Cape Town to Walvis Bay Namibia - Sailing Greatcircle (ep.326) 

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I don’t know the details but this kind of damage is often not a big issue. Hope they both make it in time to the show

1300 miles in 9 days. 144 miles per day

Yes it is so much more relax to share the watches with 3 aboard. To sail the boat 2 and mostly 1 is enough but without enough sleep it’s much easier to make mistakes

Schattie in Dutch 😎

The area around both capes (good hope and Agulhas) does have pretty impressive weather a lot. We did leave a day later than planned because it was blowing over 50 knots outside on the 11th

Thx! If they would all be that big it’s not an issue as they will show up on radar for sure. It was a bigger problem in Indonesia with all the wooden structures out there in really deep water

You didn’t watch until the end did you 😎?

To prevent resonance from the wind

Sorry, crossing to St Helena this Monday

@@CatGreatcircle ahh alright. fair winds and following seas to you. :)

Yes sure we could understand a lot back and forth

We tried that as well, on our boat the biggest risk doing that is breaking the gate on the masttrack that’s there to be able to get the cars for the main off. It’s really sensitive and in a position where it will damage easily

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It’s easier and safer upwind. Without a rotating mast there’s too much risk breaking the gate in the masttrack when reefing downwind As a reference by the way reefing instructions for going upwind on an O55 are max 31 knots apparent

@@CatGreatcircle I appreciate your feedback 👍 31 knots apparent for full main ? or do you mean with reefs as well. I’ve practiced down wind reefing last week with ballbearing cars but none rotating mast and seemed very easy but didn’t know there was serious stress on the mast track so it’s now concerned me you said this. We are always so nervous speeding up and heading upwind with full main in almost 30 knots even if it is briefly to reef as we get serious heel on our 45 in big waves. Very unsure what practice to pursue

@mckenziesonthemove807 I understand your feeling when you actually start the turn, even though the 55 is much heavier. Full sail on the O55 until 24 it’s apparent downwind / 31 kts upwind. Of course in the manual for flat water, not often the case with this much wind

We had some problems with charging the handset but in the meantime it seems pretty stable.

Me too 😎