Geoff Schultz wrote:
Get a grip. The guy didn't sail to Chile and spend 4 years planning his
trip to pull an insurance scam!

how do you know?
are You in on it??
did YOU do the planning???

And in your reply to yourself, you talk about sawing off a "stabilizer
plate".
I didn't talk about it, He talked about it, on his website, at the
advise of Mr. Perry apparently,
Hey wait aminute, Is Schultz german for Perry????
O.k., now I'm Boardering on facesiousness..., in this line

But not this one, how did he scuttle a steel boat? Are scuttle corks
mandatory on steel boats, with little yellow tags that say "pull here
if you are afraid that the chilian navy will not know how to deal
responsibly with the vessel you are abandoning off their coast, for
insurance scam reasons"

What the hell are you talking about? This is a sailboat, not a
power boat.
o.k.

-- Geoff

"tlindly" wrote in
ups.com:

oh, I just heard of the 'self-scuttling'. If this is true, it's
probably an insurance scam.
And if that's true, I do hope he gets busted...
Contrariwise, it is hard to support that many bleached blondes....
gotta do watcha gotta do!

tlindly wrote:
NE Sailboat wrote:
Am I missing something?

I think I figured it out, pasted below is from Ken's site...

I am betting we will find that the boat rolled past 90 degrees
(110-120), stayed that way about 20 to 40 seconds, during which time
the above decks were scourged, flooding occured, engine failed, Ken
crapped his pants wondering if his boat was ever going to stand
upright again.
All because Ken [and Mr. Perry, who is that anyway?] thought they
knew better than Mr. Griffiths, and sawed off the stabalizer
plates... I also bet Mr. Perry is feeling a bit blush right about
now...

tom