http://www.bumfuzzle.com/
click on logs...skip to florida, panama, galapagos, anything.
it is amazin these kids arent dead.
my favorite...after going from Florida/Bahamas/Panama and Galapagos...
he is now 1/2 way to Tahiti:
"Today I was once again reminded how very little I know about boats. I was looking at a West Marine catalog for a winch cleaning and regreasing kit. So I'm looking at it and it keeps talking about 1 or 2 speed winches. My winches didn't seem to fit the 1 speed category, but they were saying that the 2 speed winches should be able to crank in either direction.
So I go over to one of the winches and turn it counterclockwise. Sure enough it spins at a 6:1 ratio. I have been raising the main by turning the winch clockwise. Meaning of course that I am spinning the winch about 6 times more than I need to be! Moron! No wonder I would be so exhausted by the time I got the main all the way up. Anyway, I'm now looking forward to the next time I get to crank up the main.
"As I type this we just got swamped by a big wave. Neither one of us saw it but we suddenly had a lot of water pouring into the cockpit. Luckily it didn't quite get full enough to overflow inside the boat through the open cockpit doors. It's weird because the waves aren't even that big right now. So I don't know if it was one of those rogue waves they talk about or what. Either way that is the first time we have had water come into the cockpit like that. "
"A lot of people ask us about radar. Here is a picture of what the radar screen looks like. That black blob in the lower left is a container ship about 7 miles away."
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charbonneau
