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At the risk of abusing my Moderator status, I am
forwarding this in the cruising spirit.
--- George Huffman <>
wrote:
> To:
> From: "George Huffman" <>
> Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 06:17:37 -0000
> Subject: [TheDingyDock] Skip and Lydia Gundlach
> need help
>
> This is a cut and paste. If anyone can render
> assistance please do.
> I've emailed them to let them know I'll be in
> the area soon and I've
> offered my services free to the extent I can
> help.
>
> George
>
>
>
> Skip Gundlach to Morgan
> show details 2:29 pm (0 minutes ago)
>
> Please continue the dialogue going, as it's
> very comforting at the
> moment but...
>
> We are ashore, in the care of the Red Cross at
> the moment. Aside from
> the adrenalin rush and some bruises from being
> knocked around, we are
> entirely fine physically. Mentally we're more
> than bummed, as you can
> guess.
>
> Until salvage operations commence, which due to
> the weather (the main
> contributing factor to our blowing off course)
> won't be until tomorrow
> morning at the earliest, we won't know the
> realities. At a minimum,
> since the boat will be taken to Marathon, we
> could use some temporary
> hospitality there.
>
> There are definitely breaches in the starboard
> hull but the boat is
> very high and dry at the moment, on its side.
> We don't know what the
> pounding which caused a lot of flexing inside
> may have done to the
> bulkheads and tabbing, but the reefer and
> settee and engine mounts
> were all moving notably - not a really good
> sign. If there is any good
> news, the water was so shallow that it never
> got to the floorboards,
> even with the very severe heel, and when I went
> around shutting the
> through-hulls, I never got my hands wet. So,
> with any luck, the damage
> is mostly above the water line, presumed
> somewhat simpler to address
> and less likely to affect the integrity of the
> hull. None the less,
> it's certain we'll be some months, if ever,
> before we are back aboard,
> our only home, with every possession in the
> world, having given away
> our car the day we left.
>
> At any event, we can still be reached via
> email, when we have access,
> which will persist until tonight, at the Red
> Cross, and then at the
> Days Inn in KWW, we expect, where we'll be for
> the next three days.
> After that, we're truly homeless (does being in
> the RC or a Days Inn
> relieve us from homelessness? The boat was our
> entire world - our home
> and every single possession)...
>
> In any case, thank you for your prayers and
> thoughts. We're physically
> well, and mental basket cases, though we are
> managing to get things
> done. More as we know more. Feel free to pass
> this around to other
> lists on which we participate, as you may be
> aware if you're on them,
> too, from having seen our posts in those. Right
> now we're a bit busy
> to do that ourselves...
>
> L8R
>
> Love from Skip and Lydia, Homeless...
> --
> Morgan 461 #2
> SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
> See our galleries at
> www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery!
> Follow us at
> and
> [b]
>
> there is more.....
>
> [b]This just heard on local 12:00 noon Keys
> newscast. At midnight, 2
> people were safely lifted from their 46'
> sailboat after going aground
> off Content Keys. Name of the boat: Flying Pig.
> Transiting from Ft.
> Myers thru Keys. 62 year old captain and mate
> are OK. Coast Guard and
> FWC monitoring the vessel.
>
>
>
>
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