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JimB517
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Initially Posted - 08/12/2008 :  11:14:53  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
I arrived home yesterday, Monday August 11. My voyage lasted 17 days. I covered 435 nautical miles and used 20 gallons of gas.

Sunday I left Catalina Harbor at 09:30 after a trip to the General Store (for pop tarts and soda). I then sailed all around the west end of the island. My initial plan was to anchor out on the mainland side and then sail Monday. However, the weather was so nice and the day so beautiful I decided to head for Dana Point. This was to be about a 75 mile day. I know Dana Point really well and can handle entering and anchoring after dark. At about 2 PM the wind and seas came up enough for pure sailing. Soon I was making 6 knots headed towards Newport - Dana Point was dead down wind and I could not lay it. The seas were rough and the winds high but it was a great passage. It was not as rough or windy as the passage from Santa Cruz Island, but there was plenty of action. I had a wonderful happy hour at 5 PM. At one time I counted 16 boats in sight all making passages to/from the mainland. A real change from 2 days before running back from Santa Cruz Island going 10 hours without sighting land or another vessel.

About sunset I was 13 miles from Dana Point and upwind quite a bit to the north. I started gybing every hour. The gybe south was taking me back out to sea which was tough to take as it was dark, cold, and rough. The wind was holding very strong which is unusual around here.

About 8:30 it was just about dark so I decided to get in the jib, get the anchor ready, and motor the last 5 miles. I got the jib stowed and came back to the cockpit. It was still really blowing - around 15 gusting 20. The main was out and prevented as always. I heard a sound like a zipper opening. I looked up.

Oh Oh, bad news, my mainsail was ripped in half leach to luff just below the 2nd reef point. Oh well, deal with it later. It was very bumpy and rough and I was worried about the outboard but the Tohatsu never faltered.

I got in the harbor around 9:30, got the main stowed, and prayed there would be room in the anchorage. It was still blowing. Thankfully, there was plenty of room. I anchored, and called home, then collapsed asleep after a 12 hour passage. It blew until about 11 or 12.

Monday I was up at 6:30. I got the main up and set the 2nd reef. Pretty small sail. I got my jib on deck and started motoring out of the harbor at 07:15. 47.7 miles to go!

By 11 I was pure sailing, making 5.5 knots on a reach, even with the main at the 2nd reef and my 135% jib. I can't believe the winds we've had this week. Eventually I started getting close. By 3 PM I wanted to get off the boat really bad. With 10 miles to go, plenty of gas, and dropping winds giving me speeds in the low 4s I decided to motor in. I was in the slip by 4:30, cleaned up, and sound asleep when Karen arrived to pick me up and take me home at 7.

Pictures and web site updates will be up today.

Indiscipline 1978 FK SR #398
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 08/12/2008 :  13:19:23  Show Profile
Welcome to our country! Thanks for the narratives--we're looking forward to the pix!
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JohnP
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Response Posted - 08/12/2008 :  13:35:36  Show Profile
You got your sea legs a hundred times over, y'ol' salt!

Great trip! Congratulations.
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 08/12/2008 :  14:04:11  Show Profile
Sounds like a great trip. Glad you're back safely. With luck, we'll have enough wind this afterneen for the Learners' at the Helm program our club puts on every Tues. afternoon in the summer. Last week I never even took the sail cover off.
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 08/12/2008 :  14:39:48  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
Photo Journal added, click below for more/



http://www.indiscipline.org/cat25/vacation08.html
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stampeder
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Response Posted - 08/12/2008 :  18:45:27  Show Profile
Very cool.
thank you for sharing. Enjoyed reading it all. great pics.
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piseas
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Response Posted - 08/12/2008 :  22:34:57  Show Profile  Visit piseas's Homepage
Jim, awesome pics. Bummer camera fell in drink. Funny but I just got a waterproof camera today.
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 08/13/2008 :  06:52:06  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
That's a mainsheet article!

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 08/13/2008 :  09:49:40  Show Profile
>"Bummer camera fell in drink."

Ditto my sentiments. :>( Was looking forward to lots of great photos.
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 08/13/2008 :  12:17:14  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
camera fell in
main sail was destroyed
porti-pottie broke worse than it already was

that's the tally
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 08/13/2008 :  14:52:00  Show Profile
great shots - great trip!
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Kendall
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Response Posted - 08/14/2008 :  01:47:19  Show Profile
Thats about $75 worth of gas. I bet you look like a cruiser with all the tanks lashed to the deck.
Good trip though.
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 08/14/2008 :  19:18:05  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
I have a 7 gallon main gas tank on the shelf in the locker, with a 3 gallon emergency reserve tank on the floor.

I stored 2, 5 gallon gas tanks under the V berth. I also carried a 2 gallon tank for the dinghy there.

Nothing was lashed on deck.

The V berth contained the camping and diving equipment. Also the bagged 135% jib was stored there when not in use. Under the V berth was the 60% jib, the gas, the spare anchor and rode, the spinnaker, the pop top cover and the awning.

The hanging locker had foulies, warm clothes, first aid kit, and bosun's chair.

In the L shaped pedestal table salon, food was stored under the port settee. In the L shaped locker was stored my clothes plus spare rope. Under the starboard settee was stored tools and spare parts, water jugs (I removed the tank) and safety equipment.

Under the quarter berth is a huge amount of storage, all the canned and dried food was stored here, plus beer and soda. There was room for lots more.

The quarter berth was mostly open. Under the cockpit floor was stored food, drink, propane, and way in the back the dinghy. The solar panels and cooler were stored on the quarter berth. Way in the back was the 110% jib. Clothes bags and books often got tossed back there.

In the locker was gas, stern anchor, anchor stabilizers, oars/paddles. Its mostly empty, this is wasted space on the older boats.

On deck was the kayak and spinnaker pole.

Hanging on the stern rail was the dinghy outboard.

The boat was about 2000 lbs or more heavier. But she was level on her lines, no list, and not bow or stern down. I think the waterline was 2 to 3 inches lower.

With all this weight on board the boat rides much smoother.
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Kendall
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Response Posted - 08/16/2008 :  21:33:04  Show Profile
Wow!
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