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From: Steve Weinstein (no email)
Date: Fri Feb 09 2007 - 16:07:40 EST
First of all, thanks Ed (and Sue) for forwarding this. Skip and Linda, I'm
just catching up with the emails about your recent travails and, more
important than the boat, that you guys didn't sustain any physical injuries.
Boats can be fixed, it's oftentimes harder to do the same for our bodies!
I've been "off the computer" for a bunch of days (and no painful withdrawal
symptoms <g>!!!!) so I'm just catching up. I don't know what to say other
than I'm really sorry this happened to you and my wishes go out to you for a
speedy recovery of "Le Porc" in Marathon. If you can connect with Charmaine
and Bill you definitely should do so. I can just about guarantee that one
evening with them at one of their local watering holes you'll be thinking
"repairs? what repairs?" . We'll at least for an evening!
You referred to a Pay It Forward mentality and I can definitely relate. Even
with the understanding that you're not soliciting "recovery" funds if
there's some sort of link where we can contribute - or the PayPal account
I'd love to make a contribution.
This list has been a great FREE resource so, at least for me personally, I'd
love to be part of some payback for all the knowledge I've gained and the
resources I've been directed to. And if that "payback" means helping someone
on the list then that's fine by me.
Without getting to "squirrelly" about this I have to say that I've made a
huge number of friends off of the list and the most remarkable thing is that
I haven't even ever met most of them! And friends help friends, whether or
not they've ever met in person!
As my sainted grandmother used to say "So what if you don't need it. Good
for you. But take it anyway!"....Or at least she'd be sainted if my tribe
believed in saints <LOL>!
Anyway, I hope the repairs won't take too long and you guys can get back to
cruising sooner rather than later......
Best of luck,
Steve
Steve Weinstein
s/v HYDRO-THERAPY
1981 Cherubini Designed H33
Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Kelly" <>
To: "A LiveAboardList" <>
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 5:50 AM
Subject: lv-ab: Flying Pig salvaged - at Marathon FL
> We received the following about the wreck and salvage of Flying Pig,
> a Morgan 46 sailed by two folks living aboard and headed to the
> Caribbean.
> The owners Skip and Lydia are going to be moving back aboard at Marathon:
>
> --------------------------
> (from Lydia to Flying Pig Log on Google Groups):
>
> For the first time since this whole thing happened, I’m really angry.
> Not because of what happened, but because I just finished composing a
> letter to the Log, which immediately disappeared into the ether. So,
> ARGHHHH!! I say to you. :/
>
> I wanted to say a few more things before we (hopefully) get wrapped up
> tomorrow in trying to get back to living on our wonderful home, Flying
> Pig.
>
> We are so grateful for all your love and support, well wishes,
> encouragement, and beautiful, warm emails. You have no idea how
> sustaining they have been to us both.
>
> There have been many, many offers of help, ranging from car loans, to
> vacant boats to live on temporarily, to cash donations. I’m not able
> to answer all those mails individually as yet, but I wanted to make
> these blanket comments to those of you who have made offers.
>
> There are some Angels out there, disguised as sailors, who have taken
> steps to set up a means to make donations. , aka
> William V Hoyle Jr. has set up a Flying Pig Trust account, into which
> some people have wished to contribute by snail mail. His address is:
>
> 10401 Warwick Blvd
> Newport News, VA 23601
> Off Phone # 757-596-1850
>
> has also set up a PayPal account in which to make
> donations.
>
> Having said that, I must also tell you that among the cruising
> newsgroups, there has been some dialogue about whether or not we need
> any financial help, and that perhaps we should have been consulted
> first before Angels stepped in. These are my thoughts on this:
>
> I am comfortable sharing with you that our boat was insured for $140K,
> subject to the underlying mortgage of $64K. The salvage of Flying Pig
> from the reef to Marathon, some 25 miles, which involved a 70’, 1000HP
> landing craft, two SeaTow boats, a BoatUS boat, a ferry boat, 4
> divers, 2 helpers and the salvage Captain, cost $30K of which $7K is
> covered by insurance. Obviously there will be a shortfall. We
> anticipate that all other repairs will be covered by insurance. Any
> costs for living expenses incurred since the wreck, has been absorbed
> by the Red Cross, to whom we’re very grateful, with the exception of
> the car rental for a week. We had just gifted our van to a needy guy
> in the old boat yard we left, the day before we departed. In truth,
> he needed it more than we.
>
> I will also tell you that while we don’t have the shortfall at hand,
> we would be mortified and very uncomfortable if anyone out there were
> to make donations based on anything other than desire and ability.
> For those who have the ability and are not driven by desire, that’s
> entirely OK by us. We don’t expect anything, and we wouldn’t have
> felt either disappointed or abandoned if these Angels-posing-as-
> sailors had never brought this subject up. So, for those of you who
> want to help us financially, we thank you with all our hearts. For
> those of you who can’t or don’t, we thank you too for following your
> comfort level, as we would have done, I’m sure, were the shoe to be on
> the other foot.
>
> We are Pay Forward people, I think, and over and over, it has paid us
> back. We carry spares for others that we know we would never use for
> ourselves; in kind, we have received spares we needed from others we
> didn’t have. This is part of the cruising mentality. And it’s good.
> However, we don’t expect anything; in return, it seems, we have
> everything.
>
> So, that’s that. I mean it.
>
> As to the grounding …
>
> There are some of you who might be sitting back, scratching your
> heads, wondering if we were out there playing “silly buggars”, as my
> British ex-husband would say. Well, we obviously weren’t adhering to
> our own rules of safety.
>
> 1. We were exhausted and sleep deprived when we left.
> 2. When I got seasick on my second Scopalamine patch while I was on
> watch, I didn’t wake Skip, knowing he badly needed rest, to get help.
> As discussed in earlier log posts, I feel this really impacts your
> judgement.
> 3. As a result of either the patch (which I’ve heard affects vision)
> or just the rough seas and exhaustion, I didn’t focus well on pretty
> much anything, including the instruments.
> 4. While we diligently checked the weather in St Pete and Marathon
> before leaving, which looked very good for a downhill run, we weren’t
> adequately prepared to hit surprise bad weather.
> 5. We were in a hurry to leave, to reach George Town, Exumas by 3/1
> when my son and girlfriend were arriving by air to join us. I didn’t
> want them arriving without us being there to greet them. Big no-no.
>
> We live and learn .
>
> We were taken out for a wonderful dinner tonight by Jay and Diane,
> more amazing people we’ve never met, who happened to be in a slip in
> Key West and contacted us. We had a marvelous evening together.
> We’re so grateful for them, and for all of you who have lent your
> shoulders as props.
>
> Stay tuned – this will be the last mail from me before we’re safely
> back on the boat in the Keys Boat Yard, Marathon, which we anticipate
> to be tomorrow. Yay for that – I’m ready to kick butt again .
>
> With love, Lydia (and Skip)
>
>
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