So we leave Camden in lifhght winds and pridictions on Wind Guru and local weather channel and vhf reports saying the same thing. winds build to 15 K at sunset and dropping to 8-10 knots overnight with clear skies. We had to get out from te lobster pots by dark and baryly made it wrapping one pot briefly. We practiced boat handling to give a feel for direction and control of the boat. We had the screeecher up and the main full. Doing 6 Knots building to 12 knots with a very heavy boat in 15Kots of wind. Then the wind built to 20k and we threw in a reef and furled the screecher. Could not get all the screecher furled. leaving about 3 feet exposed. I left the screecher up - a mistake. By the time one reef was in and we were on the ful jib the wind was 25k so we put in a second reef. Bruce was making diner - corn beef New England boiled diner in a pressure coker. He cut this finer and we went below to clean and bandage. This took 5 minutes and I got seasick doing that. First time in 20 years with this. I was 'Ok' vomiting once but then the wind was up to 35k so I went out to pull down the screecher as it had started to unfurl. It was dark we were moving 45 degrees off the wind in 40 dgree wind and 43 degree water. We were at an angel into the waves (6-10 feet) so there was a lot of spray) My hood was blown off and my wool hat. Water went down my back. It was hard to pull the screecher down. It unrolled 1/3 and the luffing snapped the sheet. I needed help from Ed to get it down and lashed. By the time I got back to the cockpit. I was hypothermic. and needed to be stripped dwon and wrapped on the settee with wool blankets. Ed joined me vomiting and in the salon into whatever we could find. Bruce Peter and reiner did a great job handling and unusual boat it tough conditions. Going to three reefs. Maybe we had done that on the second reefing.
This was the scene out the window in 45k with the jib and triple reefed main withteh boom set to midline and the wind at 180. Speed was a steady 19-20 with bursts to 22-23 according to the Immarsat recordings on my tracker website. This was with the bow sprit in the water! I had placed a scope patchand got over the nausea and the hypothermia but was still extreemly fatigued. We foudn that
This is the Wayfarer dock Camden Maine 10-27-2010. This is the best marina I have been to. great service, beautiful town, exceptionally clean facilities. Sorry this pic is out of order but you can't insert on this web site and I do not feel like deleting 10 pics.
Sails up at 5 knots 4 knots of speed at th heaviest she has been 2500# of gear, 100# crew, full fuel and water. Screecher is 950sq' jib is 350 sq '
This is not the scooner from below but we saw one on the way out and I like this picture from earlier.
2 miles out. the only ski area in the lower US that you can see the ocean from.
Out of order but nice pic 10-28-2010 Camden Maine
One mile out no wind
morinign of cast off 10-29-2010 left at 13:00
tank back in place 10-29 2010 12:00
tank going back on board
aluminum and empty so not bad
Tank was found to have a leak in the evening of 10-20-2010. Probably from cold changes in October finally gettting to the 19 year old tank. Leak was at the seam. Wayfarer did a great job getting her off the boat, welded, and reinstalled in 28 hour from my request. this did give us time to do some chores like seting up the sea anchor and preparing the new XYZ anchor but the time would have been better spent doing a day sail to get the crew used to reefing and the captain relearning the autopilot which you do not use in Maine because of lobster traps.
David checking out the instruments.
Notice the pitch of the ramp and the view under the dock ( none. Also notice the scooner leaving to the left.
the ramp at high tide 15 foot difference . we get a view of the bay at high tide.
Ed English and Bruce Johnson from Georgia. Ed was the most inexperienced but a hard worker and picthed in very well He did not get flustered when things got tough. Neither did anyone else. Bruce was one of the best crew I have had. Good experience and discussed options very well.
Reiner Schick from Arizona and David Edsall preparing the Sea anchor. No one on board had use one except me for practice once. Plan was to practice as we got to Newport. Riener is an excellent crew very experienced and large knowledge set.
ramp at low tide Camden Maine 10-28-2010 notice the pitch of the ramp
Camden maine 10-28-2010
The raked 63' 600# carbon fiber winged rotating mast made in a movie studio in Vancouver by Keith MacKenzie the former owner and shipped to Hawaii for stepping.
35 gallons of extra fuel not yet stowed in bilge. plan wasted this underway with the light breezes we had for the next 36 hours.
Wayfarer Marine from Camden Maine downtown. I am drying the dark blue assym spin.
two Crowthers in one shot form 200K feet! Whats Up Doc with green tarp
zoomed in Whats Up Doc is upper most with green tarp
Casco Bay Maine can you find Whats Up Doc? Google Earth
