{Stus-List} C&C 40 Lost without a trace

[Bob Skene & Susan Wall]

Ah, Stelio;  you do have a way with words.  the list would be a less 
interesting place without you!
Regards
Bob

Bob Skene & Susan Wall
Box 57,
Oxdrift, ON   P0V 2J0
(807) 937-5493
http://my.drytel.net/rskene/
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stelios Hondrocolos" <stelios_hondrocolos at yahoo.com>
To: "David Ryan" <dryan at buckeye-express.com>; <cnc-list at cnc-list.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: {Stus-List} C&C 40 Lost without a trace


> Plus you get wind and then ashes in your eyes and nose
> and all over the boat and next you are sneezing Papu
> and YaYa out your nose and etc. and hosing them out
> the cockpit scupper.
>
> throw the whole urn in and let it sink. Papu did not
> wish to end up in your nose.
>
>
> --- David Ryan <dryan at buckeye-express.com> wrote:
>
>> This is a terrible tragedy. News reports say he went
>> out to spread his
>> mother's ashes.
>> Most likely he fell over, with the boat continuing
>> to sail on the autopilot.
>> It could be a while till it is found.
>> With the man being experienced and the weather calm,
>> he  probably didn't
>> have a lifejacket or teather on. I doubt if I would
>> have worn either in
>> those conditions.
>>
>> It is shameful to tell you that I often sail or
>> motor sail about 50 miles by
>> myself, and don't use these basic precautions when
>> the weather is nice. I
>> always do when its not nice, tho. I'm re-thinking
>> that now.
>>
>> By the way, the whole idea of spreading ashes is not
>> as nice as TV and the
>> movies make it out to be. There are large bones and
>> other items in the human
>> body that do not turn to dust. What some might think
>> would be a lovely
>> ceremony turns into a plunk-plunk-kerplunk.
>>
>> dave ryan
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Wally Bryant" <wal at wbryant.com>
>> To: <cnc-list at cnc-list.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 12:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: {Stus-List} C&C 40 Lost without a trace
>>
>>
>> > Dave - C&C made a lot of boats.  A well maintained
>> C&C 40 can go
>> > anywhere.  If anything, the requirements for a
>> "blue water cruiser" are
>> > less robust than 30 years ago, since we have so
>> much technology available
>> > that it's easier to avoid problems.
>> >
>> > Re Jim Gray, the local conditions were really
>> benign last weekend, but a
>> > week earlier we had our first winter rainstorm,
>> and a few inches of water
>> > landed from the coast to the Sierra Madre
>> mountains.  Northern California
>> > is a huge watershed area, and the winter storms
>> flush the Sacramento and
>> > American rivers for hundreds of miles.   We have
>> very little rain for
>> eight
>> > months, and then get dumped on in the winter.  So,
>> after the first big
>> > winter rain, tons of logs and heavy stuff get
>> washed down into the SF Bay
>> > and out the Golden Gate bridge.  It's always a
>> time to be extra careful.
>> >
>> > you wrote:
>> > >This brings to mind a question I have been
>> wondering
>> > >about.  <...snip...>  So is a C&C xx a blue water
>> boat?  If
>> > >not, why not?
>> >
>> > - - - - - -             - - - - - -
>> > wal at wbryant.com     www.wbryant.com
>> > Stella Blue - '81 C&C LF38, Hull 90
>> >
>> >
>> >
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