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[*] posted on 1-31-2006 at 04:26 PM


I wish this character all the Best Luck in the world!!
Go for it ole Boy. Adventure to China, Just do it!!

Wish I was 50 years younger i would ask if I cold go along. Oh! to be Young and eager to see what is over the next Wave!!

God Bless and Fair Seas!!

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[*] posted on 1-31-2006 at 04:35 PM


wow.....:?: mostly speechless......:?:



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[*] posted on 1-31-2006 at 06:16 PM
looks like...


a big floating outhouse;D;D hmmm,that gives me an idea:lol::lol:



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[*] posted on 2-1-2006 at 10:12 AM


NOW, THIS IS AN ADVENTURE !!!!!!!!!

In order to sail to China, isn't he going to have to sail south to catch the equatorial current and then over to New Guinea and up into the China Sea?

Talk about sportin' wood.......this guy has grande cojones !
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[*] posted on 2-1-2006 at 10:54 AM


Grande cajone and not too bright is a very fine line.
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[*] posted on 2-1-2006 at 12:08 PM
Neutrinos on the Move ?


Back on the 29th, the Neutrino started moving his "Boat ?" out on the Afternoon tide. We sat and watched for awhile thinking that this must FINALLY be the day, but he got only as far as the long sandbar and is still there. We watch each day for movement on the tide. Maybe Today ?
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[*] posted on 2-1-2006 at 01:14 PM


Galleons bound for Manila from Acapulco caught currents somewhat south of there, then headed pretty much straight west to the Philippines. Took around three months.

Is this guy really serious?




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[*] posted on 2-1-2006 at 02:26 PM


you know mrbill if he had $15k he could get someont to tow him out to sea:lol:



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[*] posted on 2-1-2006 at 04:04 PM
does that thing....


Have any freeboard at all? Looks like the decks awash! Maybe he figures it can't sink since it's already swamped?

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lol.gif posted on 2-2-2006 at 08:40 AM
Decks awash


for sure,jest read a few quotes from Poppa,s site ,no question about it he is the enlightened one!
This guy operates in another dimension,he hasn,t even cleared Bills sand bar and he looks like he,s going down !
I can just see him abreast of BOLA when a westerly grabs his ass,he will be very lucky if he just ends up in a big pile of plyboard on the big isla.
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[*] posted on 2-2-2006 at 10:26 AM
What Freeboard ?


Neutrino still here. My first move of the a.m. is to hobble out and see if he left on the evening tide.

There are a few inches of freeboard when the "Yacht" is fully loaded. It's hard to imagine how that thing would handle in any sort of sea, especially a good following sea. It would seem that the "Bow" would tend to plow under. He had told me that his departure date was 05 January, but after that he put the craft up on blocks to add to the wood bottom. He also had an old catamaran hull that he was considering adding on, but apparently discarded that idea. His car has been gone for a few days so perhaps he has staged that farther South. Quien Sabe ??
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lol.gif posted on 2-2-2006 at 02:30 PM
update


Keep us up to date on his progress if you will Bill,this is just so funny:lol::lol:
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[*] posted on 2-2-2006 at 02:39 PM


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I can just see him abreast of BOLA when a westerly grabs his burro,he will be very lucky if he just ends up in a big pile of plyboard on the big isla.
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Does make for some fun reading:lol:


Now, if THIS happens, we might actually have a guy marooned on La Guardia.
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lol.gif posted on 2-2-2006 at 07:33 PM
marooned


The way things look right now he may get marooned on Bills sand bar:lol: BAITCAST
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[*] posted on 2-2-2006 at 08:40 PM


I cannot believe it! Now I get to look at that thing stuck in front of my view. Bill, drastic measures are called for. There must be be some sort of Mexican law prohibiting this. That floating pile of plywood has been in Percebu before summer.

Take it down to Bahia Santa Maria and let them have the viewing pleasure for a year.

To China? In what I've looked at close up? May Neptune guide his way.
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[*] posted on 2-3-2006 at 10:45 AM
Still Here !


I had thought the other day when his car disappeared for two days that he might have moved it down the coast in anticipation of departure, but he and two of his friends drove up yesterday afternoon and started unloading scrap wood from the trunk. I guess he needs further hull work.
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[*] posted on 2-4-2006 at 08:07 AM


I hope he is going to operate that vessel by remote control. I was caught one night on Lake Mohave. I have a 24-ft pontoon boat. Pontoons are not the best in any sea. Hit a wave that came right though the boat. I wonder how that vessel would handle it. It looks like it would really dig in & would not take much of a sea.
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[*] posted on 2-4-2006 at 08:16 AM


Thor Hyerdahl would shake his head and say...NO WAY, JOSE!

This is no Kon-Tiki!...unless there is some papyrus reed stuck in here and there?




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[*] posted on 2-4-2006 at 08:53 AM


Just hope this doesn't get stuck on the same beach as that ship in Ensenada....maybe he is a better captain.....:yes:

This could be the FIRST boat through the Escalera Nautica...stay tuned for details....maybe the government was right about the E.N. after all....:lol:

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[*] posted on 2-4-2006 at 07:23 PM


Our hero was at the Swap Meet at El Dorado ranch this morning, playing a keyboard with a tip can in front. Also had some stuff about the prior trip. Didn't talk to him as I have in the past.



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