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Eclipse Abandonment Outcome
In reading about cats there was a thread in Jan '06 that discussed
this cat. Wondering if it was ever recovered I googled and found this. It may interest some of you. The mustard color may ring a bell here. http://www.multihullpages.com/eclipse2.html And the latest I found. From reading this article, I believe the owner has written the boat off. http://www.ybw.com/auto/newsdesk/200...253ymnews.html --Vic |
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Eclipse Abandonment Outcome
* Vic Smith wrote, On 6/21/2007 11:40 AM:
In reading about cats there was a thread in Jan '06 that discussed this cat. Wondering if it was ever recovered I googled and found this. It may interest some of you. The mustard color may ring a bell here. http://www.multihullpages.com/eclipse2.html And the latest I found. From reading this article, I believe the owner has written the boat off. http://www.ybw.com/auto/newsdesk/200...253ymnews.html This is a not uncommon story - there's little reason for a catamaran to sink since they are normally built with multiple flotation compartments. And without sails, its almost impossible to capsize. Even monohulls often recovered after being abandoned. I remember a case of a Nonsuch that was abandoned in the Eastern Atlantic after a rigging failure (boom broke? I forget) that was found being used as a fishing boat in South America. IIRC, after the "Queen's Birthday" typhoon in the Pacific almost all of the vessels abandoned when rescuers arrived (two cats, about 8 monohulls) were recovered. The one exception was a Westsail that was scuttled so as to no be a hazard. |
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Eclipse Abandonment Outcome
On Jun 21, 8:40 am, Vic Smith wrote:
In reading about cats there was a thread in Jan '06 that discussed this cat. Wondering if it was ever recovered I googled and found this. It may interest some of you. The mustard color may ring a bell here.http://www.multihullpages.com/eclipse2.html And the latest I found. From reading this article, I believe the owner has written the boat off.http://www.ybw.com/auto/newsdesk/200...253ymnews.html --Vic Why did they abandon in the first place. if the boat wasn't sinking and could hold up another six months at sea without any hands onboard it seems that getting off the boat is more dangerous than staying on unless someone is hurt. |
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Eclipse Abandonment Outcome
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:00:02 -0700, Bill
wrote: Why did they abandon in the first place. if the boat wasn't sinking and could hold up another six months at sea without any hands onboard it seems that getting off the boat is more dangerous than staying on unless someone is hurt. Here's a link for that: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.b...thread/thread/ 9825729919166ca6/c9e6520b99a0edc5?lnk=st&q=&rnum=1&hl=en#c9e6520b99 a0edc5 or google "Mayday off coast of Mexico-rescued from catamaran" --Vic |
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