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‘The Race to Alaska’ documentary

Started by passagesfromtheheart, January 25, 2025, 05:55:31 PM

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passagesfromtheheart

If you haven't seen this one yet, it's a must!


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MarshHen

Very cool.  Maybe once upon a time.  Too cold for my old ass these days.
Michael Sutton
2014 Suncat
Lake Murray SC

passagesfromtheheart

Yeah, I'm not sure I'd ever be game to do that one, but the Salish 100 looks to be more my speed -- it's hosted by the same outfit, Northwest Maritime, as the R2AK (Race to Alaska). If you follow David Young, on YouTube, you might remember that he did the Salish 100 with his Montgomery 17, Tramontana. It sounds like great fun and involves sailing and camping along the way from Olympia, WA to Port Townsend, WA. I think that one is also engineless, if memory serves. Here are the Salish 100 cruise details: https://nwmaritime.org/nwmc-events/races-cruises/salish-100/cruise-details/
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crazycarl

I met a young man this morning who is racing a home built 19' boat around the world. Here is something I posted this morning on the trailer sailor site and a few links to the story.

I brought Josh a breakfast sandwich this morning and he gave me a tour of his boat. Josh is a very friendly young man who feels confident of his and his boat's abilities. If I didn't already know the boat is constructed on marine plywood, I would have sworn it was fiberglass. Josh's fairing skills are second to none. Josh arrived at the town dock under the power of the required electric outboard.  After traveling less than 2 miles from the marina, the batteries were at 50%.  Because of this, Josh has a gas outboard along with him until he reaches Antigua, where the races starts and finishes.  The stern carries the rudder, a self steering wind vane, and 2 stabilizing "rudders". The boat was constructed without thru-hulls, sealed ports, and using a large hatch as it's companionway. Rules allow only 1 set of sails, but a total of 7 different sails. With swept back spreaders there is no need for a back stay, however the boat is equipped with 2 adjustable dyneema stays attached at either side of the transom. Their angle will impede any attempt to tack, so they are easily removable. Their real purpose is extra support when flying the large spinnaker on down wind runs. Josh told me the race committee recently changed the rules concerning self steering. Because of this, some of the skippers removed their rudders and will rely solely on their wind vanes. The 4 1/2' keel weighs 250 pounds with another 250 pounds in a bulb attached at the bottom.  The boat's interior is basic, but it allows access to everything. Keel bolts, bilge pumps, electronics/wires, plumbing and stores.
Josh leaves tomorrow about noonish.  He'll use the gas o/b to cross the Neuse River, traverse Adams Creek to Core Creek, and into Beaufort were he'll spend the night before heading out with the tide toward Antigua on Tuesday.

 

https://minigloberace.com/

https://bandbyachtdesigns.substack.com/p/a-skookum-new-year

https://towndock.net/shippingnews/sv-skookum-takes-on-the-world


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Carl, that is SO cool!!!! What a treat to be able to meet up with Josh and to be able to see his boat! WOW!!!! So, I've been following the Globe 5.80 Transat race, currently underway and hosted by the same folks as the Mini Globe Race that Josh will participate in. The boats in Globe 5.80 race are the same variety as the Mini Globe. In fact, some of the folks in the Globe 5.80 Transat will go on to compete in the race in which Josh will be doing. There is a really neat documentary about building one of these 5.80 boats that we just watched a couple weeks ago -- I am glad that you brought up Josh because it reminds me that I wanted to share this documentary, as well, with folks on this forum. The man, Keith Oliver, who built Meraki, his 5.80, was out of the U.K. and he raced in the 2023 Globe 5.80 Transat. The documentary, which I highly recommend, is incredibly interesting, illustrating all of the challenges Keith went through in building his 5.80 in time for the start of the race:

 
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