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San Francisco is waiting
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Delicate Balance has officially pulled out of the race after reporting that everything in the boat is wet, clothing, bunks, beddings. Now heading for San Francisco, they are wet and cold. Still 400 nautical miles to go, at an average speed of 6 knots, having slowed down, on autopilot and using a storm jib, three days seem like an eternity.
Sausalito Yacht Club has a reputation for being nice to wet, soggy sailors. And there is also the issue of clearing customs…..
Published on July 7, 2010 · Filed under: Vic-Maui Race 2010; Tagged as: pulling out of vic maui race, sausalito yacht club, Vic-Maui Race 2010
2 Responses to “San Francisco is waiting”
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Mike said on July 7th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
wet bunks, wet clothes, cold food, and seasickness is enough to dampen enthusiasm. San Francisco isn’t Lahaina, but it can be fun.
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Delicate Balance said on July 9th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
The biggest difference from racing was that we could use the autopilot. DB has tiller steering and the big rudder makes the helmsman work very hard, sometimes jerking him across the cockpit. The autopilot dramatically reduced the strain on the crew, and did a pretty good job of steering even in high seas. Thank you Raymarine.
I still took us another day and a half to sail out of the rough conditions and we were pooped several more times. We deployed our Aquair towed generator, but the connection sparked and smoked and we had to retrieve it. It connects through an opening port in the cockpit. The port has a rain shield, but green water gushed through moments after I opened it. Bill Trant, our engineer rewired the connection so the wire ran down the companionway and we got it going to recharge the batteries. It charged a 2 to 5 amps, so it still took quite a while to get back to using our instruments.
