Goofball_star_dot_etal wrote:
On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:10:00 -0700, Paul Cassel
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:07:27 -0700, Paul Cassel
wrote:

jeff wrote:
Joe didn't post here often, but for those that know him from ASA:

http://www.khou.com/news/local/stori...ue.c061dc.html

A sad day - at least they are all safe.
A boat coming apart in 20 foot seas? What type of boat is this?
A 42 foot steel ketch with a 5 ton cargo of coffee beans.


Homebuilt?

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt...d3cf0830?hl=en

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt...b301cad27f766b

Very sad.



Sounds like they were inexperienced. Sad tale. Although I was unaware of
these guys, I wish that they could have succeeded.