Doug' wrote: - >But Andrew's trip was just a bit different. While an >extraordinary man in many ways, he still was a regular >bloke paddling an only slightly modified production-single >kayak, one self-modified under budget restrictions and >employing his own deep-water tweaking requirements. >afloat). G'day Doug, Your post was a fitting tribute to Andrew, describing his voyage and the circumstances with great insight. I'd been holding back from commenting, feeling totally unqualified. So focused on pointing to his web site and the weather conditions. Then following his loss found it hard to describe my feelings or what was gong on. Can't think of anyone better fitted to provide such a good view of Andrew's achievement. Thanks mate. You described the voyage perfectly and I'm grateful. The press have been sympathetic and have understood Andrew's effort. They gave wide coverage of the memorial (video clip http://media.smh.com.au/?rid=26018&sy=smh&source=undefined). Five hundred people attended the service held in wind and light rain at Australia's first lighthouse overlooking the Tasman sea. Paul Hewitson has been helping to analyse the events of Andrew's last day from the material found in his boat. Paul will release this in a documentary for Vicki's benefit. Vicki will write a book to celebrate Andrew's adventures. We now know that he was within 54km of landfall. As Vicki says: "I feel very strongly that he should be recognised as having achieved his goal. He was well in sight of land" and "I want to encourage Finlay to have his dad's strength, courage and integrity and just to have his dad's incredible belief that anything is possible." All the best and here's wishing you a very successful recovery, PeterO. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Feb 27 2007 - 13:16:53 PST
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