Sydney harbor close call

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pjust
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Re: Sydney harbor close call

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Jim Walsh wrote:A Ty in Sydney harbor with the opera house in the background. How cool is that? :D
Very cool, I'd say.

I'm still very much a novice sailor, so I'm not at all sure, but it seems to me that the boat in question is carrying too much sail for conditions. Might the skipper not have had an easier time controlling his boat if he'd taken a reef in the main?
Peter Just
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Re: Sydney harbor close call

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Neil, the winches, that's funny.

The video was just downright scary! Don't get there ever!
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Re: Sydney harbor close call

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Here is a picture of the fast moving storm that overtook the sailboat:
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and here is a link to the Daily telegraph article:
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslo ... 7244849376
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