As referenced in the immediately prior post ...

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From:
Date: Feb 8, 2007 12:22 AM
Subject: [morgan] Flying Pig Fund
To: morgan


Julia Morgan in

In a message dated 2/7/2007 1:46:10 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
writes:
Fellow Morganeers,



I have been following, along with you, Flying Pig's progress over
these many months, and the tragedy that occurred this week.



I have NOT talked with Skip, and I am not asking his permission to do
this, but I'm doing it anyway.



I'm a lawyer, have a trust account and a most capable and willing
assistant, Karen. We will accept donations for the Flying Pig's fine
crew in their time of need. Regardless of how financially secure they
may be or what insurance consequences may (eventually) entail, salvage
and all, there is one thing we can all relate to, and it's the $$$
every one of us would need SAP in such a tragic circumstance.



I have established a Trust Fund account in the name of "Flying Pig."
As of today, it contains $100. It is my intention to collect whatever
anyone wishes to donate and forward the funds to our friends heading
for Marathon.



We don't do credit cards here, but if you would like to help out
Flying Pig's crew - anonymously - you can send a check payable to:



"Flying Pig, c/o Wm. V. Hoyle Jr., Esq."



Each of those checks we receive will be acknowledged to the donor(s),
and, come Hell or high water, will go to Skip and the admiral as soon
as I can track them down. I can't fix broken bones, restore lost
loved ones or make tragedies go away. I have striven, however, to
improve the quality of life for the past quarter century for those who
have suffered a loss. As I said, I'm only a lawyer.



Our mailing address is:



William V. Hoyle Jr., P.C.

10401 Warwick Blvd.

Newport News, VA 23601

Office phone: 757.596-1850



With my best wishes to all,



Bill Hoyle

OI 33 Sunbird

Newport News, VA



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Tom CPA
Skipper of The Julia Morgan
Julia Morgan was the Architect that designed Hearst Castle - The name
was picked by daughter honor given to her because she will inherit the
boat when I can no longer sail.
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From: Rich Shapiro
Date: Feb 8, 2007 9:01 AM
Subject: [morgan] [morganowners] Donations for Skip and Lydia
To: morgan

That all sounds wonderful. I'm hoping that as Skip and Lydia's
situation
clarifies and settles, it will continue to develop in a positive
direction.

Rich

-----Original Message-----
From: habeas ]
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 6:21 AM
To: morgan
Subject: [morgan] [morganowners] Donations for Skip and Lydia

Thanks greatly, Karl. This should allow for a fast-track and
convenient
way for those who wish to contribute by credit card or debit --
whatever
PayPal accepts. I'll be happy for forward anything received from
anyone.

It was my intention to simply send Skip and Lydia a Cashier's check
from the
anonymous collective, but if anyone wishes for me to forward any
comments,
name(s) or the amount of donation, please let me know and I'll do
that. My
thought was that with one or two anonymous cheques to them, there
would be
no way -- or temptation or sense of obligation -- for Skip and Lydia
to
accept the money as anything other than a GIFT of caring from their
seafaring family.

Karen and I intend to acknowledge to each contributor what amount(s)
he or
she has contributed, for tax or other purposes, so please include your
name,
address, phone number and e-mail with either a credit card donation
through
Karl's PayPal or cheque sent to:

Our mailing address is:

William V. Hoyle Jr., P.C.
10401 Warwick Blvd.
Newport News, VA 23601
Office phone: 757.596-1850

My personal cell phone is 757.570-1970 (This is how to reach ME).

Karl Burton's e-mail address, for PayPal contributions, is:



Has anyone been able to post this info on any other list-servers?

With thanks to all,

Bill Hoyle
OI 33 Sunbird
Newport News, VA 23601

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-----Original Message-----
From: Karl Burton [mailto: ]
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:09 AM
To:
Subject: [morgan] [morganowners] Donations for Skip and Lydia

I have a Paypal account that is set up to be able to accept credit
card
payments, as well as the usual bank transfer type payment. If someone
wants to make a payment that way, they can go to paypal and send a
payment
to . Be sure to enter in the notes/comments area
anything
that you want passed on, or identification for me to pass on.

There will be some fee I'll have to pay for taking credit card
payments -
it isn't that much, and I'll cover it so that your donation will
pass
through at full value. I'll send any money I collect, and the donor
information, on to habeas and he can combine it with the checks he
gets for
the trust fund.







At 10:35 PM 2/7/2007, you wrote:

I know from a post on the other list that the gentleman setting up the
trust
is not willing to deal with Paypal, as the issue has already been raised.

There is another issue with Paypal: to withdraw more than a small amount
($400, I think) a month, one has to have a commercial grade account and a
"verified" bank account. The commercial grade account levies transaction
fees of about 2.5% on received payments. Also, it takes a week or so to
verify a bank account.

If Skip and Lydia do want to post a Paypal address, a list of objects they
need that other Morganeers can donate, or an address to send contributions
directly, I would welcome it.

Rich
Moderator

-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto: ] On
Behalf Of sv.horizon
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 11:19 PM
To:
Subject: [morganowners] Donations for Skip and Lydia

PayPal is a quick and easy way to send money to anyone with an email
address. It is a part of eBay and very safe. The receiving party does
not have to have a PayPal account at the time the money is sent. You
can sign up for an account at https://www.paypal.com/
https://www.paypal.com/ and use a CC or
bank account to draw from. I have used it for years for ebay and to
send money to individuls and me


This wasn't my or our idea; as seen, it was done before we knew about
it. None the less, I have no doubt it will be helpful. More than our
life's savings are invested in Flying Pig - it literally represents
the only material goods we have left, having given away our car as we
left, and long ago having given away everything else not on the boat.

L8R

Skip and Lydia

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