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Appreciate your point but the teak assembly 5' ahead of bow will increase pitching, by how much no idea. A lighter alu assembly will help with helm and not add as much to pitching but would be "out of character ". Life is full of trade offs. Not sure about all the ad hoc changes, glad the new...

Apologize if this has been asked and answered, long thread. Park Police, Bijan Ghaisar, righteous or not? Politics or not? Thanks.

I concur with the notion that you should plan for the worst. Recently had a large asym up on 31'er when the rudder broke off, broached, beam on, kite full. Would've been a tough furl, almost had rigged a martinbreaker but didn't think that I'd need as the boom bag ruled out letter boxing. Almost...

Thinking about her death lately. Seems wrong that the perp keeps his boat and the use of it. It must grate a bit to see @Last on the water.

Appreciate any feedback on the Si-tex svs 760c.

Boat is a light air flyer.

Sailing canoes, given enough breeze, can sail much deeper than one might think. Even by the lee. They can also generate some apparent inthe process, I guess due their extremely low resistance. So they can gybe through 30 d easily. May or may not apply to Jzerro.

Impressed by how well he keeps his average speeds up in lighter conditions, obviously sailing excellently. But also a very slippery design with low wetted surface, light weight, and not much appendage drag.

Ryan Finn's solution, putting up a secondary mast 16' to weather for his wind instruments is interesting. It may be that's what  he had to do as his mast rotates 180 d and that ama is always to weather but it is simple, low cost ish, and easy to access. It is vulnerable, lower, and maybe not...

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His system as is seems to be working for him, he'll only get more out of his panels as he proceeds. But those electric systems are 4-5k plus power.

As impressed as I am by his sailing, he's getting alot out of his equipment. I think that he's using an NKE pilot with a Pelagic ram? Said some where that he had multiple back ups but that was the part he needed to stop for. The apparent wind must be an issue as well as the shunting. And the...

Sounds like his autopilot can steer offwind at speed. I imagine that he is getting some surfs in, impressive.

From my readings (stress that) if you look further up the course to the Baja portion, he may (stress that) have missed his window there. All the more reason to throttle back. It might be time soon to re-victual and consider some options. No shame, he's in the S Pacific (looking ahead) and it's...

Fantasic accomplishments getting to where he is now, of course we all hope for the best. Inside route costs time but so what? Relax and enjoy the ride, he's doing great, stay safe, intact, and finish the trip. Experience of a lifetime. Enjoy it.

Gunkholing NW, if Windy is to be believed, may be a viable exit strategy towards his destination. I believe it has been active Southern Ocean summer, based on swells.

Best of luck to him, heckuva an adventure. Sometimes big steel ketches have an advantage. 

$3m baili, did he hit Judge Smales' boat?

Normally I would say that to those can rationalize blowing up hospitals this is their idea of pretty. But then I remeber Kunduz Hospital and just don't have much to say.

With today's technology it's easy to have a floating or removable stay, in the luff or out. Not having two stays is great. And the Kraken is wrong, you can reef a self tacking jib, down, it just doesn't look so swellegant.