Folks, if you're thinking about heading offshore, I know Martin has lots of miles and I've logged nearly half a million miles, and there are a few others here. He's a good one to answer questions and I'm happy to help with advice (when I'm not offshore). Andy
Andrew Burton 26 Beacon Hill Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260 On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 3:14 PM Shawn Wright via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Thanks for sharing, Randy. As we are seeking our offshore boat, there are > lots of lessons to be learned from this story, but the opening sentences > would have had enough red flags to send me running from this boat! > > "Calypso’s owner and captain is a 75-year old man who’d never been > offshore. He found passage crew on findacrew.net, and they too had never > been offshore (and in two cases had little sailing experience)." > > No offshore experience in a boat not really designed for offshore? What > were they thinking? I'm glad there were no serious injuries and hope those > involved will learn from the experience, as in my limited experience, it > reads like a lesson in what not to do! > > -- > Shawn Wright > shawngwri...@gmail.com > S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 > https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto > > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 2:30 PM Randy Stafford via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> Listers, >> >> Here’s an overdue report on this situation. Basically a tale of warning >> about what can go wrong offshore, with potentially very serious >> consequences. >> >> By coincidence a few weeks ago I came into contact on Facebook with one >> of Calypso’s crew, a retired pediatrician. We subsequently spoke on the >> phone, and she documented her experience on her Facebook timeline, which >> I’ll quote below. >> >> >> >> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help > with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > Thanks - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
