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March 31, 2004, Wednesday, BC cycle
SECTION: State and Regional
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HEADLINE: Missing Mexico-bound sailor may have gone wrong way from LA
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES
BODY:
A boater missing for three weeks since departing for Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, may have sailed in the wrong direction, Coast Guard officials said
Wednesday.
Jebediah Cross, 25, was believed to have left San Pedro in Los Angeles Harbor alone on a 27-foot white sailboat, possibly on March 8. But that boat
was spotted sometime between March 13 and March 15 by a park ranger on Anacapa Island, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Dave Hardesty.
The island is about 60 miles north of San Pedro - the opposite direction from where Cross was supposed to be heading.
Hardesty said the sighting by the park ranger was the last time the boat was seen. The Coast Guard extended its broadcasts on marine channels about
Cross north to Morro Bay in San Luis Obispo County.
Cross, whose family recently moved to California from Idaho, had taken three classes last month at the Santa Barbara Sailing Center. He had earned
certification with the American Sailing Association but the facility's owner said Cross did not have the training needed for the one- to two-week trip
to the southern tip of Baja California.
Cross was sailing solo aboard the Quest Star 2, which has wood and bronze trim and bears the registration number CF9188EM.
LOAD-DATE: April 1, 2004
bad deal for him and no body likes misfortune
capt. mike - 4-2-2004 at 11:25 AM
well, that is except democrats......
anyway, this guy is a shoe in for next years Darwin Awards if he really did navigate the wrong way!!Bob H - 4-2-2004 at 02:31 PM
Very sad, if it's true. There is something very fishy about this story if you ask me. How could someone think they are headed south with the
coastline on your right? Huh?
Bob H
Your compassion never ceases to amaze me, Mike.
Stephanie Jackter - 4-2-2004 at 03:16 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by capt. mike
well, that is except democrats......
anyway, this guy is a shoe in for next years Darwin Awards if he really did navigate the wrong way!!
Dave - 4-2-2004 at 04:25 PM
With thousands of solo sea miles under my belt I can tell you it is very easy to become disoriented in a small boat EVEN within sight of land.
This guy may deserve a Darwin award but not for his lack of navigation skills. Instead it would be his decision to tackle the ocean after just a few
rudamentary sailing lessons.
Sailing alone in big seas scare the bejesus out of me. That, and Mexican drivers.
watch out Dave.... Steph will think
capt. mike - 4-7-2004 at 09:10 AM
that you're insensitive like me!!
Steph, come on....it's only a little humour. i do feel bad for his family, but if i do something REALLY DUMB that gets me killed, i expect no one to
mourn my loss. God's justice is swift and blind.....ditto mother natures. I can't begin to tell you how many people i peeed off cause i grounded my
plane due to weather or maintenance before or during a pleasure trip, but it saved some lives.Pescador - 4-8-2004 at 07:30 PM
Shoot Mike, that is because as pilots we learned that we were responsible for our own actions and not some idiot sitting behind a desk that was
supposed to tell us when we could and could not go.
