Return-path: Received: from pd5mr2no-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca (pd5mr2no-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.153.213]) by l-daemon (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0KJ800CP0I8J8LP0@l-daemon> for lindsey_radu@shaw.ca; Wed, 06 May 2009 12:05:07 -0600 (MDT) Received: from unknown (HELO pd7mi2no-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca) ([10.0.144.22]) by pd5mr2no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; Wed, 06 May 2009 12:05:06 -0600 Received: from smtp15.icpbounce.com ([216.27.93.111]) by pd7mi2no-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; Wed, 06 May 2009 12:04:53 -0600 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp15.icpbounce.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 466986A09B9 for ; Wed, 06 May 2009 14:04:48 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 14:04:48 -0400 From: Ocean Navigator Subject: Newsletter on Voyaging To: lindsey_radu@shaw.ca Errors-to: bounces+179770.17119366.199295@icpbounce.com Message-id: <3a90614439aa77aa79083ce3230c8fd7@localhost.localdomain> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: PHPMailer [version 1.72] Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_OF2cDJUsqK7j695LBg6EGA)" X-Priority: 3 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=11th_614AAAA:8 a=TU0Bc9DwAAAA:8 a=F8L_og5jAAAA:8 a=Kk-UoRDxAAAA:8 a=lHd7WxP2AAAA:8 a=uUQ3GmXzAAAA:8 a=TbMJkuuZAAAA:8 a=yuy79GwNAAAA:8 a=I6i1rLk2AAAA:8 a=0oLmI9lPAAAA:8 a=aCrVs61-AAAA:8 a=Er2_s3QVpY68fIX48B8A:9 a=f8PW3Tg2pbC0KP1LYRMA:7 a=2YupOU-_Gpl-4S4XOLnCoFgQ_ekA:4 a=vRz2w62SXJoA:10 a=Wy3SsHYvEb8A:10 a=NoYa_enrryIA:10 a=mfxLWrNFPJgCs0AxGKwA:9 a=wI_8KacSkq92qqNbgfkA:7 a=nZ_PtG9HtiK84xg8ovtlSbiG1_AA:4 a=_LmHWuAElZcA:10 a=i5b_LKQIMf4A:10 a=Bn246cWbdiAA:10 a=W_q7gu8f70cA:10 X-Unsubscribe-Web: X-ICPINFO: X-Return-Path-Hint: bounces+179770.17119366.199295@icpbounce.com List-Unsubscribe: X-List-Unsubscribe: Original-recipient: rfc822;lindsey_radu@shaw.ca --Boundary_(ID_OF2cDJUsqK7j695LBg6EGA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT [http://www.oceannavigator.com] [http://oceannavigator.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&type=gen&mod=Core+Pages&gid=AF3009C19E7241BCAEE0823B4CABC9E9] Subscribe [https://subscribe.pcspublink.com/Wbsis/default.aspx?pub=ONAV] Renew [https://www.oceannavigator.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=1&p=1] Archives [http://oceannavigator.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=9293BE3111B74FDE90F5859BC7815893&nm=Marketplace&type=Market&mod=MarketPlaceCompanies&mid=D9B179CABA074BD98CDAF992AF0CA838&tier=3&SearchDate=All&ItemsPerPage=20&SearchArea=Companies] Business Directory [http://oceannavigator.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Blog&mod=Search&mid=67D6564029914AD3B204AD35D8F5F780&tier=9] ON Blog Weather by Ken McKinley [http://oceannavigator.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=A7E10D67BB3D41269C038357223DE234] The pencil - A critical item onboard I was struggling a bit to come up with a topic for this newsletter, then I read a fascinating article which was published in The New Yorker magazine in December of 2007. 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[http://oceannavigator.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=A7E10D67BB3D41269C038357223DE234] Continue reading… Related Articles: [http://www.oceannavigator.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=8B9C22338A23462D8FBF8D6ADF00E3E3] Weather windows by Ken McKinley The term "weather window" is frequently used in connection with ocean voyages. It's that period eagerly awaited by voyagers when conditions are right to leave harbor and begin a passage, whether it's a short hop or an ocean crossing. 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Voyaging Tips
by Barb Radu Sprenger
 
We were determined to cross from France to Spain on our way to Portugal aboard our 51.5' Nauticat, Big Sky. Fortunately, Geert, my husband Con's brother, arrived from the Netherlands the last day of September armed with some sailing experience and a wish to cross a big body of water. I, too, was looking forward to the experience, having successfully handled Big Sky in some pretty rough conditions, both in the Baltic and in the North Sea during a few stormy night passages. Little did I know this was not to be my shining moment.
    Had we known that our Canadian friends in their home-made 42-foot sail boat had been knocked down in a storm that swept across the Bay of Biscay, would we have made a crossing of the bay famous for its storms and rough seas? They left a day ahead of us and met with the full-force of the gale; we received the tail-end. Fortunately, their boat righted itself quickly leaving them wet and shaken. Continue reading…

About the Author:
Barb Radu Sprenger is a freelance writer, and retired Founder and National Executive Director of the Kids Up Front Foundation of Canada. She and her husband Con retired in 2007 and are sailing through life. Con and Barb bought their 51.5-foot Nauticat in Turku, Finland and are currently in Monastir, Tunisia.
 
Questions or comments for Barb? barb@sailbigsky.com
 
 
 
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    Aaron Cook has been voyaging aboard his 1979 Valiant 40 sloop for almost three years, departing the U.S. from Onset, Mass. Some of that voyaging he spent sailing with his brother Brian, some with two other crewmembers, but a good deal of it he has spent singlehanded. In that time he has gone from a sailor with some coastal experience to an experienced voyager. Continue reading…
Voyaging electrical needs
by Carolyn & Bob Mehaffy
Thirty years ago we took our first year-long voyage - including the crossing of 2,200 miles of open ocean from San Francisco to Hawaii and a 2,500-mile return trip - in our 31-foot Mariner ketch. For navigation we used a sextant, a mechanical log line, and paper charts. We had ice to cool our beer and fresh vegetables for the first four or five days. For safety we relied on our eyes: our boat had no radar, no radar alert system, no radar reflector, no EPIRB, no GPS.
    On that first major voyage, our boat was equipped with a single 110-amp deep-cycle battery. That battery powered everything electrical aboard the boat, including the starter on the Perkins 4-108 diesel. We had no facility for charging that battery except for the wimpy 55-amp alternator on the engine that began reducing output within minutes after we started up. Yet we didn't feel electrically deprived. We had equipped our boat exactly as did the majority of cruising sailors making ocean passages in those days.  Continue reading...
 
A collective approach to voyaging
by Rich Feeley
Typically, long-distance voyaging boats are crewed by a couple or a family, perhaps with the assistance of a friend or two. As I contemplate the 23rd season sailing our 34-foot sloop, Antigone, I realize that we have evolved a rather different model for our adventures. During the last two decades, Antigone has sailed from New York to Nain, Newfoundland, spending three seasons in Labrador and cruising Newfoundland (from our base in Marblehead, Mass.) four times.
    We have done this with modest incomes and without quitting our jobs, or even taking a sabbatical. We’ve developed a collective approach to voyaging that makes this possible. It may not get Antigone to Tonga or the Palmer Peninsula, but it allows us to stretch budgets and vacation time to reach coasts we would never explore individually. Continue reading…
  



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