On May 30, 5:04*pm, "Roger Long" wrote:
That was Ernie Gann and it ended up killing a lot of people. *I was deeply
involved in finding out what happend years later. *Full story can be read in
"Tall Ships Down" by Dan Parrott. *I'll come back when I've got more time
and post the basics if anyone is interested.

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Roger Long

I thought Gann's Ship was lost in the Gulf of Mexico, became the bases
for the movie/ book "White Squall". The boat was named Albatros IIRC.

Fred