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To: SiouxPal who wrote (52156)	6/7/2006 1:02:40 AM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 104155

siouxpy- here is the report for 6-6-06: couchies- we have an abundance of reports tonight. 1) i got a call from captn gary at 13:00 MDT. he said they should be in isla mujeres right now, sipping cervezas, eating taquitos y guacomole fixing the diesel and waiting for the perfect gulf crossing weather window... except... the boat driver wouldn't listen to him. i asked where he was. when he said, "santa fe" i suddenly remembered he wasn't on the delivery boat. i agreed with him and we began to talk about pacific sailing south from san diego this winter... but he sends this tonight: From: CaptnGJames@aol.com Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 23:04:01 EDT Subject: Corpus christi To: elpolvo@yahoo.com yo ho... talked with Captn Chris in Corpus Christi. He said getting in the inlet is a little rough without a motor. He also said he'd be willing to go out a hundred miles if the guys needed provisions and it looked like a survival issue. There's options. Do you have a fix on their position? 2) i got a call from greg at 17:50 MDT while i was riding the bus home from work. he thanked me for the directions to the yucatan current that i gave him yesterday and said they've been scooting nicely ever since. they made 160 nm in the last 28 hours (5.7 knots average). they're 188 nm south of louisiana and headed for texas. he had good humor in his voice and said he was just getting ready to up the poster on the wall down below in the cabin to... "this boat has sailed 23 accident free days". he was very proud of that because he confided that they have spent many hours running around the boat on lumpy seas with sharp pointy instruments in their hands. i told him he was lucky he was out of the range of the cochiti corps of engineer's binoculars because they've bought new bull horns for their trucks and have been issuing powered broadcast commands from the shoreline to boaters... "PUT DOWN THE SISSORS AND STEP BACK!! HOLD YOUR HANDS ABOVE YOUR HEAD!! DO NOT MAKE ANY SUDDEN MOVES!! PUT ON YOUR LIFE JACKETS AND MOVE SLOWLY TOWARD ME SO THAT I MAY WRITE YOU A TICKET!!" greg told me they were so low on food that they were drawing straws to determine who gets to eat each day. five more days and they will draw straws to see WHO they will eat. ;-) the weather forecast through sunday is the same as the last week: clear skies, variable winds at 10 knots or less and 2 foot seas. i advised them to stay in the northerly current until they're within 100 nm of texas and then they'll pick up the westerly current that will push them toward corpus. (if they get hungry they can stop in that place near the texas-louisiana line that greg and gary and i got the great BBQ on our way to pensacola.) the bonus tonight is that we also have a report from dennis (via howard) and the "rare" report from tom (via gabe)... READ ON... *************************************************** From: "Howard Kercheval" <hckerch@swcp.com> To: "'elpolvo'" <elpolvo@yahoo.com> Subject: Position report Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 19:52:50 -0600 Hi Dusty. Dennis called at 5:05 p.m. MDT; their position was 25:46 N 88:41 W Their course was generally NW, speed at the time 7 knots. He said they had been rockin’ ‘n rollin’ all day, hitting 9+ knots frequently. Said they had fired up the “McGyver stove” (??) and heated some soup fortified with canned potatoes, had a cocktail and everything was pretty OK. Connection was crappy, as usual, but my impression was that they’ll ride the horse they’re on until it takes ‘em where they want to be or gives out. If the latter, they’ll head for nearest land and put in. He didn’t say those words, but that’s the impression I had from the brief, broken conversation. They’re getting into the heavily oil-platformed area, but the moon is waxing and not due for full until the 11th, I think, so as long as there’s no overcast, they’ll be able to see well enough even at night to avoid any unlit platforms. And if the wind and currents hold, they could be at Corpus Christi by the weekend. They’re sure as hell due some luck. Later. -Howard ******************************************************** Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 17:29:40 -0700 (PDT) From: "Gabe Nims" <gabeknims@yahoo.com> Subject: Got a call from DAD To: "Dusty Arrington" <elpolvo@yahoo.com> Hey folks: Got a call from Dad on the Sat phone this afternoon. He was in good spirits for the most part. I got the impression that they went beyond the point of "leisurely sailing excursion" many weeks back (not that they ever expected such). When I asked if he was having fun, he replied with an emphatic 'no'. Too many broken parts and uncharacteristic winds have slowed their progress. But he, Dennis and Greg are getting along great. They literally made almost no progress for about three days and, at one point, sailed the same course twice (he wasn't sure how that happened). They haven't seen even a trace of land since leaving Jamaica almost 10 days ago, nor have they seen any other pleasure craft. Just a few freighters. He confirmed the story of the freighter captain who advised them to put to port in Cancun because their boat is too broken. They laughed it off at first and now realize the capt. may have been giving sage advice. Dad mentioned the captain offered to turn around and drop them food and other provisions. They refused and the next day they ran out of propane. They engineered a macgyver alcohol stove that sounds like an accident waiting to happen. Sounds like sushi for the duration. Dad metioned how unsettling the ocean is when away from land-- saying that on cloudy nights with no starlight- its so black that you can't tell water from sky- just utter darkness. And even during the day - it's easy to get turned around. Then he said they are running out of beer and rum...that's when I really started to worry. They went through double rations of rum on his birthday- which he said was otherwise uneventful. So they are back toward the lonestar state and winds have picked up in the last 12 hours - enough that he thinks they might make 160 miles in 24 hours. Nonetheless it could be at best 4 and at most 7 days before they hit corpus C. He said there were too many stories to tell, but he missed everyone and sends his best. -Gabe