Channel Islands in a Sage 17

[TDB7117]

This is a quick video of my wife and I returning from a week of sailing in our Sage 17 at the Channel Islands.



I will post more pictures shortly.

[scoob]

thanks much for sharing! wonderful seeing ya' sailing and in the big blue Pacific Ocean

[sal]

Great vid. Thanx much. What is that you are towing?

sal

[TDB7117]

Here are some pictures from our trip to the Channel Islands in Voyager, our Sage17.

http://s200.photobucket.com/user/tdb711 ... nds%202017

https://www.facebook.com/tim.brown.5099 ... 0303716239

[TDB7117]

Great vid. Thanx much. What is that you are towing?

sal

Thanks! We towed a Hobie Mirage Oasis kayak behind our Sage17. It was great for exploring the sea caves on Santa Cruz Island and for getting ashore through the surf. Unfortunately for the kayak, we had 7 foot breaking waves on the last day of our trip while returning to Santa Barbara harbor. In that sea state the kayak would continuously flip upside down while in tow. After many times heaving-to, to up right the kayak, it finally broke free and was lost at sea.

[sal]

Do you know why it was flipping over?

sal

[scoob]

Do you know why it was flipping over?

thinking that

'we had 7 foot breaking waves'

had something to do with it. a boat w/beam of a couple feet gets a breaking wave of over 18" WILL roll.