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     david (david) |
Did Pilgrimage try motorsailing on the way to Catalina? You can point higher that way and also power through the troughs to make the boat more stable. Regarding the greens, this is just about everything I know, presented as a public service  Get a prescription for Transdermal Scop from your Doctor if you think you might need it. It is the most powerful seasickness med you can get in the US and it really works. I have used it. It lasts three days. Ok, those of you who never pollute your body with as much as an asprin, you can just be seasick. From the "Safety at Sea" seminar at OCC 3/15/03: 1000 mg of ginger is recommended for seasickness, if you like to try herbal stuff. Stugeron (cinnarizine), a European pharmaceutical not available in the US, was recommended as the very best product available in the world (by the MD who was conducting the lecture). It is available in Mexico. Hint, hint. Dose: 30 mg the night before departure, 15 mg every 8 hours. Taking meclizine, 25 mg tablet, (Bonine, Antivert, Dramamine "less drowsy formula", not the original formula) works well for me. My formula: two tablets 1 to 12 hours before departure, longer is better, one tablet every 12 hours thereafter. May be taken as often as every 6 hours if needed. I have used this for years and it has always worked for me. It is not enough for those who are EXTREMELY sensitive, as I can also attest. If you get seasick on a cruise ship, this may not work for you. Try the Trans Scop. Promethazine is available in suppository or injectible form. Available for those who are really sick and cannot keep anything down. The considerate skipper should make an effort to carry this on board. Bucky swears by the wrist electro-acu-whatever thingie. Never tried it. Suspect it helps better if you believe it works, but thats just me. Caveat: This information is accurate to the best of my lnowledge but I am not a physician and could be in error, as usual. As with everything else in sailing, the risk is entirely your own if anything bad happens to you. Everything works better if you stay topside, look at something fixed like the horizon or a distant boat, actively "ride the waves" with your body, let the skipper know you feel badly so he can help. Do NOT: be hung-over, eat heavily, stay below, attempt to read, cook, repair the engine, unstop the head, etc. if you may be susceptible. It is very good if you can go to sleep. You do not get seasick in your sleep. The first signs of seasickness are usually yawning and drowsiness, followed by abnormal fatigue and lethargy. This proceeds nausea. So watch your shipmates. The faster you do something about impending seasickness, the more likely you are to get it under control. I have taken Meclizine as soon as I started to feel queasy. If I go above and let it pass, it usually works, but its nowhere as good as taking it some hours before departure. If you are going to heave, most polite to do it over the leeward side of the boat. Emesis bags are available superior to what is found on airliners, but I don't know where. | ||
| hughston (hughston) |
THE TRIP REVIEW 4/4/03 – 4/6/03 For those of you who didn’t go, and for those who didn’t finish the trip, here’s the story. We departed DP harbor Saturday the 5th at 0025 under a reefed main and jib, with apparent wind speed approx 18, out of the West, and we were able to sail a course of approx 230 degrees. From then on the wind climbed as high as 24 apparent, and occasionally dropped as low as 17. Wind waves were about 2 ft., and the swell up to about 6 ft. Campbell’s Sloop was sailing higher and faster than Pilgrimage, and by about 0130 we were far enough ahead that it was difficult to pick out Pilgrimage’s tri-color masthead light against the background of lights ashore. To let Pilgrimage catch up, Campbell’s Sloop hove to until Pilgrimage passed ahead and to leeward, and then took off on a beam reach to catch them. Pilgrimage was reporting they could make about 210 degrees, and Catalina’s East end was by this time bearing about 245. As the hour 0300 approached and passed, Pilgrimage was reporting that several crew were ill. On Campbell’s Sloop we had one seasickness casualty, and a few crew starting to get a little green. Waves coming over the deck occasionally made it through dodger soaking those tucked under it, and a few soaked the helm and the rest of the cockpit. It was approaching 0400 when an unusually large swell swept under us, and Susie declared that it was the biggest wave she had ever seen. I have been with Susie on other vessels in heavier conditions, but the cold, the green water over the beam, the darkness, and the fact that the wind had increased a bit, lead to the perception that conditions were pretty heavy. I checked in with Pilgrimage to see how everyone was holding up, and they reported that more crew were ill than were well, and so I began to discuss with them the possibility of another destination. Pilgrimage suggested Oceanside, I checked to see if Newport was reasonable, and while this was going on the helm on Campbell’s Sloop simply turned us around, and we started beam reaching for Dana Point. Though frustrated by how this decision was made, I noted at 0410 that DP was about 11 miles out bearing 011, and I radioed Pilgrimage to let them know our intention of heading back in. All things considered, this was a reasonable solution – though not the only one. Campbell’s Sloop was back at the harbor by about 0630, and Pilgrimage made it in by about 0700. Aboard Campbell’s Sloop Pete decided he’d had enough, and on Pilgrimage, Diane, Grant, Sherif, and Martin made the same decision. After sleep, food, and a couple of pots of coffee, we regrouped and headed up to Newport beach at about 1300. Wind was again West at in the low 20s , and the seas the same as last night – though they now looked smaller. Pilgrimage was motorsailing, and Campbell’s Sloop had rigged the 125% jib, and sailed with a reef in the main. We made it in to Newport by about 1730, and with the anchorage at the end of Lido Island packed with a big raft-up, we received mooring assignments from Harbor Patrol. Getting a mooring in Catalina is really easy compared with the situation in Newport, where you have the mooring ball with a big eye on it, and you have to reach way down with your line and thread the needle. Harbor Patrol warned us that there might not be a spreader line between the bow and stern mooring balls. Campbell’s Sloop’s bow was too high to reach the ball, so we brought it along side our port beam and with a little effort, Dick was able to get the line through the eye and then secure it at the bow. Same drill for the stern. Not bad at all really, but it made me appreciate how well thought-out the moorings in Catalina are. Charles and Lynda prepared an excellent dinner including bread sticks and a chicken caesar salad, followed by tortellini and key lime pie. Pilgrimage feasted on Larry’s trademarked corned beef and cabbage. Sunday included a tour of the harbor under sail, and a spinnaker run back to Dana Point, arriving there by about 1700. All things considered, this was another good trip! | ||
| hughston (hughston) |
Looks like we'll have wind for the trip, and may not have rain! Here are some weather links you may find helpful: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/west/loxmz.htm,http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/west/loxmz.htm http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/ca/ca.html,http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/ca/ca.html http://www.nwsla.noaa.gov/,http://www.nwsla.noaa.gov/ http://ifps.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/dwf?siteID=LOX,http://ifps.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/dwf?siteID=LOX | ||
| hughston (hughston) |
CLASS MEETING 28TH - DETAILS I plan to give general info at the meeting on the 28th regarding the route, weather considerations and contingency plans, gear, responsibilities of the crew, and how the provisioning will take place. Then, we become two separate groups and do the remainder of the planning amongst ourselves. TENATIVE CREW ASSIGNMENT - will finalize 3/28 CAMPBELLS SLOOP Marc Hughston, skipper. Susie Campbell, Charles & Lynda Kepford, Pete Height, Ron Adamany PILGRIMAGE Larry Barley, skipper. Kim Thorne, Jon Coltrane, Diane & Grant Bjornestad, Sherif El-Sokkary PARTICULARS ON PROCEDURE I would like to conduct the voyage as we have with other Saddleback trips, and would like to get agreement from all of you on a few key points: 1) we need to stay in visual contact during the night crossing, and at all other times during the voyage; 2) we need to stay in radio contact as well, at least on the hour; 3) If too much distance separates the vessels - i.e. just about getting out of sight and radio contact cannot be established, the windward vessel is to turn around and reestablish contact; 4) If there is a change in the itinerary due to weather or some other circumstance, we will again stay together; 5) the watch schedule needs to be well established and adhered to - if someone volunteers for an all-nighter in order to let others sleep, this is a bad idea and should be avoided; 6) harnesses and tethers and jacklines to be used at night if anyone goes forward of the cockpit; 7) we will not attempt landfall at Little Harbor in darkness, but will stand off until it is light (hence the late departure 4/4), though we may do so if another anchorage is chosen, depending on the conditions. | ||
| hughston (hughston) |
Thanks for your enthusiastic response at the last class! The dates of the trip we discussed in class, previously scheduled for Friday 3/28 late evening departure with return on 3/30 approximately 1700, has been changed due to business travel. I hope you can stay on-board with the change. New dates: Friday April 4 depart DP harbor approx 2300 Sunday April 6 Return DP harbor approx 1700 Same Itinerary: April 5 Arrive Little Harbor approx 0700 - eat, sleep, dinghy, kayak, hike Depart for Two Harbors approx 1300 Arrive Two Harbors approx 1700 April 6 Depart for DP 0800 Arrive DP approx 1700 We'll share boat expenses of approximately $300 per boat, and we work together on organizing provisions. So that means assuming 6 people per boat, the shared cost for one person (excluding food) is approximately $50.00. That's not much. Please respond by Friday March 14th and we'll get boats reserved and firm up plans. We'll have one brief meeting on Friday March 28th (either at break or after class) to discuss gear, safety, and provisions. Marc Hughston 949-412-0922 hughston@ix.netcom.com |
