
The Sailing Horror Stories of Paul Thornton
Offshore Sailing and Cruising with Paul Trammell
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The Importance of Calling People on the Radio
When you're way out in the middle of nowhere, and someone's coming down, they'll move. I trans- I have AIS. Have you called them and had them move? Uh, I, I call frequently. At least three big boats move without me having to call them. The autopilot still work cause it connects directly to the, to the rudder post. Then the hydravaint has a backup, is a backup rudder. Stear the boat with the sails. And then figure out the problem. Usually my hydravaint's steering anyway. See, we're lucky. It's 22.25 knot winds. We've just been through, eight days,
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