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NEWS FROM FLYING PIG...
I just got off Skype-to-Skype directly with Lydia in the hotel on her
laptop....Here's the latest news from Flying Pig. Flying Pig is afloat. It has no holes in the hull. There are stress cracks from all the flexing but she's holding her own. The only leak is from the sonar transducer. Flying Pig is being towed to Keys Boatworks by the salvors as I type this ETA about 8PM. Lydia had just gotten off the phone with Skip aboard the salvor's towboat monster. The pumps the salvors have in Flying Pig are keeping the water pumped out and she's towing fine. As soon as she gets more information, she'll send the email list another report from Marathon when they find out. Any of you guys around Marathon who can make it to Keys Boatworks, even to just say hello and a little show of support, I'm sure, would be MOST welcome. Time to give some sailors a hand..... I asked Lydia about what caused them to be so far off course. She said it was probably her fault, but I negated that thought straight away. She and Skip had been in just awful seas and winds for many hours. They were totally exhausted. She was trying to sleep on the deck in the cabin, seasick as a dog and I don't think either one of them knew where they were or what was happening being that exhausted. I'm sure we've all been in those conditions at one time or another. They are, after all, in their 60's with just the two of them aboard. That's what happened to the course. She still sounded pretty out of it on Skype...... Anyone whos laptop doesn't have Skype installed must be crazy...(Larry) www.skype.com Larry in Charleston |
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Larry wrote: I just got off Skype-to-Skype directly with Lydia in the hotel on her laptop....Here's the latest news from Flying Pig. Flying Pig is afloat. It has no holes in the hull. FANTASTIC! Hope all the news is better than it sounded at first. -- Jere Lull Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD) Xan's NEW Pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/ Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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Jere Lull wrote in news:jerelull-A435B7.21014607022007
@news.bellatlantic.net: FANTASTIC! Hope all the news is better than it sounded at first. Lydia did report to me the hull "flexing" was causing the table to rise and fall in the waves....which can't be good news. Everything was "moving" that should have been hard mounted to the hull. The stress cracks probably came from that. The hull took quite a hit laying on its side on the reef all night, don't you think? Nothing was said about sailing rigging damage..... Larry -- Democracy is when two wolves and a sheep vote on who's for dinner. Liberty is when the sheep has his own gun. |
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Second-guessing the choice of routes -- is Flying Pig too tall for the
Okeechobee Waterway? There's a couple of 55-56 foot fixed bridges at Fort Meyers, is that why they didn't take it? Seems to me that it would have been the obvious choice for heading from St. Pete to the Bahamas. I'm assuming that draft isn't a problem. "Larry" wrote in message ... Jere Lull wrote in news:jerelull-A435B7.21014607022007 @news.bellatlantic.net: FANTASTIC! Hope all the news is better than it sounded at first. Lydia did report to me the hull "flexing" was causing the table to rise and fall in the waves....which can't be good news. Everything was "moving" that should have been hard mounted to the hull. The stress cracks probably came from that. The hull took quite a hit laying on its side on the reef all night, don't you think? Nothing was said about sailing rigging damage..... Larry -- Democracy is when two wolves and a sheep vote on who's for dinner. Liberty is when the sheep has his own gun. |
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"KLC Lewis" wrote in
news Second-guessing the choice of routes -- is Flying Pig too tall for the Okeechobee Waterway? There's a couple of 55-56 foot fixed bridges at Fort Meyers, is that why they didn't take it? Seems to me that it would have been the obvious choice for heading from St. Pete to the Bahamas. I'm assuming that draft isn't a problem. They may have said something to me about picking up grown children, but I honestly don't remember. There was a family reason for going to Marathon. Larry -- Democracy is when two wolves and a sheep vote on who's for dinner. Liberty is when the sheep has his own gun. |
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On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:50:59 -0500, Larry wrote:
Second-guessing the choice of routes -- is Flying Pig too tall for the Okeechobee Waterway? There's a couple of 55-56 foot fixed bridges at Fort Meyers, is that why they didn't take it? Absolutely. There's a 53 ft bridge at Cape Coral where I live, and a 49 ft railroad bridge on the east side of Lake O. |
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Uh oh... Sounds like they got the snot beat out
of them and this is the first I've heard of it. I hope this isn't the end of the dream for Skip and Lydia. Has anyone posted what happened? Don W. Larry wrote: I just got off Skype-to-Skype directly with Lydia in the hotel on her laptop....Here's the latest news from Flying Pig. Flying Pig is afloat. It has no holes in the hull. There are stress cracks from all the flexing but she's holding her own. The only leak is from the sonar transducer. Flying Pig is being towed to Keys Boatworks by the salvors as I type this ETA about 8PM. Lydia had just gotten off the phone with Skip aboard the salvor's towboat monster. The pumps the salvors have in Flying Pig are keeping the water pumped out and she's towing fine. As soon as she gets more information, she'll send the email list another report from Marathon when they find out. Any of you guys around Marathon who can make it to Keys Boatworks, even to just say hello and a little show of support, I'm sure, would be MOST welcome. Time to give some sailors a hand..... I asked Lydia about what caused them to be so far off course. She said it was probably her fault, but I negated that thought straight away. She and Skip had been in just awful seas and winds for many hours. They were totally exhausted. She was trying to sleep on the deck in the cabin, seasick as a dog and I don't think either one of them knew where they were or what was happening being that exhausted. I'm sure we've all been in those conditions at one time or another. They are, after all, in their 60's with just the two of them aboard. That's what happened to the course. She still sounded pretty out of it on Skype...... Anyone whos laptop doesn't have Skype installed must be crazy...(Larry) www.skype.com Larry in Charleston |
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NEWS FROM FLYING PIG...
Don W wrote:
Uh oh... Sounds like they got the snot beat out of them and this is the first I've heard of it. I hope this isn't the end of the dream for Skip and Lydia. Has anyone posted what happened? Don W. I found the other posts. Don W. |
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Larry ,, could you post what happened.. I've seen all the "they are doing
ok" postings but I can't quite figure what happened. Did they just run aground? ================ "Larry" wrote in message ... I just got off Skype-to-Skype directly with Lydia in the hotel on her laptop....Here's the latest news from Flying Pig. Flying Pig is afloat. It has no holes in the hull. There are stress cracks from all the flexing but she's holding her own. The only leak is from the sonar transducer. Flying Pig is being towed to Keys Boatworks by the salvors as I type this ETA about 8PM. Lydia had just gotten off the phone with Skip aboard the salvor's towboat monster. The pumps the salvors have in Flying Pig are keeping the water pumped out and she's towing fine. As soon as she gets more information, she'll send the email list another report from Marathon when they find out. Any of you guys around Marathon who can make it to Keys Boatworks, even to just say hello and a little show of support, I'm sure, would be MOST welcome. Time to give some sailors a hand..... I asked Lydia about what caused them to be so far off course. She said it was probably her fault, but I negated that thought straight away. She and Skip had been in just awful seas and winds for many hours. They were totally exhausted. She was trying to sleep on the deck in the cabin, seasick as a dog and I don't think either one of them knew where they were or what was happening being that exhausted. I'm sure we've all been in those conditions at one time or another. They are, after all, in their 60's with just the two of them aboard. That's what happened to the course. She still sounded pretty out of it on Skype...... Anyone whos laptop doesn't have Skype installed must be crazy...(Larry) www.skype.com Larry in Charleston |
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NEWS FROM FLYING PIG...
"NE Sailboat" wrote in news:aqOyh.3367$yI1.717
@trndny01: Did they just run aground? Way off course due to fatigue and exhaustion. Ran aground on the reef at Content Key, a barrier key between Key West and Marathon. Boat laid on its side in heavy surf. Salvors pulled it off, no holes but hull is stress cracked. How bad remains to be seen. I don't believe Lydia and Skip know more than that.....Wrong decisions. Larry -- VIRUS ALERT! VISTA has been released! NOONE will be spared! |
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