
09-07-2003
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Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Calgary Alberta
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Boats in Bermuda//Fabian
Im replying to my own message; but anyway I''m happy to report that my friends as well as their boat are fine.
Apparently the only damage is chafe from the spinnaker pole against the mast, and the steering wheel came completely off - but was lying in the cockpit! The dinghy was lashed down well onshore but blew into the bushes - undamaged however. The engine started with the first pull.
THe windgenerator (they apparently didn''t have time to remove it) is still working and in good shape.
They tell me the wind sounded like a jet engine, but at 136mph the island''s windmeter blew away so nobody knows what the max wind was! they describe the emotions they felt when coming around the corner of the cove they were anchored and tied up in and seeing that all three boats there were fine.
Important thing is they''re fine. Not sure how others fared...
M Murphy
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