http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070509/APN/705091656
Friends lost out there with RI ties.

Prayers sent MrMacey!

may the sea return them to their loved ones.....

Prayers sent..

Mike -

Done.

http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070509/APN/705091656
Friends lost out there with RI ties.

Been watching that and hoping they'd be ok.

I was supposed to do a delivery this coming week but other boats are keeping me away. But it doesn't look nice south of Bermuda at all.

By JACK DORSEY, The Virginian-Pilot
May 10, 2007 | Last updated 10:40 AM May. 10

PORTSMOUTH - The crew of the Coast Guard cutter Tampa, racing to rescue the sailboat Flying Colours off the North Carolina coast, faced 30-foot seas that rolled their ship 30 degrees, leaving some crew members with cuts and bruises.

"It was like being in a 270-foot- long washing machine, trying to operate and live in it," Cmdr. Steven A. Banks, captain of the Tampa, said Wednesday by satellite telephone.

At one point the day before, a wave hit the left side of his ship, washing over the deck 30 feet high and entering the ventilation system. "We actually had rain coming down from the vents," Banks said.

The 97 crew members have searched more than 800 square miles around the last known position of the 54-foot sailboat, about 160 miles southeast of Point Lookout, N.C.

Flying Colours and its four passengers disappeared Monday and remain missing.

The Tampa is using radar and "Big Eye" binoculars to search the Atlantic. It arrived on the scene Tuesday from the north, punching through the storm that struck at least four sailboats in the area.


Now subsiding out there, hopefully they'll find them hunkered down under storm anchor waiting and riding.

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i113/lazergunpewpew/sailing/grib051107.jpg

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Just gonna pray.


Containers Lost Overboard in Storm
Friday, May 11, 2007
Styrofoam packing material began washing ashore on the beaches of the North Carolina Outer Banks Wednesday afternoon as a result of a container ship encountering severe weather off the coast. The debris field ranges from Cape Lookout northward to the Virginia border. The most densely littered areas are from Cape Lookout to Cape Hatteras. Late Sunday evening, the Hapag-Lloyd vessel Paris Express encountered severe weather in the Atlantic while en route from Savannah to Norfolk, resulting in the loss of 21 containers overboard, including some containing Styrofoam "peanuts." None of the cargo involved was listed as hazardous material, although the Styrofoam could potentially be harmful to pristine National Seashore areas, including critical nesting habitat for endangered turtles and various bird species in the two National Seashores. The responsible party, Hapag-Lloyd, acted promptly and engaged a contractor, Moran Environmental Recovery, to take the necessary action to remove the debris immediately. Hapag-Lloyd is working closely in this clean up effort with the Unified Command, which includes the National Park Service, United States Coast Guard, and North Carolina Emergency Management. Other agencies involved include the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commision, Carteret County Emergency Management, Dare County Emergency Management, Hyde County Emergency Management, and Currituck County Emergency Management.

Done Mr.Macey

Sorry to hear. Prayers sent for them and their families.