Fairview Post - When Captain Ben Gray and crew of the Idlewild
departed Dunvegan on their round the world journey he knew there
would be challenges and setbacks.
First they had to navigate the shallow Peace River, bypass the
ever-changing gravel bars and then portage around the impassable
chutes at Fort Vermilion.
They managed to accomplish this with just the usual amount of hard
work, diligence and patience.
They have now run into their first major calamity that has slowed
them down, but not stopped them.
The Idlewild had run aground while trying to make passage through
the Boyer Rapids, downstream from Ft. Chipewyan.
Ben's wife Alice, who is keeping the home fires burning in Grande
Prairie during the family's quest, reported that in their efforts to
free the 57-ft. ocean-going Idlewild the crew were attempting to
lighten the ship by transferring much of their heavy load to shore.
During the transfer of items from the ship to the Cimarron, a
support jet boat operated by Gray's son Kevin, the jet boat was
caught sideways in the rapids and rolled in the current sending both
the boat and contents to the bottom of the river. "The Cimarron is
now sitting at the bottom of a deep hole in the river," Mrs. Gray
explained. "The good news is that no one was hurt -- but cameras,
books and a number of other things were lost," she added.
For more on the story in the Fairview, Alberta, Post, go
http://www.fairviewpost.com/story.php?id=164948
For an earlier story, go
http://www.fairviewpost.com/story.php?id=160906
Fairview Post - When Captain Ben Gray and crew of the Idlewild
departed Dunvegan on their round the world journey he knew there
would be challenges and setbacks.
First they had to navigate the shallow Peace River, bypass the
ever-changing gravel bars and then portage around the impassable
chutes at Fort Vermilion.
They managed to accomplish this with just the usual amount of hard
work, diligence and patience.
They have now run into their first major calamity that has slowed
them down, but not stopped them.
The Idlewild had run aground while trying to make passage through
the Boyer Rapids, downstream from Ft. Chipewyan.
Ben's wife Alice, who is keeping the home fires burning in Grande
Prairie during the family's quest, reported that in their efforts to
free the 57-ft. ocean-going Idlewild the crew were attempting to
lighten the ship by transferring much of their heavy load to shore.
During the transfer of items from the ship to the Cimarron, a
support jet boat operated by Gray's son Kevin, the jet boat was
caught sideways in the rapids and rolled in the current sending both
the boat and contents to the bottom of the river. "The Cimarron is
now sitting at the bottom of a deep hole in the river," Mrs. Gray
explained. "The good news is that no one was hurt -- but cameras,
books and a number of other things were lost," she added.
For more on the story in the Fairview, Alberta, Post, go
http://www.fairviewpost.com/story.php?id=164948
For an earlier story, go
http://www.fairviewpost.com/story.php?id=160906
