Last summer Georgs asked if anyone was interested in 

I don't know Bruce Kessler but he was a TV producer and I believe he circumnavigated in a Delta built trawler named Zopilote, which was lost in Alaska. He then built and now cruises Spirit of Zopilote, built by Northern Marine. I think this second boat was featured in PassageMaker a couple of years ago. He filmed the Nordhavn rally. If no one here has contact information for him, I imagine you could get in touch with him through their marketing department in Dana Point. -------------------------------------------- Richard M. Ossoff Cronulla - GB-46CL >>-----Original Message----- >>From: passagemaking-under-power-bounces@lists.samurai.com >>[mailto:passagemaking-under-power-bounces@lists.samurai.com] >>On Behalf Of passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com >>Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 12:00 AM >>To: passagemaking-under-power@lists.samurai.com >>Subject: Passagemaking-Under-Power Digest, Vol 13, Issue 21 >> >>Send Passagemaking-Under-Power mailing list submissions to >> passagemaking-under-power@lists.samurai.com >> >>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> >>http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/passagemaking-under-power >>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com >> >>You can reach the person managing the list at >> passagemaking-under-power-owner@lists.samurai.com >> >>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more >>specific than "Re: Contents of Passagemaking-Under-Power digest..." >> >> >>Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Sea Tracks of the Speejacks (Randal Johnson) >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>Message: 1 >>Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:12:13 -0500 >>From: "Randal Johnson" <RJohnson@roanokewreckrepair.com> >>Subject: [PUP] Sea Tracks of the Speejacks >>To: "Passagemaking Under Power List" >> <passagemaking-under-power@lists.samurai.com> >>Message-ID: >> >><A2CA1561A8EDDD499F15EF6515955F1A2A29D8@rwr01.roanokewreckrepair.com> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> >> Last summer Georgs asked if anyone was interested in >>doing a brief article on "Sea Tracks of the Speejacks" or A. >>Y. Gowen, the first power boat to circumnavigate in 1923. >>Though I did not write the article it sparked an interest in >>me and I started looking for the book. Well my librarian wife >>and I found a number of them. One published in 1923 loaned to >>us by an out of town library and one published in 1926 that I bought. >> I noted that the 1926 publication had a chapter in the >>beginning written by Jean Gowen the wife of A. Y. Gowen. It >>seems that at the start she was going to write the book but >>by the time they got to Australia they had decided to hire >>someone to write it and they did in the person of a Mr. Dale >>Collins which is listed as the author. In the >>1926 version Mrs. Gowen fills in the space between the >>beginning of the journey and Australia. >> Anyway getting back to the purpose of this e-mail, >>there was also a fellow on board that documented the whole >>trip on film, 93,000 feet of it to be exact. This summer when >>I was trying to find out if that film was available I >>stumbled across an American Film Institute web site that >>actually listed the film. I cannot find it now though. I was >>wondering if anyone on this list knows Bruce Kessler. He was >>a television producer I believe and possibly could find the >>film or help me find it. Boy, I sure would like to see it. >> >>Randal Johnson >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------ >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Passagemaking-Under-Power Mailing List >> >>End of Passagemaking-Under-Power Digest, Vol 13, Issue 21 >>********************************************************* >>

At 12:41 AM 12/24/2005 -0500, you wrote: >circumnavigated in a Delta built trawler named Zopilote, which was lost in >Alaska. He then built and now cruises Spirit of Zopilote, built by Northern Zopilote struck a fly speck on an electronic chartplotting system that hid a pinnacle rock located in the northern edge of Dixon Entrance. The rock rises out of deep water and is only a few feet across. Paul West is a diver who built a 60'? sailboat at Ketchikan Alaska, painted a bright red and presently moored in Charleston Oregon. He tells me that he has dived on the pinnacle and there are still pieces of Z lying about. You may recall that a former client of mine's boat did something similar to Oregon Rock located in Nanaimo BC harbor this past summer. The results were similar. It does not pay to pass close to any obstacles in BC or AK unless you know precisely where you are and what is around. This is not likely unless you live there. Even steel boats can get into serious trouble due to the large tides in the area. Mike Capt. Mike Maurice Tualatin(Portland), Oregon

Just for the record, Bruce Kessler was no longer the owner of Zopilote when it struck the rock. The Sirit of Zopilote is a beautiful boat. We end up seeing her and Bruce along the way around Miami and Solomons Island. -- Greg and Susan Han Allegria Krogen Whaleback #16