He had already been through a hell of a storm and there was no way of knowing when one of the same intensity would roll in. He has seen and experienced weather that I never want to encounter and he lived to sail another day.
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He had already been through a hell of a storm and there was no way of knowing when one of the same intensity would roll in. He has seen and experienced weather that I never want to encounter and he lived to sail another day.
exactly ! would have been one of the easier discsions in his life
Water, water and not a drop to drink.
www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2018/09/27/sensible-seamanship-indian-ocean/
Here is a quote from Indian Navy Commander Abhilash Tomy:
"It was scary as hell. When the first knockdown happened, I was swept off my feet. I fell down to the mast and put my hands around it. I got swept outward to the tip of the mast. And then a few seconds later when the boat straightened, I found myself hanging from the top of the mast. The hiccups haven't stopped since the mishap. I have some problem in speaking because of that, My watch got entangled in it. I was hanging by one hand. I felt my wrist would crack. Then the watch strap snapped and I came crashing down to the boom attached to the mast on the deck."
another day at the office ? ohh crap !!
This is why it's best to stay in the cockpit. Less chance of breaking your watch strap on the top of the mast!
On the Livetracker, Tomy's boat Turiya is still being tracked. A position was given to day, with a speed of zero knots.
Wonder where she will end up?
goldengloberace.com/livetracker/
Gary
Select to expand quotegarymalmgren said..
On the Livetracker, Tomy's boat Turiya is still being tracked. A position was given to day, with a speed of zero knots.
Wonder where she will end up?
goldengloberace.com/livetracker/
Gary
latest rumour is the Indian navy are planning on placing three sailors onboard and sailing to Australia. I think the PR value for the Indian navy will be to go and get it.
Ilenart
The Indian Navy's back up plan was to parachute commandos down to help the injured naval officer. They could easily do a slightly different sortie to save the vessel and write off the A/C hours as training. Sailing the vessel to safety would be no different to any of the adventure training our navy does these days.
www.ndtv.com/india-news/plan-b-to-save-abhilash-tomy-was-to-para-drop-4-commandos-into-ocean-1924548
Select to expand quoteCODE ORANGE Vessel LAALAND Lo?c Lepage Race No.56 Dismasted APP> 600 Miles SW of Perth. NO ASSISTANCE REQUIRED AT 1300UTC 20th October Loic Lepage VESSEL LAALAND Race Number 56 rang GGR to advise he had been dismasted in 25kt SW wind and 3mtr seas. His position at that time was 39, 5.92S and 104. 0.59E Mast broke in two places. While cutting it away one piece may have damaged the hull in the area of the integral water tank in the keel. A little water appeared but the flow has stopped. The mast is now clear of the hull. It is 1900hrs local time and night. He will now rest and wait for morning . Daylight is at 0400hrs local. He will ring GGR control again at that time to check in, then subject to weather will build his jury rig and attempt to sail to Fremantle.
He has NOT asked for any assistance. All safety gear is secure. Sat phone is working. Tracking system is secure.The weather is rapidly deteriorating during the next six hours and may build to 50-55kts for a short time. Sea will build to 5-6mtrs. 6 Hours later it will slowly decrease and on 21st at 1200UTC 12 hours will be back to 20-25kts from the SW. GGR have delivered a weather forecast to Loic with 6 hourly projections for the next 24hrs. GGR is closely monitoring the situation. #GGR2018
Facebook.
Susie Goodall Racing KNOCKED DOWN!! three times in last 24 hours with damaged self-steering gear, too hard to fix for now. Hands are a mess! Water tanks now nearly empty. Looking forward to arriving HOBART Forecast is for moderating conditions. Listen for her safety check in call shortly on GGR Sound Cloud. An amazing description of her BIG STORM.
Monitor windvane. Hopefully Susie can fix it.
UPDATE! Lo?c Lepage yacht LAALAND Sunk!!!! at 0630UTC on 23rd October 2018. Loic is now headed to Las Palmas in Argentina onboard the MV SHIOSAI at about 9kts and will arrive in Approx 30 days. #GGR2018
Another of my favourites out. Hopefully Susie will keep going!
The track and position of the original Suhaili looks good after all of this attrition.
Gary
Given the many claims made about their comparative seaworthiness, it was interesting to see that a Beneteau Oceanis was going to the rescue of the Nicho 32. The boats in the French event going on the same place at the same time appear to be less traditional and they seem to be handling the conditions better.
Obviously there are many factors involved, but as with Hobart '98 and Fastnet '79, the casualty rates don't appear to be showing that the "classics" are safer in real life.
Just watched the Facebook video of Susie giving her boat a bit of a scrub down in Tasmania. Barnacles have been a real problem with some of the competitors. Susie's boat was surprisingly good. Their boats were all antifouled at roughly the same time so it's going to be interesting for the paint manufacturers when the reviews are made public at the end of this race!https://goldengloberace.com/day-120-barnacles-the-scourge-of-solo-circumnavigators/
that is interesting ... in general what do they use ? is it a coat of hard with a couple of ablative over the top ?
interesting to read that one of the skippers greatest concern was the calm conditions , damaging the yacht . he takes all the sails down to stop the flogging and damage from rolling and the boom / main sail swinging around .
I have heard the same from a friend who really struggled with the main flogging on a very long passage . [50 footish yacht ] He ended up stopping it with a heavy duty preventer of some kind , not sure how it was rigged.
it would drive you mad on a trip like that , days on end of no wind , and the main snapping around !!!!! ahhhhhhh but as sooon as you drop it !!!! up would come a breeze !!! murphys law !
"Race leader Jean-Luc Van Den Heede has been knocked flat by another storm in the Southern Ocean The French yachtsman Jean-Luc Van Den Heede has been knocked flat, suffering serious rig damage, in the latest Southern Ocean storm to hit the Golden Globe Race in recent weeks. At 1500 GMT on 5 November, Jean-Luc called Race HQ to advise that his Rustler 36 Matmut had been knocked down badly to about 150? which had damaged the connecting bolt attachment to the mast that holds all four lower shrouds. The mast was not in danger of falling, but it was not securely tensioned. The bolt has slipped 5cm down in the mast section and slackened the rigging. At the time of writing, he is still in the storm, which is packing 36ft (11m) seas and 65-knot winds. Conditions are expected to moderate soon. The 73-year old race Frenchman from Les Sables d'Olonne is now running downwind with no sails until conditions improve. He will then effect a repair that will allow him to hoist sail again and make for Valparaiso, Chile where he will make a permanent repair."
From Facebook. 6000 miles is quite a gap from the leader to the tailender!
UPDATE!! Jean Luc Van Den Heede ETA CAPE HORN is 1600hrs UTC 23rd NOV with one more 55-65kt storm headed his way overnight for about 12hrs before he can turn the corner and run up into the ATLANTIC! Keep your fingers crossed. He is only about 6000 miles ahead of SUHAILI! and nearly 20 days ahead of Bernard Moitessier!
I sent this mail to Abhilash Tomy on Sept 20th and a got a reply "Thanks"
Message Details:
Name Gary
Subject Following you from Japan
Message Hello Abhilash
I am an Australian sailor who has lived in Japan for 30 years.
I am following you. With deep respect. gary
Today got a reply. Maybe a bot but still cool I think.
Thank you Gary!
As you would know, I ran into a storm and got dismasted. Not only that I broke my vertebra and needed to be rescued.
I am recovering after a surgery.
Warm regards
Abhilash
Istvan Kopar update.
Bearings in steering shot. Looks like the Binacle bearings of the wheel steering.
Emergency till gave up after just 12 hours.
No mention of windvane condition.
goldengloberace.com/skipper/2018/istvan-kopar/
Susie has had some excitement! From Facebook.
UPDATE: FULL Press Release shortly...spoke to Susie again. advised her MRCC CHILE have a ship 400 miles SW now making way best speed to her, ETA about two days. Boat was PITCHPOLED stern over bow. She has cut hands a few paces, bruising and pounding headache after concussion. Now talking to MSOS UK the GGR 24hr telemedicine doctor for advice and check up. Weather is moderating a little. Boat huge mess down below. Not in danger for now. Susie Goodall Racing was enjoying the sailing very well in 35/40kts when the safety tube of the Monitor wind vane failed. She dropped the reefed main then set the Jordan Series drogue as could not hand steer in building winds. Went below. Sometime later was gearing up to come on deck to check things when pitchpoled stern over bow. The mast and all poles lost. Windvane damaged by backstay. The drogue Bridle is still fitted but the drogue gone
Could it be that the old Suhaili will become the last boat being tracked?
The post race book/analysis will be something to read.
Gary
Interesting that the Jordan drogue broke aren't they supposed to be the bees knees?
Two Dogs
It seems that in this race everything is breaking.
Puts Knox-Johnson's success into focus.
Gary
