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Missing Sailor Search Expands to Mexico
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2858029
Friends of Missing San Francisco Sailor Expand Search to Waters Off Mexico
By MARCUS WOHLSEN
SAN FRANCISCO Feb 7, 2007 (AP)— Friends of an acclaimed computer scientist who vanished at sea said Wednesday they were expanding their search for him
to waters off Mexico, nearly a week after the Coast Guard called off its own search.
Colleagues of Jim Gray, 63, have been combing satellite images of Mexico's Baja California coast for any sign of the Microsoft engineer and his
40-foot yacht, Tenacious. They are also distributing posters of Gray and his boat at Mexican marinas.
"There were supplies on the boat and Jim's an able sailor," said friend Mike Olson. "It's entirely possible he could still be out there."
Gray, whose pioneering research on databases paved the way for innovations such as automated teller machines and online shopping, set out from San
Francisco late last month to scatter his mother's ashes around the Farallon Islands, about 25 miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge.
The Coast Guard scoured some 132,000 square miles of the Pacific over four days without finding a trace of Gray or his boat. The agency looked as far
south as the Channel Islands, just off Santa Barbara.
Weather and ocean-current data suggest that Gray likely would have traveled south, whether he sailed that direction or drifted, Olson said.
"The experts at the Coast Guard tell us we almost certainly would have seen debris if (Gray) went down," Olson said. "It's likely the boat's still
above water."
Searchers are also using technology developed by online retailer Amazon.com to enlist more than 6,000 volunteers to examine about 100,000 digital
photographs taken from space covering nearly 3,500 square miles of ocean.
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Probably in Davy's locker. Microsoft has the means to scour every inch of ocean... in real time. My guess is a container or other large vessel got
him.
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Tend to agree.... I have been following this news story from start, and unless I missed it, I have not read/heard any reason he would put his family
in such pain if he where able to do otherwise.
When searching for the end of your rainbow you only have until dusk....
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How long has he been missing?
Was he single handing? If so, I would tend to agree with Dave. You have to sleep and those big guys cant see a 40 footer.
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Since about Jan 28.
Here's a link on Latutude 38:
http://www.latitude38.com/LectronicLat/2007/0107/Jan31/Jan31...
Definitely a seasoned guy. Odd that the EPIRB hasnt activated.
Could have been a peeed off grey whale, too. One sank a private boater off Morro Bay a few years back.
[Edited on 2-9-2007 by Hook]
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I also agree........I to have been folowing this story since the begining. You are just so vulnerable when singlehanding, especially a 40 ft. C~C fin
keel design. So much large comercial shipping traffic near the approaches to S.F. Bay. It can get wild after dark with limmited visability and if you
have electrical problems with runnng lights etc., etc....Things can deteriorate fast.There always is and can be the smallest of miracles. Lets pray he
and his vessel will turn up unharmed.
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>How long has he been missing?
Almost a couple of weeks.
>Was he single handing?
Yes
>You have to sleep and those big guys cant see a 40 footer.
He just went out to the Farallons for a daysail. Apparently the weather was good and clear.
It is very puzzling.
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Wouldnt you think there would be some wreckage if it was a large container ship? The search started pretty quick.
Very odd.
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 Any NEWS ? Can't seem to find anything now. >f<
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Mexican navy helps in hunt for U.S. engineer
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/02/09/mexico.navy.ap/
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) -- The Mexican navy is aiding in the search off the country's Pacific coast for a Microsoft Corp. engineer who disappeared
after sailing out of San Francisco, California, last month.
In a news release issued late Thursday, the department said it was offering its services "as part of its duties to protect human life on the seas."
The release did not say if either the U.S. government or friends of 63-year-old Jim Gray had requested the help. A Navy spokesman told The Associated
Press on Friday that no additional information was available.
Gray, whose pioneering research on databases paved the way for innovations such as automated teller machines and online shopping, set out from San
Francisco last month to scatter his mother's ashes around the Farallon Islands, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of the Golden Gate Bridge.
The U.S. Coast Guard called off its search after scouring about 132,000 square miles (342,000 square kilometers) of the Pacific over four days without
finding a trace of Gray or his 40-foot (12-meter) yacht, Tenacious.
Gray's friends, including fellow engineers, have been combing satellite images of Mexico's Baja California coast for any sign of him. They also are
distributing posters of Gray and his boat at Mexican marinas.
Gray's friend Mike Orson said weather and ocean-current data suggest that Gray likely would have either sailed or drifted south.
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As for the container ship theory. I have seen them come into port with rigging dangling from the anchor. They never knew that they hit anything.
Very sad story. I hope that it has a happy ending but two weeks is a long time. The EPIRB certainly should have activated.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
The EPIRB certainly should have activated. |
Depends on what category and where mounted.
A container ship could slice up a boat and send it to the bottom in less than 30 seconds.
This guy's toast.
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this picture is off of the same Lat 38 page.
http://www.latitude38.com/LectronicLat/2007/0107/Jan31/whale...
[Edited on 10-2-2007 by Minnow]
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Not so fast Dave.......He's only been missing 12 days so far. Granted..... the odds are not in his favor right now, but it is possible he could be
bobbing along either in his life raft or on his disabled vessel and unable to send out any signals.Lots of times the Coast Gaurd has rightfuly given
up on searchs for vessels and due to unpredictable current directions and wind force, vessels can turn up from Micronesia to Alaska to the Hawaiian
Islands to Costa Rica, much to everyones total amazement months and months later sometimes with people aboard, and hanging on by the skin of their
wits.This man is very clever and doing what most likley is his real passion in life and has a strong will to survive.Lets hope he turns up rescued
and alive!!!.......and Minnow....... What about the poor whale?? Something sure wrecked his day!! He's gotta have a headache after that one!!
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That whale might have well as had "tenacious" written across his back>
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Crusoe
This man... has a strong will to survive. |
Actually, when he first disappeared, many thought this may not be
the case since he had gone out to spread his mother's ashes at sea - an event that could have easily triggered any sort of unexpected emotions and
impulsive reactions as a result of those emotions.
One can get VERY introspective when alone - and I'd imagine that's multiplied incredibly when alone on the ocean.
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Thanks Doug.........For writing the unspeaksble. Yes--Personal introspection when all alone can rear its head in many forms.Lets hope he is found
alive and well!!
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Jim Gray's sailing vessel Tenacious - from the San Francisco USCG web site:
http://www.uscgsanfrancisco.com/go/doc/823/143764/
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Jeez, what a fugly plastic boat! 
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who's to say this wasn't a ruse to escape, disappear from all??
been done before.
my EPIRB won't go off unless I activate it manually. and it has internal GPS, tells rescue where it/I am constantly.
this is why i would never sail alone - no help, jeez the thot of a container ship eating you up without a care dead of night...........gives me the
willies.
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