Thank you—knowing that, it is amazing that he was able to stand on the rescue 
ship per the video!!


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On Thursday, July 1, 2021, 2:19 PM, Randal Stafford 
<randal.staff...@icloud.com> 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 StaffordS/V GrenadineC&C 30-1 #79Ken Caryl, CO

On Jul 1, 2021, at 11:52 AM, Charlie Nelson via CnC-List 
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 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 NelsonWater Phantom1995 C&C XL/kcb


-----Original Message-----
From: John McCrea via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
To: 'Stus-List' <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Cc: johnmcc...@comcast.net
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 <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
Sent: Thursday, July 1, 2021 12:37 PM
To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Cc: Randal Stafford <randal.staff...@icloud.com>
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 <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
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 
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
Wow. Refused entry to the harbour. Not the Bermuda I remember. Steve 
Thomas------ Original Message ------
From: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: dave.god...@me.com
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 


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