Bucket List (length is king, although a little harder to pedal) with the dodger and a pedal powered prop mounted on the beam. 2 crew, one asleep, the other standing/sitting in the hull under the dodger. Warm(ish) and dry regardless of the conditions. Easy to cook, navigate and communicate, very little need to leave the shelter, and when you do, the boat can be stopped. Unless it is raining, wet weather gear would barely be needed.
It is noticeable that of the reasons for pulling out of the race (dismasting, hitting things, exhaustion, etc), very few of them would apply to Bucket List. Unfortunately, hubris, which has accounted for more withdrawals than any other cause, would also apply to BL.
Pure and Wild is a cool boat, but was always going to be compromised when righting moment was required. Sailing a Pac proa from the ww hull is a recipe for hypothermia. Sailing one where you have to go to leeward to trim sails/get food, sleep, etc is never going to be fast in a breeze. A 24'ter will be weight compromised with a weeks provisions for 2 people. Shunting up narrow channels with a headsail would get pretty tiring pretty quickly.
Race to Alaska is a very challenging race. Could be just the incentive to me to fork out some cash to get Buckelt List finished, rather than wait until the builder has time and cash flow. If anyone is interested in doing next year's R2AK, please let me know.
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Jeff Royster jeffroyster@gmail.com [harryproa] <harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au> wrote:
I'm just having fun, but I think R2AK will develop into a pretty big deal. It's a helluva lot more fun and relevant to most sailors than the AC, and it'd be a great proving ground for the HP platform.Human power? Of course I'd get our resident expert Rick Willoghby to design a 2 person pedal powered, air cavity blowing pedal rig! And carry a sculling oar for backup/variety.If I were building just for this race, I'd go with either Expeditionarry with some sort of hard protection added or the cruising Bucket List with the Sol's windward hull would be an awesome choice. I guess if there were less/no air the Exp. would be easier to drive with human power.Personally I'd be scared to death in those waters with no more protection than Exp. and BL. Yeah, there is a beach cat in the front half of the pack, but, damn, seriously? Sol sounds awesome, but that rig is a bit experimental, eh?So what can spank an F-25C with experienced crew, and stands up to the other factors of the race? What would you take? Expeditionarry? Bucket List? Solitarry?So, whats the ultimate harryproa for this race look like? Keeping in mind 2 things. 1. This year turned out much windier than expected, and 2. At least some human power is absolutely necessary, no sailing at all at the start line in Victoria.For those that aren't following, there has been a good bit of unexpected air, and the sailing multis are trouncing the monos and human powered teams. Currently it's an F-25C with a huge lead.So, if ya'll haven't been following the R2AK, you've been missing out. Most fun and exciting race I've followed. www.r2ak.com, threads on sailing anarchy and wooden boat forum are fun for armchair commentary too.First of all, huge bummer that the proa Team Pure and Wild is out. Props to them for making a tough call though. That race in a new boat with all the shakedown punch list items literally shaking down....scary. I was really rooting for them.
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