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Who will sponsor an old guy sailing wooden raft from Mexico to China?

Bob and Susan - 1-31-2006 at 08:18 AM

talk about self promotion....

you listed it on ebay!!! not him

vandenberg - 1-31-2006 at 09:19 AM

More like " I'm very close to leaving you all ":lol::lol::lol:

Bob and Susan - 1-31-2006 at 09:37 AM

...and taking your money with me:lol::lol::lol:

Ebay auction

Sharksbaja - 1-31-2006 at 01:53 PM

I see that the seller has never sold anything on Ebay. That would give a prospective bidder little assurance.
Wow! You get to fly a banner on a piece of debris sailing down the SOC. Big audience! I can see it now!:lol::lol:

I can't understand why you have no written endorsements from him.

Frank - 1-31-2006 at 05:00 PM

Big deal....Look what Richard Pham did with no sponsors.....:spingrin:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/world/newsid_2283000/22833...

Bruce R Leech - 1-31-2006 at 05:26 PM

Ill buy him a beer if he makes it.:P

Bruce R Leech - 1-31-2006 at 05:29 PM

I would Like to see that thing .unfortunately I don't think it is going to make it this far south.

Cincodemayo - 1-31-2006 at 05:35 PM

Richard must have had many extra bottles of propane to last 4 months grilling seagulls....or plenty of charcoal briquettes. Do seagulls taste like chicken?

Frank - 1-31-2006 at 05:59 PM

He used wood from the boat to grill the pollos. There wasnt much left of the boat.

surfer jim - 1-31-2006 at 06:04 PM

Happiness is POPPA NEUTRINO sailing out of San Felipe harbor....with G .Bush under one arm...and D. Cheney under the other.....:lol:

mmmmm...

eetdrt88 - 1-31-2006 at 06:54 PM

is that roasted seagull I smell on the grill...:no::no::no:

Yummmmmm

vgabndo - 1-31-2006 at 09:23 PM

My pet seagull can smell a hungry Vietnamese a mile away.

surfer jim - 1-31-2006 at 11:31 PM

What is Poppa gonna do when he gets to CHINA?......

surfer jim - 2-1-2006 at 09:14 AM

Poppa Neutrino......is a mental case.....:o

Don Alley - 2-1-2006 at 09:20 AM

Uhh, I don't get it...

Yeah, sailing around in a raft made from junk, sure. I guess, you could save some money.

But on eBay they say they want 15 grand to sponsor the Sea of Cortez leg. For 15 grand, buy a panga, some gas and some Pacificos and get going.

Progress

MrBillM - 2-1-2006 at 12:17 PM

Given the time period involved in getting to, and then leaving, Percebu, he won't be out of the Sea of Cortez in any of our lifetimes, certainly not his. If anybody wants to give me $15K, I'll sail my Capri to the end of the Sea of Cortez. Let me know.

As far as sailing the Atlantic being a great accomplishment, it has been crossed in a rowboat more than once. The Pacific is another matter.

Dave - 2-1-2006 at 07:03 PM

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Originally posted by MrBillM
If anybody wants to give me $15K, I'll sail my Capri to the end of the Sea of Cortez. Let me know.


Hell, You give me $15k and I'll sail your Capri to China. ;D

(Uh...Better make that Tahiti. I don't want to go to China.)

gonetobaja - 2-1-2006 at 07:14 PM

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Originally posted by Cincodemayo
Richard must have had many extra bottles of propane to last 4 months grilling seagulls....or plenty of charcoal briquettes. Do seagulls taste like chicken?


Seagulls taste like fish.....:O

Bruce R Leech - 2-1-2006 at 07:20 PM

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Originally posted by gonetobaja
Quote:
Originally posted by Cincodemayo
Richard must have had many extra bottles of propane to last 4 months grilling seagulls....or plenty of charcoal briquettes. Do seagulls taste like chicken?


Seagulls taste like fish.....:O


no wet chickens:lol:

Bob and Susan - 2-2-2006 at 04:56 AM

Alright! Who's eaten SEAGULL???

gonetobaja - 2-2-2006 at 09:05 AM

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Originally posted by Bob and Susan
Alright! Who's eaten SEAGULL???


Several years ago the owner of my campo Don Octavio Dagnino was at the Islas Encantadas alone in his panga when the engine wouldnt start (a panga with a bad outboard....you must be kidding!) He was forced to stay on Isla Salvatierra (or San Luis depending on whos map you are reading) for several days with no food. The wind was very bad and he was forced to eat seagulls. He told me the story one day at the islands during one of my many "learning" trips with the local pangeros. I instantly made the joke


"Did it tast like chicken!!!:lol::lol:
'

He just looked at me serious like he could not find the humor and said matter of factly

"No....it tastes like fish....."

And thats the only guy I know who ate a seagull.:barf:

GTB

Mike Humfreville - 2-21-2006 at 02:42 PM

Mary Ann and I were in the south of England on an extended trip many years ago. We went out for dinner to a small cafe and ordered chicken. When it arrived it had the configuration of what you'd imagine a plucked seagull would and tasted strongly like fish. We ate with reservation.

Several days later, somewhere near Dover and during an exceptionally hot spell weather-wise we ordered pork chops. When they arrived I took a bite and the pork tasted old. Mary Ann was just about to take her first bite before I stopped her. There was a live maggot inching its way across the slice of pork she was about to eat.

But the evening didn't end badly. We went back to our hotel, threw up, and went to the bar to cleanse our systems out with single malt Scotch. A perfect ending to a questionable evening along Dover?s white cliffs.

jimgrms - 4-12-2006 at 06:52 AM

Any body heard any more on the adventures of papa , ???

Cypress - 4-12-2006 at 11:25 AM

"Looks like we got a suicide"! A line from a movie, but appropriate.

viabaja - 4-12-2006 at 12:30 PM

You know, I'm not going go much further on this subject, but quite frankly, I glad my pristine view of Percebu lagoon has been restored minus the ship wreck. To the Ebay sponser - Dude, if you are going to set a reserve and try to get coin, don't make it so obvious with someone you know raising the bid price! $15k! Dude, quite frankly, any $$ would be appreciated for this trip which is very ill advised. I don't care what names such as National Geo or whatever are tossed out or what has been done in the past. I looked at his "boat" carefully. When Neutrino stopped me on the beach asking for motor oil for his outboards, I knew it was all over!

David K - 4-12-2006 at 02:06 PM

Chris, it sure nice that he got past Shell Island with that thing, huh?

A dead whale on that beach is bad enough, but a hippie's shipwreck would be disasterous for the area's ecology!:yes::O:rolleyes::barf:

Hook - 4-12-2006 at 02:50 PM

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Originally posted by viabaja
You know, I'm not going go much further on this subject, but quite frankly, I glad my pristine view of Percebu lagoon has been restored minus the ship wreck. To the Ebay sponser - Dude, if you are going to set a reserve and try to get coin, don't make it so obvious with someone you know raising the bid price! $15k! Dude, quite frankly, any $$ would be appreciated for this trip which is very ill advised. I don't care what names such as National Geo or whatever are tossed out or what has been done in the past. I looked at his "boat" carefully. When Neutrino stopped me on the beach asking for motor oil for his outboards, I knew it was all over!


I'm surprised he didn't hit you up for Zig-Zags. :lol:

jimgrms - 4-12-2006 at 06:18 PM

Some one posted the he and his motley crew were playing tunes for handouts at the entrance tothe san felipe swap meet,

Playing Tunes

MrBillM - 4-12-2006 at 06:29 PM

No doubt he probably was playing tunes for donations in San Felipe. I know for a fact that he was in Rancho Percebu the two days before he left. I had seen him and his motley crew down at the entrance to the campo sitting around with their musical instruments so I asked what was going on and that was it. Trying to score some last minute bucks. His DVD of the Atlantic crossing includes a couple of the familys musical exploits in New Orleans. Suffice to say, they couldn't make a living as musicians.

Lindalou - 4-12-2006 at 10:30 PM

Pompano, great pic. or painting of the old man from Mulege. How would a person go about getting one of them? I have seen several framed pictures of him in others palapas. Yours is my favorite.