tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739679449353990436.post1337002481505184258..comments2024-02-20T08:14:16.619-05:00Comments on Sail Far Live Free: Bermuda Bound on the Duchess of DevonshireSailFarLiveFreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12874321318453218893noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739679449353990436.post-76140815821469208832012-10-16T19:06:36.975-04:002012-10-16T19:06:36.975-04:00Sounds like when I was helping to deliver a Bristo...Sounds like when I was helping to deliver a Bristol 45 in November '09 between a 980 mb trough and the remnants of Hurricane Ida.<br /><br />South of Bermuda, after several days of slowly clocking but consistantly 20-plus knot winds, broken with 40-45 knot squalls, I was on watch at 3 AM under a clear sky. The skipper wisely insisted that a) helmsmen keep in the cockpit, and if not, to wake him, and b) tethered out.<br /><br />Out of nowhere, the wind rose to 40-plus and threw the boat on its ear. Had I not been tethered, I would have slid under the lifelines and into the Atlantic, some 500 miles offshore.<br /><br />I wouldn't fancy my chances and I'm religious about tethers/jacklines now.<br /><br />Interesting blog!Rhyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00598445145507204424noreply@blogger.com