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Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 21-03-2015, 09:31
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

So. Any follow ups on this? I'm beginning to think it may be a photoshop joke...
:popcorn:
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 18-03-2015, 07:46
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

Lots of speculation here.

How many of us have actually been in a siimilar situation? And, how many know precisely how boats with different design characteristics and sail plans will behave in...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 18-03-2015, 05:45
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

<snip>

Clearly. The dude didn't turn because he wanted to t-bone the ferry.

Or, he could have been asleep below. One of the hazards of single-handing...

Or, he could have been injured,...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 16-03-2015, 05:59
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

I'm perfectly happy being Wrong.

Perhaps you can provide the boat specifications so the rest of who don't like being wrong are more informed.

Anyway. My boat's only 23.5' WWL and would have...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 14-03-2015, 13:20
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

Way faster than 2 knots. My guess is 8-10 knots. You have a point concerning his drift to leeward. May explain why it appears to an earlier poster he's turning to port.
:popcorn:
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 12-03-2015, 09:47
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

Go back and read the posts. My view is his best chance was a turn to port. Disagreement between posters focused mainly on the forces that would come into play as the mainsail rotated around the...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 11-03-2015, 14:52
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

Hmmm. You don't agree with what?

The video does not show how far he was from the ferry before his day went pear shaped.

At the rate his boat was travelling, on a course he apparently could not...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 11-03-2015, 14:27
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

I don't believe many experienced sailors deny the one in the video ended up in a tough situation, with most agreeing escape was unlikely due to hotly contested viewpoints concerning his available...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 10-03-2015, 12:02
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

Which, if the sailor on the boat were superman and capable in such conditions to sheet the main to that point, illustrates another factor related to the potential problems encountered by choosing an...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 10-03-2015, 11:23
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

Dunno if this is a foregone conclusion, and it depends on the severity of turn one has to make.

I.e. he has a very small window of steering possibility.

He may have tried to head up and found...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 10-03-2015, 10:25
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

You are absolutely right that the boat is running parallel to the wind waves. This is because the waves are being generated ahead of the wind, not always but pretty close to 180* from the wind...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 10-03-2015, 10:05
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

Originally posted by Wrong;


"I disagree. Assume a beam reach in 18-20 knots of wind. Sheet your foresail in so the telltales settle into a pattern indicating you've found the sweet spot. Take...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 10-03-2015, 06:59
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

I use a telescoping whisker pole on my boat. No guy wires, topping lift or other acoutrements... So, my experience is zero when it comes to how a spinnaker pole is rigged and how this may...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 10-03-2015, 06:41
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

Well. In my experience the tension on the jib halyard is sufficient - regardless of whether the foresail is close hauled, poled out (whisker pole) or I'm going downwind - to pull the jib down 'most...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 09-03-2015, 14:19
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

Want to add that the foresail being poled out indicates he was initially going downwind on a starboard tack. After securing the helm he may have tried going forward to detach the pole. While away...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 09-03-2015, 09:41
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

I've watched the video.
He's definitely on a beam reach.

I cannot tell whether the foresail is on a roller furling or hanked on. If it's hanked on with the halyard run to the cockpit through a...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 05-03-2015, 14:48
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

Where'd the photo come from? That's not a squall. It's a gust front. Deadly. Looks to be passing which is fortunate for whoever took the picture.
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 05-03-2015, 08:37
Replies: 201
Views: 24,743
Posted By Wrong
Re: T-boning a Ferry in Sidney

Hard to believe he didn't see it coming. You typically have four or five minutes after sighting a gust front or squall line before the wind strikes. Turning to windward, letting go the halyards...
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