hmmm...how much for the boat? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry E Yake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 7:03 PM Subject: M_Boats: A sad reminder
> I just got back from a week of wonderful sailing on Priest Lake in > northern Idaho. Great scenery and good winds. Spent most of the week > alone with my wife joining me on the weekends. I'm working up a story on > the trip I'll send later. > > I do, however, want to pass on this sad reminder to all solo sailors. I > came upon the evidence of every solo sailors worst nightmare; finding > yourself in the water with your boat sailing away. I found a Catalina 25 > run aground on an island on Priest Lake. Her keel was grounded, sails > flapping, and no lines ashore or anchor out. I recognized her as the > only other sailboat in the marina where I currently have Tullamore. > After calling out and pounding on her hull, I boarded, fearing I'd find > the worst. She was empty. The sheriff's boat was called and they came > and took over the situation. > > The swim ladder was already down before I went aboard, so we thought he > might have taken a swim during the previous days light winds and let the > boat get away from him, but further investigation revealed he always left > the ladder down. His motor was lowered into the motoring position also, > and out of gas, so it appears he may have been starting the motor when he > went over from the terribly awkward position required to start and engage > the motor when they're on those lowering brackets outside the transom. > The boat then motored away and grounded itself and ran until out of gas, > leaving him in the middle of a large lake, possibly wounded from the > prop. We may never know. Priest Lake is over 300 feet deep out there > and very cold down in the depths. A small search was conducted, but he > had last been heard from 2 days earlier, and I had even seen the boat in > that small cove the day before, but from a couple miles away and unaware > there was a problem, so they have given up hope of survival. > > His boat is now tied up next to mine at the marina, with a grieving > family cleaning out his things and preparing to sell her. Be careful out > there friends. Especially when alone. Don't put your family through > what I've just seen. > > Larry Yake > M17, Tullamore > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
