Re: sad news
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "harryjak" <welshman@...> wrote:
>
> --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Lenihan" <peterlenihan@> wrote:
> >
> > --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "graeme19121984" <graeme19121984@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Ouch!!
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Lenihan" <peterlenihan@...> wrote:
>
> --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "graeme19121984" <graeme19121984@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Ouch!!
> >
> > At least it seems a sandy beach bottom, but that rocky sea wall
> looks a
> > bit close... Presumably, they awoke from noise on the scraping
> bottom
> > about where she is. Hopefully, that will not be too bad then.
> >
> > Graeme
>
> Hi Graeme,
> The picture shows high tide and where the boat was dragged to by
> the trucks AFTER the ordeal. This part of the river is shallow and
> completely rock strewn at low tide,with the flats running out some
> places up to almost a kilometer. They did not sleep for three days
> dealing with a particularly nasty north-easter,at anchor,about a
> hundred meters off a lee-shore,with 7+ foot waves.The outboard was
> all but useless as it was pitched constantly out of the water
> because of the steep waves.Things would have been much better had
> the anchor rhode not chaffed through,sending the boat back onto the
> rocks.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Peter Lenihan
>
MDO is simply plywood with a sheathing of 'resin impregnated fiber'
factory installed.
This is not really much different than epoxy 'resin impregnated
fiberglass', backyard installed.
The type of fiber and the type of resin is different, but the hard
durable sheathing qualities are not.
I know first hand from seeing the longevity of MDO plywood in exterior
signage applications, that MDO is tough stuff.
factory installed.
This is not really much different than epoxy 'resin impregnated
fiberglass', backyard installed.
The type of fiber and the type of resin is different, but the hard
durable sheathing qualities are not.
I know first hand from seeing the longevity of MDO plywood in exterior
signage applications, that MDO is tough stuff.
Treat it like any plywood knowing it will work better and bond better.
Jon
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Sam Glasscock <glasscocklanding@...>
wrote:
piece against a sharp edge and it seemed to shatter at that point, as
though more brittle than regular ply (this is probably new-material
paranoia, stoked by the unhappy news about the AS-39.) I'd appreciate
any advice about priming/painting the mdo layer--can it be treated just
like regular ply? Is there some special primer I need to know about?
Thanks, Sam
Jon
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Sam Glasscock <glasscocklanding@...>
wrote:
>out the frames tonight. It looks like nice stuff, although I dropped a
> I have my MDO for my winter Tennessee project and will start cutting
piece against a sharp edge and it seemed to shatter at that point, as
though more brittle than regular ply (this is probably new-material
paranoia, stoked by the unhappy news about the AS-39.) I'd appreciate
any advice about priming/painting the mdo layer--can it be treated just
like regular ply? Is there some special primer I need to know about?
Thanks, Sam
I have my MDO for my winter Tennessee project and will start cutting out the frames tonight. It looks like nice stuff, although I dropped a piece against a sharp edge and it seemed to shatter at that point, as though more brittle than regular ply (this is probably new-material paranoia, stoked by the unhappy news about the AS-39.) I'd appreciate any advice about priming/painting the mdo layer--can it be treated just like regular ply? Is there some special primer I need to know about? Thanks, Sam
--- On Tue, 8/26/08, Bruce Hallman <bruce@...> wrote:
From: Bruce Hallman <bruce@...>
Subject: Re: [bolger] Re: sad news
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 3:58 PM
> that's not a pile of debris. She may not be saveable (my first thoughts
The first concern is the human spirit, test of morale, the process of
grief and the healing from disappointment.
Second, I too am amazed at how this hull shape held up to that abuse!
With so little information, I can just guess and speculate...
Bending or denting to the steel armor bottom plate might just be a
cosmetic issue. (Fixable with some cans of Bondo).
As I understand it, the strength of A36 steel is not really
deteriorated by denting. After all, steel is an astonishingly
malleable material. In steel mills, the raw stock is dramatically
bent and transformed in rollers during fabrications of steel shapes.
Not that strength of the plate is really much of a structural factor
in the AS39 design, where the steel plate is for armor and ballast,
and less for hull strength.
And, if there is damage to the underlying wood structure, 'sistering'
should be able to fix almost anything that is damaged.
Similar to here.
http://www.rdcom/familyhandym an/content/ 51368/
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> that's not a pile of debris. She may not be saveable (my first thoughtsThe first concern is the human spirit, test of morale, the process of
grief and the healing from disappointment.
Second, I too am amazed at how this hull shape held up to that abuse!
With so little information, I can just guess and speculate...
Bending or denting to the steel armor bottom plate might just be a
cosmetic issue. (Fixable with some cans of Bondo).
As I understand it, the strength of A36 steel is not really
deteriorated by denting. After all, steel is an astonishingly
malleable material. In steel mills, the raw stock is dramatically
bent and transformed in rollers during fabrications of steel shapes.
Not that strength of the plate is really much of a structural factor
in the AS39 design, where the steel plate is for armor and ballast,
and less for hull strength.
And, if there is damage to the underlying wood structure, 'sistering'
should be able to fix almost anything that is damaged.
Similar to here.
http://www.rd.com/familyhandyman/content/51368/
Whilst this is indeed very sad news, and my sympathies go out to those
people involved, I do think it's worth mentioning that after reading the
description of what that boats and it's occupants went through, I'm
utterly amazed that there's a boat left at all. I've seen pictures of
other yachts that have ended up on a rocky lee shore (one in particular
that I can remember was a Westerly Konsort that was lost somewhere along
the West coast of Scotland a few years ago), and this is the only one
that's not a pile of debris. She may not be saveable (my first thoughts
on reading the list of damage was that the easiest repair might be to
build a new hull and transfer across anything salvagable from the old
one), but she managed to survive long enough to ensure that everyone on
her got off alive, and in this situation I think that speaks very highly
for the skill of both the designer(s) and builders.
Dan
Peter Lenihan wrote:
people involved, I do think it's worth mentioning that after reading the
description of what that boats and it's occupants went through, I'm
utterly amazed that there's a boat left at all. I've seen pictures of
other yachts that have ended up on a rocky lee shore (one in particular
that I can remember was a Westerly Konsort that was lost somewhere along
the West coast of Scotland a few years ago), and this is the only one
that's not a pile of debris. She may not be saveable (my first thoughts
on reading the list of damage was that the easiest repair might be to
build a new hull and transfer across anything salvagable from the old
one), but she managed to survive long enough to ensure that everyone on
her got off alive, and in this situation I think that speaks very highly
for the skill of both the designer(s) and builders.
Dan
Peter Lenihan wrote:
>
> --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com<mailto:bolger%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Peter Lenihan" <peterlenihan@...>
> wrote:
>
> Thanks folks for the machine "translations",humorous as they
> read,they do give the jist of the story.
> Speaking today with a close mutual friend of Jean and Gaby, the
> story is that they somehow got caught in a bad lee shore situation
> with a good north-easterly blow. Perhaps they under-estimated how
> bad
> and long these can last along this part of the St.Lawrence and
> figured that anchoring off would be just fine till it blew over.
> However, this particular blow lasted a little over three days and
> saw waves of 7+ feet.This far down the St.Lawrence, it is tidal and
> so, on the ebb tide,the current running in the same direction and
> the wind running directly"up-stream" against it all makes for very
> steep waves.
> After what must have felt like an eternity inside an out of balanced
> washing machine,one of the anchor rhodes let go(chafed) and
> L'Anemone was driven unto the rock strewn shore.At one point Jean
> jumped over-board in an adrenalin driven attempt to save his beloved
> L'Anemone by pushing her off the rocks.This proved entirely futile
> and he re-boarded her.After untold hours of ruthless pounding on the
> rocks,the local Coast Guard,unable to approach from
> seaward,opted to run lines toward shore and drag her up onto
> the "beach" with a couple of trucks.
> The services of a large crane were required to retieve her from
> the "beach" and place her onto a flat bed trailer which then brought
> her to the port of Matane where she now awaits a full and proper
> survey of the damage. Something like 5 or 6 other boats were
> complete losses after being driven up unto the rocks in the same
> area.
> Early observations suggest the thick steel outside bottom ballast
> plate,which took the heros portion of blows from being repeatedly
> lifted and dropped onto the rocks,is heavily
> distorted/bent/twisted/dented and one can only imagine the condition
> of the underlaying wooden hull proper. Also, considerable damage has
> been done to the leeboard case from rocks,large and small, being
> forcefully driven up and into this cavity and spliting the hull
> sides.No news as to the the
> condition of the rudder or,for that matter, the rest of the
> hull.Mercifully, both Jean and Gaby survived this incredible ordeal
> without serious physical injury.
> As is the case with so many live-aboard cruisers, they had no
> insurance and complicating things slightly over in Matane is they do
> not allow live-aboards! Thus Jean and Gaby have had to scramble to
> get any type of employ possible to begin paying off the crane
> operator,trailer driver,the storage fee at the Port of
> Matane and find land based accomadations.Repairs,once properly
> evaluated,will be a whole other kettle
> of fish.
>
> At any rate, that is the news as it stands for the moment.I hesitate
> to add that relating this tale here took me some time as I pondered
> the horribly devestating effects this may have on present and future
> Bolgerado voyagers willing to live their dreams not to mention the
> living nightmare which Jean and Gaby have been addressing since
> this event took place early in August. Not wishing to speak out of
> line,I would like to conclude by asking that anyone who may be able
> to offer any assistance of any sort,be it ideas,suggestions,hope etc
> to kindly contact me off-group at:
> my full name"at"hotmail dot com
>
> Thank you for you patience,
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Peter Lenihan,along the gloomy and mighty St.Lawrence.........
>
>
Oh bloody hell. They worked so long and hard on that boat. I remember
meeting them at the 2003 Kingston Messabout and they were well into it
at that point. And they were living hand-to-mouth, it seemed. Earning
a little, making more progress on the boat. Repeat. And they finally
got it finished. What a crying shame.
I know we're all either broke or cheap, or we probably wouldn't be
Bolger builders . . . but can anyone set up a website where we could
send Jean and Gaby small donations by PayPal? It might not add up to
much -- but if we spread the word to various sailing communities
online, it might turn into something substantial.
meeting them at the 2003 Kingston Messabout and they were well into it
at that point. And they were living hand-to-mouth, it seemed. Earning
a little, making more progress on the boat. Repeat. And they finally
got it finished. What a crying shame.
I know we're all either broke or cheap, or we probably wouldn't be
Bolger builders . . . but can anyone set up a website where we could
send Jean and Gaby small donations by PayPal? It might not add up to
much -- but if we spread the word to various sailing communities
online, it might turn into something substantial.
This is a heartbreaking turn of events calling for a resilience of spirit.
Sheila and I are sitting here at anchor in the Caribbean with a
terrible sense of Deja Vu of the been there done that and sure wished
we had not variety.
We know just how Jean and Gaby are feeling...and it is not a good place.
When we lost Loose Moose 2 all those years ago it was heartbreaking on
many deep levels and today there are still scars. One of the hardest
lessons we learned was who our friends were and who of those we
thought of as friends were not...
It's a lot more than just losing a boat...a home...its losing a dream.
While I am sure that Jean and Gaby will move forward and either repair
Anemone or failing that move ahead with their dream as Sheila and I
did with another boat...Still it is harder than most think and until
you see the fruits of your skills and hard work broken and scarred you
can't really appreciate just what pain and depression is.
You know people often say we should do something, help out and try to
make things better and then mostly we go on and forget. Sad.
This whole Bolger community thing really should be a community and if
it were we'd be helping out in ways a bit more substantial than saying
it's too bad and our wishes are with you...
Some of you are aware that Sheila and I have the Yacht charter
Brokerage Paradise Connections (http://www.paradiseconnections.com)
and if any Bolger community members would like to help Jean and Gaby
by doing a yacht charter we will donate 10% of the charter fee to Jean
and Gaby to help cover the costs incurred in their troubles and for
the repair or replacement of Anemone. Just let us now you want to help
Anemone.
We wish we could offer more but hopefully its a start and hopefully
enough to prime the pump. We are sure some other Bolger community
members will think of other ways to step up and be part of the solution.
Please let Jean and Gaby know our thoughts are with them.
Bob and Sheila Wise
of Loose Moose 2 lost Monday September 13 1999 a friend much missed.
terrible sense of Deja Vu of the been there done that and sure wished
we had not variety.
We know just how Jean and Gaby are feeling...and it is not a good place.
When we lost Loose Moose 2 all those years ago it was heartbreaking on
many deep levels and today there are still scars. One of the hardest
lessons we learned was who our friends were and who of those we
thought of as friends were not...
It's a lot more than just losing a boat...a home...its losing a dream.
While I am sure that Jean and Gaby will move forward and either repair
Anemone or failing that move ahead with their dream as Sheila and I
did with another boat...Still it is harder than most think and until
you see the fruits of your skills and hard work broken and scarred you
can't really appreciate just what pain and depression is.
You know people often say we should do something, help out and try to
make things better and then mostly we go on and forget. Sad.
This whole Bolger community thing really should be a community and if
it were we'd be helping out in ways a bit more substantial than saying
it's too bad and our wishes are with you...
Some of you are aware that Sheila and I have the Yacht charter
Brokerage Paradise Connections (http://www.paradiseconnections.com)
and if any Bolger community members would like to help Jean and Gaby
by doing a yacht charter we will donate 10% of the charter fee to Jean
and Gaby to help cover the costs incurred in their troubles and for
the repair or replacement of Anemone. Just let us now you want to help
Anemone.
We wish we could offer more but hopefully its a start and hopefully
enough to prime the pump. We are sure some other Bolger community
members will think of other ways to step up and be part of the solution.
Please let Jean and Gaby know our thoughts are with them.
Bob and Sheila Wise
of Loose Moose 2 lost Monday September 13 1999 a friend much missed.
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "graeme19121984" <graeme19121984@...>
wrote:
The picture shows high tide and where the boat was dragged to by
the trucks AFTER the ordeal. This part of the river is shallow and
completely rock strewn at low tide,with the flats running out some
places up to almost a kilometer. They did not sleep for three days
dealing with a particularly nasty north-easter,at anchor,about a
hundred meters off a lee-shore,with 7+ foot waves.The outboard was
all but useless as it was pitched constantly out of the water
because of the steep waves.Things would have been much better had
the anchor rhode not chaffed through,sending the boat back onto the
rocks.
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan
wrote:
>looks a
> Ouch!!
>
> At least it seems a sandy beach bottom, but that rocky sea wall
> bit close... Presumably, they awoke from noise on the scrapingbottom
> about where she is. Hopefully, that will not be too bad then.Hi Graeme,
>
> Graeme
The picture shows high tide and where the boat was dragged to by
the trucks AFTER the ordeal. This part of the river is shallow and
completely rock strewn at low tide,with the flats running out some
places up to almost a kilometer. They did not sleep for three days
dealing with a particularly nasty north-easter,at anchor,about a
hundred meters off a lee-shore,with 7+ foot waves.The outboard was
all but useless as it was pitched constantly out of the water
because of the steep waves.Things would have been much better had
the anchor rhode not chaffed through,sending the boat back onto the
rocks.
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Lenihan" <peterlenihan@...>
wrote:
Thanks folks for the machine "translations",humorous as they
read,they do give the jist of the story.
Speaking today with a close mutual friend of Jean and Gaby, the
story is that they somehow got caught in a bad lee shore situation
with a good north-easterly blow. Perhaps they under-estimated how
bad
and long these can last along this part of the St.Lawrence and
figured that anchoring off would be just fine till it blew over.
However, this particular blow lasted a little over three days and
saw waves of 7+ feet.This far down the St.Lawrence, it is tidal and
so, on the ebb tide,the current running in the same direction and
the wind running directly"up-stream" against it all makes for very
steep waves.
After what must have felt like an eternity inside an out of balanced
washing machine,one of the anchor rhodes let go(chafed) and
L'Anemone was driven unto the rock strewn shore.At one point Jean
jumped over-board in an adrenalin driven attempt to save his beloved
L'Anemone by pushing her off the rocks.This proved entirely futile
and he re-boarded her.After untold hours of ruthless pounding on the
rocks,the local Coast Guard,unable to approach from
seaward,opted to run lines toward shore and drag her up onto
the "beach" with a couple of trucks.
The services of a large crane were required to retieve her from
the "beach" and place her onto a flat bed trailer which then brought
her to the port of Matane where she now awaits a full and proper
survey of the damage. Something like 5 or 6 other boats were
complete losses after being driven up unto the rocks in the same
area.
Early observations suggest the thick steel outside bottom ballast
plate,which took the heros portion of blows from being repeatedly
lifted and dropped onto the rocks,is heavily
distorted/bent/twisted/dented and one can only imagine the condition
of the underlaying wooden hull proper. Also, considerable damage has
been done to the leeboard case from rocks,large and small, being
forcefully driven up and into this cavity and spliting the hull
sides.No news as to the the
condition of the rudder or,for that matter, the rest of the
hull.Mercifully, both Jean and Gaby survived this incredible ordeal
without serious physical injury.
As is the case with so many live-aboard cruisers, they had no
insurance and complicating things slightly over in Matane is they do
not allow live-aboards! Thus Jean and Gaby have had to scramble to
get any type of employ possible to begin paying off the crane
operator,trailer driver,the storage fee at the Port of
Matane and find land based accomadations.Repairs,once properly
evaluated,will be a whole other kettle
of fish.
At any rate, that is the news as it stands for the moment.I hesitate
to add that relating this tale here took me some time as I pondered
the horribly devestating effects this may have on present and future
Bolgerado voyagers willing to live their dreams not to mention the
living nightmare which Jean and Gaby have been addressing since
this event took place early in August. Not wishing to speak out of
line,I would like to conclude by asking that anyone who may be able
to offer any assistance of any sort,be it ideas,suggestions,hope etc
to kindly contact me off-group at:
my full name"at"hotmail dot com
Thank you for you patience,
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan,along the gloomy and mighty St.Lawrence.........
wrote:
Thanks folks for the machine "translations",humorous as they
read,they do give the jist of the story.
Speaking today with a close mutual friend of Jean and Gaby, the
story is that they somehow got caught in a bad lee shore situation
with a good north-easterly blow. Perhaps they under-estimated how
bad
and long these can last along this part of the St.Lawrence and
figured that anchoring off would be just fine till it blew over.
However, this particular blow lasted a little over three days and
saw waves of 7+ feet.This far down the St.Lawrence, it is tidal and
so, on the ebb tide,the current running in the same direction and
the wind running directly"up-stream" against it all makes for very
steep waves.
After what must have felt like an eternity inside an out of balanced
washing machine,one of the anchor rhodes let go(chafed) and
L'Anemone was driven unto the rock strewn shore.At one point Jean
jumped over-board in an adrenalin driven attempt to save his beloved
L'Anemone by pushing her off the rocks.This proved entirely futile
and he re-boarded her.After untold hours of ruthless pounding on the
rocks,the local Coast Guard,unable to approach from
seaward,opted to run lines toward shore and drag her up onto
the "beach" with a couple of trucks.
The services of a large crane were required to retieve her from
the "beach" and place her onto a flat bed trailer which then brought
her to the port of Matane where she now awaits a full and proper
survey of the damage. Something like 5 or 6 other boats were
complete losses after being driven up unto the rocks in the same
area.
Early observations suggest the thick steel outside bottom ballast
plate,which took the heros portion of blows from being repeatedly
lifted and dropped onto the rocks,is heavily
distorted/bent/twisted/dented and one can only imagine the condition
of the underlaying wooden hull proper. Also, considerable damage has
been done to the leeboard case from rocks,large and small, being
forcefully driven up and into this cavity and spliting the hull
sides.No news as to the the
condition of the rudder or,for that matter, the rest of the
hull.Mercifully, both Jean and Gaby survived this incredible ordeal
without serious physical injury.
As is the case with so many live-aboard cruisers, they had no
insurance and complicating things slightly over in Matane is they do
not allow live-aboards! Thus Jean and Gaby have had to scramble to
get any type of employ possible to begin paying off the crane
operator,trailer driver,the storage fee at the Port of
Matane and find land based accomadations.Repairs,once properly
evaluated,will be a whole other kettle
of fish.
At any rate, that is the news as it stands for the moment.I hesitate
to add that relating this tale here took me some time as I pondered
the horribly devestating effects this may have on present and future
Bolgerado voyagers willing to live their dreams not to mention the
living nightmare which Jean and Gaby have been addressing since
this event took place early in August. Not wishing to speak out of
line,I would like to conclude by asking that anyone who may be able
to offer any assistance of any sort,be it ideas,suggestions,hope etc
to kindly contact me off-group at:
my full name"at"hotmail dot com
Thank you for you patience,
Sincerely,
Peter Lenihan,along the gloomy and mighty St.Lawrence.........
Ouch!!
At least it seems a sandy beach bottom, but that rocky sea wall looks a
bit close... Presumably, they awoke from noise on the scraping bottom
about where she is. Hopefully, that will not be too bad then.
Graeme
At least it seems a sandy beach bottom, but that rocky sea wall looks a
bit close... Presumably, they awoke from noise on the scraping bottom
about where she is. Hopefully, that will not be too bad then.
Graeme
--- In bolger@yahoogroups.com, GBroadlick <GBroadlick@...> wrote:
>
> i searched for the web address using google and asked it to translate
> http://translate.google.com/translate?
hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.lavantage.qc.ca/actualites/voilier_echoue.html&
sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%
3Dhttp://www.lavantage.qc.ca/actualites/voilier_echoue.html%26hl%3Den%
26sa%3DG
>
i searched for the web address using google and asked it to translate
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.lavantage.qc.ca/actualites/voilier_echoue.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.lavantage.qc.ca/actualites/voilier_echoue.html%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
In a message dated 08/25/08 15:43:06 Eastern Daylight Time,wetherillc@...writes:
Any chance of an English version for us poor benighted Yankees?
Peter Lenihan wrote:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.lavantage.qc.ca/actualites/voilier_echoue.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.lavantage.qc.ca/actualites/voilier_echoue.html%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
In a message dated 08/25/08 15:43:06 Eastern Daylight Time,wetherillc@...writes:
Any chance of an English version for us poor benighted Yankees?
Peter Lenihan wrote:
> Bolgerados,[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> Our brave adventurers,Jean and Gaby have run into some nasty
> problems:
>
>http://www.lavantage.qc.ca/actualites/voilier_echoue.html
>
> They were on their way to Newfoundland but nature had other plans.
>
>
> Peter
>
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Christopher Wetherill wrote:
Calm Seas & A Prosperous Voyage
Malcolm
Funny of position
Failed sailing ship
By Pierre Morel
The Anémone sailing ship was found in a rather uncomfortable position,
Monday, in the sector of Méchins.
At sea for a month and half on the St. Lawrence River the, the crew of
the sailing ship from Montreal, the Anémone, saw its passage stopped
abruptly in the night of Sunday to Monday, when it went aground on the
beach outside of the village of Méchins.
After withstanding the repeated waves for three days, during spring
tides, anchored a hundred meters from shore, the skipper Jean Gauthier
explained that one of his mooring ropes parted letting his ship run
aground.
With the assistance of Jean-Robert Soucy, of the Coast Guard Auxiliary,
aided by Odette Gilbert of the «Gîte le Chan-D'or» [a B&B, The Golden
"Chan" ], after three hours of sustained efforts the flat-bottomed
sailing ship was brought above the high tide line, where it sits waiting
for a crane to arrive and get it out of it's annoying situation.
The crew, Jean Gauthier and Gabrielle Eskanasy; had hoped to go to the
Maritimes, but now will have to have patience and check the structural
integrity of the sailingboat, which took six years to build.
The Anémone spent a few days anchored in the Marina de Matane last week.
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>With assistance of Babelfish, I offer the following:
> Any chance of an English version for us poor benighted Yankees?
>
> Peter Lenihan wrote:
> > Bolgerados,
> > Our brave adventurers,Jean and Gaby have run into some nasty
> > problems:
> >
> >http://www.lavantage.qc.ca/actualites/voilier_echoue.html
> <http://www.lavantage.qc.ca/actualites/voilier_echoue.html>
> >
> > They were on their way to Newfoundland but nature had other plans.
> >
> >
> > Peter
>
Calm Seas & A Prosperous Voyage
Malcolm
Funny of position
Failed sailing ship
By Pierre Morel
The Anémone sailing ship was found in a rather uncomfortable position,
Monday, in the sector of Méchins.
At sea for a month and half on the St. Lawrence River the, the crew of
the sailing ship from Montreal, the Anémone, saw its passage stopped
abruptly in the night of Sunday to Monday, when it went aground on the
beach outside of the village of Méchins.
After withstanding the repeated waves for three days, during spring
tides, anchored a hundred meters from shore, the skipper Jean Gauthier
explained that one of his mooring ropes parted letting his ship run
aground.
With the assistance of Jean-Robert Soucy, of the Coast Guard Auxiliary,
aided by Odette Gilbert of the «Gîte le Chan-D'or» [a B&B, The Golden
"Chan" ], after three hours of sustained efforts the flat-bottomed
sailing ship was brought above the high tide line, where it sits waiting
for a crane to arrive and get it out of it's annoying situation.
The crew, Jean Gauthier and Gabrielle Eskanasy; had hoped to go to the
Maritimes, but now will have to have patience and check the structural
integrity of the sailingboat, which took six years to build.
The Anémone spent a few days anchored in the Marina de Matane last week.
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--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Christopher Wetherill <wetherillc@...>
wrote:
article and fill in some un mentioned details later(tonight) when more
time is available.Patience,please.
Peter
wrote:
>Nope.Only available in this one French e-journal.Will translate
> Any chance of an English version for us poor benighted Yankees?
article and fill in some un mentioned details later(tonight) when more
time is available.Patience,please.
Peter
Any chance of an English version for us poor benighted Yankees?
Peter Lenihan wrote:
Peter Lenihan wrote:
> Bolgerados,
> Our brave adventurers,Jean and Gaby have run into some nasty
> problems:
>
>http://www.lavantage.qc.ca/actualites/voilier_echoue.html
>
> They were on their way to Newfoundland but nature had other plans.
>
>
> Peter
>
>
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Bolgerados,
Our brave adventurers,Jean and Gaby have run into some nasty
problems:
http://www.lavantage.qc.ca/actualites/voilier_echoue.html
They were on their way to Newfoundland but nature had other plans.
Peter
Our brave adventurers,Jean and Gaby have run into some nasty
problems:
http://www.lavantage.qc.ca/actualites/voilier_echoue.html
They were on their way to Newfoundland but nature had other plans.
Peter