Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: trip around the horn
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kimberlite <kimberlt@...>
Dear Ben,
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Thank you very much for the info. How was the solent stay rigged. What did you attach it to and how did you strengthen the deck and below deck fittings? Did you install running backstays? Thanks A lot. Fair winds, Eric
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From: resolute56s [mailto:bwestley@u.washington.edu] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 7:16 PM To: amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: trip around the horn Hi, new to the forum... My father, brother and myself sailed our 1983 Maramu Resolute from Alaska to Cape Horn and back in 1998-2000. Our website is www.paonline.com/resolute For heavy weather we had a removable solent stay about 3 feet aft of the forestay that we flew either a 70% working jib or storm jib depending on wind strength. This jib sheets to the main genoa track, which we had added a second car to on each side. We felt an atn gale sail would be ok for the tropics but insufficient for the southern ocean, and on the passage from tahiti to chile were very glad for the hanked jibs. Our maramu did great downwind with just the working jib or storm jib in a gale. We never sailed upwind in over 35 knots of wind, but would probably go with the working jib and mizzen, then reef the mizzen, then go to storm jib and mizzen if really hard pressed. By the way, we rounded the horn on jan 4, 2000. 2 weeks later an italian sharki rounded, and about 3 weeks later a swedish super maramu rounded. At least 1 amel has been to the antarctic. Lots of amels down there!! Ben Westley PS Our boat is former excalibur, owned by roy benveniste. I know he used to frequent this site. --- In amelyachtowners@yahoogroups.com, kimberlite1212 <no_reply@y...> wrote: Does anyone know of an amel that has made the trip around the horn? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/SIG=12cim3jao/M=267637.4116732.5333197.1261774/D=eg roupweb/S=1705065792:HM/EXP=1071276487/A=1853618/R=0/*http:/www.netflix. com/Default?mqso=60178338&partid=4116732> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=267637.4116732.5333197.1261774/D=egrou pmail/S=:HM/A=1853618/rand=367253665> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: amelyachtowners-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> Terms of Service.
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