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Conference unifix::sailing

Title:	SAILING
Notice:	Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference
Moderator:	UNIFIX::BERENS

Created:	Wed Jul 01 1992
Last Modified:	Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2299
Total number of notes:	20724

2270.0. "Newport-> Bermuda race updates?" by POWDML::STEBE () Thu Jun 20 1996 12:48

    
    	... Thought I could open a string here for updates or observations
    on tomorrow's Newport to Bermuda start and race progress.  Any
    "real-time" info. would be interesting and appreciated.  Weather will
    certainly be a factor going out tomorrow, with the tropical depression
    moving up the coast.  Marine forecast says SE @ 20 kts, but I think
    that will be minimum outside the bay.
    
    	   I'm taking the easy route- flying to Bermuda and delivering a
    Hinkley back to Fairhaven next week.  At least we can pick the time
    to depart.  The sail over will be a bit more exciting..
    
    	   Any Web pointers or other sources out there for updates?

T.R	Title	User	Date	Lines
2270.1	Any pointers?	SUPER::OLIVEIRA	`Mon Jun 24 1996 17:36`	8
	I don't see any information about the race, but I was wondering if you got any other pointers. My husband is racing on a 48' Rhodes (a beautiful boat). Any information would be great! I would love to know how the weather is.. Nancy
2270.2	on the web	QE004::KALINOWSKI	`Mon Jun 24 1996 18:00`	7
	check out http://204.17.75.2/bermuda.htm The New York Yacht Club has a real time link up. By the way, the first boats have already finished (new record)
2270.3	CREW FROM TRI 'RESCUED'	POWDML::POWDML::DARROW	`Tue Jun 25 1996 15:17`	14
	I saw a quick segment on the TV News this morning about the crew of a Trimaran that was dis-masted on its way to Bermuda being 'rescued' by a cruise ship also on their way to Bermuda. I say 'rescued' because from the film clip, the seas did not look terribly rough and the mast appeared secured along side the center hull. Did not hear what the fate of the tri was. Now if it was me, I would be 'picky' and want to be 'rescued by a freighter that could also bring my boat aboard. 8^) fhd
2270.4		QE004::KALINOWSKI	`Tue Jun 25 1996 16:58`	4
	The tri was owned by a guy out of Glouster Ma who was on board. Most the crew was from New England. The boat was left to drift. john
2270.5	free cat?	WRKSYS::SCHUMANN	`Tue Jun 25 1996 23:56`	5
	I wonder if they plan to retrieve it? If I go and get it, is it mine to keep? What are the salvage rules? --RS
2270.6	Trimaran abandoned	ASDG::ANTONIADIS	`Mon Jul 22 1996 19:54`	33
	I was in the Newport Bermuda race this year in the racing double-handed division in my yacht "Halcyon". I heard the Coast Guard call for vessels in the area to assist the trimaran TRIAD which was dismasted. I could not hear the tri but I could hear the CG very well on 16. They were probably on a plane, because we were quite far south. The weather conditions at the time were light, but we had just finished going through some pretty heavy weather from mid-gulfstream for the last 12 hours. Blew to 25-35 from SSW and then W with the windshift. Seas were large and very confused. I can see how the small tri could have gotten into trouble ther. The CG did try hard to find a vessel that could hoist the tri on deck and could not produce one. The cruise ship was instructed to divert and rescue the sailors. I also could not here the ship, only th CG. It appears that the CG had some armtwisting to do to get the ship to compromise their schedule. Interestingly, on the way back from Bermuda there was a safety alert for an overturned 35 footer at about 36 S 69 W, close to the Bermuda-Newport rumbline. There was no mention of type of vessel. Also, another returning yacht, "Toscana", reportedly boarded an abandoned sloop close to the Gulfstream. I heard no more about that incident. A lot of boats floating out there... /Dimitri Antoniadis p.s. Incidentally, for most of the fleet that could not keep up with the moving front, this was a rather light air race. My impied average wind velocity was about 12 kts, compared to 16 kts of Booberang's. This year the weather clearly favored big fast boats, or small slow boats. The latter were able to sail the last 100 miles in a nice southwester, of which the middle of fleet (us) got only 2-3 hours worth.