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• Pics can be deceiving, of course, and things can look mighty different from a helicopter...
  • I liked this part
    • Real men would have scuttled her...
      • It would be even more ironic if it caused another ship-wreck.
        • C'mon, Ron - what the hell do you think SPOT is for...? (grin)
          • That's awful
          • What!!! You mean we went alll over the Bahamas without a spot??? Horrors!
            • Charlie, apparently by modern cruising standards
              • rofl- I know what you mean. You wouldn't believe the times
                • I sailed into Hope Town in the Bahamas
                  • LOL- and we're 25 feet. And I'm almost 70. (Laura isn't)
                    • Cradle robber.
                    • We're talking about getting into the commuter cruising.
                    • I agree Charlie, our boat is only one foot longer...
                • Well, back in the 80's I was sailing in a Cape Dory 30.
            • Hell, we didn't even have a chart plotter - everyone thought we were Amish sailors
      • Didn't look like no 40-knot winds in the picture
        • And the waves were six to eight FEET
  • Did I misread it, or is the deceiving picture the one of the daughter of the deceased...?
    • She does look a bit on the "chipper side".
      • Or just happy to be pulled out of a sinking boat
      • We shell...I too believe (or hope) that it was misleading.
        • Everyone has their own way of dealing with losing a loved one. We laugh and we cry.
  • Wow, I don't know the sailor from Camden, but sat out Hurricane Earl with the captain that lost his best friend.
    • Here's another account, absolutely heartbreaking...
    • I had some dealings with Wagner..
      • Maybe the story meant "Celadon"?
        • Confirmation
          • Would lover to hear about what the cause was -- if you ever find-out
            • Probably never know
              • Don't give-up hope.. You weren't on the boat?
      • Would Like to Know
        • Sent you an e-mail....via this board..
  • Water seeping in around the bilge pump?
  • wind in area
    • Yeah, but what did it FEEL like...?
      • feel like
        • Sorry, I should have used the sarcasm icon...
  • LMAO!
    • I was passing buckets up through the companionway before wondering if this was it but...
      • Rob, that's a hell of idea for private enterprise!
        • good idea but I just got done pimpin out a new Gulfstream G650 and so I'm a little strapped for cash.
          • It really is sort of an interesting idea to ponder.......
            • Actually,...
              • Sorry, but I am not sure about the Salvage Laws
  • Jon, You have talked about problems with tethering in.
    • Interesting question/observation
      • The force on a single tether has lost a lot of sailors
        • When I was still working, a situation
    • Yeah, I've pretty much settled on the use of fixed tethers around the boat...
      • For me it's relieving myself
        • LOL! One of the principal advantages of singlehanding...
          • That "flies" on my boat too. (pun intended)
      • Jon, how long is your fixed tether at the mast?
        • By "fixed tether" I am envisioning...
          • Length is probably around 10 feet...
            • I use a nylon jack line that hooks to a fitting
              • Our permanent mast tether is two feet - seems to be plenty.
    • Dan, that's pretty much how we have our tethers set up except