Congratulations Paul
We all talk and dream.
  Paul just goes and does it - we have walked with him through his
purchase and rebuild.
Bravo.
Alan

At 09:03 AM 1/19/2007, you wrote:
>Thanks for the congratulations, but it is quite easy, just point the boat
>west and wait 22 days.
>Seriously, I had 2 spinnakers and several headsails which we messed around
>with, but after the third day we ditched the lot in favour of a very
>traditional wing on wing rig. We had a huge Genoa (nearly 500sq ft), poled
>out to port and the main (often double reefed) held out to starboard with a
>preventor. We had found that the boat was rolling so much that keeping the
>spinnaker filled required just too much effort. We had paid a fair amount
>for a Parasail, which is a spinnaker with a big slit/wing in the middle. It
>is supposed to reduce rolling and stay full for longer. After I finally
>managed to unwrap it from the inner forestay and main forestay it went back
>into its bag and I can't see it coming out again!
>Several of the smaller boats ran with twistle/twizzler rigs and had nothing
>but praise for them; they also made very fast passages. Next time I do a
>long downwind passage I will definitely rig one up.
>
>The most essential/useful items were
>
>1) Hydrovane wind steering
>2) The Fridge
>3) SSB transceiver
>4) Iridium phone and PC for Grib WX Files and email
>
>On the Solar panel front, we had 250W of Kyocera panels but they didn't
>perform that well, partly as we had a lot of cloud on the passage and when
>the sun shone by early afternoon it was in front of us and shielded by the
>sails. We found that putting a bulk charge in from the engine in the morning
>as the sun rose, then letting the solar panels trickle charge the batteries
>to max during the day worked best.
>
>
>Paul C
>S/V Lady Stardust, Liverpool UK
>www.lady-stardust.co.uk
>http://blog.mailasail.com/ladystardust
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-baba-l@ballreich.net [mailto:owner-baba-l@ballreich.net] On
>Behalf Of Paul Braschi
>Sent: 18 January 2007 01:48
>To: baba-l@ballreich.net
>Subject: RE: [Baba-L] ARC 2006
>
>Great news . . . congratulations . . .
>
>For those who hope to follow in your wake . . .
>
>What gear / advice did you find invaluable and what can be left on the
>beach? Sails, rigging, chafing, etc. etc. ???
>
>Thanks,
>
>Paul Braschi
>Wandering Star
>Baba 35
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