Must admit I’m also curious, would like to understand (and ultimately avoid) whatever caused this adventure to go amiss.
Dave - 33-2 Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 2, 2021, at 5:09 AM, David Risch via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > OK. I’ll be the jerk here. > > I am still confused as to why he did not know whether BMD would or would not > take him before he disembarked. And why he just did not sail back to port > when he found out he could not enter. > > Being rescued because your tired? > > If I was the owner of that very-large-expensive-ship-to-run-and-stop I would > be scratching my head… > > From: cenelson via CnC-List <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 1, 2021 5:41 PM > To: Randal Stafford <[email protected]>; Stus-List > <[email protected]> > Cc: cenelson <[email protected]> > Subject: Stus-List Re: Rescue at sea. > > Thank you—knowing that, it is amazing that he was able to stand on the rescue > ship per the video!! > > > Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS > > On Thursday, July 1, 2021, 2:19 PM, Randal Stafford > <[email protected]> wrote: > > At 2:20 in the video a voice says the captain is very tired and has been at > sea for at least 7 days. The document at 17:19 says Mr. Steeby left Virginia > 5 June, arrived Bermuda 11 June and was refused entry. It says after three > days of drifting in bad weather he was lost. So that would have been 14 > June. I agree that from what could be seen on the video the boat looked > operative. Maybe he sought help out of exhaustion. > > I arrived in Bermuda on June 16th to crew the delivery of Joel Aronson’s > Hylas 44 Atlantis back to the US June 17-22. Joel had sailed Atlantis to > Bermuda a couple weeks before that with four aboard. For months in advance > Joel and the delivery crew had been monitoring and discussing Bermuda’s > COVID-related entry requirements (by sea and air). Yes, it was a stringent > process that required fast turnaround of pre-departure PCR tests and travel > authorization applications. Given the weather we encountered on several days > of our passage (with a crew of five, split into watches), I imagine it would > have been extremely exhausting for Mr. Steeby to have been sailing solo for > nine or more days. > > Best Regards, > Randy Stafford > S/V Grenadine > C&C 30-1 #79 > Ken Caryl, CO > > > On Jul 1, 2021, at 11:52 AM, Charlie Nelson via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I could not determine from the video what went wrong that the skipper > required rescue--I could see exhaust from Jenny on the video and the sails > looked fine--although the spreaders may have been damaged while she was tied > up to the BIG ship. > > Anyone know the "...rest of the story..."? > > Charlie Nelson > Water Phantom > 1995 C&C XL/kcb > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John McCrea via CnC-List <[email protected]> > To: 'Stus-List' <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, Jul 1, 2021 1:30 pm > Subject: Stus-List Re: Rescue at sea. > > Wow, I was just out there 3 days after that. I did the return leg of the > Bermuda 1-2. Flex in on 6/14 from Boston. It was a process getting the Travel > Authorization. Submitting you’re your online application with evidence of a > vacine card and PCR test two days before I left and then another before you > are allowed to leave the airport. Then quarantine in your room until they > email you. (I must be honest me and another friend that was returning on > another boat had a nice rental apartment and we had another Skipper drop-off > beer and steaks, thanks to Tom Kent on Kent Racing a Class 40). > > They had just opened up inside dining the week before we got there and the > whole island is still very much where we were back a few months ago. But > still my favorite place and my 5th 1-2. Hoping to go on my boat someday but > she will need some big upgrades! I was on a very nicely equipped Tartan 35 > but one thing it did not have was a second autopilot and yup the inevitable > happened and we steered close to 700 miles by hand! 8 days later and finally > feel normal again. > > From: Randal Stafford via CnC-List <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 1, 2021 12:37 PM > To: Stus-List <[email protected]> > Cc: Randal Stafford <[email protected]> > Subject: Stus-List Re: Rescue at sea. > > So I assume S/V Jenny is adrift somewhere in the North Atlantic? It was > tough to see her hull and spreaders banging into that tanker. I wonder what > will become of the boat - how long it can stay afloat, where it will end up. > > I guess eventually the guy would have run out of water and provisions. > > Cheers, > Randy > > > On Jun 30, 2021, at 12:46 PM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > We left Virginia 3 days after this guy! > > Bermuda requires a covid travel authorization and test, but I'm shocked they > refused entry. However, they are Covid-paranoid, as almost every case they > have seen has been from a foreign traveler. > I know another sailor who was permitted entry to make repairs on his way to > Puerto Rico this winter. > > Wonder what the rest of the story is. > > Joel > > > Virus-free. www.avg.com > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 2:38 PM Steve Thomas via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow. > Refused entry to the harbour. > Not the Bermuda I remember. > Steve Thomas > ------ Original Message ------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 1:20 PM > Subject: Stus-List Rescue at sea. > I’m posting this thread because there may those amongst the list that will > find this interesting. > > This post is somewhat C&C related because the subject of the video upgraded > his boat near mine. He just did his upgrades with much more alacrity. > > Kim is an acquaintance of mine, lives in the same town and has attended more > than one of our annual Sock Burning Parties. I’ve assisted him with some of > his projects. Prior to his setting sail for Bermuda, I worked along with > another very experience offshore sailor (in the yard repainting his Valiant > 42 with triple spreader carbon rig) to get him prepped and sorted away. The > Valiant owner leant Kim his life raft. Having raced to Bermuda in the past > Kim was keen for any insights that I could impart. I told him to stay away > from the Swizzle Inn rum swizzles and take the round-abouts in a clock-wise > direction... > > I don’t have any insights or knowledge of events other than what is portrayed > in the video and I’m not going to speculate. > > This voyage was a long-term dream of Kim’s. His boat is a mid-to-late 80’s > Jeanneau, around 35 feet. > > Rescue at Sea > > Regards, > Dave Godwin > 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin > 1998 Mast & Mallet Thomas Point 34 - Katana > Reedville, VA > > > > 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 > > > -- > Joel > 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 > 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
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
