From georgs at trawlersandtrawlering.com Wed Nov 4 10:50:41 2009 From: georgs at trawlersandtrawlering.com (Georgs Kolesnikovs) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:50:41 -0500 Subject: [PUP] Help support our PUP!/Update Message-ID: All hands-- With the help of those who contributed earlier http://lists.samurai.com/pipermail/passagemaking-under-power/2009-September/005417.html and those whose names follow, I'm delighted to report that Passagemaking Under Power List is self-sufficient for operations in 2009. Thank you, one and all! --Georgs Georgs Kolesnikovs Your host at Trawlers & Trawlering since 1997 http://www.trawlersandtrawlering.com Your host at TrawlerCrawler.net since 2009 http://www.trawlercrawler.net Bob Austin Ron Baker Dennis Bindel David Evans Becky & Nick Hammer Steven Heller Jon Hill Douglas MacQuarrie John Richards John Robinson Leonard Stern > If you enjoy Passagemaking Under Power List, and want it to continue > and grow, please lend a hand by contributing toward expenses. A > donation of just $10 or $25 a year will prove immensely helpful. > > To make a voluntary contribution via PayPal or a credit card, please > go to >. > > On the same page, you'll find an address if you wish to contribute by > check or money order. From gxk at earthlink.net Wed Nov 11 10:31:15 2009 From: gxk at earthlink.net (Georgs Kolesnikovs) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:31:15 -0500 Subject: [PUP] Update from Larry Briggs References: <244251.53882.qm@web43132.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Email received from Larry Briggs, now three times a circumnavigator under power: > I am waiting for a couple of people to arrive whom I will interview > for crew on this next leg (which started in Ft. Lauderdale > (again !) & came to Ensenada via Trinidad & Panama. > Chartwell's 2nd circumnavigation began on the 11th of December, > 2003; we went Westabout again but this time through the Pacific > Trust Territory, Kapingamarangi, Rabaul, the Admiralty Islands, Bali > & much of Indonesia, Singapore & Langkawi. There I spent quite some > time before eventually leaving again for the Maldives, Comores, > Tanzania, & entered South Africa at Richard's Bay; spent 8 months in > SA, going around again to Cape Town (where I owned an apartment ); > then up to Walvis Bay, St. Helena, Reciffe & other Brazillian ports > & Trinidad. > I kept Chartwell in Trinidad for a year& one-half because I was able > to buy back my former boat in which we had done a great deal of > cruising years ago. > Chartwell returned to Ft. Lauderdale on the 28th of February 2009 > via numerous Caribbean ports including St. Thomas & San Juan, > Puerto Rico. > She was sold within 2 months to an adventursome couple who hope to > cruise extensively. > Yes, I have been to Kota Kinabalu a number of times; I love that > whole area of Saba & Sarawak. > I would probably never had sold Chartwell but "Neptune's Chariot" > became available & I couldn't resist. She needed a lot of work, > having been neglected by (4) previous owners & I took her twice > in Trinidad for extensive repairs & improvements.