Lisa is about to set off around Antarctica, I'm sure she'll be in for some intense sailing

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I met Lisa at the Sydney Boat Show. Impressive. I wish her fair winds, no icebergs and more sleep than she was expecting.

Bristol

Go Lisa !

I wonder at what point Lisa will cross longitudes with Andy ?

Theoretically it is possible they might be quite close if that point is just under one of the Capes

It is interesting how electronic problems has plagued both sailor's.

A

Too right!!!

just read Lisa's latest blog , huge job done well !! worth a read amazing effort !

I hope I can handle such a situation so well.
What sort and size of boat is she sailing?

I think she has done a remarkable job. I was very surprised that see was not carrying a battery angle grinder with cut off blades. If she had, the mast would have been clear in 10 minutes. I carry one at all time for just that reason.

the battery grinder is a good plan .... the only problem is making sure its charged ... so most of the brands now have a radio ipod thingamajig .,that runs on the same batts as the tools , and it charges the batts when plugged into a charging source . so if that was used on the boat as vibes, crew would be more likely to have a charged batt at the ready at all times .

fishmonkey said..
i guess you would also need some kind of system for keeping the grinder dry enough to not short out when working in rain or with seawater washing over the deck...

A plastic bag would work a treat. A friend dropped his mast in the 2 handed Pitwater to COFFS race and only had a hacksaw and took over 2 hours to remove the mast plus a lot of damage to the boat from the mast flogging round. His mast did not snap at the deck, but bent which meant he had to cut the mast off with a hacksaw which was no easy task.
Prior to the race I had told him that I always carry a battery grinder. Guess what he bought the day he got home to Brisbane. Most new battery grinders are now brushless and it would take a lot of water to stop them.
Buy the way I always carry two fully charged batteries.

Jode5 said..
Lisa's latest blog on the fuel transfer is a good read.

She was.also talking about using your angle grinder. She must have read it.

good work !! Lisa !!

great effort and super humane job done !!

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