Name: Chuck Stotts (Albatross)
E-mail: sto99
@
msn.com
Location: Seattle, WA USA
Interest: Sailor
Date: 15-Apr-2006 23:20
Congrats on a grand adventure. We too circumnavigated on our Valiant 40, '79 to'83. Crewed in Sidney-Hobart on a 34 footer. What a start with a maxxi's spinnaker rubbing up against our backstay! Loved your comparison of Madeira with Lord Howe, the latter being one of the loveliest. Thanks for sharing.
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Name: Sally&Arnie Chestnut
E-mail: chestnut
@
kingston.net
Location: Kingston On Canada
Interest: Sailor
Date: 05-Apr-2006 21:02
We are a couple,around your ages,with no sailing experience,but getting ready for retirement and ready for new challenges.Have just ordered a PDQ44 cat,booked for lots of sailing courses this summer, and take possession of the boat spring 2007.Your adventures inspire us and we hope to join the sailing fraternity within a year. Our goal to cicumnavigate. thanks ,Sally
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Name: Anil
E-mail: gomezsoft_engg
@
yahoo.co.in
Location: germany
Interest: Accidental Visitor
Date: 27-Mar-2006 22:38
I am so happy that you, Leroy and Karen Chiao had an opportunity to meet each other. I bet that was an out of this world experience!
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Name: Bill Sollars
E-mail: soll77
@
sbcglobal.net
Location: 934 Damn Dr. Washington ch, Ohio, 43160 ,USA
Interest: Sailor
Date: 23-Mar-2006 16:44
I am a dingy sailor,Cyclone 13,Age 83, Your adventure is real kick for me. Sorry I didnt find you sooner...
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Name: Nick Truman
E-mail: ntruman
@
btclick.com
Location: London
Interest: Met along the way
Date: 20-Mar-2006 12:32
Hi
This is a real long shot.... but are you the Peter Crozier that once owned my Ferrari 308 GT4? If so, please drop me a line!!
Kind regards
Nick
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Name: Eze Ken Mugu
E-mail: ekesonguyman
@
yahoo.com
Location: lome togo
Interest: Sailor
Date: 17-Mar-2006 14:21
is a nice site so keep it up biko What an adventure. Read with interest your Southern Ocean experiences something I must do before snuffing it. Not a hint of "testiness" amongst the crew, you must be great mates. Look forward to the book.
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Name: Ram
E-mail: bahamarama1
@
aol.com
Location: Palm Beach, Fl
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 15-Mar-2006 14:39
I hae not read much yet, but what I have seems ery intresting & I plan to read more
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Name: Frankenne
E-mail: frankennef
@
yahoo.fr
Location: Liege, Belgium
Interest: Sailor
Date: 12-Mar-2006 04:51
Congratulation for your concretising such a nice and demanding adventure.
I am a Scientist (medical research) that has so far been stuck to a bench or an office, for this is a demanding job as well. However I will be 60 next year, and I have been thinking (dreaming?) for a long time of sailing for long periods. Although I am not like you an experienced sailor (a real beginner!), your voyage is very inspiring to me and demonstrate 60 is not too old to undertake that kind of endeavour.
THank you and best regards
Francis
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Name: Gordon Lucas
E-mail: familylucas
@
optusnet.com.au
Location: Point Halloran Qld. (Bayside suburb of Brisbane)
Interest: Sailor
Date: 06-Mar-2006 18:10
Another sailor mate put me on to your site. We are both semi-retired & frustrated navy type guys. He was/is a Birdie (John McCormack) while I was a frogman. I actually met my English wife on a sailing holiday in Turkey, but that was my fault.
John is doing it so to speak with a yacht while I listen to his yarns & read your site. You chaps have certainly gotten yourselves around & I have worked out that you like the sea. Good on you both for leading the life of adventure that most of us only dream/read about. Maybe when our young children eventually hand in their bedding?
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Name: bob pitvorec
E-mail: bobkat82
@
netscape.com
Location: sacramento, CA, USA
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 28-Feb-2006 15:17
I formerly owned a small tri-marine & later sailed for one season with a sail club around inland N. CA sites and in San Francisco Bay. At one time I dreamed of doing what you have done. My hat is off to you & my envy is grinding way.
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Name: john gilmour
E-mail: snifter
@
paradise.net.nz
Location: wellington nz
Interest: Sailor
Date: 22-Feb-2006 23:22
What an adventure. Read with interest your Southern Ocean experiences something I must do before snuffing it. Not a hint of "testiness" amongst the crew, you must be great mates. Look forward to the book.
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Name: Johnny P.
E-mail: creekboater
@
aim.com
Location: North Carolina, U.S.A.
Interest: Accidental Visitor
Date: 20-Feb-2006 21:00
You guys are a couple of crazy loons! I've had a gas reading over your site. Hell yeah! This is great stuff, and most clever. Sure do appreciate the time you've put into it. I'm just a seastruck farmer in the states surfing along the web. Great encouragement for my dreams comes rarely --- and you've made the grade. Neato! Stay Fresh, John
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Name: angus whitehouse
E-mail: atw98
@
yahoo.com
Location: syd
Interest: Sailor
Date: 20-Feb-2006 20:10
pops (grandfather) owned origanal boat.
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Name: JIM NANCE
E-mail: jnance
@
nexband.com
Location: Chickamauga, Ga. USA
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 10-Feb-2006 21:54
Hey Mates, I just wanted you to know that I know absolutely nothing about sailing or boats. I ran across your adventures from a neighbor of mine that does know something about what you do. I would read your log update every day. It was very interesting to read about your trip. It was better than a book. More people than you know are reading your updates. Thank you for posting for all to see. Take care. Jim
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Name: carolyn boyd
E-mail: carolynboyd1
@
hotmail.com
Location: spokane wa usa
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 10-Feb-2006 17:31
60 yr old traveler
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Name: carolyn boyd
E-mail:
@
Location:
Interest:
Date: 10-Feb-2006 17:28
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Name: David Lewin
E-mail: david
@
compass24.com
Location: UK
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 02-Feb-2006 11:40
Amazing achievement. Absolutely spellbinding stuff. Followed you all the way round! I also have a whole new vocabulary now! Congratulations
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Name: Michele
E-mail: michelebeth
@
comcast.net
Location: Tucson, Arizona, USA
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 01-Feb-2006 21:27
Having just visited Australia for the 1st time (was in Canberra, Sydney and along the beaches in between) this past November, I tend to love all things Australian! I was there visiting my sister & brother-in-law (on exchange through the Air Force) and didn't want to leave. The three weeks spent doing everything from seeing Fiddler on the Roof in Sydney to getting locked in Tidbinbilla Animal Reserve went way too fast! I was very interested in your adventure and just wanted to say good on ya!
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Name: Geoff Johns
E-mail: geoffjohns
@
fastmail.fm
Location: Solihull, England
Interest: Sailor
Date: 28-Jan-2006 03:14
Pete and Alex : Wow
I picked you up in the South Atlantic on your return and have followed you every day (nearly) since. A fantastic effort by you, well done. Your site is a real credit, and an absolute font of knowledge and experience.
For Christmas Santa brought me amongst other things (liquid), Adlards Coles' Heavy Weather Sailing, and I was delighted to see the old Bus Stop and you guys featured: I trust that you will take time to write up some of those more testing moments in your circumcision and submit them to Adlard Coles for inclusion in future editions.
Good luck with the marathons and all you undertake in the future.
Much humbled
Geoff
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Name: Peter McGee
E-mail: petermcgee14
@
hotmail.com
Location: Newtown, Sydney
Interest: Sailor
Date: 27-Jan-2006 08:44
Congratulations - inspirational!
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Name: Richard Delanty
E-mail: RDelanty
@
bak.rr.com
Location: California USA
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 26-Jan-2006 21:45
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Name: Andrew Waldby
E-mail: awaldby
@
bigpond.com
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Interest: Sailor
Date: 25-Jan-2006 09:20
Got to your website through the SS34 Assoc www.ss34.org, as well as hearing about you on the news, and Syd-Hob commentary. Great feat for both of you. Only just started to read your log. I myself have an SS34 over here in Perth Western Australia - Swagman - www.swagmansailing.com
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Name: Dylan Herbert
E-mail: dylan44
@
gmail.com
Location: London
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 24-Jan-2006 07:08
To say 'congratulations' doesn't really cover it is probably a bit of an understatement. You guys are an inspiration. Cheers
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Name: James
E-mail: GoldVlkyriejg
@
aol.com
Location: DC
Interest: Accidental Visitor
Date: 23-Jan-2006 22:30
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Name: Tim Bevans
E-mail: tabco
@
epix.net
Location: PA. USA
Interest: Sailor
Date: 23-Jan-2006 15:47
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Name: Mike Kelly
E-mail: m_gkelly
@
hotmail.com
Location: St Louis, Michigan USA
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 22-Jan-2006 09:54
54 years and looking to boat in retirement ....trying to figure out how to pay off college loans and do it before we are tool old to physically do it ...Power or Sail (Have not sailed in 30yrs)
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Name: Dario Munoz
E-mail: maruja12
@
hotmail.com
Location: Florida,USA
Interest: Sailor
Date: 20-Jan-2006 11:21
The best for you and the crew.I'll fallow you along the way
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Name: Adam St John-Clarke
E-mail: adamstjohnclarke
@
hotmail.com
Location: uk
Interest: Sailor
Date: 19-Jan-2006 12:39
Dear Gents
You guys are a total inspiration to all sailors. Where you going next? Hope its soon, the internet aint the same without you. Ta.
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Name: Craig Colvin
E-mail: ccolvin
@
utk.edu
Location: Knoxville,Tennessee USA
Interest: Accidental Visitor
Date: 17-Jan-2006 10:20
Found you folks in the Dec 05 AARP Newsletter. I'm an ol' pelican at heart...love the sea and everything it represents!! I've sailed the shallows with the only threat of not making it back to port in time for a cold one(or more)! Keep your sails full...don'tbe surprised if I show up at the dock one day in the not so distant future! Craig
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Name: David Hodge
E-mail: hodgedavid0
@
yahoo.com.au
Location: Sydney, Australia
Interest: Sailor
Date: 15-Jan-2006 19:54
G'day guys.
Hows it being back on the ground for long periods?
I'd love to come out and meet you on the 22nd, however i am due to be crewing for a race that afternoon and am not sure if i will be able to make it.
If i get the chance i'll be along to say hi, if not take care, and i hope to meet you some time.
David
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Name: frances warren
E-mail: franceswarren1942
@
yahoo.com.au
Location: Christchurch New Zealand
Interest: Friend
Date: 14-Jan-2006 04:27
Hi Pete,
You may not remember me but I am Frances nee Walker who is your sister Christine's godmother and she told me about your web site. Am not a sea going person but good on you and I will keep you both in my prayers for your safety. Regards Frances
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Name: Wendy Moline
E-mail: wendymoline
@
bigpond.com
Location: Yungaburra
Interest: Met along the way
Date: 13-Jan-2006 21:11
hi to all of you, including families, and wish i could join you on 22 Jan in the park, but it's a bit far from FNQ where i will be for the next little while. so much enjoyed coming out to meet you at the Heads before Christmas - apart from a couple of pics on www.outimage.net (and a bit of a story that can't possibly do you justice) i have some more - drop me a line if you'd like them emailed on to you
cheers and all the best for a quieter, drier and no doubt sometimes more boring 2006, Wendy
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Name: Bill Hooper
E-mail: w-hooper
@
usa.net
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Interest: Sailor
Date: 13-Jan-2006 10:34
Alex and Pete:
Please get back to the bus shelter and start spinning out more first rate fiction. Pay no mind to the stray dogs and the empties piling up. The rest of us need that daily dose of blue water adventure. Can't wait for the book. I strongly suggest that you get right back to Berri's cabin and start pounding on the keyboard: tell us what the wave height is at the pond and the wind speed over the clubhouse. Otherwise I will start reading the log over again, pretending that you are going around for the second time.
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Name: Judith Hamilton
E-mail: Judith.Hamilton2
@
southtyneside.gov.uk
Location: Sunderland, England
Interest: Sailor
Date: 12-Jan-2006 11:08
Thought this might interest you now that the bus shelter has been demolished
If it itches, scratch it!
I thought Afloat readers would like to share the following.
Rob is a commercial saturation diver for Global Divers in Louisiana. He performs underwater repairs on offshore drilling rigs. Below is an E-mail he sent to his sister.
Hi Sue,
Just another note from your bottom-dwelling brother.
Last week I had a bad day at the office. I know you’ve been feeling down lately at work, so I thought I would share my dilemma with you to make you realize it’s not so bad after all. Before I can tell you what happened to me, I first must bore you with a few technicalities of my job.
As you know, my office lies at the bottom of the sea I wear a suit to the office. It’s a wetsuit. This time of year the water is quite cool …
So what we do to keep warm is this: We have a diesel powered industrial ‘water heater’; this $20,000 piece of equipment sucks water out of the sea. It heats it to a delightful temperature. It then pumps it down to the diver through a hose, which is taped to the air hose.
Now this sounds like a darn good plan, and I’ve used it several times with no complaints.
What I do, when I get to the bottom and start working, is take the hose and stuff it down the back of my wetsuit.
This floods my whole suit with warm water. It’s like working in a Jacuzzi.
Everything was going well until all of a sudden, my bum started to itch. So, of course, I scratched it. This only made things worse.
Within a few seconds my bum started to burn. I pulled the hose out from my back, but the damage was done. In agony I realized what had happened.
The machine had sucked up a jellyfish and pumped it into my suit. Now, since I don’t have any hair on my back, the jellyfish couldn’t stick to it. However, the crack of my bum was not as fortunate.
When I scratched what I thought was an itch, I was actually grinding the jellyfish into the crack of my bum. I informed the dive supervisor of my dilemma over the communicator.
His instructions were unclear due to the fact that he, along with five other divers, were all laughing hysterically.
Needless to say I aborted the dive. I was instructed to make three agonizing in-water decompression stops totalling 35 minutes before I could reach the surface to begin my chamber dry decompression.
When I arrived at the surface, I was wearing nothing but my brass helmet. As I climbed out of the water, the medic, with tears of laughter running down his face, handed me a tube of cream and told me to rub it on my bum as soon as I got in the chamber.
The cream put the fire out, but I couldn’t poop for two days because my bum was swollen shut.
Love, Rob.
Sue forwarded this to a radio station in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, who was sponsoring a worst job experience contest.
Needless to say, she won.
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Name: Mike Croker
E-mail:
@
Location: Steyning, Engl |