Latitude 38 April 2018

from Latitude 38 April 2018

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then a fishing boat. We eventually inflated the liferaft and transferred four at a time from Fujin to the fishing boat. Once all were aboard the fishing boat, a tow line was connected to Fujin and we headed for the safety of a small harbor on Saba. The tow took all night. It was only a little over 2 miles, but with current and wind it was a slow slog to the island. We eventually made it, and I am happy to say that Fujin is on a mooring and planning is well underway for her recovery. Fujin will sail again!"

For more about Fujin, see the team's Facebook page at www. facebook.com/fujinsailing, and for more about the 600-mile race, see www.caribbean600.rorc.org.

How do you right a turtled 53-ft cruising cat? We're pretty sure it's more involved than recovering from a Hobie Cat capsize! We contacted Rich Difede of Gold Coast Yachts in St. Croix, builder of Greg Slyngstad's Fujin, to ask how you get a cat like that back on its feet. Rich replied: "Greg brought a crane barge to lift and flip her. She's been moved to Antigua to gut the interior and replace wiring, interior trim, flooring, hydraulics, mast, rig, etc., as needed. The really great news is there were no structural issues." — cw/ja

⇑⇓ SOME TIPS FOR WINNING FINISHING THE THREE BRIDGE FIASCO FROM SOMEONE WHO'S DONE IT

Make sure you start t the race, and remain flexible when it comes to which direction you decide to go. With the 30 minute start-time cutoff, you cannot continue racing if you never actually start the race. Additionally, with the ever-changing conditions, having a plan, and sticking to it, can catch you out.

This is my fourth Multihull Division win in the Three Bridge Fiasco, with two aboard my previous boat, theF-27 Three Sigma, and the third as crew aboard Rich Holden's

The F-25Cs 'Mojo' (left) and 'Khimaira' at the agonizingly slow start of the Three Bridge Fiasco on January 27. They were the only two multihulls to finish.

F-27 Sea Bird. I have only failed to finish one time, in 2014, when we were within a mile of the finish on Mojo at the cutoff time. Only one boat finished that year. Christopher Harvey

Mojo, F-25C trimaran Alameda

Readers — Mojo, sailed by Chris Harvey and Dan Mone, was among only four out of 360 entries that finished the winddeficient, ebb-plentiful 2018 Three Bridge Fiasco on January 27. Read more about the crazy pursuit race for single- and doublehanders in the March issue of Latitude 38. — cw

We welcome and read your letters on all sorts of topics, though the ones we run in the magazine tend to be those of interest to sailors. Please include your name, your boat's name and model, and your hailing port.

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