Voyagers sad goodbyes

[capran]

My heart goes out to all of you as I watch the storm track of Jeanne. It has been a tough year for all of us that have enjoyed the Abacos and the SE waters. As I reported earlier, Voyager, on the hard at Harbortown Marine, was knocked over by Francis. It took ten days to get someone aboard, as I am 3000 miles away and couldnt get there, and it was not a pretty sight. Apparently the storm driven rain somehow found it's way into the boat, and as she lay on her port side, filled up to the windows. I have yet to see the full report, but apparently there is extensive wood damage, cushions, electronics, personal gear etc. So there she sits, growing a healthy crop of mold I am told. I am making arrangements to have her shipped to Anacortes Washington where she will be close enough to Spokane that I can supervise repairs. I will, I think, cruise the waters of British Columbia and the San Juan and Gulf Islands. It is not like cruising the Bahamas, which I will dearly miss (after a total of 12 summers), but there are no hurricanes. And so I, like you all, will watch Jeanne and pray that loss of life and property is minimal. Good luck.file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Randy/Desktop/2004%20storms/voyager/DSCN0635.JPG

[capran]

tried to post a pic and it appeared in the preview screen but not coming up on the board. sorry.

[capran]

well, I'll again try to post a pic, this time from my work computer to see if it works.

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[hamamamax3]

hi this is heidi from pittsburgh. we "spoke" last year i think it was. i was asking you about pulling the kids out of school for a trip to hopetown..... i am so sorry to hear about your loss-both your boat and your trips to abaco. i had explored the possibility of purchasing property when i was there in april..... obviously i will have to rethink. i was operating under the assumption well floyd hit so we have "x" number of years before the next biggie. good luck to you and your family.

[DrRalph]

So sorry about your boat, Randy. We hope some insurance coverage and a little good luck will get your boat ship-shape again.

[capran]

Thank you all. I am sure that my plight and experience pales in comparison to what everyone in the Abacos and Florida are going through. I keep telling myself that it is only my boat and not my life that is damaged and in jeprody. Ironically if Voyager were totaled I would be in a better position. Moving the boat 3000 miles and trying to undertake repairs is a major undertaking. My heart continues to go out to all. (A side bit of irony, is, my wife of 26 years spells her name "Jeanne".)

I still have been unable to post a pic. I'll try to find Dr Ralphs e mail address and send it to him. perhaps he'll have better luck, as all I get when I click on the photo logo that looks like a pic of mountains I get an Explorer prompt that calls for the URL location, and when I put in the desktop url it looks like it comes up in the message but when I send it all it does is print the text URL. nothing about "manage the attachments".

Well, be safe everyone.

[TurtleDreams]

All the best Randy, we have all enjoyed your travel logs and I hope you will continue to post them from the waters of the Pacific NW! And everyone who's fallen in love with the Abacos knows, YOU WILL BE BACK!!
Susan

[DrRalph]

Very sad, Randy