Email received recently from the Nordhavn 46 Knot Yet II: > Thanks for your email. I have been in California since early October. My > friend from California broke his heel while visiting us in Turkey and has > been on the couch with his foot elevated for three months. He just began > walking last week and began physical therapy this week. I'm selfishly > hoping he'll recover soon so that I can return to the home of my crew in > Thailand. (In Northeastern Thailand, well away from the destruction from > the tsunami). > > I've heard from several yachties who were in the Phuket area and all > survived the tsunami OK. Not so the folks on land, of course. What a > tragedy! > > We had quite a year, doing the Eastern Med Yacht Rally, then traveling > rather quickly from Ashkelon to Istanbul to join the Black Sea Yacht Rally. > That was a 65-day circumnavigation of the Black Sea, visiting all six > countries which border that Sea. Total miles for the year were just under > 3700. That's a lot of hours at 7 knots! > > We plan to return to the boat, which is on the Aegean coast of Turkey, at > the end of April. Current plans are to cruise Greece, Croatia and Italy and > perhaps winter near Rome. > > Lots of text and photos are available at <http://www.knotyet.com/>, >if you have time. > > Cheers! > John