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Archive for May, 2012
Poor 40 Degrees
Unfortunately Hannah and Peter suffered a rig failure on 40 Degrees at the start of Atlantic Cup.
So this means I might be available Memorial Day weekend after all…. I was looking forward to getting back aboard ‘the beast’ for the inshore portion of the Atlantic Cup but not as much as Peter and Hannah have been. So sorry guys for your hard work ending like this.
Today’s work
Yesterday we pulled the Extreme 40 – Smart Recruiters out of the container and today we put up the mast and went for a sea trial. Two guys from Offshore Challenges came out to SF to coach us including how to put the boat together and we rotated through positions on the boat. This is a whole new game for me multi’s are very different to sail than mono’s. What I love about this sport is how you can sail but have to start at square one and learn everything again just by moving within the same sport. I helped with logistics when Ishares came to the bay a few years back with Hugh Styles at the helm and was able to go out sailing then but only as a guest this time I am actually crewing.
Extreme 40’s are 40 feet long, have a 23 foot beam, displace 1250 kilograms of water, have a mast height of 62 feet and a claimed top speed of 40 knots (46 mph, 74 km/h). The mainsail is 75 square metres and the jib is 25 square metres. The Gennaker used for downwind sailing is 110 square metres.
South Georgia Liberation
What many people don’t know is that during the Falklands war 30 years ago South Georgia was also invaded by Argentina. Check out this film which is short and shows the hut at St Andrews when it was brand new. The hut is the one I stayed at for my 33rd birthday in SG.
http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2012-04-03/falklands-anniversary-memories-from-documentary-maker-cindy-buxton/
ISAF Sea Survival Training
There is a change to the Safety training requirements in San Francisco that I have been trying to encourage since 2008. Indeed I attempted to organise my own ISAF Sea Survival course in 2008 but couldn’t get it together due to lack of seed money.
The current one day US Sailing Safety at Sea seminars do not fulfill the ISAF training regulations as they are one day with no practical requirements. There are very few offered in the US by US Sailing that do comply with ISAF rules. They are two day courses with the hands on training which is documented in Appendix G see http://www.sailing.org/documents/special-regs.php and have been offered by US sailing since 2007 with the top up hands on aspect.
Having taken both courses (multiple times) the two day ISAF one is not only a lot of fun but incredibly instructive. Until you have jumped in the water with your lifejacket on and your foulies you will not know how hard it is to move with boots on and it will encourage you to stay on the boat if at all possible! Until you have looked at flares and set them off you will not know that they all set off in a different way and that there is a large recoil. Until you pull someone twice your weight into a liferaft you won’t know that it is possible with the correct technique. Have I persuaded you yet?
Under the auspice of San Francisco Yacht Club we will be offering a two say ISAF Sea Survival course one on 2-3rd June and one on 4-5th June. If you are interested please email me at amperrin@racingyachtmanagement.com