While I was on the big bender, I mean attending yoga camp, Yves Parlier’s radical hydroplaning cat did a big ole nose dive and flipped. Parlier broke a few ribs, but the shore team has managed to get the broken cat back to the Canaries. No detailed word yet on how trashed the thing is, but it doesn’t sound good. Read all the updates here. Here’s what she looks like (via Sailing Anarchy):
(Photo: Fco. López)
Meanwhile, if you want to own a record breaker cheap, real cheap, Steve Fossett’s Cheyenne is on the market at a bargain basement price. Of course, the boat is down in Argentina without a mast, mainsail, etc., etc. Quite a refit required. How long before Cheyenne is taking sunburned tourists out for evening cocktail cruises in the Caribbean? Here’s the very honest ad:
CHEYENNE FOR SALE
Record-breaking catamaran for sale. Dismasted March 2005, now at Belgrano
Naval Base, Argentina. Lost mast, mainsail, solent, staysail, plus broken
compression tube. Successfully compete again with new updated rig, or
resell for profit. Appraised $3.5 million in December 2004. Priced as is at
$650,000. Contact owner rep: brspaeth@aol.com or 1-312-786-5057.
So now Cheyenne and Parlier’s baby could be joining Team Adventure on the scrap heap. At this rate, Tony Bullimore’s 30-year old Daedalus will soon be ruling the seas…
Bulldog Bullimore: “Heh-heh. We just keep going and going and going…”
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