i would like to know if there is anyone out there with suggestions or experience in rigging the typhoon for self-steering? i am planning a extended coastal cruise and have thought about using auto-helm with batteries and solar panel, small wind vane, sheet to helm, or building my own.......... also has anyone made any significant passages in the 19? any knockdowns? pitchpoles? strengths? weaknesses? i am planning the coast of florida and bahamas. i am thinking about possibility of hopping to the caribbean from bahamas. what's the general opinion out there on the 19's seaworthiness???? Personally, i think the boat is capable and i am confident in my abilities on small boats........ i would greatly appreciate any feedback. thank you.......
jkimberley@aol.com
typhoon weekender offshore and self-steering???????
Moderator: Jim Walsh
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john churchill
very small boats offshore
i have only very limited experience on a 26 to/from bermuda from VA. carrying capacity is limiting factor. what extra "offshore gear" are you thinking of carrying? my 4 man valise raft is about 60 lb and another 40 for the abandon ship bag. ground tackle? extra sails? dinghy- an avon softtail is about another 50 lb. clothes and food for a month or two, water... you get the point. my 26 was down 2 to 3 inches below her "unladen" waterline which was already below design waterline. the smaller boats have proportionally larger cockpits as well. you may find yourself in a bouyancy crisis if pooped.
that having been said, it is probably doable, just a matter of trying to assess and minimize risk to an acceptable level. i firmly believe that the risk-taker is the only one who can reasonably say what level of risk is acceptable. listen to the dockside experts for their experience, then make your own decisions. only you will have to live with them.
plan on being wet, cramped and uncomfortable for much of the time. the boats motion is much different at sea. there is more motion and it is violent at times and it NEVER stops! the greatest thing about getting into port is that the boat stopped moving.
plan on bad weather. you read accounts of people getting pasted on the crossing to the bahamas. some can be attributed to stupidity and poor planning but some is bad luck. it is my nature to believe that i am smarter than others therefore these bad things will not happen to me, but i am probably no better a seaman than most and probably make a large number of stupid mistakes based on inexperience and ignorance. good luck
john churchill
that having been said, it is probably doable, just a matter of trying to assess and minimize risk to an acceptable level. i firmly believe that the risk-taker is the only one who can reasonably say what level of risk is acceptable. listen to the dockside experts for their experience, then make your own decisions. only you will have to live with them.
plan on being wet, cramped and uncomfortable for much of the time. the boats motion is much different at sea. there is more motion and it is violent at times and it NEVER stops! the greatest thing about getting into port is that the boat stopped moving.
plan on bad weather. you read accounts of people getting pasted on the crossing to the bahamas. some can be attributed to stupidity and poor planning but some is bad luck. it is my nature to believe that i am smarter than others therefore these bad things will not happen to me, but i am probably no better a seaman than most and probably make a large number of stupid mistakes based on inexperience and ignorance. good luck
john churchill
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MJD
Re: typhoon weekender across the Atlantic
the previous owner of my Typhoon said his dad attempted, twice, to cross the Atlantic in it. He was turned back by a hurricane once and illness the second time. He was knocked down several times, hove to for a couple days, etc... At one point, after being sick for several days and very week, he called for help and a sub came to the rescue. Story goes it came up below him and his keel bumped it a couple times. I can imagine that was scary! Didn't sound like something I'd want to do! But, I live in Jax, FL and am thinking that bumping down the coast offshore would be really fun.
the boat has a lot of the additions left on it. Double stays all the way around, extra bilge-pump, storm sails, a very small storm gib, etc.. He had also modified the boat to have positive floatation (I would say a must for offshore sailing!)
He did have self stearing, which I have parts of, but I have not been able to figure it out - yet. He also had a spare rudder.
I wish he were around to tell me all about it, but he passed on a couple years ago and his son doesn't remember the details. Apparently he kept logs, and I'm trying to get my hands on those!!
mdelcharco@yahoo.com
the boat has a lot of the additions left on it. Double stays all the way around, extra bilge-pump, storm sails, a very small storm gib, etc.. He had also modified the boat to have positive floatation (I would say a must for offshore sailing!)
He did have self stearing, which I have parts of, but I have not been able to figure it out - yet. He also had a spare rudder.
I wish he were around to tell me all about it, but he passed on a couple years ago and his son doesn't remember the details. Apparently he kept logs, and I'm trying to get my hands on those!!
mdelcharco@yahoo.com
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john hoft-march
Re: typhoon weekender across the Atlantic
": the boat has a lot of the additions left on it. Double stays all the way around, extra bilge-pump, storm sails, a very small storm gib, etc.. He had also modified the boat to have positive floatation (I would say a must for offshore sailing!)"
I'm curious about the modifications needed to give positive flotation (other than, of course, keep the boat in the water and the water out of the boat!).
john.hoft-march@appleton.org
I'm curious about the modifications needed to give positive flotation (other than, of course, keep the boat in the water and the water out of the boat!).
john.hoft-march@appleton.org