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    58 Mile Trip

    Hey everyone, I just wanted to check in! It’s been almost three years since the trip and I was reminiscing on the whole experience and the community here. I hope everyone has stayed dagger down and healthy since I last posted. Me and my family have been very fortunate, everyone is healthy and...
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    58 Mile Trip

    so the video is posted on YouTube I may try to make a channel out of it if people are interested. Here is the link: I also have an idea festering in my head... Maybe Fort Lauderdale to Bimini
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    58 Mile Trip

    I am interested! pm me if you still have them!
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    58 Mile Trip

    Thank you Andy! Yea you just have to be carefull to grab your rudder ASAP upon landing I MAY have broken one before ;)
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    58 Mile Trip

    Hahahahah you are so right. It was interesting, I have been sailing for along time but have never had dolphins tag along like that. It was a late night the night before, getting everything ready, so I was a bit sleep deprived lol but I was like man these dolphins are guiding me.
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    58 Mile Trip

    Thank you man, that means so much to me. I appreciate you watching, I plan on doing more videos that I will definitely share with everyone. Here is the videos link on youtube :
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    58 Mile Trip

    Hey Everyone! I know it is late, but I have missed talking with everyone & finally just got done with the video! it to big to attach but I wanted y'all to be the first to see it! Mississippi Sound Video
  8. K

    58 Mile Trip

    Okay so I gathered some footage together just from my phone.. so this is like 30% of the footage I have and it’s only during the trip. I did my best to make it not horrindous, but if I am honest I didn’t spend much time on it & just used iMovie from my phone. But here you go! Dropbox - 1080p.mov
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    58 Mile Trip

    I like this option, but I still think it would be nice to have a set place for everything cleanly laid out where everything has its place strapped in. No doubt though that this is the most budget friendly option. Thanks for the comment!
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    58 Mile Trip

    Thank you! I haven't put it on a scale but I am pretty confident that it is right around there. I will definitely have to get more serious about drying out the foam, it has always been on the back of my mind I just hadn't done anything about it yet. I like the thought about doing it in...
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    58 Mile Trip

    I don't have a port in at this time, I do have a drain plain plug & have leak tested it and repaired all issues. However, water has saturated the foam I am surely going to have to replace it in due time. **Edit** I didn't thoroughly read you comment: I have heard of people drying it out but I...
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    58 Mile Trip

    Good Point about the wind shadow, I'm sure had I been a little closer as the ship went by It may have had this effect.
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    58 Mile Trip

    Hey Charles, I did! but I am thinking that maybe the bolt was just a hair to short so maybe it couldn't bite all the way. Its tough to say though, but it will definitely not happen again.
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    58 Mile Trip

    Thanks Man! I completely agree with your electronic approach to, Simplicity is always better ! you definitely have to document it, I may have went a little overboard here but hey, lesson well learned! Cheers, I hope you got to watch the LSU vs AGGIES game it was absolutely insane. I was more...
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    58 Mile Trip

    Thanks Norcalsail, It worked out well, I'm sure mostly because of the favorable winds! I have to imagine if my sunfish was as light as it was 20 years ago I may have made the same distance an hour or so quicker. unfortunately, as far as sunfishes go she is a rather piggish 200 or so pounds...
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    58 Mile Trip

    Hey Everyone, I just wanted to follow up with some things that I could have improved on and things that worked well. I am still working on gathering all of y'alls suggestions together in a checklist format, in hopes that other sunfish voyagers can use it as a tool to make sure that they are...
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    58 Mile Trip

    Thank you! I’ll be honest I haven’t named her.. I’m sure this is some form of blasphemy in the sailing community. But it’s the truth lol! Funny story about the sail, it was a Christmas gift when I was 14 and it has held up really nicely.
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    58 Mile Trip

    Alright here it goes! So I'm going to start from the Beginning, which for this story starts on Thanksgiving day. After eating an excessive amount of your typical Turkey day meals, I worked on reassembling / putting the final touches on the sunfish trailer. This, like many projects, was supposed...
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    58 Mile Trip

    Hey everyone, I just want to let y’all know that I made it safe and sound. I’m going to type up a full break down of the trip, all of the good, and the bad. I can tell you that Murphy’s law definitely came into play. We have some family stuff to do today but as soon as I get back to my...
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    58 Mile Trip

    I apologize for not logging on the last week or so I got rather busy! I just wanted to give everyone a quick update. My plan as of now is to go this Friday 11/23/2018. I'll show up at cedar point, AL around 6:30 AM to launch and sail as far West as possible, my ultimate goal being to sail the...

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