Let's hope they are in the raft.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5825012.html

By JENNIFER LEAHY
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle

"A sailboat participating in the Regata de Amigos race from Galveston
to Veracruz was found capsized 11 miles south of Matagorda Saturday
morning.

All six aboard the 38-foot sailboat Cynthia Woods, a Cape Fear 38R,
are missing. The missing are four students from Texas A&M-Galveston
and two university staff members, the school said.

"All aboard are experienced mariners and two are safety instructors,"
said U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Renee C. Aiello, who noted that
there was an inflatable raft on the sailboat.

Participants in the Regata de Amigos, a 630-nautical mile race, left
Galveston on Friday at about 2 p.m.

The Coast Guard received a phone call at 8:15 Saturday morning from
the emergency contact for the sailboat who said they lost
communication with the sailboat at approximately midnight.

The sailboat also missed its 8 a.m. radio check.

A Falcon jet crew located the empty sailboat and a search is under way
for the six missing people."

Fred

On Jun 7, 10:38*pm, wrote:
Let's hope they are in the raft.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5825012.html

By JENNIFER LEAHY
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle

"A sailboat participating in the Regata de Amigos race from Galveston
to Veracruz was found capsized 11 miles south of Matagorda Saturday
morning.

All six aboard the 38-foot sailboat Cynthia Woods, a Cape Fear 38R,
are missing. The missing are four students from Texas A&M-Galveston
and two university staff members, the school said.

"All aboard are experienced mariners and two are safety instructors,"
said U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Renee C. Aiello, who noted that
there was an inflatable raft on the sailboat.

Participants in the Regata de Amigos, a 630-nautical mile race, left
Galveston on Friday at about 2 p.m.

The Coast Guard received a phone call at 8:15 Saturday morning from
the emergency contact for the sailboat who said they lost
communication with the sailboat at approximately midnight.

The sailboat also missed its 8 a.m. radio check.

A Falcon jet crew located the empty sailboat and a search is under way
for the six missing people."

Fred

BTW,,,,What is with the USCG in Texas, are the puddle sailors on Texas
based cutters PUSSIES?

3-5 foot seas and 18 knot winds????? Had to turn around? WTF?

After what happened to Joe's boat Red Cloud, and then reading this I
think so.

Or is it the 24 billion dollar budget did not allow for diesel fuel on
cutters?

http://galvestondailynews.com/story....334f8315862af3

The Coast Guard station at Freeport dispatched a rescue boat but it
had to returned because of bad weather. The Coast Guard air station at
Corpus Christi launched a Falcon jet, and the cutter Manowar was also
dispatched to assist in the search.

The Coast Guard may call in a fixed-wing C-130 aircraft to assist in
the search.

Seas were running 3 to 5 feet near the boat and winds were in the 15-
to 18-knot range Saturday night, said Jim Atchley head coach of the
sailing team.

Fred

In article
,
wrote:

BTW,,,,What is with the USCG in Texas, are the puddle sailors on Texas
based cutters PUSSIES?

3-5 foot seas and 18 knot winds????? Had to turn around? WTF?

After what happened to Joe's boat Red Cloud, and then reading this I
think so.

Or is it the 24 billion dollar budget did not allow for diesel fuel on
cutters?

http://galvestondailynews.com/story....334f8315862af3

The Coast Guard station at Freeport dispatched a rescue boat but it
had to returned because of bad weather. The Coast Guard air station at
Corpus Christi launched a Falcon jet, and the cutter Manowar was also
dispatched to assist in the search.

The Coast Guard may call in a fixed-wing C-130 aircraft to assist in
the search.

Seas were running 3 to 5 feet near the boat and winds were in the 15-
to 18-knot range Saturday night, said Jim Atchley head coach of the
sailing team.

Fred

Must be a USCG Training Base for SAR or something. Up here in Alaska,
those conditions are called "FLAT CALM".... We don't even broadcast
Wx Alerts till the Winds are over 40 KPH, or the Seas are bigger than
10 Ft. Double that for the Bering Sea..... Gulf Coast Sailers must be
pussies, wossies, or some sort of Limp Wristed Mammals.....

--
Bruce in alaska
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"Bruce in alaska" wrote in message
...
In article
,
wrote:

BTW,,,,What is with the USCG in Texas, are the puddle sailors on Texas
based cutters PUSSIES?

3-5 foot seas and 18 knot winds????? Had to turn around? WTF?

After what happened to Joe's boat Red Cloud, and then reading this I
think so.

Or is it the 24 billion dollar budget did not allow for diesel fuel on
cutters?

http://galvestondailynews.com/story....334f8315862af3

The Coast Guard station at Freeport dispatched a rescue boat but it
had to returned because of bad weather. The Coast Guard air station at
Corpus Christi launched a Falcon jet, and the cutter Manowar was also
dispatched to assist in the search.

The Coast Guard may call in a fixed-wing C-130 aircraft to assist in
the search.

Seas were running 3 to 5 feet near the boat and winds were in the 15-
to 18-knot range Saturday night, said Jim Atchley head coach of the
sailing team.

Fred

Must be a USCG Training Base for SAR or something. Up here in Alaska,
those conditions are called "FLAT CALM".... We don't even broadcast
Wx Alerts till the Winds are over 40 KPH, or the Seas are bigger than
10 Ft. Double that for the Bering Sea..... Gulf Coast Sailers must be
pussies, wossies, or some sort of Limp Wristed Mammals.....

--
Bruce in alaska
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Not quite so for here, but nearly... if there's no Small Craft Advisory on
the bay, hardly anyone is sailing.


--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On 2008-06-08 13:35:54 -0400, Bruce in alaska said:

Must be a USCG Training Base for SAR or something. Up here in Alaska,
those conditions are called "FLAT CALM".... We don't even broadcast
Wx Alerts till the Winds are over 40 KPH, or the Seas are bigger than
10 Ft. Double that for the Bering Sea..... Gulf Coast Sailers must be
pussies, wossies, or some sort of Limp Wristed Mammals.....

Local conditions matter greatly.

I've enjoyed romps in the Atlantic in 6-8' waves over 8' swells, some
of the greatest sailing I've experienced, but anything over 3' on the
Chesapeake can be life-threatening where the depth is in the 8-12'
range. Those waves are steep and come in rapidly with significant
force. "Washing Machine" starts describing the conditions, but until
you've experienced them, you really can't understand.

Sailors who have survived hurricanes at sea have been seriously spooked
by our fairly-usual summer squall lines. Luckily, they're usually short
duration, under an hour, but during that time, you're under extreme
conditions that will stress the most prepared and professional sailors.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

Texans are the sorriest bunch going. The Aggies are the worst. If the aren't
out sinking boats they are stacking up huge piles of logs and getting
killed. For the most part Texans are fat, ignorant and not very educated.
Their personal hygiene is less than satisfactory, they drive big gas
guzzling cars and eat too much meat. Texas is like some foriegn country. The
US should build a wall around Texas.

On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:50:11 -1000, Bill Wahl wrote:
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another dumbass pulls his finger out of his nose for a second...
*plonk*
in ya go bonehead

On Jun 8, 8:50*am, "Bill Wahl" wrote:
Texans are the sorriest bunch going. The Aggies are the worst. If the aren't
out sinking boats they are stacking up huge piles of logs and getting
killed. For the most part Texans are fat, ignorant and not very educated.
Their personal hygiene is less than satisfactory, they drive big gas
guzzling cars and eat too much meat. Texas is like some foriegn country. The
US should build a wall around Texas.

Wahlly world:

Good idea. The wall would keep the mexicans and assholes like you
out.

On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:38:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

"A sailboat participating in the Regata de Amigos race from Galveston
to Veracruz was found capsized 11 miles south of Matagorda Saturday
morning.

Amazing thing is that it didn't sink. I am sure it would have, had
there been much in the way of waves.

Casady

On Jun 8, 11:40 am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:38:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
"A sailboat participating in the Regata de Amigos race from Galveston
to Veracruz was found capsized 11 miles south of Matagorda Saturday
morning.

Amazing thing is that it didn't sink. I am sure it would have, had
there been much in the way of waves.

Casady

A multihull sailor might logically conclude from this and numerous
other examples that keel boats are dangerous..........