Re: [bolger] Fwd: Boat Photo
Oops, the web site ishttp://home.nc.rr.com/pcrockett.I see that the
attached photo from Craig did not make it. (I guess I should remember
the rules, but there are too man rules in life these days to remember
them all.) If I can figure out how, I'll post it to one fo the phoro groups.
Patrick
Patrick Crockett wrote:
attached photo from Craig did not make it. (I guess I should remember
the rules, but there are too man rules in life these days to remember
them all.) If I can figure out how, I'll post it to one fo the phoro groups.
Patrick
Patrick Crockett wrote:
>Craig:
>
>Interestingly, the rudder broke once again this summer. This time it was
>the rudder and not the stock. We (Barb and I) were out in Pamlico Sound,
>returning to the harbor on Ocracoke Island. We needed to reef, but we
>were almost to the mouth of the harbor and knew the wind would be lower
>in the harbor. And there was a ferry on our tail and it takes
>significant time to reef. So we were beating into the harbor, hiking as
>much as old fogies will hike, when it suddenly seemed like I had no
>control over the direction of the boat.
>
>No control indeed -- when I leaned out the back to get a gander, the
>poor rudder was folded in half and flapping in the water. Our only hope
>was to row, as the ferry was almost on top of us now. The plan was to
>just get out of the channel so the ferry could get by, and then row
>against the wind and waves back into the harbor. So -- we traded places
>(as I am the stronger rower). I dropped the sail and loosely furled it
>leaving the boom & yard lying with one end on the bottom of the boat
>against the stern flotation and the other resting on the mast partners.
>
>The sail and spars made rowing a little difficult, but I've done it
>before when either the wind was too high to make headway with the sail
>and spars brailled up against the mast or I was too rushed tor lazy to
>bother with brailling. Done it before, but it was never this hard. I
>usually can make some headway, but not this time. Finally, I glanced
>around and saw that I had not furled the luff of the sail tightly
>enough, and it was hanging in the water, making a fine drogue on my
>starboard bow. By now, the ferry had kindly come to a halt waiting for
>the dumb blue boat to get out of its way. I bundled the sail better,
>blamed my suffering crew for not telling me about the sea anchor (which,
>of course she couldn't have seen anyway, without laying out over the
>rail) and rowed out of the channel. Then rowed in after the ferry.
>
>The miracle was that I found a carpenter that afternoon who had some
>scrap plywood that he could make a new rudder from for me. We sailed
>another week and a half with the new rudder.
>
>[For those who don't know my boat, I launched it the first time at the
>Mid Atlantic Small Craft Festival a few years ago. In the race on
>Saturday, with Craig cerwing, the rudder stock broke on the final run to
>the finish line. We raced on and up to the beach to the right of the
>steamboat building. Sadly, there were some boats milling around at the
>beach, including one of John Harris's CLC demo kayaks, which was
>directly in front of us, broadside-on, about to get T-boned as the
>paddler was looking at the beach. So I called out, deferentially, "No
>rudder!" and everyone scattered like mice when the kitchen light comes
>on. I am no stranger to the humility induced by equuipment failure.
>
>BTW, the photo (if it makes it to the yahoo list) is actually in Silver
>Lake Harbor on Ocracoke Island, NC, a couple years later. Some more
>photos athttp://home.nc.rr.comPer another thread, this photo shows
>the sail with one reef. You can see the ties for the second reef line
>crossing the middle batten (which is flexible enough for this to work).]
>
>Patrick
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>
>Yes, here's one I've had for a while.
>
>
>
Craig:
Interestingly, the rudder broke once again this summer. This time it was
the rudder and not the stock. We (Barb and I) were out in Pamlico Sound,
returning to the harbor on Ocracoke Island. We needed to reef, but we
were almost to the mouth of the harbor and knew the wind would be lower
in the harbor. And there was a ferry on our tail and it takes
significant time to reef. So we were beating into the harbor, hiking as
much as old fogies will hike, when it suddenly seemed like I had no
control over the direction of the boat.
No control indeed -- when I leaned out the back to get a gander, the
poor rudder was folded in half and flapping in the water. Our only hope
was to row, as the ferry was almost on top of us now. The plan was to
just get out of the channel so the ferry could get by, and then row
against the wind and waves back into the harbor. So -- we traded places
(as I am the stronger rower). I dropped the sail and loosely furled it
leaving the boom & yard lying with one end on the bottom of the boat
against the stern flotation and the other resting on the mast partners.
The sail and spars made rowing a little difficult, but I've done it
before when either the wind was too high to make headway with the sail
and spars brailled up against the mast or I was too rushed tor lazy to
bother with brailling. Done it before, but it was never this hard. I
usually can make some headway, but not this time. Finally, I glanced
around and saw that I had not furled the luff of the sail tightly
enough, and it was hanging in the water, making a fine drogue on my
starboard bow. By now, the ferry had kindly come to a halt waiting for
the dumb blue boat to get out of its way. I bundled the sail better,
blamed my suffering crew for not telling me about the sea anchor (which,
of course she couldn't have seen anyway, without laying out over the
rail) and rowed out of the channel. Then rowed in after the ferry.
The miracle was that I found a carpenter that afternoon who had some
scrap plywood that he could make a new rudder from for me. We sailed
another week and a half with the new rudder.
[For those who don't know my boat, I launched it the first time at the
Mid Atlantic Small Craft Festival a few years ago. In the race on
Saturday, with Craig cerwing, the rudder stock broke on the final run to
the finish line. We raced on and up to the beach to the right of the
steamboat building. Sadly, there were some boats milling around at the
beach, including one of John Harris's CLC demo kayaks, which was
directly in front of us, broadside-on, about to get T-boned as the
paddler was looking at the beach. So I called out, deferentially, "No
rudder!" and everyone scattered like mice when the kitchen light comes
on. I am no stranger to the humility induced by equuipment failure.
BTW, the photo (if it makes it to the yahoo list) is actually in Silver
Lake Harbor on Ocracoke Island, NC, a couple years later. Some more
photos athttp://home.nc.rr.comPer another thread, this photo shows
the sail with one reef. You can see the ties for the second reef line
crossing the middle batten (which is flexible enough for this to work).]
Patrick
-------- Original Message --------
Yes, here's one I've had for a while.
--
... Craig O'D
The Cheap Pages
http://www.friend.ly.net/users/dadadata
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Interestingly, the rudder broke once again this summer. This time it was
the rudder and not the stock. We (Barb and I) were out in Pamlico Sound,
returning to the harbor on Ocracoke Island. We needed to reef, but we
were almost to the mouth of the harbor and knew the wind would be lower
in the harbor. And there was a ferry on our tail and it takes
significant time to reef. So we were beating into the harbor, hiking as
much as old fogies will hike, when it suddenly seemed like I had no
control over the direction of the boat.
No control indeed -- when I leaned out the back to get a gander, the
poor rudder was folded in half and flapping in the water. Our only hope
was to row, as the ferry was almost on top of us now. The plan was to
just get out of the channel so the ferry could get by, and then row
against the wind and waves back into the harbor. So -- we traded places
(as I am the stronger rower). I dropped the sail and loosely furled it
leaving the boom & yard lying with one end on the bottom of the boat
against the stern flotation and the other resting on the mast partners.
The sail and spars made rowing a little difficult, but I've done it
before when either the wind was too high to make headway with the sail
and spars brailled up against the mast or I was too rushed tor lazy to
bother with brailling. Done it before, but it was never this hard. I
usually can make some headway, but not this time. Finally, I glanced
around and saw that I had not furled the luff of the sail tightly
enough, and it was hanging in the water, making a fine drogue on my
starboard bow. By now, the ferry had kindly come to a halt waiting for
the dumb blue boat to get out of its way. I bundled the sail better,
blamed my suffering crew for not telling me about the sea anchor (which,
of course she couldn't have seen anyway, without laying out over the
rail) and rowed out of the channel. Then rowed in after the ferry.
The miracle was that I found a carpenter that afternoon who had some
scrap plywood that he could make a new rudder from for me. We sailed
another week and a half with the new rudder.
[For those who don't know my boat, I launched it the first time at the
Mid Atlantic Small Craft Festival a few years ago. In the race on
Saturday, with Craig cerwing, the rudder stock broke on the final run to
the finish line. We raced on and up to the beach to the right of the
steamboat building. Sadly, there were some boats milling around at the
beach, including one of John Harris's CLC demo kayaks, which was
directly in front of us, broadside-on, about to get T-boned as the
paddler was looking at the beach. So I called out, deferentially, "No
rudder!" and everyone scattered like mice when the kitchen light comes
on. I am no stranger to the humility induced by equuipment failure.
BTW, the photo (if it makes it to the yahoo list) is actually in Silver
Lake Harbor on Ocracoke Island, NC, a couple years later. Some more
photos athttp://home.nc.rr.comPer another thread, this photo shows
the sail with one reef. You can see the ties for the second reef line
crossing the middle batten (which is flexible enough for this to work).]
Patrick
-------- Original Message --------
Yes, here's one I've had for a while.
--
... Craig O'D
The Cheap Pages
http://www.friend.ly.net/users/dadadata
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]