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Back to comms. Getting Iridium GO! to work was not easy. The tracking part is fairly straightforward and well documented. If anyone has problems with tracking setup on Iridium GO! I can write that...

Looks like a gale on the way back too... around Friday/Saturday...

wrt weather ... currently looks like a front comes through in the middle of the race. I'm used to seeing what we see now in May (huge NPH and fronts) but not in July and not when I am 200 miles out....

I learn a lot by reading marine accident reports. Here's one:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/547c7053ed915d4c10000083/OuzoReport.pdf

In part:
2.6.6 AIS
AIS is being carried by...

That is a good idea. I came across a big cat in thick fog off HMB near the entrance buoy that was AIS "Changabang solosailor". I never saw the boat until the very last minute, everything was by AIS...

Hi. I'm preparing for LongPac... See 2022 Long Pac Communication Plan posted on: 03/13/22 https://www.jibeset.net/show.php?RR=JACKY_T007210936&DOC=X1&TYP=pdf

"As a race registration requirement,...

Matthew Turner from EOS while returning from Sausalito on Thursday. I windsurfed with Tanguy at Crissy, super nice guy.

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wrt tethers ... I have a question:

1. I get that I never, ever want to fall off, but I get the idea of having a line or flat jackline outside the stanchions.
2. If I fall over (or climb to...

@Darren
>> How do you like the inReach?
1. I like PredictWind + Iridium GO! better than my GPSMAP 86sci for ease of use, but so far anyway much less flexible in getting routes and tracks
2. My...

I got an MS-Word version but David pointed out that it's not a good idea to have any more than one version of a checklist. He's absolutely right. So use my spreadsheet above, first post, for the...

Yes ... but you cant copy from that Jibeset PDF version, at least I can't, see below for an example. It just doesn't work, try it. You will get a garbage assortment of text picked up from different...

So Mike Godsey says that Saturday wasn't a big eddy *for the early morning*. I am used to sailing in the afternoon by which time the eddy often/usually disappears. Mike says when there is cloud you...

Does anyone have the master spreadsheet in .xls format (source format, not PDF) for the LongPac SER? David? Brian?

I made my own spreadsheet for SHF by copying and pasting from the PDF, posted...

Here goes then ...


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Here is the similar eddy from Friday...

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That's interesting. I think that is me (EOS) at TI Marina where I spent the night after SHF. Assuming so, EOS shows up as two diamonds: one blue and one purple, for two AIS transponders. First time I...

Continued saga of newbie mistakes in an attempt to help others. This one on 2022 SHF.

I tried using my AIS to let Jibeset track me on Saturday in 2022 SHF. I have Class A and B AIS, and Class A...

I tried to take pictures of those who came close to say hello. The only picture that came out at all well was Geodesic. I don't think the forum handles (high-res) iPhone pictures well inline (the...

Jackie: It wasn't too bad after the race, but I headed south, everyone else headed north. I just couldn't figure out why the entire fleet was tacking in unison up to what looked like a next mark when...

I'll try and keep any thread updates tagged with the spreadsheet/SER item numbers.

wrt 3.2.1 Jacklines

David suggested using an etrier attached to a lifejacket, and someone asked me about...

Hi Jackie. I'm Mike Smith. Here is my Cal 2-34 EOS: https://www.dwaynenewton.com/Sailing-Vessel-EON/ I'm at Brisbane Marina Dock 6 now. I saw you at the start of the No Trophy race and you were the...

I'll keep a list here, in this thread, of mistakes I made as a newbie, and will continue to make, in the hope of helping others:

1. Realize this is not Amazon, Apple, or Facebook. There are people...

I'm a newbie. I was fortunate to have David Herrigel offer to inspect my boat, EOS. I started with the safety list in PDF at http://yra.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/SERwithOYRAchanges2022.pdf I...