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Sula in the Sea of Cortez

Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:55 am
by robinsonzak
Hello All,
Ive been planning my Sea of Cortez trip for over a year now and its finally becoming a reality. Im a student at Prescott College in Arizona and for my senior project I decided to study the marine biology in the Sea of Cortez (Ive spent four months here in the past studying for school but I was land-based). I intended to launch in La Paz and follow loosely along the Steinbeck route from 1941, but in light of the hurricane we decided to launch in Loreto and stay clear of possible danger. Check out our sailblog, on the right side bar there is a profile for more trip info and boat specs, and also on the right sidebar is a realtime tracking link with the Spot satellite device uplink and a link to my flickr page. Feel free to comment on the sailblog posts if there are any specific places that should be seen or experienced, or even if you feel like saying hello.
http://www.sailblogs.com/member/sula

Zak

Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:18 pm
by NYCSAILOR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKRQ7MZd ... r_embedded

this is the URL of them raising the mast.... great to watch...

good luck on the trip...we'll be following you..

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:30 am
by Alanhod
Bon voyage,

Looks like a real fun trip. How about that, a Chrysler C22 as a research vessel. I like your time laps of razing the mast. Sounds like your having fun, have an excellent trip too. 8)

Thanks for the updates of the voyage,
Alan

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:22 am
by Bhacurly
Buenos Suertes Amigo!

I'll be following along also, love the picts!


Billy

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:08 am
by NYCSAILOR
for those that want to get to the meat of it...

"SULA performed as expected, like a very small boat with a lot weight in expedition gear weighting her down. we sailed about at four and a half knots upwind and hit 5.4 knots downwind at one point; fairly respectable speeds for a boat this size rigged with as many provisions as she has. She rows at about 1.7 knots (that's right we have oars) and motors at nearly six knots full throttle. "

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:57 am
by CaptainScott
That is really cool!!!

Scott

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:46 am
by Sundowner
I have always dreamed of Cortez.
Can wait to follow along.
It is (was) great to be young.

Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:11 pm
by Sundowner
New post to check out.
I'm kinda jealous.
Looks like a young mans sport to me.

UPDATES!

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 6:49 am
by NYCSAILOR
c-22 owners... cruisers MANY updates... you will really really want to check this out, these guys should get some kind of Chryasler Fleet Award from this forum.... can we "print" them up a virtual "Awrd" of recognition and put it on the splash page or something..... the Chrysler sailing community should really recognize these guys efforts in some way....!

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:20 am
by Capt. Bondo
I agree, they are a inspiration!
Not only in boat prep, but "in bolding going..."