RAINMAKER DISMASTED OFF HATTERAS IN GALE
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You have to be able to say "I quit now." and walk away.
Or one of those rich assholes bad ideas will kill you.
That is true professionalism.
ProaSailor
dreaming my life away...
At 3 knots drift speed (72 miles per day), that's a 500 mile radius? Unless it washed ashore somewhere. Weather analysis should have narrowed the search. Unless it was holed, I doubt that it flipped or sunk. As I recall, at least one abandoned catamaran went through a hurricane and stayed on its feet.
yea. Damn ph has auto spell, don't always catch all the fuckups. Auto spell has more typos than I have misspellings ( least I'd like to think so).
LB 15
Cunt
For anyone thinking about trying to tow it remember, the worlds two oldest professions are Prostitute and Seaman.
And chafe is the enemy of both.
And chafe is the enemy of both.
robalex117
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good one. I'm gonna remember and use that!
AIS doesn't work that well when the antenna is lying on the bottom of the sea.
kent_island_sailor
Super Anarchist
My AIS isn't on the mast.
If theirs was, about 30 seconds with a knife and you can make another*
* pro tip: Take the coax from the radio and strip it back 19 inches so the shield goes one way and the inner conductor the other way. Tape it to a vertical non-metallic surface with one end going up, one end going down, and cable leading away at right angles. -----|
You know have a vertical dipole B)
If theirs was, about 30 seconds with a knife and you can make another*
* pro tip: Take the coax from the radio and strip it back 19 inches so the shield goes one way and the inner conductor the other way. Tape it to a vertical non-metallic surface with one end going up, one end going down, and cable leading away at right angles. -----|
You know have a vertical dipole B)
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^^ assuming the time and attention is available, and all the electronics and electrical system work. I will keep your pro tip in mind though.
Much simpler to just leave a delorme inreach or yellow brick sitting in the deckhouse: submersible, battery powered. World wide coverage. The inReach will only go about 4-5 days on a charge but the Yellow Brick apparently a month or more. A little hard to plan for after the fact though.
Much simpler to just leave a delorme inreach or yellow brick sitting in the deckhouse: submersible, battery powered. World wide coverage. The inReach will only go about 4-5 days on a charge but the Yellow Brick apparently a month or more. A little hard to plan for after the fact though.
Christian
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Could be a deliberate choice.................maybe the best way to "sell" a somewhat beat up toy
robalex117
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billy backstay
Backstay, never bought a suit, never went to Vegas
I think I read the entire thread, but saw nothing about Rainmaker being damaged by contact with the small ship, other than speculation??
Did I miss something there??
pro from dover
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They need to search outside the environment
billy backstay
Backstay, never bought a suit, never went to Vegas
So you are saying that this comment from user sailglobal is more than speculation? If people have the facts, why are they hidden?
"BTW there are apparently some significant reasons for the abandonment, which may be made public soon. Look for broken glass and hydraulic fluid on deck and below, and a hole in the bow caused by the small ship attempting to assist"
I use the inReach both on the boat and in my sailplane. I left it on sitting on the nav station below when my boat was trucked across the country to keep track of her position from my living room. The battery went dead in South Dakota on the 5th day, but up until then I could have found her in minutes. Yellow Brick would be better for a boat, longer battery life as it has a bigger battery and you can turn down the frequency of reports to save power.
