Great write up Pat, and let me add, Gpirb, rent one, it's worth it. I'd be scared to do that in my Tuna, but can't say it hasn't crossed my mind. Right now, the bay offers plenty of single handing challenges!
Kristy
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>> 1. Farallones.. been there, done that! (James Dilworth)
> 2. Thoughts on Spinnaker? (Keay Edwards)
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> Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 19:17:01 -0700
> From: "James Dilworth" <info2 at dilworth.org>
> Subject: [Santana 22] Farallones.. been there, done that!
> To: <tuna at myfleet.org>
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>> Success in my trip round the rock-pile yesterday. I should have paid a
> little more attention to the fog forecast.
>> For anyone interested, here's my account :
>http://www.dilworth.org/all/2012/singlehanding-around-the-farallones/>> Thanks to Pat Broderick for the very useful tips below :
>> Cheers
>> James
>>> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy & Pat Broderick [mailto:broderic at sonic.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 1:27 PM
> To: James Dilworth
> Subject: Re: [Santana 22] Sail to the Farallones Sunday or Monday?
>> James,
>> I'm not an "official" Tuna guy anymore, but I have been out and around the
> Rock Pile many times, several in "ELAINE" #38000.
>> It's late in the season to plan a trip to the Farallones in a small boat, in
> my opinion. Gets dark way too early. But if you're determined, here are
> some thoughts.
>> It's the open ocean. A Santana is a small boat. Think "Safety First." 150n
> (33# pounds) inflatable PDF/tether/jacklines/thought out way of getting back
> into the boat/adequate flares (SOLAS parachute)/ smoke (SOLAS smoke). Those
> puny 12 gauge flares are like pissing on a forest fire. No, more like
> spitting on a forest fire.
>> Hatch boards secured to boat. Hatch boards closed unless the ocean's
> surface looks like a bath tub.
>> Adequate foul weather gear (boots, pants, top, cap). Warm layers of
> clothing. Cold is bad. Poor judgement, pushing things past the limit,
> attention, etc.
>> Float Plan: Make sure someone knows where you're going, when you're going,
> when you plan to be back, and what kind of contacts you'll be making. That
> person should be available with a phone all the time
> you're gone. In YRA we require two "land connections" 1) contact 2)
> next of kin. Get the idea!
>> Cell phone coverage out to about the Light Bucket (pilot station area).
> Masthead VHF coverage with the CG to the island (their antenna is on Mt.
> Tam). Spotty handheld coverage, depending on voltage left in the battery.
> Low voltage, short coverage.
>> Arrange to call in when you're at the Light Bucket and again at Pt.
> Bonita or the GG Bridge. Let people know how you're progressing, so if
> there's a call your contact can tell the CG where you were the last time you
> called.
>> More people have died on the way out and back than in the "Low Speed Chase"
> incident this year. Many, many more! It's 30 nm of fairly open water, with
> the potential for large swells, wind waves, and wind velocities. Not paying
> attention to what you're doing can be potentially fatal.
>> Now some more thoughts.
>> First, remember that "getting there" isn't as important as "getting back."
> If conditions aren't right, turn around sooner than later. No one's every
> criticized anyone (especially in the Singlehanded Sailing
> Society) for turning back. Turn back if you feel tired, if you are cold, if
> there's any question in your mind about what you're doing.
>> Second, it's 60 nm round trip. In a Tuna that's at least 10 hours -
> probably more like 12 or even 14 hours. For a casual sail, pick a day
> with an early Ebb and get out there early to take advantage of it.
> Sunset's getting earlier and earlier. That means dark sooner and sooner.
>> Third, stay high on the way out. If the 4-Fathom Bank isn't kicking up, hang
> a right and get some north on the island before turning back
> west. I always want to come in to the island out of the north east.
> LAY THE ISLAND ON YOUR STARBOARD TACK. I NEVER (repeat NEVER) want to get
> out there and have to tack north to get around it. NEVER! ! ! !
>> If the Potato Patch is kicking up, wait for the northern hitch, but not much
> beyond the Light Bucket. If you wait too long to go north, it will take you
> forever - and in a Santana you just don't have forever.
>> Fourth, round the island to Port and stay north of the break. You can see
> the NW break from several miles out. Stay north of it by several hundred
> yards. But, don't stay so far north that the Middle Farallon becomes an
> issue. It is low, unmarked, and ugly.
>> Fifth, on the backside of the island, delay your jibe until you can clear
> the south side of the island.
>> Sixth. It's likely to be getting dark after you round the island this time
> of year. Make sure your various lights are working. The compass/ GPS needs
> illumination. You're in busy shipping channels, so a radar reflector and nav
> lights and a torch to shine into the sail are vital. A personal waterproof
> light for safety.
>> If it's foggy, things get even more complicated. At least on a clear night
> you can see ships and even the loom of light from SF from the
> island. You can begin to see the lights on the GG Bridge towers, too.
> But if its foggy, you need a compass bearing back to the Golden Gate - and
> you need to be especially aware of sounds like ship horns -- and once you're
> in or near the shipping channel the buoys.
>> Pat
>>>> On Aug 27, 2012, at 10:09 AM, James Dilworth wrote:
>>> Feeling weary of sailing round buoys? Tired of sailing round Angel
>> Island?
>>>> Weather permitting, I'm planning a little expedition out to the
>> Farallones for Sunday or Monday. It'd be great to have another boat
>> along for the ride.... obviously, this isn't for the faint of heart,
>> or the unprepared.
>>>> Any tips, from old hands who've done it before, are welcome... aside
>> from staying well away from the north reef!
>>>> Cheers
>>>> James
>> 415.342.1350
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> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 12:27:49 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Keay Edwards <keay at keay3.net>
> Subject: [Santana 22] Thoughts on Spinnaker?
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>> Folks,
>> Wanted your thoughts on spinnaker use, specifically gybing with just skipper and one crew member. I have been getting in as much spinnaker use as possible these days and am feeling pretty good with launches and douses now. Gybing still seems a little problematic. I believe my problems are all due to my not having a sequence figured out as helmsmen/skipper.
>> What I have been doing:
>> #1. Driving the boat into the sail, effectively dead downwind.
>> #2. Release the Spinnaker pole downhaul
>> #3. Crew trips pole and does the end for end thing.
>> At this point about 50% of the time the kite collapses and wraps the forestay. I have been able to unwrap it by completing the gybe (pulling over the main and steering to get the kite filled again {this is as much luck as any competence on my part}).
>> When things go smoothly, the kite remains full, I gybe the main and crew comes back to trim. My boat does not have tweens, I am running the spinn sheets back to blocks on the stock tracks on the rail (all the way forward) and then to the stock winches.
>> Thoughts?
>> Thanks Much,
>> Keay
> "Dayspring"
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