storm tactics
Atlantic Storm October 28-29, 2008
“Pan-Pan, Pan-Pan, Pan-Pan. Hello all stations. US Coast Guard Atlantic City has just received a report of an EPIRB signal located 100 miles east of Atlantic City. All vessels transiting the area are requested to keep a sharp lookout, assist if possible and report all sightings to the nearest Coast Guard unit.” I checked our own GPS position, 60 miles upwind of the reported location, and mentally calculated how long it would take us to reach them, at l |
Advanced Anchoring Techniques
31 May While I’ve often heard anchoring referred to as a “black art,” successful anchoring has more to do with knowing tried-and-true techniques and when to employ them than it does with spells and curses (although I’ve heard plenty of the latter directed towards dragging anchors and the like). At some point all boaters encounter conditions where the basic anchoring techniques they’ve employed with no worries a hundred times before just aren’t cutting it. |
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Hove-to in a Gale off California
Sorry for the delay in getting my latest messages out. I have been busy getting the boat back in shape. Bob and I are safely tucked away in Morrow Bay since Monday afternoon around 2:00 pm. |
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