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Old 22-03-2023, 03:41   #166
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Ian Herbert-Jones has survived the night to the SW of Cape Horn - and an especially wild one, with gusts to 90 knots, drogue entangled, hand steering, bare poles..... and sea state beyond description.

He made a call to GGR Ops at about 0400hrs as a 'SitRep' and to let the world know he was having a hard time.

At 1000UTC he was trundling along at just over 2 knots, probably with his drogue still out and trying to get some rest.


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Old 09-04-2023, 13:31   #167
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Ian and Puffin are about to get smacked again. Hoping for the best as he has to ride out perhaps the strongest weather system of the race so far.
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Fingers crossed for him..
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I've been 'sans inet' for almost a month so a bit out of touch.
Q How did Ian H-J end up so far east?
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ALERT ALERT ALERT


"ENTRANT UPDATE: GGR CODE RED Position @ 1630 UTC 46° 55.29S, 037° 14.7 W Vessel GPS SOG 3.4 & Heading: @ 36.85Weather: SW 50 knots, gusting 70 knots 6.5M SEA
SITUATION : PUFFIN has activated his EPIRB....GGR TRACKING now set at 15 minutes. At 1540UTC Ian Herbert Jones SKIPPER PUFFIN rang GGR on Iridium phone to advise that he was in extreme weather with no sail up trying to hand steer downwind , the yacht was laid over often ...There was a small amount of water down below. It was a bad connection and I lost contact.
At 1550UTC IAN called again...he had activated his EPIRB , could not launch his drogue as the cockpit hatch was underwater, was under bare poles, had been washed out of the cockpit twice and was struggling to keep the boat sailing down wind. He explained he activated the EPIRB as he could not initially make Iridium phone contact and wanted someone to know his situation. I advised him he must launch his drogue if possible to assist down wind control...and that the extreme weather will last at least another five hours. He is trying to do that. There is only 8 inches of water over the cabin sole. He thinks this is leakage through the cockpit...the manual bilge pump is working so he is not sinking. The mast is secure. All safety equipment onboard is secure. His electrical system is low in power.
I asked him to call again in one hour. Approx 1700UTC. He is using the iridium phone in the cockpit. MRCC may have trouble trying to ring him because of the noise and he may switch off the phone between contacts. I advised him to leave the EPIRB on. The activated EPIRB is listed as coming from his abandoned ship GRAB bag...this is unusual and I believe a mistake. He is on the boat and it would be the EPIRB from in the Yachts cabin....he has NOT abandoned the ship. I made Ian aware that he needs to manage this extreme weather best possible until it starts to drop in five hours.
SITUATION : ALERT BUTTON ON YB3 Manually Pressed. ACTIVATED! At 1725UTC Message received at GGR from PUFFIN YELLOW-BRICK YB3 satellite tracking and texting unit advising " Button ALERT.... 46., 57.250S 037, 12.382W " This means that Ian has manually gone to the YB3 unit and manually lifted a safety cover and pressed the distress alert button of the YB3 Satellite texting unit. This is recognised by GGR as a distress protocol for all GGR entrants. This would suggest he is definitely in a distress situation. He had not called GGR at the requested 1 hour update time. He was 25 Minutes overdue from that requested Phone Update. At the time of the ALERT BUTTON activation the Windy forecast weather was SW40Kt Gusting 88Kt and 7.7mtr SEA.
MRCC Argentina is now managing the Rescue operation. Further updates as they come available."



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"🇬🇧 ENTRANT UPDATE: GGR CODE RED Position @ 1630 UTC 46° 55.29S, 037° 14.7 W Vessel GPS SOG 3.4 & Heading: @ 36.85Weather: SW 50 knots, gusting 70 knots 6.5M SEA
SITUATION : PUFFIN has activated his EPIRB....GGR TRACKING now set at 15 minutes. At 1540UTC Ian Herbert Jones SKIPPER PUFFIN rang GGR on Iridium phone to advise that he was in extreme weather with no sail up trying to hand steer downwind , the yacht was laid over often ...There was a small amount of water down below. It was a bad connection and I lost contact.
At 1550UTC IAN called again...he had activated his EPIRB , could not launch his drogue as the cockpit hatch was underwater, was under bare poles, had been washed out of the cockpit twice and was struggling to keep the boat sailing down wind. He explained he activated the EPIRB as he could not initially make Iridium phone contact and wanted someone to know his situation. I advised him he must launch his drogue if possible to assist down wind control...and that the extreme weather will last at least another five hours. He is trying to do that. There is only 8 inches of water over the cabin sole. He thinks this is leakage through the cockpit...the manual bilge pump is working so he is not sinking. The mast is secure. All safety equipment onboard is secure. His electrical system is low in power.
I asked him to call again in one hour. Approx 1700UTC. He is using the iridium phone in the cockpit. MRCC may have trouble trying to ring him because of the noise and he may switch off the phone between contacts. I advised him to leave the EPIRB on. The activated EPIRB is listed as coming from his abandoned ship GRAB bag...this is unusual and I believe a mistake. He is on the boat and it would be the EPIRB from in the Yachts cabin....he has NOT abandoned the ship. I made Ian aware that he needs to manage this extreme weather best possible until it starts to drop in five hours.
SITUATION : ALERT BUTTON ON YB3 Manually Pressed. ACTIVATED! At 1725UTC Message received at GGR from PUFFIN YELLOW-BRICK YB3 satellite tracking and texting unit advising " Button ALERT.... 46., 57.250S 037, 12.382W " This means that Ian has manually gone to the YB3 unit and manually lifted a safety cover and pressed the distress alert button of the YB3 Satellite texting unit. This is recognised by GGR as a distress protocol for all GGR entrants. This would suggest he is definitely in a distress situation. He had not called GGR at the requested 1 hour update time. He was 25 Minutes overdue from that requested Phone Update. At the time of the ALERT BUTTON activation the Windy forecast weather was SW40Kt Gusting 88Kt and 7.7mtr SEA.
MRCC Argentina is now managing the Rescue operation. Further updates as they come available."



From me....


The leading half of the vigorous system will have produced very large windwaves from essentially the NW.

After that 'half' went through, the wind backed swiftly to SW, remaining strong to violent. This will have produced very large windwaves from the SW which, crossing those from NW produced earlier, will generate 'washing machine conditions' just about impossible to steer through.


It sounds from the above he had not managed to deploy his drogue in good time - i.e. while it was still possible - for it was reported as still in 'the cockpit locker'.


Recall the old adage about spare anchor chain and remaining in the locker....?


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Excuse some duplication above.


There's more here....


https://goldengloberace.com/day-218-...en-globe-race/
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Excuse some duplication above.


There's more here....


https://goldengloberace.com/day-218-...en-globe-race/
Everything crossed for his survival and rescue..
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Old 11-04-2023, 02:47   #173
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4 hours ago, The Lilibet, UK flagged 50m fisheries Patrol vessel approx 300 miles South of Puffin is heading towards Ian's position ETA 29 hrs. Just received info the fishing vessel ZI DA WANG 90 NM off PUFFIN will attempt rescue,eta 11th at 1900 UTC depend on weather.
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UPDATE ENG./FRENCH : IAN HERBERT JONES !! IS ON THE FISHING VESSEL ZI DA WANG. He was recovered at 1845 UTC today . He is battered and bruised with scrapes and scratches, some back pain, but he is very happy to be with the crew. The master of the rescue ship moved straight into a recovery operation in the 25k wind and 4 mtr sea as soon as they were on scene. Congratulations to all the personnel, ships, government agencies involved over the past 30 hours who have displayed complete professionalism , dedication and passion in continuing one of the strong traditions of the sea. Ian has access to a satellite phone and we hope to hear from him very soon. The ship is believed to be headed to CAPE TOWN. #GGR2022

The GGR wish to thank the SAR Puerto Belgrano in Argentina and the MRCC Taiwan for an exemplary international coordination of Ian’s rescue, as well as the shipowner, masters and crew of the F/V Zi Da Wang and the F/V Fa Da Cai and Yuh Sheng N°1. and the MV Lilibet, MRCC UK and GRIZ NEZ France were also on standby.

MISE À JOUR : IAN HERBERT JONES EST SUR LE BATEAU DE PÊCHE ZI DA WANG! Il a été récupéré à 1845 UTC aujourd'hui. Il est contusionné avec des écorchures et des égratignures, a mal au dos, mais il est très heureux d'être avec l'équipage. Le capitaine du navire de sauvetage est passé directement à une opération de récupération dans le vent de 25 noeuds et une mer de 4 mètres dès qu'ils étaient sur les lieux. Félicitations à tout le personnel, aux navires et aux agences gouvernementales impliqués au cours des 30 dernières heures qui ont fait preuve de professionnalisme, de dévouement et de passion pour perpétuer l'une des fortes traditions maritimes. Ian a accès à un téléphone satellite et nous espérons avoir de ses nouvelles très bientôt. Le navire se dirige vers CAPE TOWN. #GGR2022
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Wow, great news. I was really worried when I read that his EPIRB had been activated.
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Brilliant news, glad to hear he's safe and lives to sail again..
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Tomy is heading off in the wrong direction for some reason today at 5.7 knots.

The wind is favorable according to Windy, but he is headed NW 341 degrees.

Haven't heard any reports of problems, but he is near that Low so maybe a breakdown of some sort?
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Tomy is heading off in the wrong direction for some reason today at 5.7 knots.

The wind is favorable according to Windy, but he is headed NW 341 degrees.

Haven't heard any reports of problems, but he is near that Low so maybe a breakdown of some sort?

I don't share that view. We don't have Abhilash's thinking, but we do have the forecast winds and weather for the next several days - courtesy of Windy.ty and others. It seems that AT's present heading should take his 'Bayanat' into stronger westerlies rather earlier than the other two - who are pointed towards some persistent light breezes SE of the Azores chain.

He has some miles and time to make up on Kirsten.

From where I sit, his is a perfectly reasonable racing tactic.... perhaps even a winning one!
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On the Windy overlay it seems as though Tomy made a jog to get further N into stronger wind.
It looks like he has resumed a course of ~NNE.
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Yeah but he could have gotten more North without going in the opposite direction to his destination.

Still seems strange......

She was able to stretch her lead by 40 more miles or so because of it.
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