I wish I had an auto pilot!

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"Peggie Hall" wrote in message
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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.

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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"
http://shop.sailboatowners.com/books...ku=90&cat=1304