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, England
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 11-Jan-2006 07:17
Well done guys - an inspiration to us all.
Keyhaven is a special place for me too: amused that a racing a Mirror can lead to so much! But I guess that you are not alone in that respect.
Thanks for sharing your adventures.
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Name: Martin
E-mail: tinsmyth
@
caribsurf.com
Location: Barbados
Interest: Sailor
Date: 10-Jan-2006 22:10
Hail de Berrimillas! That certainly was one amazing adventure yourselves have undertaken during the past year. I only found out about the Berris in the run up to the Fastnet (wish I had know about youze all since the previous S2H) but maybe that is just as well, cos I think I have accounted for quite a few (well, maybe a few hundred) of those 105k hits here, and could always find any excuse to go and see how the Berris are doing....(and to hell with writing reports for work). And I also enjoyed hours spent catching up on Oz to England via the Falklands.
Yes, the Berri Book will be an impressive account (I won't say story, that doesnt do it justice) when it comes out, and a maritime best-seller for sure.
You chaps have inspired so many folk (like me) to heave themselves out of their computer stools and make plans to acquire / refit the boat, and embark on their own personal oddysey and adventures. Not all will want to follow in your wake (me prefers lower latitudes generally...) but you have proven (yet again) that a well found vessel combined with sensible seamanship (and a crew with a happy outlook on life) can cope with just about anything Neptune might decide to fling at her.
I shall be rather bereft now re Berri stories - will have to just start re-reading the logs again if I find myself getting moored too often to this stool.....
I think you had mentioned keeping the site going, and perhaps inviting other sailors to submit accounts of their voyages (or something along those lines)..... that would be ace if it doesnt give your poor web-wizards too much hassle.
Sorry, me isnt a marathon runner, so wont be joining youze in London next year. But I hope that when you decide to take Berri round the world again, you will do it in rather more leisurely fashion than before, and in lower latitudes as well, following the tradewinds, and turn up here in Barbados for a (few) consultations with the good Doctor Mount Gay - who is infinitely wiser (imho) than Dr Bundy any day! Have I thrown down a gauntlet? Hope so!
See you in Bim..... in the mean time fair winds, calm seas and many happy sailing (and S2H...) times ahead!
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Name: Arlette Betts
E-mail: arlette
@
horizon.co.fk
Location: Falkland Islands
Interest: Friend
Date: 10-Jan-2006 18:28
Hi Alex and Pete. Hope you dont mind me regarding you both as friends. I feel very priveleged having been a miniscule part of your journey by having you board with me for the 10 days you were here in the Islands.It was a delightful encounter and im still telling people about it. The telephone call from my lounge to Leroy on the ISS was amazing and I was so happy for you both that you had the chance to meet up with Leroy and Karen.I was totally gobsmacked when Alex said he was going to run in the marathon and still cannot believe that you did it after all that time at sea and no gradual lead up. Straight in there. Onya Alex.You are some dude.I have followed you both all the way and loved everything you have both written. Bring on the book and the idea of a childrens book is fantastic go for it .You could write one alone on boot ferrals and what they get up to, the mind boggles..I have nothing but admiration and respect for you both and also for your families who have supported you both. It must have been hellish for them at times when things were hairy out on those vast oceans. I can tell you it scared the hell out of me. Anyway guys congratulations and well done, I will continue to log on to the site and keep up with your whereabouts. Good luck in the marathon Alex. Very best wishes to your families as well
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Name: Al Pilliod
E-mail: pilliodal
@
aol.com
Location: San Francisco
Interest: Sailor
Date: 10-Jan-2006 02:10
I'm also an old fart and have done some long distance solo sailing. It's great reading your logs. I wish I was on the trip with you.
Good luck,
Al
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Name: Robert Penney
E-mail: rpenney140
@
aol.com
Location: Casper, Wyoming, USA
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 09-Jan-2006 07:38
Ah, dear friends, you are safely home! It comes to me that there is in this series of great accomplishments a parallel to that told in Tennyson's Ulysses.
That poem is a sometime florid work but is apt and will serve to confound the Vogons and send them home. I recommend Ulysses for the next consultation!
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Name: Dianne Fitzgerald
E-mail: diannef1
@
optushome.com.au
Location: Sydney
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 09-Jan-2006 02:31
Dammit fellas - now how am I going to procrastinate over all my other boring tasks by reading your highly absorbing, interesting, witty and overall amazing logs each day. BUT, congratulations on a truly amazing, awe-inspiring feat, and welcome home!! As a novice but obsessed sailor (albeit almost an old fart-ess of 47) who does some coastal cruising in our Cav 32, you have kept my dream alive that it is never too late to challenge yourself (although my challenges pale in comparison to yours!)If you ever have time, would love to hear your thoughts on how to build offshore experience without necessarily going down the racing track (all that yelling and testosterone may not be quite my bag). Hopefully the Vogon poets are scratching their heads,completely befuddled by your antics and the demolition can be averted...
Good onya boys - you deserve many consultations with the good doctor!
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Name: Helga Diamond
E-mail: helgad
@
afa.org.au
Location: Sydney
Interest: Sailor
Date: 09-Jan-2006 02:06
I'm sad as I'll be missing your daily messages to brighten my working day here at my York Street office, but I'm glad that you arrived back here safely. Have been baking a bit in reflected glory by telling all my friends about you 2 heros from MY Sailing Club, RANSA...
Look forward to meeting you at the Welcome Home Party. Helga (Sheethand from the Sylvara - Dave Giddings' boat)
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Name: Colin Bell
E-mail: cbell
@
robertsltd.com.au
Location: Hobart, Tasmania
Interest: Sailor
Date: 08-Jan-2006 19:02
Alex, Pete and Berri, It is the 9th. you're home and I'm searching for words!
Few are needed..............Pure, dead brilliant!
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Name: Duncan Wells
E-mail: duncan
@
duncanwells.com
Location: Chalfont St Peter, Bucks. UK
Interest: Sailor
Date: 08-Jan-2006 14:48
I forgot to sign in when I started to correspond. Well done. Inspirational. Everyone is sad that it is all over. That was the beauty of the log it could be all things to all people and it was brilliantly written and observed. Thank you.
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Name: Peg Woodall
E-mail: Buffalopeg
@
aol.com
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 08-Jan-2006 11:33
I'm an old "fert" (female for fart, I think) and get a great deal of enjoyment from other peoples escapades! Moved from Great Lakes fresh water sailing area to Ft. Lauderdale almost 9 years ago and can enjoy scenes of gorgeous sailing ships whenever I wish. Lost the boat and captain in a divorce. Mixed blessing!
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Name: Doug Morrison
E-mail: sth.lands
@
optusnet.com.au
Location: Sydney
Interest: Friend
Date: 08-Jan-2006 05:12
Pete and Alex, As you enter Sydney Heads at the completion of a truly epic voyage I have to say thanks for a wonderful year. You have lived your dream but the great thing was you dragged lots of us along with you - I had no idea at the start of 2005 I would be racing to the computer every morning and every evening - you frustrated me when there was nothing and delighted me enormously when there was - some of your emails frightened me in anticipation but mostly they put my sedentary life in its true perspective - thanks for enriching my life - 2005 was a good year because of Pete Crozier and Alex Whitworth.
Doug M
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Name: Paul
E-mail: DiehlPaul
@
aol.com
Location: England
Interest: Sailor
Date: 07-Jan-2006 07:32
I am preparing to collect my Island Packet 44 from San Diego and bring her back to the Med, my first ocean passages. As I fret, worry and anticipate the trip I log on several times a day to check Berri's progress. Sadly, I only found out about you after you had completed the Fastnet but I have been with you every inch of the way since. Seeing how you guys handled the big weather, described in such vivid terms, has enabled me to prepare mentally for the challenges I will face; small by comparison. I am delighted that you are almost home but sad that I will not be able to journey with you anymore.
You rank up there with Miles and Beryl Smeeton, at the top of my list of unassuming truly inspirational hero's.
Paul
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Name: William Hooper
E-mail: w-hooper
@
usa.net
Location: Atlanta, GA USA
Interest: Sailor
Date: 06-Jan-2006 17:31
I feel like I have been a part of your great adventure. Good on ya! The gang here at Atlanta Yacht Club lifts a cold one in your honor.
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Name: Heather Walker
E-mail: walker36
@
cox.net
Location: Arizona USA
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 06-Jan-2006 17:13
I came across an article about you guys in my AARP magazine and looked you up on the internet.I have read several stories about people who have done what you are doing.Any chance National Geografic might do a story about your journey?I wish you all the best.
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Name: Russell
E-mail: russ
@
nrc.co.nz
Location: New Zealand
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 06-Jan-2006 16:24
Read about you in the Yachting Monthly, I admire your adventures. Best of luck. Wish I was there with you. I own a launch but someday will upgrade to a yacht and perhaps do something similar. Not quite you age but catching up.
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Name: Caroline Glover
E-mail: cglover
@
waitrose.com
Location: Hampshire UK
Interest: Sailor
Date: 06-Jan-2006 15:06
Really ex-sailor! Pretty well past any serious ocean stuff now, but still enjoy fair weather stuff. The descriptions have brouoght back so many feelings of great nostalgia, watching the Southern Indian Ocean really pushed my adrenolin out, goodness knows you both must have had a full time factory churning the stuff out!
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Name: Mick Clark
E-mail: mick.clark.steadings
@
hotmail.co.uk
Location: Scotland
Interest: Family
Date: 06-Jan-2006 04:46
Alex I as Hilarys cousinI have taken an interest. I am at Faslane Naval Base on the Clyde. Mention your little extersion to the Royal Navy Sailing School, they are in a state of shock that you and Peter are not mad as they said they would never contemplate such a task.
Rosalind spoke to me the other day and she comented that you are married into the Clark family and well Clarks are one of the best so you had to be the best. Congratulations Alex and Peter and may 2006 give you a time to put your feet up for 5 minutes.
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Name: John Smith
E-mail: johnwilliamsmith
@
hotmail.com
Location: Melbourne
Interest: Sailor
Date: 05-Jan-2006 21:50
I really enjoy reading your logs . Hope you have plenty of pictures to include in your book when you release it.
Cheers
John
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Name: Debra Saucier
E-mail: debra.saucier
@
comcast.net
Location: Euless, Texas
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 05-Jan-2006 21:18
Alex and Pete...... Congrats to you both. Have a tremendous New Year!
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Name: Frank Burgess
E-mail: Frank.Burgess
@
getronics.com
Location: Purleigh, Maldon,UK
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 05-Jan-2006 14:26
Well done ..a great achievement and more to come I'm sure! I sail a similar boat a Hustler 30 based at Marconi Sailing Club.
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Name: Tom Wade
E-mail: tmacuaidh
@
hotmail.com
Location: Dublin , oireland
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 04-Jan-2006 10:19
As an old fart just after passing the half century, I am delighted by your achievement. I've dabbled in dinghies and stuff, just enough to have a faint inkling of how tough it must have been. I'm beginning to feel the urge to take to the water again, although usually I get my kicks from dwarfish aeroplanes. Well done indeed.
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Name: Donna V. Wakefield
E-mail: dvmoonbird
@
myway.com
Location: Valley View, Texas
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 03-Jan-2006 13:04
Congratulations on your finish of the S2H race - way to go. Enjoy the New Year.
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Name: Chris and Katie Russell (Associate)
E-mail: crantock
@
tcp.co.uk
Location: Winchester UK
Interest: Met along the way
Date: 03-Jan-2006 12:01
Well done guys - we opened a couple for you when you got in. Here's to more adventures - perhaps our wakes will cross again. If you need any help in UK please get in touch - email above. Good onya. Chris & Katie (Sweden 38 Associate - Fastnet 2005)
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Name: Glen Olsen
E-mail: gso
@
tctwest.net
Location: Lovell, Wyoming USA
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 02-Jan-2006 21:09
My hat's off to you fellows. You are actually doing what most of us only dream of. Always wanted to do some serious sailing ever since I learned how on a little laser while stationed in Guam. Good on you. Regards, gso
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Name: Doug & Ruth Young
E-mail: dgyounng_2000
@
yahoo.com
Location: Tacoma Washington USA
Interest: Sailor
Date: 02-Jan-2006 15:00
Nice Yar vessel. We sail an Alberg 29
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Name: Sue Broadbent
E-mail: spinneysu
@
hotmail.com
Location: Warwick, UK
Interest: Sailor
Date: 02-Jan-2006 12:04
Used to live aboard a 36FT Falmouth Yawl sailing off the East Coast and Brittany - so good I never wanted a break!
Followed The Log avidly - in depth!
Well Done Lads! You were still at school when I was sailing!
Love Sue
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Name: Judy and Robert Foale
E-mail: randjfoale
@
hotmail.com
Location: Collaroy NSW
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 02-Jan-2006 03:22
I am an old school friend of your sister Chris and recently had a weekend away in Melb with her. We have been following you for many months and are looking forward to the first release of the book which I am sure you must write....what an adventure. I can't imagine what it must have been like but envy you. My husband now wants to do the land version on his Harley (with me on the back of course!). Congratulations to you both and all your families for letting you go. Regards Jude
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Name: Bill Waykins
E-mail: bill'watkins
@
qbe.com
Location: Sydney
Interest: Sailor
Date: 01-Jan-2006 17:51
Congratulations and Happy New Year to you all! We are so pleased that the entire plan has been seen through. I shall continue to think that Berri and the Berriphiles hold the Hobart to Hobart record, line honours and a handicap win as well - seems obvious you showed the way for Wild Oats really! All the very best.
Bill Watkins & Cathy Josling
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Name: Malcolm Shaw
E-mail: mshaw
@
esmartmove.com.au
Location: sydney
Interest: Sailor
Date: 01-Jan-2006 06:23
Hi Alex and Pete, Well done making Hobart before New Year.
Please let me know when you are back in Sydney so we can have a sail and discuss the book release through RSYS and RPAYC (as well as the other Royal Clubs around the world)
Well done again.
best wishes
Malcolm Shaw
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Name: Ron Cuskelly
E-mail: ron
@
adastron.com
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Interest: Friend
Date: 31-Dec-2005 18:39
Congratulations on another outstanding achievement. If some yobbo in the crowd at Constitution Dock yells out "One more time", don't feel that you have to do it again for old time's sake. Remember, go north good ship Berri and turn left after ten lighthouses.
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Name: Ron Bench
E-mail: rbench
@
pn.usbr.gov
Location: Grand Coulee Dam WA USA
Interest: Sailor
Date: 31-Dec-2005 12:02
Congratulations!
Have been following you fellows for some time, now.
Thanks for the entertainment and the fine example for the rest of us.
Ron Bench
(Mad Manx)
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Name: Phil Austin
E-mail: flipinoz
@
yahoo.com
Location: Sandpoint, Idaho
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 31-Dec-2005 11:21
Pete and Alex,
Congratulations.... a truly bloody amazing trip -- all accolades truly deserved. For the past 3 weeks have been vicariously sharing it with you and like an old mother hen watching your S2H position reports on Google Earth, furiously calculating whether you could make Constitution Dock for the NY Bash. Did you feel the willpower sent your way in sudden little bursts of speed? Thankfully I can now turn off the damned computer and return to the back paddock where I'm overhauling a Westsail 32 (year five of a one year project) - it's time to splash the old gal again.....
Cheers and fair winds back to Sydney.
Phil
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Name: Robert Duty
E-mail: robtduty
@
hotmail.com
Location: Dickinson, Texas
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 31-Dec-2005 10:20
I have been following your escapade every since I read the article in aarp publication. I am an old fart just like you guys are , and I have
had a longing to be on the sea for a long time. It is almost like being there to read your logs and to imagine that I amd along on the voyage. You guys keep up the good work ,and know that there are a lot of people going along with you, and rootin for you all the way. I am a retired newspaper pressman. See you later. Robert Duty
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Name: fiona smith
E-mail: fionamae
@
bigpond.net.au
Location: sydney
Interest: Friend
Date: 31-Dec-2005 03:30
so you've done it !!!!! We all knew it was never in doubt.
Once you guys have a plan it we know it will happen [one way or another]
have a guiness for me I'll see you back in sydney.
you're both in a very special club.
Berri parked herself in the derwent 'coz she wants to keep going
we LUv yuz fionaxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Robyn
E-mail: robynmorton
@
bigpond.com
Location: Sydney
Interest: Sailor
Date: 31-Dec-2005 00:16
YeeeeeHaaaah. Congratulations on the successful conclusion of the Berrimilla adventure. Pete, you don't have to leap overboard now to escape! Have a safe trip home and we'll see you there. I'm off to the RANSA consulting room now as I understand there is going to be a huge fireworks display tonight to celebrate your achievement
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Name: Robert J. Penney
E-mail: rpenney140
@
aol.com
Location: Casper, WY
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 30-Dec-2005 22:14
What a travail! Well, at least there are four others for a consultation.
Enjoy.
New subject: I have a live camera view from Rose Bay Highschool in Hobart. There is a large, high bridge pictured, with an impressive mountain in the
background. What is the name of the bridge, and where is it from the landing
for the events there in Hobart?
Glad you had company for the slog down to Hobart.
Bob
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Name: Mike Pearce
E-mail: mike
@
mike-pearce.co.uk
Location: UK
Interest: Sailor
Date: 30-Dec-2005 06:22
I've been following you silently since you left UK. I'm negotiating the purchase of a Moody 419 with the aim of long distance cruising. Your experiences are both very encouraging and educational as I'm interested in both how it feels to be out there, which you describe superbly and in the technical side, which you also cover very well. Actually you remind me a bit of the film 'MASH' - coping with extreme pressure by applying a liberal dose of humour.
But the best thing of all is that you're both older than me and your boat is smaller - so I have no excuses!
Good luck and congratulations on accomplishing a fantastic dream voyage. What will you do next?
Mike
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Name: Ann Graham
E-mail: balicia.beacon
@
gmail.com
Location: Silver Spring MD USA
Interest: Friend
Date: 30-Dec-2005 00:09
Alex, Pete and crew - well done. Have a well-deserved celebration in Hobart. The best to you all in the new year.
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Name: Ken & Fiona
E-mail: sail4earth
@
hotmail.com
Location: Sydney
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 29-Dec-2005 15:08
Friends of Allan F. It's been interesting watching your progress in the Sydney to Hobart at the Rolex sight. Happy sailing & to Allan, behave your self in Hobart.
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Name: Juliann Cheney
E-mail: koksetna
@
citlink.net
Location: Colusa, CA
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 29-Dec-2005 10:34
I read about you in an AARP magazine...and I have NEVER understood what spurs people as yourselves to set out across large bodies of water in a small boat. I much prefer to just hop on a bicycle and stay on land. Must be a difference in genetic makeup. I wish for you a very safe journey.....someday I will visit your part of the world.....I have a painting hanging here entitled "The Blue Hills of Australia"....painted around 1910 by a British artist. I plan on seeing those hills in person.
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Name: Mike Nelson
E-mail: mike
@
aposite.com.au
Location: Perth W.A.
Interest: Sailor
Date: 29-Dec-2005 08:00
I found you late in the piece and have been devouring the logs with enourmous pleasure. I felt the full horror of the loss of your Merlin, mine is an old friend purchased direct from Mike Pepperday the writer of the programme. I shall doubly careful of mine from now on.
Go Berri!
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Name: John McCormack
E-mail: huon_24
@
bigpond.com
Location: Sydney
Interest: Sailor
Date: 29-Dec-2005 06:21
Alex and Peter, it was a pleasure to meet you both when you docked at the CYCA on 20 Dec, albeit very briefly and with only one beer before I had to head off to work (the tie was a giveaway). It was worth looking a little out of place on the wharf to experience first hand a little bit of the magic.
A pity about the lobster pot off Maroubra and the Point Perp parking lot. It happens.
I expect that the Whitworth and Crozier adventure will be talked about amongst sailors worldwide for many years as one of the great sailing achievements.
A truly outstanding accomplishment.
BZ to both of you. BZ also to your families and supporters, especially Stephen Jackson and Malcolm Robinson without whom the rest of us couldn't have been a part of it all.
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Name: David Baldock
E-mail: david.bw
@
bigpond.com
Location: Bellbrook (Mid North Coast NSW)
Interest: Friend
Date: 29-Dec-2005 01:56
Hi there Alex, Just a quick note I caught up with your site today and will certainly have some reading. All the best from Una & myself and a wonderful 2006 for you.
Best Regards
David & Una B.
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Name: David Epstein
E-mail: dred
@
bigpond.net.au
Location: sydney
Interest: Sailor
Date: 28-Dec-2005 07:15
your travels at sea are very inspiring f
for dreamers like me, thank you for sharing your experiences
it makes for much better reading than all that kevlar and carbon fibre stuff
Go the Berri!!
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Name: Bruce Bott
E-mail: bbott
@
cox.net
Location: Humboldt Bay, California
Interest: Sailor
Date: 27-Dec-2005 21:32
Read every one of your logs! Inspiration and adventure for the rest of us. (i.e. Those of us who can't afford a super-maxi).
Certainly the voyage of a lifetime. Not many people can say, "Well, we did the S-H, then for a lark, sailed roundabout to do the Fastnet, then home and another Hobart".
I say, "Go the Berrimilla!"
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Name: Jerry Milne
E-mail: Popham414
@
aol.com
Location: Oceanside, N.Y. U.S.A.
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 27-Dec-2005 17:27
I'm 72, a U.S.Coast Guard veteran, who now sails model yachts 4 feet long in club races twice a week, in the summer months when the water isn't so hard.
I fulfill my sense of adventure by watching you. I read of your website in my AARP magazine, too late to watch your earlier adventures. Thanks for making this available to us.
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Name: Howard Sander,Jr.
E-mail: howard26
@
comcast.net
Location:
Interest:
Date: 27-Dec-2005 11:59
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Name: Rhett Lego
E-mail: rhett.lego
@
theconjointmarketinggroup.com
Location: Munich
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 27-Dec-2005 02:09
Guys - epic stuff. I am an Aussie who was in Australia for work / pleasure in December and heardof the journey on the ABC. I have been following the S2H every few hours on the web (with the Google Earth feature!)and remembered about your journey. So I located the the details about you in the media centre and found your site.
YOu are an inspiration to us all. For me - where it is 0800 on the 27th DEC here in MUC with snow everywhere - cold and wet like where you are now - you mak me feel very homesick.
I'm with you in spirit.
Regards form here for now - Rhett and the MUC zoo.
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Name: Drew Lean
E-mail: andrewlean
@
optusnet.com.au
Location: Melbourne
Interest: Sailor
Date: 26-Dec-2005 16:23
Hi - have followed Berri's trip intently. I own another Brolga, R77 Sgian Dubh, which I keep at RYCV in Melbourne. Congratulations Alex and Peter on an exceptional adventure. Best of luck and happy sailing, Drew
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Name: Matty Borg
E-mail: borgboys
@
dcsi.net.au
Location: Noojee
Interest: Sailor
Date: 26-Dec-2005 11:27
Just had a look at the yacht tracker as Im going to loose conection for network upgrades. Just for a few hours.
I was supprised to see your pos. Hope your having a good ride.
Matty & Boys
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Name: Dennis
E-mail: yachtboffin
@
bigpond.com
Location: Dangar Island
Interest:
Date: 26-Dec-2005 07:56
A late Happy Christmas to you and yours............Good to see you actually got a bit of air time of Channel Seven TV , about time too. Its just before Midnight on 26th Dec. Very little wind on the Hawkesbury, I should think there wouldn't be much offshore for you either either..... Interesting whether it is more restful you having a "full crew" instead of just the two of you. Have a good trip, enyoy the QLD when you get there. Must be time I did the trip again, I haven't blown my balls up at the QLD for oh so many years now.............never got around to doing it it in 1994. So it would have been in 81' on Condor of Bermuda..............the old trick might not work now!!!! Cheers to all
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Name: rick mittelhauser
E-mail: snow-bird
@
earthlink.net
Location: cocoa beach, florida
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 26-Dec-2005 07:23
just saw a small article on your travels in a magazine. just checked out the website and the logs will be of interest when i have a few days to read. i grew up in connecticut on long island sound. my parents were avid sailboaters. i will pass this site onto my brothers and sister as they will also find it very interesting. they all live in new england area (maine and south) and have been brought up as boaters. good luck to you all and happy sails.
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Name: David Hodge
E-mail: forcercommander0
@
hotmail.com
Location: Hornsby, Sydney, Australia
Interest: Sailor
Date: 26-Dec-2005 05:25
G'day Alex and crew.
I'm a 17 year old with an interest in sailing. When my friend, Peter Mudie, heard i was headed out to watch the S2H start he pointed me towards this site.
Its been really interesting reading this site, thanks so much for putting it up.
I've been interested in being part of the sydney to hobart for years and will be old enough to next year. Until then i shall watch the races, and especially yours and your crew's.
Good luck and god speed.
David
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Name: Glen Margolis
E-mail: glenmargolis
@
yahoo.com
Location: San Francisco, CA
Interest: Sailor
Date: 26-Dec-2005 04:25
Fantastic voyage! Well Done. Refreshing to hear about contemporaries who are sailing closer to the heels of Connor Obrian and other sailing greats than to the world of canting keels and Maxi's.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and best of luck always!
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Name: angus whitehouse
E-mail: atw98
@
yahoo.com
Location: syd
Interest: Sailor
Date: 26-Dec-2005 02:54
ha guys,
first good luck!! not it seems that you need it with a great track record. had to drop buy just to see if you were in a boat that had the same name that was owned by my grandfather, but his my mother thinks was a blue bird.. intrested to see why u chose that name. Thanks and good luck..
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Name: Lalitha Krishnan
E-mail: krishnan_s
@
optusnet.com.au
Location: Tennyson Point
Interest: Friend
Date: 26-Dec-2005 01:50
Hi Peter and Jeanne
Since been told, I have kept a constant watch at your progress. Have read about you guys from your site. Jeanne I never knew that your husband was involved with racing. Will keep following the race. Keep our fingers crossed for Berrimilla. Best of luck.
Lali
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Name: Donna V. Wakefield
E-mail: dvmoonbird
@
myway.com
Location: Valley View, Texas
Interest:
Date: 25-Dec-2005 22:44
There was a small blurb about you two in the AARP magazine - which I naturally read a couple of months late and you've already returned to Sydney. However, my Dad always talked about getting a yacht and sailing around the world sometime. He hasn't done it, sadly for him, and I don't suppose he will now. I guess we weren't overly enthused about joining him and he doesn't want to do it alone. And I love reading about and watching on telly the around the world yacht races (can't remember the names of the races at the moment, but they'll come back to me eventually). Maybe the Whitbread, the Vendee Globe and the Around The World, or something like that? I really think this is such an extreme sport, and requires such courage (or maybe a naive belief that all will be well, in spite of being in such an incredibly small vessel in such an incredibly large space). So I thought it would be fun to "follow you" as the article put it. Oh, just as an fyi, I can't sail - never learnt, although I've been a passenger on a yacht a few times. Get dreadfully seasick if I go below decks (ever). Hope you both had a great Christmas. Good luck to your future trips.
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Name: Laurence
E-mail: lpriddle
@
matra.com.au
Location: Sydney
Interest: Sailor
Date: 25-Dec-2005 20:01
Tracking you all the way to the Customs House Hotel. Hope that you enjoy fair winds and fine companionship.
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Name: Roger Bonnet
E-mail: rb
@
shera.com.au
Location: Sydney
Interest: Sailor
Date: 25-Dec-2005 18:05
Howdy to yoo too guys doing what I yearn for! Everytime I sail my Northshore 27 out of Pittwater I just want to keep going. A solo circumnavigation is always on my mind. Just heard your Boxing day interview on 702 and I only heard of your adventures on another recent 702 interview. Would love to chat once you settle back home and find out much more about what I would need to do to get to the next step. My wife and daughters think I am nuts! I just think that dying with dreams still inside is not a good idea!
Have a fantatsic ride to Hobart!. I will think about your trip as I take my 85 year old mum out for an afternoon boxing day sail on Pittwater!
ENJOY!
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Name: Matty Borg
E-mail: borgboys
@
dcsi.net.au
Location: Noojee, Vic.
Interest: Sailor
Date: 25-Dec-2005 17:10
Gidday Pete & Alex, all the best for S2H 2005.
Your journey has been of great intrest to me and now we have computer technology I will be watching your progress on yacht tracker.
I have been dingy sailing since I was 5,and the S2H has always been my dream.
Now my two boys are getting older (Im a solo dad) and the bank ballance is looking like we might be able afford a bath tub,I may be able to realize my dream in 2 or 3 years.
Weather is looking good so have a great ride.
Looking foward to your next Log update.
Will email yous again later.
Matty & Sons.
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Name: Edna Heard
E-mail: Ednalimey
@
msn.com
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 25-Dec-2005 16:02
Hey you two old farts, this old fartette, sitting in the high desert of New Mexico where things are so dry (how dry are they?) I got a letter yesterday and the postage stamp was affixed with a paper clip! Would love to be out there with the wind 'like a whetted knife' sailing and being chums with two jolly tars...right now, I'm a landlubber, taking care of mum and pretty well stuck, that's why I like to log on and see where you've been and what you've been up to - then I can dream of blue seas, squalls, funny things, like getting mad at the person you are sailing with, and deciding to kill him and feed him to the sharks! A lot of trust between you too. Good sailing, I'll be with you in spirit!
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Name: Ken Zurnamer
E-mail: zurn
@
ans.com.au
Location: Sydney
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 25-Dec-2005 06:03
Good luck with Syd - Hob - you guys are an inspiration!!
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Name: Reamon Ryan
E-mail: reamonjryan
@
eircom.net
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 24-Dec-2005 14:07
I first read about you in yachting monthly.I was instantly enthralled by these inspiring men of my own vintage.I sail every sunday morning with other 5 other like minded duffers of the same age as Alex and Pete on a benetau 29. I am so pleased these heroes have made it safely home. Every good wish for Sydney -Hobart.
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Name: David Larsen
E-mail: dcpajm
@
hotmail.com
Location: Honolulu
Interest: Accidental Visitor
Date: 23-Dec-2005 17:36
Your inspiring trip made this 61 yo cancer survivor remember to carpe diem.
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Name: MARCUS HAYWARD
E-mail: MHAYWARD
@
XLN.CO.UK
Location: KENT ENGLAND
Interest: Sailor
Date: 22-Dec-2005 16:11
Well done Alex & Pete congrats on your achievement, Fantastic!
Although I've been pretty busy in the restaurant recently you have not been out of my thoughts It is a great relief to me and I suspect many others that you have made it safe and sound.Good luck in the race to come, I will be following it avidly.
Best wishes
marcus
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Name: jj.w.woollard
E-mail:
@
Location: u.k.eastcoast
Interest: Sailor
Date: 22-Dec-2005 15:34
well done you have moor guts then me
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Name: Paul Hansen
E-mail: pjhansen
@
uvic.ca
Location: Vancouver
Interest: Sailor
Date: 22-Dec-2005 14:12
You have captured my interests in:
Sailing literature: I've just finished 'The Long Way' and your work is equal or better since Moitessier didn't make any references to the HHGTTG. I'll buy your book and make all my friends buy it too.
Running: Will I be able to run the Falklands marathon after being at sea for months. I am not worthy.
Roslyn Forrest: You had the wrong alan keys, she had the wrong winch handles. Same thing?! "Proper Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance", Paul Elvstrom.
Safety at sea: You will have saved many lives since all us wankers who thought we could do it don't have to even try now. Why not? I feel like I've done it already. Time for a beer.
Safety at Sea 2: All us wankers (including Roslyn) who think we can, have given our heads a shake and have noticed how much heavy air experience you had prior (how many S2H's?). I think you should expound on your boat though as it looks like it's build like a tank (from the inside photos) and many untrained wannabees probably wouldn't pick up on that. I'm not setting off in anything less.
Way to go eh!
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Name: Gary Humble
E-mail: pluto
@
lisp.com.au
Location: Our Nation's Capital, Australia
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 22-Dec-2005 09:31
Thankyou and well done. You've fulfilled one of my life's dreams. I logged on to your website over two hours ago and have only read a few chapters of the log, so far. My only regret is that I found out about your wonderful trip and log after you'd finished, and so missed out on the opprtunity to be enthralled in following your progress in 'real time'. Keep it up - Bernard Moitessier had the right idea, just keep on sailing. Where to now?
PS. Pete - Are you the same one who worked at Macquarie Uni in Earth Sciences back in the 70's?
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Name: Andy Browne
E-mail: andybrowne
@
msn.com
Location: Northumberland UK
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 22-Dec-2005 09:26
Well done on your achievement. Second to non.All the best for the Sydney Hobart
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Name: John Stokes
E-mail: sales
@
clearbore.com.au
Location: Bilpin NSW
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 22-Dec-2005 00:32
Read the article in the Herald since then I've spent some hours on the net reading of your trials and tribulations, an excellent read when is the book being published? Well done!
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Name: Steve Kidson
E-mail: steve.kidson
@
optusnet.com.au
Location: Sydney
Interest: Sailor
Date: 21-Dec-2005 22:04
Congratulations on the completion of your journey and fulfillment of your dream. I have long dreamt of sailing a S2H, and know I am getting closer (my boat should be back in the water next year)
Best regards, fair winds and calm seas.
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Name: john conroy
E-mail: jfconroy
@
bigpond.net.au
Location: sydney
Interest: Friend
Date: 21-Dec-2005 21:40
what a life! peter when are you going to settle down like the rest of us. i certainly hope your home brew is an improvement on your dad's effort.
brava! to you both on completing these wonderful adventures.
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Name: Bill Hanna
E-mail: WHHanna1
@
Juno. Com
Location: Lincoln, R. I.
Interest: Sailor
Date: 21-Dec-2005 11:30
Great web site ! You fellows have really big ones. I sold my 25 O'Day last year and am down to a 14' inflatible on a trailer now. At 83 the knees are shakey and in no condition for a sailboat. Enjoy reading your accounts.
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Name: Bill Hanna
E-mail: WHHanna1
@
Juno. Com
Location: Lincoln, R. I.
Interest: Sailor
Date: 21-Dec-2005 11:12
Great web site ! You fellows have really big ones. I sold my 25 O'Day last year and am down to a 14' inflatible on a trailer now. At 83 the knees are shakey and in no condition for a sailboat. Enjoy reading your accounts.
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Name: Malcolm Shaw
E-mail: mshaw
@
esmartmove.com.au
Location: Sydney
Interest: Sailor
Date: 21-Dec-2005 03:55
We have a 30 foot Currawong called Bloodhound (also a Joubert design) which we race around the cans every Saturday in Sydney Harbour against Jim Dunstan in Zeus 2 (another Currawong).
We have followed your trip and are amazed at the durability of the fabulous Berrimilla (and her crew)
If I can be any help at all in your preparation for S2H please let me know.
Mobile 0414 971 475
Good Sailing
Malcolm Shaw
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Name: Alan Duffy
E-mail: aduffy
@
cisco.com
Location: Hardys Bay
Interest: Sailor
Date: 20-Dec-2005 23:20
Hi Alex and Peter,
Congratulations on completion of such a voyage. Just before the last Hobart when I heard of your plans of the trip, I kept thinking of the scale of it all, and it seemed too grand to comprehen.
All the best in the fast upcoming Hobart, lets hope for those quiet first couple of days.
cheers,
Alan
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Name: fiona smith
E-mail: fionamae
@
bigpond.net.au
Location: sydney
Interest: Friend
Date: 20-Dec-2005 22:55
We're all so proud of you .The picture of berri in my clinic gets a lot of attention you have no idea how many people know of your exploits and as I am the only visible crew in the picture I can bask in a little of your glory without all the hard work. Next chapter is still a big one lets hope for a drift to slow down those big boats followed by somthing fast for the tough little tailenders so you can take them on handicap. What ever happens we know you and berri can do it in style
Love & kisses Fiona xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Steve Fox
E-mail: fox699
@
mac.com
Location: Sydney
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 20-Dec-2005 21:37
Good luck and keep going and remember, it's a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll.
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Name: Kevin Squires
E-mail: kevlau
@
dodo.com.au
Location: Wollongong
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 20-Dec-2005 16:46
I heard a interview with you guys and James O'locklan from Hobart and I thought these two people have lived their dream. So I will follow your progress in the Sydney to Hobart - All the best
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Name:
E-mail:
@
Location:
Interest:
Date: 20-Dec-2005 15:24
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Name: Carole Hirsch
E-mail: twtoes
@
aol.com
Location: Oakland, California
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 20-Dec-2005 15:23
Hi Alex & Peter.I clipped out the blurb about your adventure from Parade and finally signed in. I love the sailing adventures and will look forward to your book. I loved reading Sir Francis Chichester's book and then Naomi James -- I'm sure you must know her. It broke my heart when her kitty went overboard. I've had the opportunity to do quite a bit of sailing here in the San Francisco Bay and Pensacola and various places in the world where I've vacationed. I love sailing but have to rely on people with the boats and currently I know no one. What a thrill to have accomplished this and all your other successes -- keep it up!!! Cheerio Carole
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Name: Mary Clair
E-mail: mlcvoov
@
hotmail.com
Location: Vienna, Virginia, USA
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 20-Dec-2005 15:00
Just read about your trip today in my grandfather's AARP mag. Good for you!! I'm eager to read through your log entries! I want to learn to sail!
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Name: John McSmith
E-mail: mcsmith202
@
ozemail.com.au
Location: Nelligen near BatemansBay
Interest: Friend
Date: 20-Dec-2005 14:53
Well done a credit to you both. Do Your familys need this break? Best of luck with your travells, looking forward to your book.Regards John
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Name: Johno
E-mail: john.tattersall
@
jpmorgan.com
Location: London/Hampshire
Interest: Sailor
Date: 20-Dec-2005 05:30
been following your progress since June - absolutely bl00dy chuffed to bits that you've made it back in time for the S2H - you're an example to us all, many thanks for this site.
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Name: Rick
E-mail:
@
Location:
Interest:
Date: 20-Dec-2005 01:41
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Name: Joe Casey
E-mail: pjcasey112
@
yahoo.com
Location: West River, Maryland (USA)
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 20-Dec-2005 00:46
So, Peter says the latest post was the last, bu that was some 50nm shy of Sydney. Have they arrived in Sydney. Its one thing to circumnavigate but did they get home? (smile)Or did Peter and Alex pull a Bernard Moitessier and and keep heading east?
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Name: Hilary
E-mail:
@
Location: Sydney
Interest: Family
Date: 19-Dec-2005 22:46
This is a big public thank you to Stephen Jackson and Malcolm Robinson who have maintained the communications link between Alex and Peter and all of us: the sailors, those who have met along the way, the interested observers, the friends and that smaller us, the family members. Without them, there would have been no web site, no berri e-mail, no position reports, ... Thank you both very much. Hilary
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Name: Geoff Goeldner
E-mail: geoff
@
byarong.com
Location: Sydney
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 19-Dec-2005 20:00
Well done guys. Have followed your journey for many months and have thoroughly enjoyed "the trip". Great to have you both back home safe and well. Merry Christmas and good luck in S2H 2005.
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Name: Judith Hamilton
E-mail: Judith.Hamilton2
@
southtyneside.gov.uk
Location: Sunderland - England
Interest: Sailor
Date: 19-Dec-2005 11:56
Well done guys - congratulations and good look for the S2H race - keep the logs going if possible as may keen readers wishing you well and keen for any snippet of progress. Festive wishes.
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Name: Les & Karen
E-mail: les.wr
@
bigpond.net.au
Location: Syd
Interest: Sailor
Date: 19-Dec-2005 05:23
Well done Alex and Peter.
Just wanted to add my thanks to all who have helped us watch this journey unfold on our screens.
We really do beleive you are in a bus shelter at Fox Studios and we will all sign the petition to stop the giant fast food franchise evicting you, but it may not do any good.
Perhaps reading them poetry will work!!!!!!!
Seems a long time since we had lunch after S2H last year, and I am stuck at work in PNG this year, so we wont be able to have a scallop pie together at the Taste of Tassie.
Many thanks to Malcolm and Steven for giving us access to this adventure and being able to share it.
We will treasure our shirt and windcheater and look forward to the book.
Good luck and fair winds for the S2H, hope you dont have to act as radio relay vessel again for the fleet like last year.
Looking forward to watching the start at work with the new Channel 7 coverage and keeping up to date with your progress in the race.
Karen will be out watching the start and if she gets any good pics we will send them on.
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Name: Dennis
E-mail: yachtboffin
@
bigpond.com
Location: Dangar Island
Interest:
Date: 19-Dec-2005 04:36
Welcome Home !!!
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Name: Michael Henderson
E-mail: mhenderson1
@
bigpond.com
Location: Sydney
Interest: Sailor
Date: 18-Dec-2005 23:33
Norma and I have a Peter Joubert-designed Cape Barren Goose, "Cera". She was built by Geoff Baker in the same shed and at the same time as your Berrimilla, and we fitted her out ourselves. We spent eight years 1981-1989 sailing eastabout to Europe (where the Joub visited us in St Katherines Dock) then coming back westabout. We still potter around the SW Pacific from time to time. We are in awe of your trip, and will try to catch you at the CYC on Christmas Day, when we usually visit the club to see the Hobart boats. Congratulations on your safe return (assuming you make it through the night!).
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Name: Tina
E-mail: kalotina318
@
aol.com
Location: San Francisco, CA
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 18-Dec-2005 22:20
I just read a short blurb about your adventures in the December 2005 AARP Bulletin. Right On! How excellent it is that you "self-described 'two old farts in a small boat'" are out there having, no doubt, a great time of it. My husband and I have only talked about such adventures when we retire, so you are an inspiration. We will follow your progress and wish you all the best.
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Name: Eamonn Myllally
E-mail: eamonn.mullally
@
btinternet.com
Location: UK
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 18-Dec-2005 18:29
Well done! Your ambition and achievement are inspirational. I have been following the daily logs for the last 6 weeks and am delighted that you have taken all the examiner could throw at you and came sailing through! All the best for the Sydney - Hobart race and the London marathon
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Name: Charles Cheeseman
E-mail: charlescheeseman
@
comcast.net
Location: West Chester PA USA
Interest: Sailor
Date: 18-Dec-2005 17:15
Just discovered your adventure when reading the AARP magazine two weeks ago. spent two hours reading up on your voyages. I am another old fart (73) who enjoyes sailing my 32 ft Bayfield in the Chesapeake Bay. You have given me new hope that I may continue for some time yet. Congratulations on your acheivement and best wishes for a great run in the Sydney Hobart 2005.
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Name: Nick Hillier
E-mail: hilliernj
@
aol.com
Location: Gosport, UK
Interest: Sailor
Date: 18-Dec-2005 13:13
Prompted by the RYA magazine, I have been logging in ever since. Would be very interested to know more about the boat - type, age etc. (I'll obviously have to read the book) Would also be fascinated to hear views on boat design and survivability and whether those views have changed over the years - better after completion of your latest Sydney Hobart. Good luck - your adventures are getting me through the dark days of winter! Roll on retirement and more time to sail.
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Name: Tom
E-mail: Tomwilson49
@
mchsi.com
Location: Des Moines Iowa USA
Interest: Sailor
Date: 17-Dec-2005 21:46
great trip saw a note in ARP long time drean of mine
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Name: Barry Duncan
E-mail: barryduncan
@
unwired.com.au
Location: Sydney
Interest: Friend
Date: 17-Dec-2005 21:25
The party is almost over my friends. There is the Sydney to Hobart Race starting on boxing day to complete the overall plan, however the two handed part, that started from Hobart on January 10, ends this week when they enter Sydney Harbour.
I have been following their epic saga right from the start. I have known Peter Crozier and family for years and I have been a sailor. I have yet to meet Alex in the flesh.
While the book will be a must to read, It won’t be quite like it was for me, following the log in real time, blow by blow, gigantic wave by wave, through the high and low points, unable to turn to the last chapter to see the outcome. It was great being able to communicate with Alex & Pete through this website, while they were all at sea.
While Pete and Alex have had the leading roles, we owe a big thanks to Malcolm in Hobart and Stephen in Sydney, the joint webmasters who maintained communications around the world, often with great difficulty, patience and perseverance.
Alex, with his unique whit and vocabulary has even been able to make the boring parts interesting.
My thanks also go to Alex’s sister, Isabella, who has tried to demystify his jottings by compiling the glossary, A Hitchhikers Guide to Berriland.
I will miss this website; however I will catch up with some face to face consultations and celebrations.
Barry Duncan,
Sydney.
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Name: Ian
E-mail: rhumbdo
@
tiscali.co.uk
Location: Chatham UK
Interest: Sailor
Date: 17-Dec-2005 02:55
G'Day Pete and Alex,
It's a little inconsiderate of you to actually finish the voyage......what the hell am I going to look at every morning now? I'll have to watch TV or something, but don't you worry about me, you just carry on regardless!
"Congratulations" seems too little to say, your logs have been addictive and the pair of you are inspirational. You have my total admiration and respect - I salute you both. Good luck in the S2H. Looking forward now to 'the book' and to my ever closer departure date for my own circumnavigation next June. Well done fella's, good on ya!
Ian
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Name: Pat Gibbs
E-mail: patrickgibbs
@
seanet.com
Location: Seattle, Wa. USA
Interest: Sailor
Date: 17-Dec-2005 01:41
Words fail me. Nicely done sirs. Good luck getting to the S/H start and tell the boot ferals I said "Hi".
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Name: Peg Woodall
E-mail: Buffalopeg
@
aol.com
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 16-Dec-2005 20:54
Retired grandma living in the sailing capital of America. Sailed for years on a 1969 Swan 43, in Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and ICWW to Florida and the Bahamian out-islands and Eleuthera. I think you are very brave "old farts!"
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Name: Sharon Warren
E-mail: Sharon_Warren
@
telus.net
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Interest: Sailor
Date: 16-Dec-2005 20:50
Heard about you guys this week from the skipper of Oriole, the Canadian Navy's sailboat. Think you're amazing. Best of luck to both of you. Keep it up!! People think we are all crazy anyway, you guys just prove it.
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Name: Dick Baker
E-mail: tsadick
@
yahoo.com
Location: Los Altos, California USA
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 16-Dec-2005 19:55
God bless.
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Name: Dr MacGregor (Mac) Poll
E-mail: nanmac
@
bellsouth.net
Location: Nashville, TN (USA)
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 16-Dec-2005 16:44
16 Dec 2005
CST
Gents,
Am an anesthesiologist & former USAF Phantom II pilot (Vietnam era) working @ Northridge Surgery Center. Spent two one week breaks in Sydney while stationed @ Cam Rahn Bay, So Vietnam. Australia - great country, great people. "Go get em mates". Best wishes.
Mac
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Name: Bill Harlan
E-mail: bandbharlan
@
eotnet.net
Location: hermiston, or USA
Interest: Accidental Visitor
Date: 16-Dec-2005 14:56
Hi guys, I am retired navy and ran across your adventures in an AARP magazine.
I am a little older but you are doing what I had always dreamed of doing. I got to visit your wonderful home land way back in the fiftys, too bad I was too young to appreciate it. If you possibly have the time I would love to get a post from you.
May you always have fair winds and following seas. Bill Harlan
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Name: N Jolly
E-mail:
@
Location: UK
Interest: Family
Date: 16-Dec-2005 10:18
Congratulations to you both on your achievment.We were able to appreciate the enormity of the challenge you gave yourselves through the eye witness accounts you were able to give to us. Nick and Penny
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Name: Simon Pickering
E-mail: simon_p_hk
@
yahoo.com
Location: Shanghai
Interest: Sailor
Date: 16-Dec-2005 06:41
Thanks to Sailing Anarchy i was lead here just before you made hobart ... i had heard of what you were doing some time back ... having done 4 hobarts 1987, 89, 90 and the 50th and a few other ocean miles ... i know what its like to sail down and up the tasmanian coast ... but to do the hobart fastnet hobart in one year w/ out the use of a ship or an airplane... leaves you wondering doesnt it ... have fun
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Name: Alec Crawford
E-mail: 0akbridge
@
btconnect.com
Location: Devon, UK
Interest: Sailor
Date: 16-Dec-2005 05:20
I did the 2000-1 BT Global Challenge, when I was about your age, so I have been through the waters that you have ploughed through - but we were going the other way round. Our yacht was 72ft which must seem huge to you people! I can just imagine the line in the Pub early next year.
"So, what have you been doing in the last year?"
"Well not much really; did a short race after Christmas 04 then toddled of to the UK for another short race. After that we had a leisurely return trip to Oz, arriving in time to do the 05 S2H"
"Oh right then. So really you have had a pretty leisurely sort of time"
" Well, that might be one interpretation!!"
Cut the crap! What you two have done must go down in the classics of ocean saling and you deserve every bit of credit,fame, awards, admiration and the rest that you will get. (My trouble is that I am just very jealous!)
Happy Christmas and the best of luck in the S2H
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Name: richard delanty
E-mail: rdelanty
@
bak.rr.com
Location: bakersfield,california 93309-3317
Interest: Accidental Visitor
Date: 15-Dec-2005 22:39
i am tracking the two of you your doing great.
sounds like the two of you need steam cleaning
and then some foo foo juice sounds like the two of you are
smelling ripe
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Name: Rex Hoff
E-mail: rexoh
@
bresnan.net
Location: Casper, WY, USA
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 15-Dec-2005 21:16
I don't think you need to apologize to anyone about your efforts. I think the whole thing is very impressive and it is lot of fun to read your dairies.
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Name: jean christophe Gras
E-mail: jcgras
@
attglobal.net
Location: France & China
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 15-Dec-2005 20:32
To you both,
what you do is what you are. you must feel great about yourselves after what you have accomplished!It is good for you but also for the beginners (at 50 of age)who have the chance to read what's written in your website.As a beginner sailor,fears are more common that what you commonly admit in public places!this is why i want to thank you for what you give me.a feel of strengh given by your experience and the kindness you decided to share it.I'll be in NZ some time in february and would love to share a drink.Hope you will enjoy the ride to Hobart.
Jean Christophe Gras (french)
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Name: Sherrill Jacob
E-mail: nicneze
@
yahoo.com
Location: Salt Lake City UT USA
Interest: Accidental Visitor
Date: 15-Dec-2005 12:43
Great web site not only for interest that there are ppl like you doing such brave things but that it is so easy to find details of what you are doing. I say WOW! and double WOW!!
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Name: Darlene Urlaub
E-mail: durlaub
@
surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu
Location: Chicago, IL
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 15-Dec-2005 09:50
Read your story in AARP magazine...good picture! Way to go. My husband is approaching retirement and you inspire us to travel more, don't be afraid of change, and just "put your back into it"! I will check in again. Be safe and God bless! Darlene
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Name: Darlene Urlaub
E-mail: durlaub
@
surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu
Location: Chicago, IL
Interest:
Date: 15-Dec-2005 09:47
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Name: Steve Brown
E-mail: sbrown9
@
ford.com
Location:
Interest: Sailor
Date: 15-Dec-2005 07:26
Well done you guys. There was a couple of times when I was on the edge of my seat with trepidation (probably not as edgy as you were though).
Well now that it is almost done I will have nothing to fill my day with (other than work).
I plan to take over the local village bus shelter early in the new year to make a remake of Berri Travels, (after all, all the best epics have had remakes), just think me an Ellen McA adrift for all those days, should contain all the essentials for a block buster.
Good on ya guys and my upcoming visit to Oz in Feb will seem to make it all the more amazing as I fly there in 24 hours and think of what you did over all those days.
Oh well only three months till the start of sailing again back in the UK, time to treat myself to a new antifouling roller and brush.
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Name: paul
E-mail: pmrot_at_yahoo.com.au
@
Location: Canberra
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 15-Dec-2005 05:30
Alex and Pete,
Congratulations on making the full circle. Just re-reading for the term of his natural life - I hope you salute the poor lost souls on the way past eagle neck on your return visit in the new year. Have a safe trip to Syd, and a successful S2H! Good luck. You are an inspiration to us younger farts too :)
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Name: Don Noble
E-mail: arctictern1
@
juno.com
Location: Kenai, Alaska
Interest: Sailor
Date: 14-Dec-2005 22:25
Hi Guys
LOTS OF LUCK TO YOU ON YOUR TREK.
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Name: Caffeinator
E-mail: chiltonhold
@
bigpond.com
Location: Warrawee
Interest: Friend
Date: 14-Dec-2005 21:06
Well done Whitworth you silly old bugger. Well done Peter, I don't know how you did it (I spent 10 years in shelter with him looking after his ferels but I never had to sleep with him!) Heartiest congrats to you both on achieving line honours in the 2005 H2H. What a fantastic journey. Looking forward to hearing about it in real time when you get 2 minutes next year. Have a good one. Smee.
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Name: John Child
E-mail: jgchild
@
aol.com
Location: Chichester Harbour (UK)
Interest: Sailor
Date: 14-Dec-2005 19:09
Congratulations - I only discovered your website a few days ago and have spent hours reading your log and all the other info you have put together. Found your comments on heavy weather sailing very interesting. Most of all, apart from admiring your courage and fortitude, I am amazed that you crammed all your kit into Berri. I sail a similar vintage 32 footer and have stowage problems on a two or three week cruise! Well done - have a good S2H.
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Name: David H(892)
E-mail: dhammick
@
peoplepc.com
Location: Longwood Fl USA
Interest: Sailor
Date: 14-Dec-2005 18:15
Congratulations from the colonies to you both,what an inspiring trip.Rule Britannia!
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Name: David H(892)
E-mail: dhammick
@
peoplepc.com
Location: Longwood Fl USA
Interest: Sailor
Date: 14-Dec-2005 18:14
Congratulations from the colonies to you both,what an inspiring trip.Rule Britannia!
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Name: Don Buchman
E-mail: DonBuchman
@
aol.com
Location: Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Interest: Interested Observer
Date: 14-Dec-2005 13:22
I learned about your fantastic adventure in the latest issue of U. S. News & World Report. I loved the comment about you being "...two old farts in a boat." I suppose I'm an old fart, too, because I'm 66 years old. It always is encouraging to me to see old guys like us doing something that would not be expected from people half our ages.
May God bless you on your trip.
Don Buchman
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Name: Charles and Louise Blampied
E-mail: chasandlulu
@
jerseymail.co.uk
Location: Channel Islands
Interest: Sailor
Date: 14-Dec-2005 10:46
"Well done!" sounds utterly trivial and we do really believe you both need your heads read but at the same time feel hugely full of respect and admiration for your epic journey. We shall miss our daily fix of Berrimilla's adventures especially as a small taste of sailing in a Brolga earlier this year in Oz, made your epic experience that little bit more special. Now we look forward enormously to reading your book - one request though - can we have proper English please rather than a sort of Oz/Berri dialect. Good luck and best wishes with the 2005 S2H - no doubt it will feel like a "walk in the park"!
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Name: Charles and Louise Blampied
E-mail: chas
@
Location:
Interest:
Date: 14-Dec-2005 10:34
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Name: David McKay
E-mail: DavidLMcKay
@
bigpond.com
Location: Sydney
Interest:
Date: 14-Dec-2005 06:58
Well done Pete and Alex. I have been a Berri.com junkie all this year and I don't know what I will do now that its virtually all over. See you in Sydney.
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Name: Rob Rutherford
E-mail: rutherford39
@
adelphia.net
Location: coeur d'alene, ID
Interest: Sailor
Date: 14-Dec-2005 00:49
go for it!
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Name: John Chong
E-mail: seadog3315
@
yahoo.com
Location: Lavendar Bay, Sydney Harbour
Interest: Sailor
Date: 14-Dec-2005 00:27
One day . . . until then, it has been wonderful reading your logs. Looking forward to seeing you sail into Sydney Harbour!
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