>> 	
>> 	Tried to make Crescent City but they have no slips due to the Tsunami
>> damage and their work dock is full with their own fishing boats.
>> 	So, we are on to Brookings, Oregon about 16 miles to the north. My
>> first time in there.  I called and they have slips or at least a guest
>> dock.  Should be in before dark, perhaps 5 pm.
>> 	Yeah!!!!  Need rest and more rest.  ALL of us!
>> 	
>> 	29 miles to go.. 1200 hrs, Wednesday.
>> 	
>> 	Yo Ho!
>> 	
>> 	(cry for happy)
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> Cheers,
> Suzanne
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