In a message dated 4/22/2006 9:05:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cliffdelorean@hotmail.com writes: Sad ending to what must have been a wonderful cruising dream. www.bajainsider.com/baja-life/general-information/mark-saunders-dies.htm The vessel involved in a Nordhavn 62. Hull #16. The site of the grounding is pretty ugly. Inside a boulder field at the base of a cliff. Would be interesting to know how it got into that spot but it does look suspiciously like an incorrect course entered into an autopilot but who knows what the real story is. Jim (Jim & Mim McCrea, mcc272@aol.com Nordic Tug 37-134 "North Star" Home Port Norwalk, CT)

A careful reading of the article indicates the victim was NOT the owner of "Charlotte B", but hailed from another boat in La Paz ("Blue Suede Sue"), probably aboard as crew/friend/passenger. From the article, I cannot ascertain who owned "Charlotte B". Let's be careful with news and speculation - there are very grave consequences here. Peter www.SeaSkills.com --- McC272@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 4/22/2006 9:05:43 P.M. Eastern > Daylight Time, > cliffdelorean@hotmail.com writes: > > Sad ending to what must have been a wonderful > cruising dream. > > www.bajainsider.com/baja-life/general-information/mark-saunders-dies.htm > > > > The vessel involved in a Nordhavn 62. Hull #16. > The site of the grounding > is pretty ugly. Inside a boulder field at the base > of a cliff. Would be > interesting to know how it got into that spot but it > does look suspiciously like > an incorrect course entered into an autopilot but > who knows what the real > story is. > > Jim > > (Jim & Mim McCrea, mcc272@aol.com Nordic Tug 37-134 > "North Star" Home Port > Norwalk, CT) > _______________________________________________ > Passagemaking-Under-Power Mailing List > ======================= Peter Pisciotta 415-902-8439