NE Sailboat wrote:
I just took a look at her web site .. or the Donna Lange web site .. hard to
figure what it is all about.

From the site.

UPDATE
Thursday, April 19 - 15:30 EST
I had the pleasure of talking with Donna for bit. She is getting ready for
her shower and then plans to sleep. She wants everyone to know how greatful
she is for all your prayers and energy. She needed every last bit of it.

Donna said she found herself dosing off moments at a time for last
30-minutes of her journey in. She would dose and correct, dose and
correct... Brian Oatley told Will that she was speaking incoherantly when
they tried to establish radio contact but once they were face to face, she
was fine. Brian towed her in the last stretch and said she must have fallen
asleep as soon as the tow line was established. He had to go below and get
her for the docking. The boat is pretty much in shambles and those are her
words not mine. "The steering vane is damaged, the wind generator is hit
and miss, there's so much work to be done before it can be sailed again.
It's like starting over".

Donna described herself as feeling pummeled. I assume that's a word but if
not, we all know what she means. She knows she will be extremely sore
tomorrow and probably for a couple days to come. But other than needing
rest, she says she's healthy. She scared herself when she looked in a
mirror for the first time. She said her face was bright red and weathered
from the last 36-hours straight of high wind rain. She said "my new friends
from Bermuda won't even know what I look like".

I asked Donna if she wanted to share any thoughts on the days to come. She
thinks she'll be ready for a flight to Rhode Island by Monday. She feels
the need to get a few things arranged on her boat before she leaves.
Tomorrow (Friday) brings another round of storms so she knows she won't get
much done until that passes. Her hope is to spend some relax time tomorrow
catching up on her log and email that she couldn't get to while she was
being pounded. Neil

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As much as I feel for her ,, we here have been discussing her decision to
sail into a very bad situation.
Look what it has brought her. The boat is about wrecked. She almost didn't
make it. From the writing, it would seem as if she was at the end of her
physical indurance.
It reinforces what we learn in basic sailing and navigation at our Power
Squadron course; plan ahead, watch the weather.

But ,, all's well that ends well. Or something to that effect.

Her experience is certainly a sharp contrast to those who have to be
rescued if they lose their autopilot.

--
Peggie
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Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
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