NY to SFO the hard way

[randii]

https://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/ryan-finn-sail-proa-solo-new-york-san-francisco/

This should be a cool adventure to watch... exactly how old is Jzerro? Cool to see such a storied boat out collecting new stories!

Perhaps this will give more data on proa sails getting caught aback and blowing the mast away. 

Randii

 

[MultiThom]

 

[Laurent]

Wonderful news!

Y'all know that Ryan is a poster here, right?

Well, the tracker shows him in Florida near Key Largo, arriving there on December 11th. I hope everything is OK for a start from NYC on Jan 1st...

 

[TwoBirds]

https://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/ryan-finn-sail-proa-solo-new-york-san-francisco/

This should be a cool adventure to watch... exactly how old is Jzerro? Cool to see such a storied boat out collecting new stories!

Perhaps this will give more data on proa sails getting caught aback and blowing the mast away. 

Randii

Haven't seen that rig before, nice.

Not sure how old she is, but between owners she has over 45000 miles on her.

Wonder if we'll have to wait for the movie for more pictures

That only actually happens in rob's fantasies

 

[ProaSailor]

Ryan is east of Stuart, Florida, heading north at 12 knots.  Tracker.

Ryan Finn
Dec 22, 2020, 3:23:00 PM

Track Name: Track Summary
Speed: 13.60 mph    Course: NNW
Elevation: 7.68 ft.    
Lat: 27.255706    Lon: -79.610045

 

[ProaSailor]

Ryan has taken refuge at Inlet Harbor, Ponce de Leon inlet.  He was headed for Jacksonville, ~83 nm. further north.

This is a direct link to the tracker without the "?fbcid=...": https://share.garmin.com/82X63

 

[hannibalhouse]

Does anyone have a status report?

 

[MultiThom]

Does anyone have a status report?

You can click on the tracks and see how he's doing in close to real time.  Looks like heading for harbor.  Position fixes are funny.  Says he's at negative elevation now and track summary says he reached a max elevation of 481 feet.  Gotta love GPS.

 

[TwoBirds]

Wonder if he'll enter the R2AK if he's going to be on the left coast anyway.

 

[ProaSailor]

16+ knots heading NE past Hatteras Island.  Tracker: https://share.garmin.com/82X63



https://www.windy.com/?35.778,-76.289,7,m:eDTad3K

 

[ProaSailor]

Ryan's tracker stopped reporting yesterday afternoon (January 1st).  He was east of Cape May, NJ, ~105 Nm. from the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, heading NNE at 14+ knots.

 

[Veeger]

What was yesterday’s wx like?  While electronics can fail, this is disturbing.

 

[Solarbri]

Still no change in the tracker. 
I hope he’s ok!

 

[ProaSailor]

What was yesterday’s wx like?  While electronics can fail, this is disturbing.

Wind and wave height were moderate and favorable.  No update on his FB page.

 

[Ovakus]

Looking at the specs for a Garmin inReach Explorer (assuming that is what he has), the battery life is said to be 30 days when set to 30 min interval reporting.  Ryan left on December 4 and it seems plausible that with such long battery life he just forgot about it and his battery just crapped out yesterday on Jan 1.  At least that is what I hope has happened and he is already happily tied off to a dock in NYC. 

 

[Canal Bottom]

24 hours with no report or update?  Is there a shore team?  Where was the boat expected in NYC? 

 

[r.finn]

I arrived at Miramar Yacht Club, Brooklyn, this morning at 3 am.  Tracker was off for some reason.  Sorry about that.

 

[no_ballast]

Glad to hear you made it!

Think I met you on the dock at Newport Shipyard many moons ago (pre-proa).

Give a shout if you need any semi-local help while you're up north here.

 

[ProaSailor]

Ryan posted a description of his trip north on his FB page three days ago: https://www.facebook.com/2oceans1rock/

Along with this stunning photo of Jzerro - no idea when (or how) it was taken?  Drone shot?



Ryan ( @r.finn ), I hope you can keep your tracker and autopilot powered up for the whole trip.  Bon Voyage.