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• Abby Sunderland to pull into Cape Town for repairs
  • Good decision...
    • Perspective...
      • I just finished reading Slocum's book "Sailing Alone Around the World"
        • 100 years after Slocum
          • Read his son Victor Slocum's bio of his dad...
            • Slocum's Navigation
              • I was talking about his navigation skills developed over his entire seafaring career
          • Met Bob Carr (spelling?) in Hawaii aboard his Spray that.....
            • P.S. I know Bob got up north and took care of his business but.....
    • No Sure a Wind Vane Would Work..
      • But she's not sailing fast....
        • I guess that my input was for the Vende
        • I believe that she had one 24 hour period that averaged 14 knots
          • She's using Coursemaster CM850i autopilots
  • This whole trip seemed ill thought out.