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• Remember the QUANTUM LEAP, whose crew was rescued by a cruise ship a couple of weeks ago...?
  • And, looks like we'll be seeing another cruise ship rescue on YouTube shortly...
    • There was a shot on TV the other night.
      • Here's a video from Canadian TV...
        • That near miss
          • Yeah it also shows the downside to wearing a PFD
          • Seems they sure could have made it a lot easier on themselves...
    • Here's a blog link to a Schumacker 50 that was out in the same storm enroute to Bermuda.
      • Good story.
      • Interesting story, but their autopilot mount really was suspect..
        • Did you see where the base screws pulled out?
          • Look at it another way... if the mount had been stronger...
            • Look at it another way... maybe nothing had to give
              • autopilots, then and now
                • The BOC and Vendee Globe taught us
            • The problem I ran into is that the designers are underestimating the loads...
              • I doubt the Raymarine mechanical drive...
              • Pressure relief valve -- on hydraulic steering
                • I meant to say automatic ones, that would relieve pressure before damage.
  • Still looks like a weird rig -- clearly one-off...
  • Keel?
    • I think, what you see is what you get...
  • So what now? will the original owner get his boat back?
    • Uninsured? -- not without spending some money!
      • I was thinking the owner would be billed for removing it from the beach.
        • The Owner is responsible for the cost of its removal -- if the State or Feds elect. (Plus if it damaged a reef, etc.)
  • So they could hve done nothing... just stayed aboard, and they would have arrived in HI.
    • Not like it hasn't happened before...
      • I can't help but wonder how long FIRST LIGHT was intact...
        • The FIRST LIGHT episode was pretty well documented by LATITUDE 38...
          • We were a thousand miles behind First Light...
            • For those with wind vane experience, how usable are they as a backup rudder?
            • Backs up my feelings on "emergency" steering
              • Or it is there full time and vulnerable to what got the main rudder
  • Far out!