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Ken Barnes rescue pictures
Good set of photos of Ken Barnes' damaged boat and rescue over at CBS.
http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2007...y2332917.shtml Very nice looking boat. Looks like it should have done better but it's a very tough patch of ocean. One of those fishing boats would do well to tow it in. -- Roger Long |
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Roger ,, I took a look at this . I don't know Ken Barnes, or anything about
Ken Barnes. But ... when I looked at the pictures, I kept thinking why isn't the Captain ( Ken ) trying to get his boat to some port? Couldn't he rig some sort of sail? Or, couldn't he get some help doing some type of repair on site? It just doesn't seem right for some reason. This boat was equipped to sail around the world. I'm assuming that it is a very well constructed, well equipped, strong, yacht. Am I missing something? Also,, what of this Ken Barnes. Is he a very able sailor? Has he done other long trips? Tell me where I am off course. --------------------------------- "Roger Long" wrote in message ... Good set of photos of Ken Barnes' damaged boat and rescue over at CBS. http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2007...y2332917.shtml Very nice looking boat. Looks like it should have done better but it's a very tough patch of ocean. One of those fishing boats would do well to tow it in. -- Roger Long |
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NE Sailboat wrote:
Roger ,, I took a look at this . I don't know Ken Barnes, or anything about Ken Barnes. But ... when I looked at the pictures, I kept thinking why isn't the Captain ( Ken ) trying to get his boat to some port? Couldn't he rig some sort of sail? Or, couldn't he get some help doing some type of repair on site? It just doesn't seem right for some reason. This boat was equipped to sail around the world. I'm assuming that it is a very well constructed, well equipped, strong, yacht. Am I missing something? Also,, what of this Ken Barnes. Is he a very able sailor? Has he done other long trips? Tell me where I am off course. --------------------------------- "Roger Long" wrote in message ... Good set of photos of Ken Barnes' damaged boat and rescue over at CBS. http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2007...y2332917.shtml Very nice looking boat. Looks like it should have done better but it's a very tough patch of ocean. One of those fishing boats would do well to tow it in. -- Roger Long With masts broken off, steering gone, flooding over a meter deep, hatches blown off, food soaked with salt water, engine flooded, batteries covered with salt water, no radio, just how do you propose to get this boat to port by yourself? krj |
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With masts broken off, steering gone,
Plus... I believe that I read somewhere that he had a gash in his thigh. Course... like a lot of others... I sure will be interested in reading his account of what led up to the demise of his vessel. Just maybe... his alleged injury ocurred at or just prior to the time of his having to deal with a severe weather situation. Best regards Bill |
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I sure will be interested in reading his account of what led up to the demise of his vessel. There's an audio file here where he describes what happened: http://www.kensolo.com/ |
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"With masts broken off, steering gone, flooding over a meter deep, hatches
blown off, food soaked with salt water, engine flooded, batteries covered with salt water, no radio, just how do you propose to get this boat to port by yourself?" == Point it in that direction! Yves Gelinas? Ever hear of him? His Alberg 30 suffered a roll over in the southern ocean. He made it to port. And he is one of many; when disaster struck these men and a couple of women didn't leave their ship. They did what men who go out on the sea have been doing since ??? ,,, got the boat back together as best they could and headed for land. How on earth did this fellow expect to sail around the world? There is something about this whole story that doesn't pass the smell test. If I am totally wrong , so be it. But, I heard this story on the news, I had never heard of the sailor before, didn't know anything about the race, or whatever he was participating in. Then I see a picture of this absolutely beautiful yacht all banged up... but still looking like it is floating ok ... and I am asking myself... If this boat was built to go around the world, to take on the worst mother nature could hand out, how did it end up like this. And if this sailor is one of the elite who can take on the challenge of single handing around the world, wouldn't it make sense that he would never leave his ship unless it was upside down, or sinking? I don't know ... just seems weird to me. "krj" wrote in message . .. NE Sailboat wrote: Roger ,, I took a look at this . I don't know Ken Barnes, or anything about Ken Barnes. But ... when I looked at the pictures, I kept thinking why isn't the Captain ( Ken ) trying to get his boat to some port? Couldn't he rig some sort of sail? Or, couldn't he get some help doing some type of repair on site? It just doesn't seem right for some reason. This boat was equipped to sail around the world. I'm assuming that it is a very well constructed, well equipped, strong, yacht. Am I missing something? Also,, what of this Ken Barnes. Is he a very able sailor? Has he done other long trips? Tell me where I am off course. --------------------------------- "Roger Long" wrote in message ... Good set of photos of Ken Barnes' damaged boat and rescue over at CBS. http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2007...y2332917.shtml Very nice looking boat. Looks like it should have done better but it's a very tough patch of ocean. One of those fishing boats would do well to tow it in. -- Roger Long With masts broken off, steering gone, flooding over a meter deep, hatches blown off, food soaked with salt water, engine flooded, batteries covered with salt water, no radio, just how do you propose to get this boat to port by yourself? krj |
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This from the CBS story .. in the comments section.
Comments This guy should have to pay all costs associated with his rescue. I tired about morons putting themselves in danger who expect others to put themselves at risk if they get into trouble. I'm also tired of their famalies getting on TV, crying about why everything isn't being done to save their particular idiot. They should have stopped the idiot before he left. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 days isn't all that bad... it's not like he was out there a month or something... what's the big deal???? "Roger Long" wrote in message ... Good set of photos of Ken Barnes' damaged boat and rescue over at CBS. http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2007...y2332917.shtml Very nice looking boat. Looks like it should have done better but it's a very tough patch of ocean. One of those fishing boats would do well to tow it in. -- Roger Long |
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It is reported at the end of the CBS story that he had no gash. Seems like
the gash story was something his family dreamed up. == wrote in message ups.com... With masts broken off, steering gone, Plus... I believe that I read somewhere that he had a gash in his thigh. Course... like a lot of others... I sure will be interested in reading his account of what led up to the demise of his vessel. Just maybe... his alleged injury ocurred at or just prior to the time of his having to deal with a severe weather situation. Best regards Bill |
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On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:35:36 GMT, "NE Sailboat"
wrote: if this sailor is one of the elite who can take on the challenge of single handing around the world I think the evidence is to the contrary on that one. It's possible that he just got unlucky and was in the wrong place at the wrong time but that is being charitable. More likely he was mentally unprepared for the challenge of avoiding and surviving storms. The storms are out there. They happen all the time, and if they find you, they will also find your weak spots. |
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The Privateer
A signal from Barnes' emergency position indicating radio beacon, or EPIRB, was later received, and U.S. Coast Guard and Chilean authorities started rescue operations. A Chilean aircraft was expected to home in on the beacon Wednesday afternoon and contact Barnes. The aircraft would also drop survival gear -- life rafts or survival suits -- if needed. The nearest vessel, about 150 miles away, was motoring toward the site and was expected to reach Barnes within about 24 hours. A cargo vessel also was en route and expected to arrive about the same time. Chambers said Barnes sounded good, "but then he was crying too; so he's upset about having to leave the boat at some point." Barnes told her the boat was not sinking, just at the whimsy of the wind and waves, and he was trying to save the battery in his satellite phone to make contact with Chilean authorities. "I don't care about the boat," she told Barnes, a father of three. "I just want you home." ========= This from another news story. So, the boat was not sinking. This guy was way in over his head. === "Roger Long" wrote in message ... Good set of photos of Ken Barnes' damaged boat and rescue over at CBS. http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2007...y2332917.shtml Very nice looking boat. Looks like it should have done better but it's a very tough patch of ocean. One of those fishing boats would do well to tow it in. -- Roger Long |
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