A very nasty wave in this video clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0fQ1...elated&search=
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A very nasty wave in this video clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0fQ1...elated&search=
This is a fun thread. Rereading whilst waiting for a client... Also just re-read Tania Aebi's Maiden Voyage ( http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780345410122-15 ) Sailing comfortably the other day in 15kts and L-O-N-G 4-6 footers, I was curious about the... terminal capacities of our boats. I know the Ariel has sailed around the world (at least I think I know that to be true) and therefore capable. Cockpit volume would probably make the Commander unsafe for that type of voyage, but the hull and displacement must make her sister sea worthy enough. I know you salt water sailors have significant seas under your belts. The Great Lakes are certainly capable - gale warnings here today with 35kts and 8-12' seas) Nonetheless Aebi was talking about riding out mast-height waves in her Contessa 26 (http://www.contessa26.net/component/...mitstart,0/)in the Atlantic, and a knock-down under bare poles in the Med. Holy Crap! I am curious about others' experiences at the fringes! Just idle rambling, but I would love to have experience of some nasty-sea sailing. Not that I plan to sail in it on purpose, but if I ever encountered nastiness inadvertently, I would like to survive to tell the story over a cold beer.
There have been a number of postings and newsletter articles on long ocean voyages in Ariels and Commanders. We first ran into Zoltan Gurko, who sailed from Los Angeles to the Mediterranean (NOT through the Canal). His story even appeared in Sail Magazine. Here is one of the threads: http://www.pearsonariel.org/discussi...read.php?t=395
Next, an Ariel showed up in Australia. Seems Geoff’s Uhuru was sailed there by Tony Benado. Here is the thread: http://www.pearsonariel.org/discussi...read.php?t=887
The, of course, there was the Sailing to Hawaii adventure:
http://www.pearsonariel.org/discussi...read.php?t=927
There are a couple of other threads (probably should be merged) that discuss ocean voyages.
http://www.pearsonariel.org/discussi...read.php?t=777
http://www.pearsonariel.org/discussi...read.php?t=192
Zoltan's voyage in a Commander to the Med from Ventura CA is required reading for any A/C leaving the dock.
He carried cargo in his cockpit, which cut down on volume some, but there's still the weight of the cans and the liquid in them. Seem to remember it was mostly jerry fuel cans. Maybe a deflated dinghy too.
But he did say, in regards to taking aboard green water in rough weather,
that whatever got into the cockpit was quickly thrown right back out again!
Have Ariel's circumnavigated?
Maybe . . . but we've yet to hear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Che
Not to forget Commander "Faith"
http://www.pearsonariel.org/discussi...ead.php?t=1017