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I wasn't there :-) but my perception is that Guzzwell is what saved 'em.

Cordially,
Courtney


On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 22:28, Peter Fogg wrote:
>  Lu Abel commented:
> > Would we approve if they sailed
> > without a life raft?  Or lifejackets?  Or, these days, an EPIRB?
>
> They predated much of this stuff. However, down in the Southern Ocean when
> Beryl was on the tiller she would attach herself to the boat with a rope
> that could have been used to tow them. It was a bit of a joke - "Whatever
> else happens we won't lose Beryl!" She was on the tiller when the boat was
> somersaulted over itself by one of those pesky 'rogue' waves - she saw it
> coming but could do nothing except ensure the boat was facing directly away
> from the wave, then remembered nothing until she found herself in the water
> a little distance from the boat, both masts gone with part of the
> 'doghouse', her thick rope sheared clean as if cut. Miles came up and later
> recounted that at that moment their situation seemed so hopeless he
> contemplated joining his wife in the water. Beryl, happily for the story,
> was made of sterner stuff and sent Miles looking for buckets. From then on
> they were busy.

   

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