couchsurfer
Super Anarchist
.......''the damage bill is expected to total in the 1000's'' ....thanks Sally :mellow: :wacko:
Pittwater to Coffs 2016
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.......''the damage bill is expected to total in the 1000's'' ....thanks Sally :mellow: :wacko:
DickDastardly
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Well, if you divide it up a bit...
Ozee Adventure
Super Anarchist
There's a pic and a little bit of footage here too.
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I might've missed it but why did a guy from a clipper boat have to assist M3? Could no one on the m3 do the same job?
jack_sparrow
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They certainly had an interesting 24hrs
Gorn FRANTIC!!
Super Anarchist
1. Only 1 climbing harness onboard?
2. No bosuns chair onboard?
3. Remaining crew too old, fat, stupid & scared to go aloft and help?
4. All/combination of above?
GybeSet
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it wasn't the race crew for the return trip apparently
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Seems like a number of poor decisions were made by them then. Glad to hear they are all safe but a few questions need to be asked I think.
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doc johnson
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on its way to newcastle under tow
Schakel
Dayboat sailor
Gavin Reid is the hero of the day. I liked him when he said: "It was quitte bumpy, but able to manage it".
And the found body of Mal Lennon, at least his friends and family are for sure now. Condolance to them, sorry.
Abbo
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A very sad and tragic outcome. I just struggle to accept that in this day an age with modern forecasting and communications that skippers are still making such poor decisions. Will it ever change?
This low was forecast back on the 30th. (possibly earlier, memory a little fuzzy) Special mention of it was made by the BOM rep at the race briefing on the 2nd. It was, for many days, quite obvious that you had to either turn your boat around immediately after the finish or wait a week.
The smart delivery skippers did not hang about, ours left at 4 am on Monday morning, and would have left earlier had they not been delayed leaving Sydney earlier on Sunday. They still had a particularly wet and ordinary delivery but were well and truly tucked away before things got really nasty. Perhaps those who waited are smarter still?
I've never found the Seal rocks area to be particularly pleasant in average weather, lots of converging currents and/or seas, so to be out there in that weather is quite simply asking for trouble. Thank god M3 and her raft ended up on the beach rather than the rocks. They appear to be only a couple of hundred metres away looking at the photo's.
This low was forecast back on the 30th. (possibly earlier, memory a little fuzzy) Special mention of it was made by the BOM rep at the race briefing on the 2nd. It was, for many days, quite obvious that you had to either turn your boat around immediately after the finish or wait a week.
The smart delivery skippers did not hang about, ours left at 4 am on Monday morning, and would have left earlier had they not been delayed leaving Sydney earlier on Sunday. They still had a particularly wet and ordinary delivery but were well and truly tucked away before things got really nasty. Perhaps those who waited are smarter still?
I've never found the Seal rocks area to be particularly pleasant in average weather, lots of converging currents and/or seas, so to be out there in that weather is quite simply asking for trouble. Thank god M3 and her raft ended up on the beach rather than the rocks. They appear to be only a couple of hundred metres away looking at the photo's.
couchsurfer
Super Anarchist
....ahh,,never heard that detail before now,,,thanks and rest in peace dear Mal. :mellow:
HILLY
HILLY
A bunch left fri. evening / sat. morning, LOTS of motoring time on our boat, I suspect the same for most boats trying to make it home over the weekend. The smart / lucky ones that left this morning are coming back in 15 - 20 N.E. BASTARDS...
Mad Mac
Not as cunty as LB
Yesterday, off Stocko.
what happened to the keel? Trucked? It obviously looked to be removed when it was all sat there in the beach with the rig strapped down. Hopefully the repair job is minor. The sight of the boat on the beach gave me shivers of Vestas. The thought it the boat breaking apart in the surf didn't bare thinking about. Good luck and well done to all involved in the recovery. M3 looks set to fight another day.
